Indian Antiquary Vol 07

Author(s): Jas Burgess
Publisher: Swati Publications

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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY.
(JANUARY, 1878.
His son, Gunaga nk a-Vijayaditya, (ruled) for forty-four (years).
The king, Châluk ya-Bhima--the son of his younger brother, the Yuvardja, Vikramaditya, (ruled) for thirty (years).
His son, Kolla bhiganda-Vijayaditya, (ruled) for six months.
His son, king Amma, (ruled) for seven years.
Having expelled his son Vijayaditya, (while he was) a child, -Tålapa (ruled) for one month.
Having conquered him in battle-king Vi kramaditya, the son of the king Chalukya Bhima, ruled the earth for eleven months.
Then king Yuddhamalla,--the son of king Talapa; the lord, whose speech was pleasing yet truthful, -ruled the earth for seven years.
Having conquered him, and having driven him out from the country, and having made the other claimants to assume the appearance of stars absorbed in the rays of the sun,the younger brother of king Amma, (viz.) Bhima, who was like Arjuna, and who was possessed of terrible prowess, ruled the earth for twelve years, just as the wielder of the thunderbolts (rules) the mighty (expanse of the) sky.
To him, who was like Mahê svara), from Lôkama h â d vi, who was like Um A's, there was born king Amma, who was like Kumara. The palms of his hands, and the soles of his feet, were marked with lotus-leavog and chowris and water-jars and elephant-goads"; his arms, which were as (strong and massive as) iron door-bars, were charming, and hung down as far as his knees; and his chest was as (broad as) a table-land of the king of mountains." He acquired the learning of kings, and was skilled in the use of various weapons; he destroyed the families of his enemies; he was versed in the treatises (relating to the management) of elephants and horses; he was a bee at the lo. tuses which are the feet of Hara", and he was
glorious. He was a very tree of paradise to poets and minstrels; he was a very cow of plenty to the twice-born and holy men and the poor and the blind and his relations; he was a very philosopher's stone to those who begged of him; he was a very jewel of a king, and a very sun by reason of his fierce brilliance. Like the sun on the mountain of dawn, to the delight of mankind, he assumed the crown in the twelfth year of his birth, in the year that had the enumeration of the (seven) mountains and the (six) flavours and the (eight kinds of demigod called) Vasa, in the sa ka era, in the month Mârgaśirsha, on the thirteenth day of the dark fortnight, on Friday, under the constellation Maitra, under the zodiacal sign of the bow, while the sun was in the sign of the watering-pot. While he was reigning, the country abounded in many ripened grains and rice, and had cows that were always yielding milk, and was free from fear and free from drought and free from sickness, and had all thieves banished. Patting the Mind-born to shame with his beauty, and Mahendra" with his power, and the hot-rayed (sun) with his great splendour, and Hara by the destruction of the cities of his foes-he is resplendent, having his fame recognized over the quarters of the regions and over the earth.
He, Śr -Vijay aditya--the asylum of the universe, the great king, the supreme king, the supreme lord, the most venerable, the worshipper of Brahma as the supreme God, having called together the householders, headed by the Rashtra kû tas, who inhabit the district of Pennâta vadi, thus issues his commands :
"Be it known to you! The V & ja sa ne ya charana" of Brahmans,-full of religion that is inculcated by the sacred texts, and following the domestic ritual of Yajia valkya, the excellent chief of ascetics, -is renowned in the world. In it there was Paliyape&,diya, of the Bharad vaja gôtra, a worthy man, the best of Brahmaņs, an inhabitant of the village of) Kalvatorru
tions, the word kali, when used in this way, is undoubtedly the Canarese kali, '& valiant man, a hero; brave, courage. ous,' and it has that meaning here. Conf. kali sanabhub huja,''the brave king, Sena,' in l. 29 of No. IV. of my Ratta inscriptions (Jour. Bo. Br. R. As. Soc., No. xxix., vol. X., p. 813). It has the same meaning in Kali-Vikrama,' one of the names of Vikramaditya-Tribhuvanamalla. * Sive
1. Parvati.
Kürttikėya, the son of Siva and Parvati. 16 These are held to be auspicious marks. 11 Himalaya. 1 Sin 1. i.c. in the Saka year 867. 30 Kamadeva 11 Todra. * Charana,' sect, school, branch of the Vedas.'