Epigraphia Indica Vol 01

SR No.: 032555
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Jas Burgess
Publisher: Archaeological Survey of India
Publication Year: 1893
Total Pages: 528
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 21 MB

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DEOPARA INSCRIPTION OF VIJAYASENA.
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(V. 29.) Before the temple of) Pura's enemy he dug a lake, the sheets of water of which are streaked by the flashing clusters of rays of the jewels on the points of the diadems of the serpent damsels of the lower regions, (and) to which the bees are attracted by the fragrance of the musk from the breasts of the citizens' wives who bathe in it.
(30.) He provided bright-coloured dresses for the naked ;" a hundred lovely female (attendante), whose bodily charms were heightened by jewel-ornaments, for the husband of only half a wife; towns filled with citizens for him whose abode is the burial-ground; and endless wealth for him who subsisted on alms. For well knows the Sena family how to support the poor.
( 31.) Replacing (the god's) elephant-hide by variegated silken clothes, putting round his breast a large pearl-string instead of the huge serpent, applying (to his skin) sandal-powder instead of ashes, putting in his hands a string of sapphires in place of the beads, providing long emeralds in place of the snakes, and instead of men's bones a decoration formed of lovely pearls, he furnished an attire for him, the arrangement of which will suit the wishes of the wearer of skulls at the destruction of the universe.
..(82.) Since he has brought it about by the play of his arm that the surface of the earth holds no other golden umbrella (besides his), he has left himself nothing to wish for. What else then could the half-moon-crested god, even when pleased to grant & boon, bestow on him ? Yet this (10e pray),-when the end of his days has come, may he grant to him final union with himself !
(33.) Fully to eulogise his doings would be a task guitable for the offspring of Prachetas or the son of Parasara. We make this attempt to purify our speech by bathing it in the divine river of his boundless fame.
(34.) So long as the rivery of the city of Indra purifies the three worlds ; so long as the moon's crescent continues to ornament the lord of evil beings; so long as the triad of the Vedas illumines the minds of the good ;-80 long may his fame, a friend of all three, share in their several occupations!
(35.) This eulogy, & smooth string without knots of the spotless pearls of the princes of the Sena family, is the work of the poet Umapatid hara, whose understanding is purified by the study of words and their meanings.
(36.) The Raņaka Salapaņi, the son of Bțihaspati, grandson of Manadasa, (and) great-grandson of Dharma, the crest-jewel of the guild of Varendra artists, has engraved this eulogy.
I... Siya
“Digambara 'having only the sky or atmosphere for raiment, naked,' is an epithet of diva; Ardhangandedmin= Ardhandrila, a name of Biva represented as half male and half female.
Of course, chitrakahatm-ebhacharmmd and the following words in the original qualify weahas; 'an attire in which the elephant's hide was replaced by variegated silken clothes,' eto.
" I.. Vàlmfki and Vykse. . I... the Ganges.
I. e. Siva.
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