243 Of two Edicts lestoiving Land. [No. 3. 



9. Whose embattled elepbants in no wise succeeded in finding, 

 in three of the quarters, celestial elephants equal to the conflict; 

 whereupon, as it were rivals of the mate of Abhramu, they wended 

 to the region of Vajrin.* 



The same : — whose feet are highly revered by the universal fra- 

 ternity of potentates : son and successor of the auspicious Mada- 

 napala Deva, supreme sovereign, great king, chief ruler, lord para- 

 mount, emperor : ivho was son and successor of the auspicious 

 Chandra Deva, supreme sovereign, great king, chief ruler, lord para- 

 mount, emperor ; who gained, with his own arm, the primacy of 

 happy Kanyakubja :— the fortunate Govindachandra Deva,t su- 

 preme sovereign, great king, chief ruler, lord paramount, emperor ; 



* The Hindu mythology places an elephant, to uphold the globe, at each of its 

 quarters and interquarters. Of these eight supporters, Airavata is esteemed the 

 most redoubtable, and the chief of his kind. A female companion is attached to 

 each of them ; that of Airavata being Abhramu. Vajrin is an appellation of Indra ; 

 from vajra, the name of his weapon : and his region is the East, the station of 

 Airavata. 



Prof. Wilson, in his Dictionary, erroneously places Airavata in the North, the 

 locality of Sarvabhauma. In this mistake he is followed by Mr. Thomson, in his 

 translation of the Bliayavad-gitd, p. 125. 



The original of this exordium, from which Capt. Fell translated, was, beyond 

 question, everywhere substantially, and almost everywhere literally, identical with 

 the Sanskrit as printed in this paper. His version throughout is not, however, 

 entirely trustworthy ; as an examination of the mode in which he renders the last 

 two stanzas might authorize one to infer, a general scrutiny apart. 



" As the moon was produced from the ocean, so from Madanapala was descend- 

 ed Govindachandra. He was a prince of such vast strength that, by the grasp of 

 his mighty arm, he was able to restrain an elephant of the kingdom of Navarash- 

 tra. He possessed cows giving streams of the richest milk. 



" His herds of elephants could never meet with equals for combat in three re- 

 gions — the North, South, and West. They, therefore, roved to the quarter sacred 

 to Indra — the East ; — seeking for Aiiavata. They were like warriors seeking for 

 their adversaries." As. Res., Vol. XV., p. 448. 



f The seal attached to the plate of copper containing this inscription, bears, 

 according to the lithograph in the Journal of the Archaeological Society of Delhi, 

 the words ^ffaffJ'Tf'^P'^'^'^^^' : But this must be a mistake for ^^Tfi'Tf^'*^- 

 ^•^r^ . c The auspicious Govindachandra Deva.' Above the name is a figure of 

 Garuda ; and below it is a conch. 



