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The Indian Analyst
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North Indian Inscriptions |
INSCRIPTIONS OF THE KALACHURIS OF RATANPUR (V. 7) In the family of a younger brother of these was born Kaliṅgarāja who exterminated the hostile kings with the fire of (his) valour, and who was to the faces of the wives of the great warriors of (his) hated enemies even as the full moon is to the daylotuses.¹ (V. 8) From his also was born a son, who became famous by the name of Kamalarāja, and appeared lovely with his far-spreading spotless glory. When the sun of his valour rose, the assemblages of lotuses bloomed even at night. (V. 9) The firm-minded (prince), having vanquished the lord of Utkala, gave (his) wealth to his lord Gāṅgēyadēva, and (thus) resembled the Mandara mountain which, churning the milk-ocean, gave Lakshmī to the god² worshipped by (Bhīshma), the son of Gaṅgā, and pleased gods and demons by bestowing on them precious things like Uchchaiḥśravas [and wine].³ (V. 10) He begat Ratnarājȧ (I), who surpassed the lustre of the sun, to become an ornament to (other) princes even as the ocean produced the Kaustubha to adorn (Vishṇu) who supports the earth. (V.11) (He) destroyed the proud and hostile neighbouring princes as the sun dispels darkness. As if because of the heat of his valour, his enemies took shelter in the sea for coolness.
(V.12) (His wife) named Nōnnalā was dear to him as valour is to a brave person. She was the daughter of Vajuvarman, the lord of the Kōmō-maṇḍala. (For a translation of vv. 13 and 14, see that of vv. 1 and 2, above, p. 401). (Line 21) This Mahāmaṇḍalēśvara (Pṛihtvīdēva I), -who shines in the midst of all
kings by (his excellences)such as birth in the Kalachuri family; who is adorned with all
decorations together with the entire multitude of honours; who frightens the hostile army
with the noise caused by his haste in conquering the world which is filled with the sound
of his two conches, who has acquired the pañchamahāśabda; who has become the great
and mighty lord of the entire Kōsala (country) and the sole ruler of twenty-one thousand
(villages) by the grace of Vaṅkēśvarȧ attained by him, and who is a devout worshipper
of Mahēśvara,--has given as a grant by (pouring) water on (the donee's) hand, after
washing both the resplendent feet of the holy Vaṅkēśvara and filling the hollow of his
hand with water mixed with kuśa, whole rice-grains and gold, on (the occasion of) the
dedication of a hall resting on four pillars of (the temple of) the god, the holy Vaṅkēśvara,
in Tumāṇaka, on Sunday, the seventh tithi of the dark fortnight of Phālguna, the village Vasahā in the Apara-maṇḍala⁴ with its four boundaries well-determined,
to the sage Kēśava, the great-grandson of Yaśōdēva, grandson of the Upādhyāya
Thirāīcha and son of Chānda, who belongs to the Āṅgirasa gōtra, has the three
pravaras Utathya, Gautama and Vasishṭha,⁵ and is (a student) of the Bahvṛicha śākhā (i.e.,
Ṛigvēda) for the increase of religious merit and fame of (his) mother and father and of
himself. 1 I. e., he made them pale by destroying the warriors.
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