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KULENUR INSCRIPTION OF JAYASIMHA II: SAKA 950.
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to foemon's troops, & Trinotra [Siva) to riders, an athlete to kings of elephants, an adamantchamber to seekers of his protection, & goad to the elephants his foes, a sun to the darkness of his enemies' hosts, a man of might according to the word, a Rāma in battle, a Möru in distinotion, master of manly arts, guardian of the camp, shatterer of valiant enemies' pride, frontal badge of viceroys, chatta to Sattiga, son of king Irivabedenga, Kundarāja, was constitutionally ruling the Banavāsi Twelve-thousand and the Payve county so as to suppress the wicked and protect the eminent :
(Verse 1.) O Kundiga, when they name thee in respect of courage, what further praise can others give ? Is it not what is said by the troops of elephants of the Chola, the GangĒya, (and) king Bhoja with open months as they flee away in the battle where they are pressed by (thy) clephants furious with storms of rutting icbor, as they flee away in terror, through which they gallop off withont waiting at all to charge with their tusks P
(Verse 2.) The pride of Malepas is destroyed; noblemen's pride is shaken; other viceroys, spewing up their pride, when they confront (him) are terrified; presenting to him in fear their live heads, looking on him, they perform his commands: thus appears in sooth the splendour, the solidity, and the eminence of Kundarāja's terrible might of arm.
(Verse 3.) His noble wife, Kundala-dēvi, the daughter of Bachi, has indeed become eminently distinguished on earth, being famous with the title of "& whip to the backs of rival wives of high repute."
(Verse 4.) As she has adorned the seraglio with exceeding splendour, like Fortune in the centre of the lotas-flower, she has been indeed distinguished as buffeting her rival the Earth.5
(Verse 5.) In comparison with Sarasvati, Rati, Rambha, the Mountain's Daughter (PärVati), Arundhati, (and) the good wife of the lord of Raghu's race (Sita), she surpasses them : thus the earth praises the distinguished (lady who is a) lion to the elephants rival wives.
(Lines 14-19.) While-hail !--she who has for lot the enjoyment of a thousand fruits of censeless blessed success, equal to a secoad Fortune, Bacheyya's daughter, raining armlets, adorned with bounty, a lion to the elephants rival wives, baffeter of rival wives, whip to the back of rival wives, crest-jewel of the house of Thāni, creeping-plant of desire to dependents, great treasure of refinement, adorned with virtues, brilliant in beauty, wishing-gem to her household, she who marks out the evil in the seraglio, she who dwells upon Kundarăja's broad breast of radiant delight, Kundala-dēvi, was happily reigning :
(Verse 6.) When Kannamma, brilliant in refinement, was pleasantly governing as countysheriff the Băsavura Hundred-and-forty, which is known as being the best in the Banavasi district :
(Lines 20-21.) While BAlguļiyara Puņuseyamma's son Kallayya was borving gävunda over a portion of Siguņur :
(Lines 21-25.) On Monday, the fifth of the bright fortnight of Pausha in the cyclio year Vibhava, the 950th year) of the Suka era, on the uttarāyapa-samkranti, Kundabbarasi, being inspired by godly thought on that holy day, laved the feet of Sankarasi Jiyar and granted to this temple with pouring of water a paddy-field of one mattar, according to the measuring
Or possibly," bigbland."
[Maryādey-age is up to the limits of'; so the fief of Kandarāja appears to have extended up to the Payve country and not included it.-H. K. S.)
Cf. Bapa's Kadambari, Bombay edition, p. 6.
• Bal-dale, lit. "live hend," is explained by Kittel to mean living head, though being cat off" (6.v. baf: ef. the Sūļi inscr. above, Vol. XV, p. 106). Here however it seems to mean a bead that is not cut off : the conquered princes put their heads at the disposal of their conqneror.
Fortuna (Srl) and Karth are the two rival wives of Vishna ; Kundala-dövi is compared to Fortuno.
