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As the moon from the ocean, so there was born in their family one 
radiant like the moon, who was known by the name of Vilvasiva. 10 
The wealth of him, who was devoted to the lotns-feet of the enemy of 
Smara ( i. e., S'iva), was a means of enjoyment to the twice-born, to the 
good, and to the needy. 
To him, the ocean of generous deeds, who was hurling back sin with 
lofty actions, was born a son, Janaka, a peerless shelter for the encourage¬ 
ment of tlie virtuous, an ornament to his birth-place, a mine of goodness, 
with a tender heart, a pioneer of the pious, (who became) the wise and 
trusted minister of Gopala, 11 the ruler of Gadhipura. 12 
With him who duly maintained the dignity of his honse, was 
mated a maiden of noble lineage, called Jijja, who was a source of joy 
to her kinsfolk on the mother’s side, and who having her fair form decked 
with well-fitting 13 jewellery resembled the ocean-born Lakshmi, whose 
fair form is an ornament to the unfailing one (Vishnu). 
From these two there were born exactly six sons. The eldest, 
called Pippata, the wise, though he was but one, was like the six-faced 
and one-bodied fire-born son of S'iva and his consort. 14 
‘ Sribastam,’ and among some of them there is a tradition which connects their 
origin with the city of S'ravasti, where this inscription was fonnd. 
Th ; s method of expressing names is not un-common. Gf. S'yamanta namapatina 
ghanapnrvakena, which yields the name Ghanasyama. 
10 The association of the word vilva with S'iva in this name is a pretty conceit. 
The leaves of the vilva (or bel, as it is now called) are sacred to S'iva and presented 
as an offering to him : and the farther context shows that he, who bore the name, 
was a follower of S'iva. 
11 Some years ago I found at Asai on the Jumna in Etawah district, some 
inscribed stones, chiefly Jain images, which mentioned Pala rulers, said to have 
reigned at Kanauj. One ran : ‘ Sam vat 1227, Phalgun Sudi 9, Somdima, ra,ut Sri 
Rudrapala.’ 
12 Gadhipura is Kanyakubja, the modern Kanauj. Some say it is the modern 
Ghazipur. 
18 The word here used is achyuta, which literally means ‘ not falling,” and the 
same word is used of Vishnu at the end of this paragraph. In the latter case it 
is a name often used of Vishnu. In the former case it has been imported for the 
sake of the pun. 
*4 The eldest of the six sons is compared to Karttikeya (son of S'iva and his 
consort Parvati, n. b., S'ivabhyam, dual), who is said to have been six-faced and one¬ 
bodied. “ He was born of S'iva without the intervention of his wife, his generative 
“ energy being cast into the fire and then received by the Ganges, whence he is 
“ sometimes described as son of Agni and Ganga ; when born he was fostered by six 
“ Krittikas or Pleiades, who offering their six breasts, the child became six headed ” 
(vid. Monier Williams ; Sane. Diet. s. v. Karttikeya). This legend explains the 
names Shadanana and Shanmatura (Colebrooke’s Amarakosha, p. 7, ed 1825). 
