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 72 THE INDIAN" ANTIQUARY. [Maw h, 1S75. LakshmtTilak K a v i made a i%ka or com- mentary on, and corrected it, as wo are told by L e s a j a y a T i I a k Gani, a Jaina monk, who completed the work as we now Lave it at P r a 1 - had an Patta n — probably, as K. Forbes con- jectures, Pahlanpnr (though possibly Pitliid) — at the Diviili in the Samvatof Yikram 1312, or a. p. 1255. The narrative portion of the work does not even assume to be a connected relation ; i i is rather a series of anecdotes : but the informa- tion afforded by i t and the Pra ba n d h a C h i n - tdhia.nl, in reference to customs., manners, institutions, and modes of thought, may be re- garded as a correct reflection of the times when these works were written: and a curious picture is ihus presented o£ superstition and moral ef- fetcness beyond hope of reformation from within, even after the warning lesson taught by the sci- mitars of the Gliaznivide host in 1026, — though that invasion had probably no small influence iij developing such characters us B hi ma De va J. and SiddharAja. But though such princes might delay for a time, they could not save their people from the fate their grovelling aubj to a superstitious priesthood, with its debasing results, had earned for them, — -a fate finally inflicted by the merciless Ala-ud-dinin 1297 a.d. The following is an outline of the narrative portion of the Duaidshardya* : — The rga. There is a city named Anahillapura, is as it were the avadika of the earth, the abode of NyayaDharma and Lakshrni, by reason of which the whole world is beautified. Beauti- ful are its women, and the kings that have rule! there have been handsome aud strong obe- dient to parents and gurfis, ami possessed besides of sons. Excel tot it arrangements are made in that city by the king for the support of scholars studying Vidya. Religion flourishes in it, V the people are opnlent and have abundant oc- cupation. It is surrounded by beautiful gardens « full of trees n|' varied kiuds. Debt is Unknown in the city. Many mums arc there, and such as perform austerities. Svarga is near to them as are the courts in front of their houses, and • The nAftasoo of the first five Pnrgas has ulrKt.K ■ Mr. K. F..rr.r, m I t Mulan'.ja was thoson of Kf.ja, and j?raiulw>n <if BJ, , iWty.i, of KAlfto, by Luft D< A the daaghterof the king of Anhdlapur, and was adopted by Stfoiant Sk^ha, tho last Chftnda prince. Molartja succeeded hii untie sLwaut therefore the city too is called the 'pure. 1 The king's servants are clever and intelligent. All its women are practisers of Sati-dharma, there- fore the age is continually called tho Satyuga. / Beside t he city flow Sarasvati's clear waters, rendering pare the earth and the air : here live Brabmans equal to Yasishtha or Visva- mitra, who could produce warriors from the fire-pit- Mularajaf was the first of the Solan ki race in this city. He was the benefactor of the world, full of all good qualities and generous- minded. All kings worshipped him as the sun is worshipped. He gained the title of the " en- thraller of the universe, " for the subjects of all 'lands came to his country and found a happv residence. To Brahmans he gave great gifts : his enemies, like Dhcds, begged o;; town from fear of him. When this ftaja went out ydtrdho subdued the Raja of North Kosala Desa; half the inimical kings be slew, the other half he forced to submit The wives of his enemies, that, like frogs in a well, ha d never in their lives seen anything beyond their own houses, were seized by li li ill as as they wan- in forests, and wer city to be sold as slaves.} This I formed yayna ; lie caused the Vfidas and other to be collected. He slept not in the day- time, and was often awake at night fur the protection of his subjects. Th ya, ToMularaja once on a time Somanaiha Mahadeva said iu a dream : ««0 thou who werl r born of the C h a 1 u k y a race, b fight with Graharipu and oth wish to destroy P r a b h ;t s a T t r t h ft : by my Bplendour shalt thou o Whenheaw-.k-e, Mularaj the recollection of what Mfthadovn had sa him. In the morning the RAja en motmmandapa (court) with fa dam buk and Je ha I the B tbat fa tell them whal :' B«id. But at that moment sew princes pn themselves according to cub. torn, so that Muln ,,ot able Sir.diH :il,r,ut ID, :.[J. ,■ .„f. j.-, MB j b>]admn»AifcenAkbar<)e,YoL II '■•'••■••■-.. vol. IV. p. 1; Tod. li", L p. 150. t (fan § A U>wn to the cast uf Siddhapnr,