] 840.1 Ancient Land Grants in Assam. 77^ 



(gods) and the Asuras. And moreover it was turbid with the odorous 

 substances which were besmeared over and washed from the high 

 breasts of the bathing lovely females, and adorned on both the banks 

 with boats or ships; which (boats or ships) were like the Velxa* 

 females, adornedt with various ornaments ; like female children orna- 

 mented with sonorous kiukinii (a girdle set with small bells) ; — like 

 Varastris (courtezans) holding:}: chamara (chowrees) ; — like the wives 

 of Dashavadana (Ravana) bearing the marks of Dashana§ (teeth) round 

 them; — like the Kaminis (wives) of Pavana (the god of wind) pos- 

 sessed of Vega|| (swiftness) ; — like the women of Danuhanga (a nation) 

 attractive of all minds ;1[ and like Devapalis (inferior gods) ever existent 

 above,* and whose (boats) Vega is samvardhita, (augmented or in- 

 flamed) like that of the Carnatic females by KaMinabhighataf. 



Further, their U'tkampaX is augmented like that of the girls danc- 

 ing with their male companions. 



There was a person named Bhijjata, who was the illuminator of the 

 Sandelya line, — liberal, — pious, — devoted to the gods, and studious 

 in Yajurveda, and its angas§ (subordinate parts.) His wife named 

 Sabhrdyekdj who was pious, endowed with all the Brahmanical 

 qualities, and descended from a respectable family, was married to 

 him according to the Brahma Vidhi, 



To their son, who was himself a priest studious in the Vedas, 

 possessed of noble qualities, and superiority, and whose name was 

 Indoka, the king Vanamala has granted the village named Abhissura^ 

 vdtaka, which is furnished with fertile lands, and the reservoirs of 

 water, and the undermentioned eight boundaries on the west of 

 Trisrota (the Ganga-river) for the virtue of his parents. 



* Name of a tribe. This Veshisana (adjective) is to be applied to both the boats and 

 the females. 



t Oars at that time were generally bound with Kinkinis round them, as are now the 

 paddles of snake boats. 



X Boats and ships had always been at that time beautified with chamaras and flags, 

 &c. 



§ The persons of the wives of Ravana, who had ten mouths, bore the marks of as 

 many lines of teeth. This when relating to the boats means that the earrings thereon 

 were visible like the marks of teeth. 



II This is applicable to both the boats and the wives of Ravana . 



II The boats were so beautiful that they were pleasing to all. 



* Here the word a6ove, means above the surface of water when connected with the 

 boats, and sky when with the gods. 



f Here the words Vega and Kathindhhighdta are both of two meanings. The former 

 means amorous lustre and speed — and the latter strong embrace and haste^ when they 

 are in turn connected with the females and the boats. 



X V'tkampa, when relating to the girls, means a motion used in dancing ; and tremu- 

 lous motion when relating to the boats ; i. e. when the boats are danced on by men, 

 they appear as it were dancing themselves too by the pressure of those moving on 

 them. 



§ The Angas are as follow : — Sikshd, or the science of pronunciation, and articula- 

 tion J Kalpa the detail of religious ceremonies ; Vydkarana or grammar ; C'hhandas 

 prosody ; Jyotish or astronomy ; and Nirukti or the explanation of the difficult or ob- 

 scure words, or phrases that occur in the Vedas. 



A mode of marriage, the presentation of the bride, elegantly adorned, by the father 

 to the bridegroom whom he has invited. 



It is bounded on the west hy Dashalangasabha; on the south-east by Chandra, 

 on the west by Nakuvasava, and on the north-east by Dashalangala Sabhasa. — Sam- 

 vat. 19. 



