187 4.] Pratapachandra Ghosha —The Buddal Tala Inscription . 359 
II. (This prince, like) S 'akra, lord of the eastern quarter, hut not of 
other quarters, though defeated by Daitya chiefs.gained 
(mastery over) the world by his devoted piety and derided Yrhaspati. 
S'akra is another name of Indra, the lord of the firmament. He is also worshipped 
as one of the Dikpalas or lords of the ten quarters. He rules over the eastern quarter; 
the text has it, 1 i hut Wilkins has omitted it; he says, “ Sakra was 
ruler hut of one quarter.” literally means ‘‘notwithstanding.” It has been ren¬ 
dered “ though.” The text has • ‘ ’ ’ which means “ defeated the son he.” 
I have rendered the “son” by “Prince.” Wilkins appears to have ignored the 
last portion of the 2nd line. There is a blank in the text, and it affects the sense a 
great deal; but, as it is, it means that Indra, though lord of the eastern quarter only* 
became lord of the whole world, because he had Yrhaspati for his adviser. Hence, this 
prince like him, though lord of one small portion of the country, became by his piety, lord 
of the world and that too without the aid of Yrhaspati’s advice, whom he could well 
afford to deride. 
III. His wife was named Ichchha, who could move his heart at her 
will: she was by nature pure and gentle, faithful, loving, and auspicious. 
Wilkins adds, “ Ichchha like love ” meaning perhaps “ like Rati the goddess of love.” 
This does not occur in the text. Again, the text does not say “ she was admired,” it has 
“ (she was) naturally pure, = gentle, = faithful, = loving, full 
of love. ^JVIT == auspicious; according to Hindu astrology certain signs and marks 
make a person auspicious.” Mr. Wilkins has “ and her beauty was like the light of 
the moon”. The two lines of the text have nowhere any term to indicate the moon, 
unless Wilkins has been misled by = cool. 
IY. In sciences he was (as high as) the pinnacle of a triumphal 
column....the triple world lay before him. 
Their (Garga and Ichchha’s) son was like the lotus-born chief of the 
twice-born and was well-known by the name of S Vidarbhapani. 
Wilkins has — “ in his countenance, which was like the flower of the waters, 
were to be traced the lines of the four sciences. The three worlds were held in subject¬ 
ion by his hereditary high rank.” The equivalents word for word are in the 
sciences; is a triumphal column or any column, =i the face or the pinnacle 
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of the top of the • qf^rf = all round lay; = three worlds. Of these 
two, namely Garga and Ichchha, was born the son named S'ri-Darblia-Pani, (Lotus- 
born is Brahma. Dvija is a brahman) who was like Brahma the chief of Brahmans. 
Wilkins has, “ he took unto himself the name ofbut the text has ^f^j- jjfij- 
was renowned by the name of S'n Darbha Pani. The text has rfijT the 
Genitive Dual of ffrT= He, that; hence = son of the two and not of 
“ these two was descended,” which is inaccurate. 
Y. From the source of the Reva where heaps of stone saturated with 
the mada (juice exuding from the head of) lustful elephants to (the foot of 
the) father of Gauri (Mount Himalaya), whose whitened hills are nourished 
by the rays of the moon (on the forehead) of I's Vara. From the waters of 
the setting sun to those of the rising Aruna, between the two vast waters 
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