jgg G. A. Grierson — Analysis of the Tadumaivati. [Ho. 2, 
the salmon-coloured vestments (134). The good omens at departure. 
Girls with full waterpots ; Goiilins crying ‘buy my tyre;’ flower-girls 
with garlands ; fchanjan birds seated on snakes’ heads ; deer to the 
right, and door-keepers to the left ; dark-coloured bullocks lowing on the 
right, and jackals motionless on the left; white quails in the sky to the 
left, and foxes coming out and showing themselves ; crows on the left, and 
owls on the right. Vyasa has promised success to him who sets out with 
omens such as these (135). He sets out and says, ‘ Let to-day be a short 
stage. To-morrow we must take the long journey (i.e., to-day we live, 
to-morrow we die) . There are mountains and rivers to be crossed, with 
robbers lurking in the bye-ways. He who goeth steadily forward at ten 
hos a day will arrive safely (136). Go carefully along the road, picking 
your way, with sandals on your feet. The road is rough and thorny. 
On the right lies Bidar 1 2 (Vidarblia) and on the left Canderl, one road 
goes to Simhala-dvipa and another to Laxjka (sic)’ (137). Then says 
the parrot, ‘ Let him be guide who knoweth the way. Can the blind 
lead the blind ? ’ So they asked the way of Yijaya-giri, King of Vijaya- 
nagara. He says, ‘ Behind are Kunda and Gola (Golconda (?) ). Leave 
on the left (?) Adhiara KliatSla. To the south on the right lietli 
Tiliqga, and directly to the north is the Karahakatar|ga (? Karnatak). 8 
Midway is the main gate of Ratnapura (KancI), and to the left is 
the hill of Jharakhanda (Baij’nath). To the left front is Orissa, and 
cross ye the sea to the south’ (138). They wander through the 
forest, and sleep on the ground, the King alone waking through the 
night, playing on his five-stringed lute, and with his eyes fixed on the 
road to Padmfivatl (139). After a month’s journey they come to the 
sea- shore. King Gajapati approaches and asks who they are. Ratna 
Sena asks for boats (140). Gajapati agrees, but warns him of the 
danger of the passage. ‘ There are seven seas to cross, viz, — the Ksara, 3 * * * * 
the Kslra, the Dadhi, the Udadhi, the Sura-jala, the Kilakilakuta 
(and the Manasara). There is no one capable of crossing all’ (141). 
The King replies, ‘ To one in love what is death ? I am compelled to 
follow my path. I am a disciple of Ragga Hatha (? Krisna, Qri-raqga), 
1 The poet’s strong point is certainly not Geography. 
2 All this is siroply a tentative paraphrase. The readings have not been 
established yet. Pandit Sudhakara DvivedI suggests that the correct reading may 
be hoi Icara elcatayga, the fabulous land of one-legged men. 
3 Tho enumeration of the Visnu Purana is Lavana, Iksu, Sura, Ghrita, Dadhi, 
Dugdha, Jala Kilakila is the boiling sound of rushing water. Kiita is a theth word 
meaning 1 uncertainty, guess.’ Aldita means 1 without uncertainty,’ hence ‘ extreme.’ 
Kilakilakuta is the extremely turbulent sea roaring with the boiling caused by 
subaqueous fire (badavagni). The seventh or Manasara sea is not mentioned till 
stanza 161. This last name is in direct contradiction to tho Purfujas. Note 8 to 
stanza 2 above should bo corrected according to the above list. 
