1869.] The Nineteenth Booh of the Gestes of Prithiraj. 157 



Here endeth the nineteenth chapter in the Gestes of Sri Prithiraj, 

 composed by Sri Kavi Chand Bardai, entitled the seizure of Padma- 

 vati in the fort of Samud Sikhar by Sri Prithiraj after a fight, and the 

 fight between Sri Prithiraj and the Padshah, and the victory of Sri 

 Prithiraj and the capture and release of the Padshah. 19. Finished. 



Notes. 



(1) In Tod's MS. the 20th. In the Agra MS. it is misplaced 

 and occurs as the 24th, but in this MS. the whole of the Mahoba 

 Samyo to which it is introductory, is omitted ; as it is also in Caulfield's 

 MS. 



(2) Tod ir^TVW which I have translated ' strong armed *r?T = vm. 

 Agra has ^IWT which agrees neither with rhyme or metre. 



(3) ^*r, /♦**■=», retinue, attendants. 



(4) Tod sr«T, Agra ^f^r. 



(5) Tod cjpf ^RW; Agra f^r <^it which makes no sense. 



(6) Tod fw THK, which is unintelligible ; Agra fa?r *{*k, ditto. I 

 read ^T»£?r WK, i. e. ^fz<{ # ^ftt: (-im) $, conjecturally: 



(7) I read these lines thus W^f<T *TO #^fr ^ ?lf?r II ft^rarro 

 ^flr ^^^ II Tod and the Agra MS. read JRfe^ft which gives no 

 sense ; f?^ I take to be for f?r^ ; the substitution of h for s is a 

 Panjabi characteristic frequent in Chand ; W% is for Tff^T. The other 

 reading f^ ^*TT*? I can make nothing of. 



(8) ^r ^f^uT, with eyes rounded like a disc (^sff), i. e. widely 

 opened. 



(9) Tod and Agra f^fa ^ ^T^JI^T ^% ^m?< II the meaning of 

 which is not clear to me. 



(10) The translation of this and the preceding line is purely con- 

 jectural the MSS. have entirely different and irreconcileable read- 

 ings. 



(11) ^^ ^f^^Tq fepT ^rf% ^T5J* Tod. Agra has ^^f W^, etc. 



(12) In this time the proper name of the place is given for the first 

 time. The fortress is identified as Sriswagarh on the Pahonj not far 

 from Kunch " in Eastern Bundelkhand. Elliot's History of India, 

 vol. ii. p. 459. 



(13) Ghaznin. 



(14) Readings vary in the different MSS. That translated above is 

 the only intelligible one. 



