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XXII. — By whom also, having effected the conquest of his enemies, 

 the whole earth on every side being- overcome, as in sport, with his 

 mighty arms, was as a servant beneath his feet, subjected to his will. 



XXIII. — Whose glorious exploits, when good men hear perpetually 

 celebrated by mankind through the world, their body becomes repeat- 

 edly encompassed as with a panoply of solid gold, arising from their 

 extreme delight. 



XXIV. — Who worshipped Sri' Harsha with strings of pearls 

 without end ; with wanton steeds, and gorgeous garments and wea- 

 pons ; with camphor, with cakes mixed with the fruit of the Areca ; 

 with the best sandal- wood of Malabar ; with immense ingots of gold ; 

 with conspicuous gifts composed of the birds of every country and 

 species, of herds of elephants with their mates ; gifts without deceit, 

 delightful and most numerous, brought hither by his liege servants. 



XXV. — By him, through his exemplary devotion, two villages 

 were presented with suitable deeds of gift to the deity called 

 Harsha, the best of these called Chhatradhdrd, the second Sanka- 

 rdnaka. 



XXVI. — Who also was adorned by his younger brother, the fortu- 

 nate prince Durlabha, even as was Ra'ma by Laxmana, and Bala- 

 rama by Vishnu, [i. e. by Krishna.] 



XXVII. — This series of great kings had the origin of all their 

 other virtues in devotion to Sambhu [or Siva], Sri Harsha was the 

 tutelar god of their race ; hence was their genealogy illustrious. 



XXVIII. — The Spiritual teacher Visva-ru'pa was a happy and 

 learned master of replies, on an infinite variety of subjects, according 

 to the received discipline of the Panchdrthala tribe of brahmans. 



XXIX. His disciple was called Prasasta ; who had attained the 



choicest mystic formulae, and was skilled in the interpretation of all 

 that were produced to him ; an accomplished devotee of Siva, lord of 



beings. 



XXX. His disciple, twice received as such, was one attached to 



the earth, named Tollata, sprung from a holy family of brahmans 

 of the Vargatika tribe ; 

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