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of prosperity and great virtue, stable, like the goddess Laksmi in the 
midst of the churning of the sea, in belabouring the enemy, whose good 
deeds like a creeper surrounded the earth, under whoso influence the 
renown of the enemy was obscured as beneath the rays of the sun the 
petals of the lily close (V, 3). From this Dvaradeva, descended 
Muladeva, the crown of his family, holding the foremost place among 
the learned, putting an end to the prosperity of the enemy, smiling 
as the moon, and blooming on the creeper of renown (Y, 4). From 
him was descended Ahirama, a mass of virtue, the object of 
adoration, the resting place of kindness and justice of whom un¬ 
measured fame has sprung up in the same way as the moon rises 
on the udayacata (Y, 5). His descendants were many in number, 
among whom was a son Svapneqvara and a daughter Surama, the 
former resembling the moon, and the latter the goddess of prosperity. 
Of them one became the ornament of the world and the stay of 
all people, and the other the alleviator of the heat of poverty, 
as Laksmi is (in cooling the mind) of Cintamaui (Yisnu) (Y, 6). 
There was a celebrated king named Codagai^ga, the flower of the lunar 
dynasty, adorned with the several faculties beginning with anima. 
(Y, 6). After* that king of kings had adorned the abode of Indra his 
bountiful son, the illustrious Rajaraja, began to rule the world (Y, 10). 
That best of men married Surama dev! ( Y, J3). That king who was the 
ornament of royal families, after a happy career, had his younger brother 
AniyajjkabhIma installed on the throne (Y, 14). When the king of 
the Gaqga family set about the conquest of the different quarters, 
Svapne^vara deva himself did more service than a host of Cahirayga, 
He dealt such mighty blows on his enemies with his sharpened weapons, 
that from the blood gushing out of their wounds eight oceans were 
formed (Y, 18). He built this temple of Meghe^vara, the Lord of 
Kailapa, high as a mountain, with materials at great cost (Y, 22). 
The stone-built wall of (that) conqueror is so lofty that it appears to 
be ready to check the movements of the clouds (Y, 24). (Ladies) with 
eyes like those of the deer, the effulgence of the diamonds on whose 
bracelets brightens everything at the time of their dancing, were en¬ 
gaged for the service of the conqueror of Tripura (Qiva) (Y, 25). He 
has laid out a beautiful park in the abode of Meghe^vara (Y, 26). The 
friend of that Lord of men had a beautiful tank, full of sweet water, 
excavated at the abode of Megbe^vara. This tank, when looked at, 
appears to be a brother of the ocean (Y, 28). That conqueror, celebrated 
for his many achievements, had a beautiful mandapa erected by the side 
of the tank. Here people sought refuge from the inclemency of the 
hot weather (Y, 29). Having built the temple of 19a, he set up the 
