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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY.
[MARCH, 1884.
who delighted in honouring guests, strangers, and excellent people; who were like Chatur. mukha in the practical concerns of life; who were a cage of thunder-bolts to those who took refuge with them; who were like the kalpa-tree to their dependents; who deserved worship during thirty-two thousand ceremonies; who were protected by the holy Bhai. rava; who punished the wicked and protected the virtuous. How blessed are the good Brâhmaņs of Paldalu, distinguished in the world as rivalling Sarasijajậta; who protected the man who sought their aid ; who conferred favours on him who begged of them; who were the lights of Brahman families; who were bees on the lotus-like feet of Isvara ; who were excellent; who resembled mount Meru in devotion; whose fame spread to the ends of the world; who were good and great by reason of their numerous virtues. They alone were equal to Aja, on acount of their proficiency in the excellent Vedic lore and the Sdstras; and the Padmabhava was equal to them; who else in the world could rival these lights of Brahman families ?
(L. 16.)-The sage Dévasaktipandita, endow- ed with the qualities of yama, wiyama, suddh- yaya, dhyána, dharana, maun-ánushthána, and exalted by virtues, performed austerities for a hundred years, and continually worshipped the lotus-like feet of fáa to the admiration of the world.
(L. 18.)-His disciple, Jñanaśaktipanditadêva, has descended onto the earth, just as Siva himself appeared as KA!Amukha in the (temple of) Gayarêávara of Paldalu, renowned in the world. Jñâna aktipanditadêva was a bee on the lotus-like feet of Hara; he was as brilliant as the sun, of pure conduct, and a swan in the lake which was the lotus-like hearts of glorious ascetics. He was like Karna in boundless liberality, like Måruti in purity of conduct, and a very sun to scholars resembling a forest of lotuses. He easily vanquished the pangs of love, and subdued all the passions; and, thus praised by the world and captivated by the charms of consistent speech, he became the husband of the lady Emancipation. The life of Jñinasaktideva in regard to things
movable and immovable, was everywhere wonderful to contemplate. Of all gifts, the gift of education and the gift of food are the best; therefore Jñánasakti, the chief of ascetics, attained a high distinction in the world on account of these. Jñanaśakti purchased with money, and allotted into the hands of the Fourhundred-and-twenty (Mahdjanas) of the glorious agrahára Padalu, as a sarranamasya-grant for the god Gavarëśvara, five mattars of waste culturable land, to the west of the culturable land of the satra on the north-east of the village. Also, for the purpose of giving education, (he allotted) five mattars of maniyavisaka, to the north of the road to Posagere, and received and allotted as a sarvanamasyagrant, four mattars to the west of the field of the god Ardhanarisvara of Vasuge (or Hasuge). Also (he allotted) one mattar of flower-garien (land), to the south of the garden of Baha on the road leading to Kadirmidi and to the east of the village. The Four-hundred-andtwenty (Mahájanas) shall protect this act of religion !
(L. 33.)-He who destroys this, shall incur the great sin of having killed a thousand tawny-coloured cows at Varanasi or a thousand Brâhmaņs at Kurukshetra, or a crore of ascetics at Sômêsvara ! "This bridge of religion is common to kings, and should be protected by you from time to time"; thus does Ramabhadra often entreat all future kings! He who approprintes land, whether given by himself or by another is born as a worm in ordure for sixty thousand years!
(L. 37.)-The poet Talara-Karpparasa, -who wrote elegant verses, and who was the sonin-law of the glorious Mahasandhivigrahi, the Dandanayaka Kilidasabhatta, wrote (this). His father was Chandra, a very sun in the sky of a Brahman family; his mother was Chamambike, who acted virtuously; his father-in-law was Sri-Kaļidása, of pure and exalted fame, praised by the world, the god worshipped by him was Umivara, adored by the whole world ;-thus did the earth ever extol Karpe, the father of a group of learned men. The writing (is) of Kåvoja, & very Vidyadhara in architecture.
• Elkšti is a corruption of ekka-koti; ekka is a Prakrit form of Ika, one."
