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TRANSLATION OF A 



of thorns, g&&3 diOipate d »h€' fears of the people, he governed them with 

 ■ .•an ificreafe of wealth and power.. 



40. ,;..*. having abandoned his body to the waters of 

 the daughter of the fan * the meritorious An ant a became incorpo- 



rated with the fupreme. Hence the . . of the .cba> 



tifer of his foes was employed in the guardianlhip-J- by the chieftain 

 Jaya v\rma, who devoted-his foul to faith. J 



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^f . "Of a refpeclable origin, fprung from a virtuous family, fpofciefs, 

 pe>ffeffing a clear intellect, verfed in the fa'cred' Sciences, eloquent, fa- 

 .^aciouSj prudent, : acquainted ,: with the management of elephants, 

 horfes, and chariots ;§ (killed in archery .".... ." mingled with 

 affection, and other qualities. On being- tried, he was afterwards ap- 

 pointed prime mihiiter by the aufpicious monarch Prjt'hvi Varma, 



43. That wife one blefTed the government of his prince with all the 

 requisites of royalty; and was afterwards .... in the mini ft ry 

 of Mad an a, the protector of the earth. Having reduced all kings, by a 

 well-timed application of the fix expedients of defence, || he gradually 



extended his fupfemacv over the earth. 



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...-* From the context being effaced, it remains uncertain in what manner lis body was abandoned to the 

 rirer Jumnm $ who is 'be daughter < f the Am, accr-Hng to rry.holegy. 



f The original terra Pr&tihdrica, which h-s bren franCate^ ' gnarcHsnihip,' generally fignifies the office of 

 warden, formerly, po haps, a refpedbble appointment in the fervice of a king. Another fenfc in which ii is 

 effd 'is hrre »,hoJly inapplicable, 



I Meyning', probably, 'hat he abdicated the government and ltd a religims life, 



§ Thefe were former'y ffteemed h'gh arcostj liflircrnts amongft the Hindus, 



|| ', e. Pacification, war, a progrefs or s march, a halt, or the maintaining of a port, a Jonble rcfoarcfi 

 0? 9 ftratagerrij and recoutfe to pro eQion, 



