QQi SANSCRIT INSCHIPTIONS 



15. His son was K alabhoja, fierce with the mighty, a foe as destructive as time, n mo- 

 narch, the familiar friend of pohcy, the effacer of the beauty of the Chora women, the de- 

 capitator of tlie heads of hostile princes, the chastiser of the lord of Kerndla, and dehght of 

 those connected with him by friendship. 



16. His arms were the bolt that secured the mansion of pleasure, associating women 

 with couches, and trees with flowers, peopling the world with the pious, and the branches of 

 trees with birds. 



His son was Bhartribha^a, the lord of the earth,* a splendid scyon of this stem, 

 humbling the pride of the tree of heaven. 



IT. His waist might be grasped with the hand, his breast was as broad as a gate, in 

 his presence kings were afraid, as wild elephants of the lion. 



18. By the birth of SamahayIka, the king of serpents obtained a companion, and a 

 friend, in bearing the burthen of the earth, and higher raised his head : in the sparkling 

 flames of the fire of his wrath, adverse princes, their intellects being confounded by the de- 

 struction of their partisans, were consumed like moths. 



19. After hmi the cloud-like sword of Khummana, sprinkled the warriors with bril- 

 liant drops in the storms that wafted the dust of earth to heaven, staining the safflower on 

 the breast of their wives, with the coUyriura washed from their eyes by their tears — an ap- 

 pearance that excites astonishment in the judgments of the wise. 



20. Alla^a was his son, who in war resembled irresistible fate, whose dreadful scymi- 

 tar swept away, as if in sport, the hostile host. 



21. Naravahana succeeded him, who seized in battle the cars of the assembled prin- 

 ces, by whom Sankara was reverenced with profound humility, and who was formidable to 

 his enemies. 



22. After him Sakti '■ ■ ■■' was born, whose fame was as bright as the stars, 



whose good qualities were manifold, and from whose valour hostile warriors shrunk with 

 dismay. 



23. The prince that succeeded him was Suchiverma, who appeared clothed with terror 

 on the field of battle to his foes, and like Visdkha, the son of Sambhu, at whose feet the 

 towering heads of kings lay prostrate, united fortune with prowess. 



* This may be his name, Avanipdla ; not an epithet only. 



