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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY.
[MAY, 1876.
cows, and Brâhmâns, praising the feet of Nára - herself had chosen him, though from her birth yana, was Srimad Vishnu Gopa Maha- assigned by her father, according to the advice dhirija.
of his own guru, to the son of another, --- having His son, with a head purified by the pollen by the growth of the three powers of increase from the lotuses the feet of Tryambaka, with two brought into subjection all the bands of tribuarms grown stout and hard with athletic exer- tary chiefs, having brought anxiety to the face cise, having purchased his kingdom by his per- of Yama on account of the smallness of the sonal strength and valour, bearer of a sharp...? residue left from the animals offered up by him beloved by Rakshasas whose lips were black as a tribute, (namely) the brave men consumed with hunger, a reviver of the custom of donations in the sacrifice of the face of the many wars for long-ceased festivals of the gods and Brah- waged for Andari, Ålantûr, Panruman endowments, daily eager to extricate the !are, Pernnagara, and other places; by ox of merit from the thick mire of the Kali yuga (this) Srimat Kongani Vriddha raja. in which it had sunk, was Sriman Madhava having the name of Durvvinita, the ruler Ma hadhiraja.
of the whole of Pannad (? Pakhad) and PunHis son, the beloved sister's son of Sri nà d, like Vaivasvata Maņu able for the protecKrishna Varmma,-the sun in the firma- tion of the castes and religious orders which went of the auspicious Kada mba leula, (and) prevailed in the South, the friend of all, of high anointed with the final ablutions of continual birth :--the year Vijaya being current, the 35th asvamedhas-who received his royal (or coro. of the victories and wealth increased by himself; nation) anointing on the couch of the lap of his was given to Srimad Deva Śarmmana divine mother, possessed of the three powers of of the Kasyapasa gotra and follower of the Vajasaincrease, enjoying the essence of the three objects neyi, (also called Mah â dev'a, promoter of of worldly desire* without one interfering with the race of that sun of the world named Srimat the other, fearless though surrounded with all the Valmiki,--the Bemparisvara-stâna named bands of tributary chiefs whom he had subjected, Kelale, with pouring of water. having parties of councillors attached to him (Moreover) on the north-east, wet land, 4 khanby continual affection and gifts, having a mind dis; of the wet land of the Krishna pond, abovepurified with the increase of learning and mo- 3 khandis, below-6 Ishandis; of the land east desty, follower of the lives of the kings of the of the Penna river 15 khandis, (bounded) on Krita yuga, his wide-spread fame acquired by the south by a big tree, south-west by an asvatta victory in many wars covering the three worlds (tree), north-east by a jambu tree, further northlike the unbroken expanse of a milk ocean, bold east by the Nakule pond; of the land on the to give without stint, his inviolable commands west 12 khandis; on the north-west, of the wet placed upon the heads of foreign kings subdued land of the big pond, 7 khandis : thus much did by his invincible might, surpassing Kubera in he piously give to Mahadeva. the growth of his wealth increased in many ways, Moreover by Manu hath the sloka been delia mine of many glorious qualities, reckoned the vered :- Whoso seizes upon land presented by first of the learned, the joy of the hearts of his himself or by another shall be cast into terrible beloved ones, in not transgressing the bounds darkness for sixty thousand years. The earth of respect resembling the ocean adorned with has been enjoyed by Sagara and many other gems, like Yama in punishing according to de- kings : according to their (gifts of) land so was sert, like the sun in the greatness of his glory, their reward.-To make a gift oneself is easy, to like Vaivasvata Maņu devoted to protecting the maintain a gift made by another is difficult; but South in the maintenance of castes and religious of giving or maintaining (another's gift) the mainorders, the friend of all, of high birth, was tenance of another's gift) is more meritorious. Śrimat Kongaại Mahadhiraja.
A gift made with pouring of water, one enBy his son named A vin ita, whose broad chest joyed for three generations, one maintained for was embraced by the beloved daughter of the six generations, such may not be resumed ; Punnad raja Skanda Varmma,---who neither the gifts of former kings.
+ The Canarese call them hennu, honnu, mannu-woman, gold, and land. But the third should probably be dharma, religious merit.
