Indian Antiquary Vol 11

Author(s): Jas Burgess
Publisher: Swati Publications

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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY.
(JANUARY, 1882.
gara. Wonderfully victorious is Srl-Rudra- gether with all the Vedángas, and according to the déva; in the ocean of milk which is hispala and the krama methods which are studied widely diffused fame, the moon plays the part by all those whose pleasing conduct consists of an opening waterlily, the sun plays the of investigation. In the houses of the harlots, part of a waterlily in full bloom, the moving the low musical notes of the young parrots, clouds play the part of blue waterlilies, the who imitate the actions and the sounds that are stars play the part of bright bubbles of water, produced at the time of sexual intercourse, and the regions play the part of shores, and the who are the full moons of the tremulous ocean three worlds play the part of tumbling billows. of the excitement of love,-in the day time make I think that, in the river of blood (shed in the all the regions vocal. battles) of the victorious Rudradd va, the (L. 149.)-The army of the horses of Sri. heads of his enemies, which have been cut off Rudrad ê va invades not the sky, because by his sword in war and have fallen into the it is the place where Vishru placed his foot, charming mad which is the particles of their and touches not the earth with its hoofs, because flesh, are stepping stones, and the writing it is (as sacred as) a cow; buty-filling all the headless trunks are boats, both for the goddess regions, and terrifying his enemies with its of victory as she approaches him, and for prancing, and day by day putting them to flight his fame as it sets out for the (uttermost)
and killing them in the battlefield, -it is victoriregions.
Ons. His horses are of most pleasing shape, of (L. 140.)-His (capital), the city named low sounding neighings,--possessed of all the Anumakonda, -which is as it were the excellent characteristics that are made famous capital of Sri, and which was created by the by the writings that treat of horses, -adapted power of his excellent and unbroken axe that in their make for speed and weight, ---very cat to pieces (his foes),-is like the city of long-lived,- and trained in the five kinds of Kandarpa, being full of delight, as that is paces. possessed of Rati, and being full of the ! (L. 158.)-His extensive kingdom reaches condition of love, and it is like Mâbândrt, (on the east) to the shore of the salt sea; his in being possessed of (temples of) Jishņu andregal power always extends over the whole Vishnu, (as the other is of those gods in person,) country of the south as far as Srisaila, and and in being fall of the elegance of plantain standing in one direction) on the confines of trees, as the other is of the amorous play of Kataka, (in the other direction) it has the Rambha. There the women,-whose eyes are western countries for its boundary, and it has like the petals of blue waterlilies; who are of its northern region in the country of Malyaslender form; who are the best of the lovely vanta, which is charming with its precipitous eyed women of the three worlds; and who
heights. move lazily on account of the weight of their (L. 163.)-The king Rudradeva, who is full and high breasts,-are as it were the esteemed by good people, gave here, as a per capital cities of Makara ketana. There, in the manent grant, the great village named houses of the Brâhmaņs, the clever parrots, as- Matticher o vala" to (the gods) Srisembled with the young studenta, recite, in spite
Mahesa and Ravi and Sauri, for the performof attempts to prevent them, the Vedas, to-lance of (their) worship.
CHAITY AS.
BY NARAYAN AIYANGAR, SHIMOGA. In Bauddha works, their temples are of Buddha. No Brahmaņical temple is called called Chaityas,' and one of the Buddhist pre. Chaitya. The word occurs in many places in cepts is Chaityan vandata svargakámah, i.e. he the Ramayana ; and the commentators Mahê. who longs for Svarga should worship the digaba satirtha and Govindaraja differ as to the mean
Or, perhaps, "the village called the greater Matticheruvala."
Properly speaking it is not the temple (Chaityagriha) but the d&gaba inside it that is called a Chaitya. In
secondary sense it is used by Jainas and Buddhists, how ever, to denote a temple containing a Chaitya, and is also applied in Buddhist books to a sacred tree as well
to stúpa.-ED.
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