174 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [{June, 1909 
TRANSLATION. 
Sti-Ekalinga ' is the deity (worshipped) *; the sage Harita 
(t.e., Haritarasi) * is the preceptor; Bana ma ita * is the family 
goddess ; three knots for the sacred thread ; Yajus is the Veda ; 
pata (Mewar) ; the mountain Chitra (i.e., Chitrakaita = Chitor- 
gadh) is the native place: with these ten qualities shines the 
Sigoda dynasty. 
What is germane to our topic in the present stanza is the 
second line, which informs us that the gétra of the Sisoda, 7.e., 
Rana’s, family is s Vaijavapa, the Veda is Yajus and the knots 
in the sacred thread are three. As the number of the knots 
corresponds to the number of the pravaras in the gétra, what is 
the gotra of Guhadatta, dee of the Guhila-vamsa, was Vai- 
javapa, but gives no ‘further details. The st anza, however 
just cited, gives us the additional information that the Veda 
of the family is the Yajurveda and that it has three pravaras. 
Now, a work entitled Gétra-pravara-nibandha-kadambam, which 
gives an account of gétras and pravaras, has the following — 
1 The temple of oe is 14 miles north of Udaipur. With re- 
gard to the nb, oe of the name Ekalinga, Tod says as follows: ‘* That is 
with one (ek) lingam or poe Sri symhol of worship being a single 
of Rajasthan, vol. i, p. 481, os To a 8 explana tion may be correct 
and may be even that locally given. But the Sabda-kalpadruma gives 
the following account: geaiarat aa a fesracatera | ataier- 
rhs aq fefecanar i) What the verse purports to say is that when, 
the distrnce of ten miles, none but one linga is observable, the latter 
is alld © Ekalinga (one phallus 
2 «The Ranas of Mewar, as the dewans, or Sie uae of Siva, 
when they visit the temple, _— the high priest in his duties, and 
perform the ceremonies, whic reigning prince does with peculiar 
a and grace.’’— Anna Is and Antiquities of Rajasthan, vol. i, 
P 
> Pp. 210 E Shall have to ak in detail in my second paper 
ou ee sect he founded nee : tie 
* Ibid.. p. 225, where Tod says: Sh Jom his bride he conveyed to 
Cheetore 
s * ss * signed 
Pandit Gaurishankarji informs me that one cition im 
(small) is wo t Udaipur, and it Bano- 
parent ¢ Kallwade nese ¢ bp Slo ut and there is another temple of 
