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 Scttembkr, 187."l] MAXIMS FROM INDIAN WRITERS. 209 K u m a r a p il I a also ordered his ministers that they should bring none of the property of I those who died without heirs into hia treasury. People when they heard this proclaimed that no raja had ever done so great a deed as this. Afterwards it was reported oue day to Ku- marapala that the temple of Kedaresvara M a h A d e v a * was old and falling down, Kmnarapflla said that it was a disgrace to the Khas Raja of Kedar that he plundered the pilgrims and yet did not even repair the temple. He ordered his own minister to have the temple repaired. So also he caused the temple of S o m a n a t h a to be repaired. t He erected also temples of Parsvanatha at Anahillapura, and placed in them tphdttka linages. He also caused a temple of Parsva- natha to be built at Deva Pat tan. He called the temple he had built at AnahiOapur the K u m ii r a Vihara. Both that and the temple of Deva Pattan were so splendid that many people came to see them. Afterwards one night in a dream Mfth&deva Bftid EUja that he was pleased with baa service and wish to reside at Anahillapura. Thereupon the RAja built there the temple of Knmarapalesvarato Mahadeva.J All people praised KumarapAla and hoped that he would live for ever, and caused his era to be established. Thu3 of Jinesvara Sun's disciple Les.ijaya Tilak Gaai's Dva ins hard hi (so named) composed by Sri Siddha Hemauliandra§, the twentieth * sarga has been completed. 1. In the Sri Chandravaiisa arose Jinesvara Suri. pupil of Sri Varddhamuna Acharya, who travelled about Gujarat in the reign of Dnr- labha Raja. •2. Jisaehandra Sari. 3. Ahhaya Deva Sari, who lived at Kham- bhata and composed many works. 4. Jina Vallabha Suri. 5. Jina Datta Suri. 6. Jinachandra Suri. 7. Jinapati Suri. 8. Jinesvara Suri. at the order of whom 9. His disciple Lcsabhai Tilak Ganicomp- this book. Lakshmi Tilak Kavi composed a tilca on the work and amended it. This book * was completed in the year Yikrama 1312 (a. p. 1256), on the day of the Divali, at S r 1 P r a I - h a d a n Pattan. May it be for many years celebrated in the three Lokas ! RELIGIOUS AND MORAL SENTIMENTS FREELY RENDERED FROM SANSKRIT WRITERS. BY JOHN MTJIB, D.C.L., LL.D., Ph.D., EDINBURGH. pagt 808.) J». Atharva Veda, x. 8. 44|| :— Consequence of the knowledge of the self Soul. The happy man who once has learned to know The self-existent Soul, from passion pure, Serene, undying, ever young, secure From all the change that other natures show, Whose lull perfection no defect abates, Whom*" pure essential good for ever sates, — That man alone, no longer direadzng death, With tranquil joy i- ifl vital breath. 30. Raghuvania,x. 15-32: — Jlijvin addressed To Thee, creator first, to Thee, Preserver next, destroyer last, Be glory ; though but one, Thou hast Thyself in art revealed as three. ■ b JfiUd, vol. I. pp. 183, 337. t lb. p. Il'l 5 I :>.->. Vide ant-, p. 71, and R&t MiJA. vol. L p. 1 15. See Qrig. Sansl. lextt, wtL IV. p. 20. As water pure from heaven descends, But soon with other objects blends, And various hues and flavours gains ; Be moved by Goodness, Passion, Gloom,* Dost Thou three several states assume, Vk bile yet Thine essence pure remains. Though one. Thou difFerent forms hast son Thy changes are compared to those Which hu-id crystal undergoes, With colours into contact brought. Unmeasured, Thou the worlds dost mi Thyself though no ambition tires, Tifl Thou who grautest all desires. Unvaii'iuisht'il, Victor, Thee we greet. T As the sonl (Jouan) i* masculine in Soi ventured to put the relative pronoun following the word in that gsad ■ See Witon*! Viahn, t Purtinn, vol. I. p. 41 r. Han'* ei), where Begat is translated ' activity,' and not ' passion.'