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INSCRIPTIONS AT NARENDRA : A, OF A.D. 1125.
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(Verse 58)-Like the beauty of a tress of hair on the (Goddess) Earth who is claspod by the zone of the oceans, the province of Kuntall appears attractive to the mind; in this province, like a glittering forehead-ornament, there shines, so that desire of soul arises, the county of Halasige, a darling of countios, most exalted, richly stocked with treasures.
(Verse 59)-Kundür, which appears as an ornament to this charming province, mankind with one tongue verily extol daly in praises : it is styled in the bounds of earth an Amaravati of snob glory, a mighty Aļakā-pura, a very Bhögavati forming the essence of the world.
(Line 87)—On the southern side of this Kundür :
(Verse 60)—" Indeed this, when one considers, is an Arghyatirtha ; indeed it is the holy place Benares ; indeed it is the excellent holy place Prayage; indeed it is, of a surety, many other holy places" : with these words the general Singana established for the world's welfare a second Kailasa, (which) is called the blessed (temple of the) fortane-marked Lakshmēśvara.
(Verse 61)—"Say, has the famous Mountain of Fortunes como and settled down (here) ? has the delightfal Himalaya mountain been born (here) ? has another Mount Mēru in truth arisen, as a home for god head ?"-guch a house of five constructed by Singana, a terraced site of palaces of religion, beautions with the name of Lakshma, displayed itself in magnificence to the world.
(Verse 62) -A multitude of all grades stands here ; the whole series of exalted auspicions objects is here ; here together in one spot of the earth stands assuredly all the brilliant righteousness of the three worlds : thus appears the conspicuous divine holy place, the temple of) Lakshmaņēsvara renowned through the three worlds.
(Lines 93-95)-Hail! While the victorious reign of the asylum of the whole world, the favourite of Fortune and the Earth, paramount Emperor, supreme Lord, supreme Master, decoration of Satyăsraya's race, ornament of the Chalukyas, king Tribhuvanamalla, is advancing in a course of increasing success to endure) as long as the moon, sun, and stars, while he is reigning in the standing camp of Jayantipura in the enjoyment of pleasant conversations :
(Linor 95-102)-Hail! The Mahamandalēsvara possessed of the five maha-fabdar, the lord of Banavāsi bost of cities, high august san dawning on the summit of that royal mount of exalted fortune the race of Triloobana-Kadamba sprung from Hara and the Earth that is praised by the whole world ; ho who subdues all provinces of earth by native majesty exceeding in fervour the sun's rays; he who has the crest of & mighty lion, who has the great banner with the emblem) of an ape, who is attended by the thunder of permatti drums and (other) musical instruments ; he who is sprang from & race consecrated in the consecratory rites of eighteen horse-sacrifices set up in eighty-four cities; ho whore great puissance of strength has been established on the massive summits of the royal mountains of the Himalaya ;' who excels the world in liberality, a jhampal-achārya8; Råma in intrepidity, a touchstone
On this word-play see above, vol. XII, p. 144. * These three cities are the residences respectively of Indra, Kubers, and the Niga. • sri-pareata, the residence of siva (Bhag. purana x. 79, v. 13). It is Srikailam, in Kurnool District • Mangalar: several alternate lists of these are given in the Kamikāgama, lv. 86 4.
This implier that be penetrated to the Himalaya and there wet ap bis ensign. Of course this is mere hyperbole, which is uued conventionally in South Indian Panegyrics. The author of the Kalingattup-paragi actually asserts that his hero set up the tiger-banner of the Cholm on Mount Mēra, adagal-kiriyir puli saittavas (xi. 7), a feat worthy of Baron Manchansen; an early Pandyan record in the British Museum (Ind. Ch. 4, 11. 8-9) describes the Pandyan dynasty as having planted its device, the two fishes, on the Himalaya, filhar-indra. masaka-kila-pingarta-mataga-doaye. Cf. also Progres Report of the Aut. Aroh. Supt. for Epigr., Southers Cirole, 1907-8, pp. 62, 64, and the Bankäpur inseription above, vol. XIII, 1. 18. • See vol. XII, above, p. 281.
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