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13. *By that victorious king was Pldydnagari 

 made a permanent metropolis: a fortunate city, 

 which is adapted to promote universal conquest *. 



14. ' Gaura'mbic ./ became his queen ; a prin- 

 cess respectable for her virtues ; as Rama the be- 

 loved wife of C.F.TSNA : as Gauri of S'iva ; as 



Ib.S'Acnf, of IndHa; as Saraswati, of Brahma'; 



16. as Ch'ha'ya', of Su'rya-j-. By the charms of her 

 graceful gaiety, she obscured Tilottama % ; by 

 her happy fidelity to her husband, she excited the 

 envy of Anasu'ya' ^. 



17. ' This liberal pfi nee, pre-eminent amongkings, 



begot, on that divine princess ^, a son named Hari- 



3S.HARA: who is become a protector of the good 



and punisher of the wicked ; who has obtained his 



* Vidyanagar't signifies the city of science, Ferishtah was mis- 

 taken, when he aliirmed, that it was fouiHlecl by Kaj\ Ckllal deo 

 and named afrer his son Bija kay. (Scott's History ot Dekhan, 

 Intr. p. xi.) It is believed to have been founded by the two bro- 

 thers Harihaiva and Bucca Raya. 



t The Gods and Goddesses, to whom this happy couple is here 

 compared, are mentioned in the text by titles, some of which 

 are uncommon i and have been tlierefore changed, in the transla- 

 tion, to others more generally known. Rama is probably intended 

 for liADiiA as a representative of Lacsiimi. 



In the original, Saraswati is called Vani ; but the fac simile of 

 tUe other inscription exhibits Savitki. Sachi is, in the original, 

 erroneously written Sacui) and y./7«./ occurs at the beginning of 

 the verse for nuviu. 



X Tillottama is thenaineof a nymph celebrated for her beauty. 



§ Anasuya is wife of Atri, and distinguished for conjugal af- 

 fection. The name signifies uiienvious. 



^ 'i'he princess is here termed Gauri, wiiich is a title oTPfr- 

 VATij and which coiveys an allusion to her own name G.\uRA|fc 



