Epigraphia Indica Vol 18

Author(s): H Krishna Shastri, Hirananda Shastri
Publisher: Archaeological Survey of India

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EPIGRAPHIA INDICA.
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kings of Kalinga and the Vimsendra (?) were also vanquished by his generals, who reached the Ganges, whose banks slipped down the river through the battering of his elephant brigade ; the water of the (holy) Gangā was carried in pots on the heads of kings (to his capital city). He made his powerful army, which uprooted several hostile kings, cross the sea and set fire to Kataha, which it was not possible for other kings to conquer. What act was impossible for this monarch Rajēndra-Chola ?
V. 73. This king had three sons, comparable with the three fires in a yāga. Of these, the preeminent Rājādhiraja was his first son. He set fire to Kalyanapura, defeated its king and did something to king Ahavamalla, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
v. 74. When this king went to heaven, his younger brother who removed the sorrow of the world, ascended the throne. Rājēndra-dēva, the monarch, who had arms resembling in shape the snake Adi-Sèsha, killed all his enemics.
Vv. 75-81. When this sovereign also went to heaven, his younger brother Vira-Rajendra who caused the valour of his enemies to wane, succeeded to the throne with due formality. He conquered not only his outside enemies, but also his own five senses. He killed the kings of the Mannāta family (?) at Kudalsangama"; these kings augmented the army of the Dēvas (in the celestial world). The ocean was gratified by this king, who by killing hosts of men in battlefields created a new river, a river of blood, and mado her join her lord, the sea. The countries of Vēngi and Kalinga, which had been in his family for a long time, but, being abandoned by his elder brothers, were then in the occupation of his-enemies, were recovered by Vallabhsvallabhas by driving off some of those enemies and defeating others by the power of his arms, and were ruled over by him. Vira-Chola (that is, Vira-Rajendra), also known as KarikālaChoļa, having deprived the world of the evils of the Kali age, established several dharma-śāsanas which afforded succour, were full of substance and were lofty in their aims. "To the Lord of Pārvatī, who is dancing in Chirrambalam (Dabhra-sabhā), he made a gift of the valuable ruby known by the name of trailokyasara . . . . . . . He created several brahmadēya villages in the Chola, the Tundira, the Pandya, the Gangavāți and the Kulata countries. He also furnished forty thousand Brāhmaṇas, well-versed in the Vēdas, with gifts of lands.
LI. 420-445. In tho seventh year of the reign) of Räjakësarivarman --who bore the birudas and surnames the Asylum of the whole world,' Lord of the Earth,' Maharājādhiraja,
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ashtakulasimha, Rajakola (?, [Ra]vikulasēkhara, Pandyakulāntaka, Ahavamallakula-Kala, he who defeated Āhavamalla
[See note 9 above, p. 45, Ed.]
South-Ind. Inscrs. Vol. III, p. 400, v. 117:-- विजितस्तदीयतटभूमिनायकः सलिलं तदीयमथ पावनं वरम । निजनायकाय मधु रान्त काय तरसमनोनयत्सपदि दण्डनायकः ।
Ibid., v. 123:- #renadforwafuafvarova:
His conquest of Kalyana and the planting of a pillar of victory are mentioned in the Kalingattupparari, v. 26, and Vikkirama-solam-ula 11. 36-38.
"The outside and the inside enemies" is the expression employed in the text. The sense of sight, smeh etc., are always considered the enemies of man, which reside in his own body.
Kalingattupparani, Rajapāram. v. 29 and Vikram. 11. 42-44.
• It is belief that ore who dies on the battle-field goes to heaven. The number of warrior kings who were despatched to the other world by Vira-Rajendra-dēva being great, the army of the Dēves must have been giently strengthened by these new recruite.
The sea is considered to be the husband of all rivers. Vira-Rajendra canised river of blood to flow from the multitude of human beings he killed in battles, and gave her in marriage to the sea, wbicb pleased the latter very mucb.
.so named because he subjugated the Vallabha (Chalukya) king.