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THE DYNASTIES OF RAJASTHANA
229 Barappa the general of the king Lāța.1 The Sukrta-samkirtana also records the defect, of Bārappa but strangely enough, it calls Bärappa, the Dandanatha-general or governor of the king of Kanyakubja.2 The Prabandhacintamani, on the other hand, describes it somewhat differently. It calls Bārappa a general of the king of Telangadeśa and states that Mülarāja was simultaneously attacked on one side by the king of Sapädalaksa and on the other by Bārappa. The following is the abridged version of the Prabandhacintamani.3
"On a certain occasion, the king of the country of Sapädalakşa came to the border of the land of Gujarat to attack Mūlarāja. At the same time arrived Bārappa, the general of the monarch that ruled over the Tilanga country.” Mūlarāja consulted his ministers. They said to him, "If you throw yourself into the fort of Kantha and tide over some days, when the Navaratra festival comes, the king of Sapädalaksa will go to his capital of Sākambhari to worship his family goddess. In that interval we will conquer the general named Bārappa and after him the king of Sapädalakṣa also.”
Though the king whiled away some time, at the time of Navaratra, without taking care of his ministers' advices he attacked the king of Sapādalakşa. It is stated in the course of the narrative that Mūlaraja, mounting a splendid female camel, unexpectedly entered the camp of his enemy and said to him:
"When I was thinking whether on this terrestrial globe, there was any king heroic enough to stand against me in battle or not, you arrived exactly in accordance with my wishes. But as flies alight in swarms at meal time, this general of the king of the land of Tilanga, who is named Tailapa, has come to conquer me, So I have come to ask you to abstain from attacking me in the rear and similar operations, while I am engaged in chastising him.” Telling him this he returned soon and with the army he fell upon the camp of the general Bärappa. He killed him and captured his horses and returned back."
1 Canto II, V. 3: paper THEAF241864: 1
दुर्वारं बारपं हत्वा हास्तिकं यः समग्रहीत् ॥ 2 Canto II, V. 5: fizy: 979fa Freetházat FRIVE 1971
3 SJGM.,1, p. 16: HEH317 7415 : alagta: USHTU SITTEET समाजगाम। तद्योगपद्येन नरपतेस्तिलङ्गदेशीयराज्ञो बारपनाम सेनापतिरुपाययौ। श्रीमूलराजेन सचिवैः सह विमृशंस्तैरुचे श्रीकन्थादुर्गे प्रविश्य कियन्त्यपि दिनान्यतिवाहयन्ताम् .. .. तस्मिन्नवसरे श्रीबारपनाम Farfisai ....THETTET HTETA a fogaitadion.... HII , fa....
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