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heaven, which expels from the inmost recesses of the hearts of 
mature females the feeling of anger against their lovers* * * * * * 
4. In his race was born king Jajalla Deva, an immeasurable ocean 
of patience, the only great jewel that ever decorated the brow of 
this sublunary sphere. The might of his wand pervaded the three 
worlds. He assumed the title of the lord of the Stiras, and became 
the favorite of his mistress the sea girt earth. 
5. From that mighty sovereign of Chedi, who with his invincible 
army was like unto an ocean, proceeded Sri Ratnapala his son, who 
was fierce as the submarine fire Badavanalat * * * * * * * * * * 
a Rahut to eclipse the moon-like countenance of heroes—a wonder 
on the face of the earth for endless might and glory. 
6. He is the birth-place of expansive renown. Radiant as the 
hoary orb of the full moon-—a rising sun of unbounded majesty—an 
ocean of Kshetria virtues—he is an all-yielding gem§ to the bards who 
flock (round him) from all quarters. Unto him was born Prithudeva 
the lord of mankind. 
7. When the dominion of this sovereign was ruled according to 
the principles of polity, when approach of evil portents had been 
minimised, and the people lived in peace, 
8. There came in the fulness of time to the Turmana country 
from the regions of Chedi, Govinda the pious (or active?) of the 
race of Vastavya, pure as the moon. 
9. Unto him was born a son of the name of Mame. He was 
an ocean of philanthropy, an ornament for the decoration of royal 
courts, a sun to the lotus of wise men.|| May he live long in pros- 
perity! He was the pride of his nurse and a garland to his pure 
race. The renowned, the only bee extant on the lotus feet of the 
destroyer of regions (Siva and—) 
* The princes named in this inscription evidently belonged to the lunar race, 
but owing to a hiatus in this stanza, the name of the particular branch of that 
race from which they descended, cannot be made out, 
+ Nine letters at the beginning of the second half of the stanza are unintelli- 
ee The ascending node; in mythology, the son of Sinhika a Daitya, with 
the tail of a dragon, whose head was severed from his body by Vishnu, but 
being immortal, the head and tail retained their separate existences, and being 
transferred to the stellar sphere, became the authors of eclipses; the first 
especially by endeavouring at various times to swallow the sun and moon.” 
¥ Saeed a fabulous gem, the possession of which is supposed to yield its 
possessor whatever may be desired. 
|| I. e. as gratifying is the sun to the lotus so is he to wise men. 
