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The Indian Analyst
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South Indian Inscriptions |
EPIGRAPHIA INDICA [V. 35 is identical with v. 23 of the Piṭhâpuram plates.] (V. 36.) This ocean plentifully supplies heaps of wonderful gems,─ surely[1] (because it) fears a repetition of (its) bridging, retreating, stirring, swallowing and overleaping[2] from him (who is) a Râmabhadra in archery, a Bhârgava in splitting hosts of enemies, a Mandara mountain in firmness, a pitcher-born sage in (absorbing) the ocean of sciences, (and) a son of the wind in prowess. [L1. 67-76 illustrate by a series of vyatirêkâlaṁkâras that the king as regent of the middle sphere was superior to the regents of the ten directions. The pun (ślêsha) in the word dakshiṇâśâ (l. 70) is particularly amusing.] (L. 76.) While this asylum of the whole world (Sarvalôkâśraya), the glorious Vishṇuvardhana-Mahârâjâdhirâja, the Râjaparamêśvara, the devout worshipper of Mahêśvara, the Paramabhaṭṭâraka, the very pious one, who delights all regions of the world by (his) second name Râjarâja, the dust of whose lotus-feet adorns the diadems of lords of provinces (maṇḍalêśvara), whol purifies the whole horizon by the great mass of (his) pure fame that is being praised by the whole world, who is distinguished by the marks of an emperor, the glorious Chôḍagaṅgadêva, was enjoying the pleasure of the sport of ruling the whole earth,─ once, being attended on all sides by the retinue consisting of the troop of all vassals, etc., in the darbâr hall of the palace, which had very lofty pinnacles, which possessed the splendour of the Kailâsa mountain, (and) which produced the impression of a lump of his fame that remained after the interior of the whole world had been filled (with it), at the capital of (his) family, the city (nagarî) named (after) Jananâtha,─ called together all the Râshṭrakûṭas and other ryots living between the Mannêru [3] (river) and the Mahêndra (mountain) and ordered as follows in the presence of the councillors, the family priest, the commander of the army, the heir-apparent, the door-keepers and the ministers :─
(V. 37.) “ There are (many) servants, dependent on the lotus-feet of the kings of my family, clever in service, (and) possessing courage and other virtues. (Vv. 38-41.) “ Among them (are those who have been) always intent on pleasing the minds of the kings of my family by great devotion, strength and intelligence ; who have protected the Châlukya kings at the beginning with their riches, with their lives, (and) with their courage and other virtues ; who have come already at the beginning with king Vijayâditya, the lord of Ayôdhyâ, who was desirous of conquering the southern region ; the ryots dwelling in the town Vijayavâṭâ, the capital of the kings (who were) ornaments of the race of the Moon (Râjavaṁśa) ;[4] (L. 90.) “ And who are born in the Teliki family, whose minds are intent on the performance of their duties, (and) who are known to be divided into a thousand families such as Velumanûllu, Pattipâlu Nariyûllu, Kumuḍâllu, Marrûllu, Povaṇḍlu, Srâvakulu, Uṇḍrûllu, Anumagoṇḍalu and Aḍḍanûllu. (L. 92.) “ Be it known to you that, being pleased by (their) great devotion, we have now granted to these people by an edict (śâsana), as long as the moon and the sun shall last, that when marriage festivals are celebrated at all places such as Vijayavâṭa and all other towns, cities, _____________________________________________________________ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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