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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MALHAR INSCRIPTION OF JAJALLADEVA.
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continuously raging flames of the spreading mighty fire of the prowess of Choda and Ganga princes, (and) a blazing fire to consume the unique tree of the pride in their creeper-like long arms of all the hostile heroic rulers of the earth.
(V. 5.)- After him came his son Prithvideva, a master of the whole extent of the terrestrial globe, who to the mighty hostile lords of the earth was what Garuda is to the serpent-chiefs; whose two lotus-feet * were an object of worship for princes) bent down with the weight of jasmine wreaths glittering with the great splendour of their crest-jewels; a high pleasure-mount for the glory of victory of his own arm; a tree for the creeping-plant fame of excellent royalty.
(V. 6.)-From him was born the prince Jajalladeva, the leader of the princes who delight in keeping up the Chêdi family; who by the pride of his two massive arms annihilated the enemies; the ruler of Tummaņa, illumining like a lamp his own spotless family, a unique treasury of excellent royalty, a sun of prowess, who has acquired fortune by his heroism.
(V. 7.)-I fancy that through fear, produced by the suspicion that they would have to give them) to him, the ocean of milk, the husband of the rivers, kept (his) mass of jewels in the deep water agitated by the fear-inspiring (beasts) within it, and the sun. god (his) horses, and the lord of the gods (Indra) his elephant, who enlivens rows of female bees with streams of rutting-juice, in the heavens rendered impassa ble by the waters of the celestial river.
(V. 8.)- In the reign of this prince, which follows the path of good government, is free from the contact of troubles, (and) causes joy to the people.
(V. 9.)-There was in the glorious Madhyadesa, ornamented by the garland of the waves of the streams of water of the extended river of the gods, (and itself as it were the necklace of the whole orb of the earth crowded with countries, a village named Kumbhati, with pleasant broad lands, a dwelling-place of the best of the twice-born, which the creator had exerted himself to make the spotless counterpart of a portion of heaven.
(V. 10.)-In that (village) there was a twice-born named Pșithvidhara, in the gotra of Krishnátrêya, ornamented with the three) auspicious pravaras, Ātrêya the first, and after him the famous Archanana the second, (and) Sasyavasa" the third; whose pair of feet was covered with the lustre of the jewels which like sprouts were trembling on the heads of rows of protectors of the earth bowing down (before him).
(V. 11.)-From him there was born & son, that Gangadhara who, bearing on his head the beautiful title of king of the twice-born,' always had knowledge as a third unique large eye; (and) who, warding off the irresistible passion of love, secured for himself exoellent welfare; (who) in a crowd of hostile disputants resorted to (argumenta) dimoult to be met; (resembling Siva Gangadhara, who, having on his
In the original one would have expected Choda-Ganga-aripa, instead of wripa-Choda-Gariga, but that would not have suited the metre.
Here, too, one would have expected pljy-Arthri-padma-doanhdv6, instead of puy-dmhari-duandva-padmo, but that again would have offended against the metre.
This verse defines the time when the temple, mentioned in verse 21, was built, and it has no reference to the verse immediately following here.
I leave these dames as they are given in the original. According to the Asvaldyana-frauta-stra, Calo. Ed., p. 888, and the Dharma-sindhu, Bo. Ed., p. 871, they roally are Åtrêya, Arohandasa, and Byavára. It is evident that the writer of the inscription, who undoubtedly took the moond name to be Archanana, understood the third name to be Suy bon, joining the syllable sa, which belongs to the second Dame, to the third
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