Indian Antiquary Vol 11

Author(s): Jas Burgess
Publisher: Swati Publications

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JANUARY, 1882.]
SANSKRIT AND OLD-CANARESE INSCRIPTIONS.
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man in the world; and who am myself an ascetic, the disciple of the ascetic Advayamrita, 2 with confidence describe the genealogy of the benevolent and glorious king Rudreśvara.
(L. 20.)-There was the glorious king Tri. bhuvanamalla, born in the Kåka ty& lineage, the effecter of the widowhood of the wives of his mighty enemies. Glorious was Sri-Tribhuvanamallad ê va," the ornament of the Sri Kåka tya kings,—who distressed the hearts of the greatest of his foes ; who day by day bestowed wealth upon worthy objects; who charmed the hearts of lovely women; who was the seducer of a crowd of evil women; who was the worshipper of the waterlilies which are the feet of Purahara ;'* and who humbled (all other) leaders (of men).
(L. 24.)-His son,-the place of the enjoyment of the nectar of meditating on the waterlilies which are the feet of Siva; the robber of the glory of the good fortune of the great auspiciousness of the lovely women of his enemies; the destroyer of the pride of the greatest of his foes; a very Laukėśvara in respect of the pride of fearlessly engaging in battle,-attained celebrity under the name of Pr818 r å ja.'' In an instant he made captive in war the glorious Taila pa do va, the ornament of the ChAluky a s, whose habit was skilful in the practice of riding upon elephants, whose inmost thoughts were ever intent upon war, and who was mounted upon an elephant which was like a cloud; and then at once he, who was renowned in the rite of severing the throats of his (captive) enemies, let him go, from goodwill (produced) by (his) devotion. Having made captive him who was named Govindaraja and who was skilled above all others in discharging the shining trickling rain of the flashes of the smooth edge of his sharp battle-axe-he, the pillager of his country in war, the preceptor for the initiation of excellent heroes, who was fierce against the hostile kings, liberated him, and then sportively gave his kingdom to king Udaya. Then the shameless Gunday-who was the lord of the lofty city of Mantra kůta, and who, having been defeated by him in his anger, had his head shaved and his breast marked
* By the rules of Sandhi, this name, in this passage, may be either AdvayAmpita or Dvayamrita. I follow Dr. Bhau D&jt in reading Advay&mpita.
17 See note 8 above. » Siva.
with the sign of a boar,"0_became intent upon flight, like a lamb, and betook himself to his own city, though, in the presence of the lord of kings, he was called upon by Prôla (to come forth) to battle. And again,--that (famous) Jagaddêva, —who was attended by many chieftains, and who was like a god upon earth, and who stood encompassing the city named Anu makonda, -was made by him) to stand motionless as if paralysed, and, being unable to accomplish his object, departed at once; how can we describe the majesty of the glorions and victorious king Prôla ? The queen, who was named Muppa ma-whose virtues were (like) stars, and whose fame was like the autumn moon, but for whose charming beauty there is no object of comparison ; who was like Kau. salya, and the chaste Janaki, and Kunti, and Padmi, and Paulômi, and the excellent Chaudiki, -became his beloved wife..
(L. 43.)-From her there was born to him, for the welfare of the world, a son, the king Sri-Rad rad ê va, who worshipped and was devoted to Sri-Girisa," and who was the sprout of the excellent bulb of supreme felicity; (in comparison with him), what is Kama, or Nalakübara, or Skanda, the son of Siva, or Jayanta, or Jishņu, the wielder of the thunderbolt, or Hari, or the two young Dasras ?
(L. 49.)-Having at once with ease broken (the power of) Domma, who was skilful in mounting numbers of excellent hcrses, prancing and tall, and who carried bimself with elegant prowess,-and having, as Partha did Karņa, again and again put him to flight with hundreds of shining arrows,-he, the king Rudra, acquired a number of towns possessed of all things that were the best of their kind.
(L. 55.)-I always praise $ri-Rudradôva, --who is capable of trampling upon the burden of the mass of the annoyance of the Mêdas;" who is the sole preceptor for initiation in the acquisition of lofty and brave counsels and opportunities which are hard to be resisted by the (hostile) kings; who destroyed the pride, that arose in the time of war, of the glorious Maiļigidêva; and who acquired the wealth of the coantry of Sri-Pola v â sa.
1. See note 9 above.
10 Krodonka, as one word, means 'a tortoise'; but this does not seem to be what is intended here. Siva.
» A particular mixed caste, the offspring of Vaideha by & Kårdvara female.