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From the victorious camp, established at Subheśvara pāṭaka, though inhabited by the four colours (Varnas, colours, castes), shines with only one white colour on account of possessing palaces, sky-licking and emulating permanent masses of fame— monkeys, exceedingly fidgety, emulating showers of meritswhitewashed city-walls with the surrounding moats, shining like the remnant of the ocean.

When the Mahārājās, such as Unmaṭṭa, Gayāḍa, Keśvari and others—who were so high as to live in Nandana—who delighted the gods-who were like wishing trees with mighty fruits, bent upon supplying whatever a suitor wanted-who were, like lions fierce with claws, and adepts in piercing elephants, belonging to invincible enemies-who were devoted to the work of regenerating those who had lost their prestige-who were like flamingoes in being partial to pure merits or flying on white wings, but unlike them, being free from any mental addictions or not being anxious for the lake of Manasa-who were like lotus tanks, in being rich in their armies or in being full of splendid lotus stalks, but unlike them, not being fond of oppressive taxation or fond of the fierce rays of the sun-who having brought, under control, the empires of others and his own, exhaust ed their entire treasures in furtherance of religion-who have adorned the face of the earth with various monasteries, viharas and palaces, as if with a desire to build a staircase for ascending the city of Indra-and who were as powerful as Indra-had passed off and when the Kara family were known only to fame-Tribhuvana Mahādevi, Mahārājādhiraja Paramesvarī, Parama Bhaṭṭārikā, meditating on the feet of her parents, a devoted worshipper of Visnu, the daughter of the prosperous Raja Mulla Deva, the frontal mark of the southern quarter, who finding the earth with all her Kara kings dead

and gone, like the sky bereft of all shining stars, destroyed all the mountain-like enemies with his thunder-like handsthe wife of Mahārājādhirāja, Paramesvara, Lalitabhāradeva, the best of men, the moon of the Kumuda tank of Kara kula — whose lips were sanctified by the goddess of speech, devoted to truth, who, was like a touchstone in fulfilling the desires of suitors by granting whatever they wanted, whose hands were perfumed by the flowers in the locks of the wives of his enemies, whom he dragged by their hair and whose footstool was variegated with the rays of the diamonds in the diadems of the subjugated kings-who was like the shoot of the root of beauty issuing for the conquest of the world-who was like the earth, the receptacle of the honey of courtesy-who was like the blossom of the tree of good manners-who was magnanimity incarnate-who was like the family residence of fine arts-whose person was adorned with hundreds of auspicious signs of a lord of the world-who was entreated by GosvāminiPurayi Devi, having religion for her prime object and by a large circle of feudiary chiefs, all anxious for her coronation, saying 'this world is held by all rulers simply for favouring the subjects. So be pleased to do so now. Like a lord, rule the kingdom. Do favour to our men. Accept the kingdom of the Karas which has come down to you by the right of succession "-who, like Katyayani, ascended the lion-throne-who was like the presiding deity of the beautiful lotus tank-the lotus-like feet of whom was softly touched by the diadems of the great feudatories, bowing down in devoted loyalty-who had all her attendants, naturally of pure character and clean hands-who was like a thoroughfare in heaven with Guru (Jupiter, preceptor), Dhruva (Polestar, truth), Mitra (Sun, friend), shining with all splendour-who was like a digit of the moon which delights men with soft rays or light laxation-and who was like the goddess of prosperity whose stability depends upon the stability of progress-duly honours, intimates and orders. all present and future great feudatories, Mahārājās, Rājaputtras, Antarangas, Kumārāmūtyās, Uparikas, lords of districts, their

employees, Dandapāsīkas, Shānāntarikas, and others, depending upon royal bounties, such as Chatas, Bhatas and Vallabhas in Tosala, also the great nobles, great landlords, keepers of records and all others from Kuṭakola, down to Karanas or clerks :

Be it known to you, that the village Konṭaspară, connected with this district, with boundaries and rights, with weavers, cowherds, brewers and other tenants, with hunting and ghatwali rights, with tolls, ferries and so on, free from all imposts, on the principle of "leaving holes on earth" through which no pen can pass, as long as the sun, moon and earth abide, with a view to the increase of merits of mother, father and self and all creatures-is given away to Bhaṭṭa Jagaddhara, a student of Kanva Sākhā of the white Yajurveda, a scion of the Bharadvāja Gotra with Angiras, Vārhaspatya and Bharadvāja as his pravaras for bringing down rain, with water in my hand and by means of a copperplate, and according to the principle of Nivi Dharma.

This gift of mine should be maintained by you out of respect for me-Samvat? (35), Kārtika, Sudi 6.

Lines 33-40 are taken up with imprecations.

(Lines 40-42.)

The Dutaka of this grant is Mahāksapaṭalika Balabhadra. The writer is Mahāksapaṭalika landlord Nagaḍadeva. It was heated by Kaviradeva, who is styled Malināmbuvaha, the carrier of dirty water. It was incised by Harivardhana and by his son Rabhasavardhana. Boundaries of the village...... (Here the grant comes abruptly to an end.)

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