1874.] Pratapacliandra Ghosha —The Budded Tula Inscription, 361 
feeling to the laudatory addresses of the poor, because of having lavished 
riches on them, nor utter sweet words but cherished his friends by his 
prosperity: who by his virtues unparalleled in the world became an object 
of admiration with good men. 
X. Desirous of attaining the estate of a family-man he accepted, agree¬ 
ably to the law, the hand of the princess Tarala, who was after his own 
image, as Siva did the hand of Siva and Hari that of Lakslnni. 
is the second state of one’s life. It comes after Brahmacliari. It is the 
estate of a family-man. 
XI. Of this pair was born the fortunate Kedaranatha Misra, re¬ 
splendent as Gulia, renowned for beauty and personal valour, gifted with 
the power of learning the most abstruse sciences, and possessed of a reputa¬ 
tion for infinite knowledge, acquired by his own good sense, and capable of 
gladdening the wants of celestial beings by his good actions. 
Guha = Kumara or Ivartikeya. 
XII. Who having drunk the ocean of the four sciences with the bright 
eyes of knowledge, brought them forth again and laughed at the unsteady 
reputation of Agastya. 
The story is that the sage Agastya once drank up the ocean, taking the water in the 
palm of his hand, but found it difficult to bring it up again. This prince was far 
superior to Agastya in this respect. He drank up the ocean of knowledge with his eyes 
and by giving instruction to others brought it forth much more easily than the sage. 
XIII. Trusting to whose wisdom the lord of Gauda for a long time 
enjoyed the surface of the sea-girt earth by eradicating the race of the 
Utkalas, conquering the haughtiness of the Huns, and humbling the pride 
of the kings of Gujjra and Dravida. 
XIY. Who considered them most needy from whom he had acquired 
wealth, whose mind never made any distinction between friend and foe, who 
was afraid of falling into the ocean of the world (of mortal birth) and was 
purged of all sins and who delighted in (contemplating) the world to 
come. 
Wilkins’ rendering of this passage is peculiar. In the first phrase ^q^crf^rn'ci'i'sqifg 
he makes the following alteration before his meaning can be grammatically correct_ 
favrRjfsRT. But taking rrf^mT^T as an adjective to understood, the 
sense appears to be clear. That is, he considered them only i. e. needy, deserving 
his charity, from whom he had acquired wealth, i. e. he was charitable to the defeated 
princes and to his subjects, from whom he had acquired wealth by way of tribute or toll. 
XY. Prince Shi Slim Pala, the Indra, whose strength lay in the 
love of his subjects, and who was identified with the welfare of his ocean- 
