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 210 THE INDIAN ANTIQUAEY. [Jit.y, 1875. haughty, — of the impetuous Jayasimha,— and of Trailokyamalla, who was the abiding-place of the goddess of fortune in the form of the circle of the earth. The sou of that king was Bhuva- naikaniaila* whose good qualities were worth y to be praised in the world, — who was the inestim- able ornament of those who were the lovers of the lovely woman Kingly Sway, — whose chaplet of flowers on his head was (made) pure by the pollen of the lotuses which are the feet of hitiif who is decorated with the king of serpents (and before which he bowed in worship). — and who made the whole world radiantly white with the npdarted rays of his glory. Hail ! While the victorious reign of the pros- perous Bhnvanaikanialladova, — the asylum of the universe, the favourite of the world, the supreme king of great kings, the supreme lord, the most venerable, the glory of the family of Satyasraya, the ornament of the Chalukyas,— was flourishing with perpetual increase so as to endure as long as the moon and sun and stars might last :— ■ He, who was intent upon doing service (as if he were a bee) to the lotnses which were the feet of that lord of the earth J, was resplendent, — namely Bhuvanaikavira, who had numbers of enemies by reason of the luxuriant growth of the self-conceit of valour, — who had the lotuses which were bifl feet worshipped by other kings, — who was imbued with majesty resulting from his oommands which were borne on the top- knots of other kings§, — and who was a very Chakrayndha|| of a Sri-Gai'iga. A very ocean of the magnitude of good fortune; a very Chakresa^f towards all JJrfih- • fomt&wndhm II, Sukii 901 ? to 998; Sir w Elliot t Vishnu, whose coach is the serpent S X The phrase in the text corresponds to " UitpAdapafl- itrt F . he who a which were hi* feet, which in the term usually em. ployed to denote toe relations of a Miboidinate chieftain frith the supreme sovereign. § The all nwnm m to the oriental custom of pLu-iiiv writtaa oowmmnda on fhe forehead a.-, i lobta of ^uhuussireneat .up I obedieaae. ■ .. *% mod excellent Srt-Gaon'; tehakr&uudha, eiog an epi Vishnu, and the word ' Vishnu', or more Dommonly 'NitrA- I he cense of mnent Or ' s>-;-: hjudhn' may m -■•' ; or again, n possible analysis being 'Mie anga walk. — "'.'/ /oral for (hit But, as it is seen below that Gnnga was one of Bhutatuiikavira's names probably the mean- iug that I bare given in the text fa the one really intended* ' The lord of the duetts,— Vishnu ; perhaps tbi to the HtiiMlin avot&ra, when Vishnu boeume incar- ^3 a sage to reform the religion of thu Brihniaas, mays ; unrestrained in respect of the victories of the strength of his own arm; the besi o4 Brahmakshatras* ; the supreme king of kings; — such was L d;iv;ulitya. Hail! While the fortunate (iaugapemmfmadi- Bhuvanaikavira-tJdayadityadeva, — he who be- longed to the brave lineage of Brahmakshatras which is praised over the whole world; tin- favourite of the world ; the supreme king of great kings; the supreme lord; the excellent lord of the city of K61Alapura ; the lord of rT&ndagiri; he who had for his crest an in- furiated royal elephant ; he who acquired the excellent favour of (the god) Somesvara ; he who was a very Kusumayudkat hi respect of his affection ; Nunniyagaiiga J ; be who was the portal of victory § ; he who granted the desires of all mankind ; he who was the crest-jewel of the diadems of chieftains, — punishing the wicked and protecting the good, was governing {he Banavase Twelve-thousand, the SantaligOjJ Thousand, the Mandali Thousand, and the Eighteen Agraharas ;and while, — having ruined the kings of Che-ra, Chola, Pandya, and Pallava. and others who dwelt on his frontiers, and having levied tribute ('nun them), and having extended his territories up to the limits of the four in-.-ans, and having pursued the career of one who is desirous of conquest, — he was abiding at his capital of BaUigave with the recreation of pleasing conversations*"; — having from a reli- gious impulse preferred his request to liis mas- ter the prosperous Bhuvanaikaniall.idi'-.uV and having made an offering to (the g< mesvarmt— on the occasion ul the festival of the sun's commencing his progress to the north origin, i.e., of mixed descent. t ' The flower-armed',— K... khe god of his bow is made of flowon, the string of it is a row of I with ii fl --■5 a particular influence over one or other of the Sense.j. peTtnauadi-Vikrain in No. t of the Baiikimiir tions. §' J "r"' r ' -the analysis seems to be 'iayaiia . ! :-jor Disou's work 11.- form of this name is SAntuli ; ii» other passages it occurs i form. If ' Svkhasaiiibi oceasionally 'sail is written for ' sathkatlvV. Tliis phrase is ol ocenrrence; ita evu-x purport is not clear, hot it denot aomeway one of the attributes of sovereignty. » The ChAlokya king. '■;<' supreme lord',— an epithet of Vishnu, Indra. Jina. or, moat frequently, Sira-
 * Members of a family of both Brahman and Kshutrija