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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY.
MAY, 1890.
who had bowed down before no other, (but who performed obeisance to him); (and) who was the supreme lord of the whole) extent of the earth included within the three oceans, -
(L. 13.) - The son (is) the Maharajadhiraju and Paramé svara, the glorious VinayadityaSatyasraya, the favourite of fortune and of the earth, who, just as the god) Sênanî (Kârttikêya) (at the command) of his father) Bâlêndusekhara (Siva) arrested the power of the Daityas, at the command of his own father arrested the extremely exalted power of the Fallavas, whose kingdom consisted of three component dominions, and (thus) gratified his father's mind by bringing all countries into a state of quiet; (and) who is like Yudhishthira through being of an excessively affectionate disposition, like (the god) Vasudeva (Vishņu) through being the beloved of (Sri) the goddess of fortune, like Parasurima through being a very elephantgoad to kings, (and) like Bharata through being the asylum of kings. He thus issues a command to all people :
(L. 17.) - "Be it known to you! By us, when there have expired six hundred Saka years, increased by fourteen, in the current eleventh year of (Our) augmenting victorious reign, while (Our) victorious camp is located at the village of Chitrasedu in the Toramara vishaya, - when his radiance the sun is facing towards the dakshiņayana, under the Rohiņi nakshatra, on Saturday, - at the request of the Maharaja, the illustrious Chitraváha, the son of the Åļupa ruler Gunasagara, - to Divakaraśarman, of the Dêvarâta-Kausika gôtra, who is thoroughly acquainted with the Rig-Vêda, (and) who is the son's son of Nâgaśarman (and) the son of Samkaraśarman, there is given the village named Salivoge, in the vishaya named Edevolal, in the north-east quarter in the vicinity of the famous city of Vaijayanti, with libations of water, free from taxes, not to be entered by the regular soldiery, (and) with exemption from all drawbacks.
(L. 24.) -" Therefore, by future kings, whether they belong to Our lineage or are of other families, who bear in mind that the charms of life, riches, &c., are as evanescent as lightning, (and) who are desirous of accumulating fame that shall endure as long as the moon and san and earth and oceans may continue, (this grant) should be preserved, precisely as if it were a grant made by themselves.”
(L. 26.) - And it has been said by the venerable Vyasa, the arranger of the Vêdas: - The earth has been enjoyed by many kings, commencing with Sagara; whosoever at any time possesses the earth, to him belongs, at that time, the reward (of this grant that is now made, if he continue it)! It is very easy to give one's own property, (but) the preservation (of the grant) of another is difficult; if the question is whether giving or preserving (is the more meritorious), -- preservation is more meritorious than giving ! Whosoever confiscates land that has been given, whether by himself or by another, he is born as a worm in ordure for the duration of sixty thousand years!
(L. 30.) - This character has been written by the Mahásáindkivigrahika, the illustrious Ramapunyavallabha.
FOLKLORE IN WESTERN INDIA.
BY PUTLIBAI D. H. WADIA.
No. 15. - The Wonderful Tree. In a certain country there lived, once upon a time, a powerful Raja who had seven daughters, but no sons. The eldest of these daughters however had one son, and the Booond of them had two, but the Raja bestowed all his affection on the two sons of the younger daughter, and totally neglected the son of her elder sister, although he was much wiser, braver, and altogether a better lad than they. Perhaps his quiet, retiring nature had
