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The Indian Analyst
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South Indian Inscriptions |
INCRIPTIONS OF THE KALACHURIS OF TRIPURI
TRANSLATION
[Ōm ! Adoration to Siva.] (V. 2) There was (born) from Kōkalladēva (II) of incomprehensible actions, [Gāngēyadēva] who, having with his might rendered powerless the lords of the earth extending from the snow-mountain to the ocean, [threw them] into prison …… From him was (born) the illustrious Karnadēva, the lord of the earth surrounded by the ocean. (V. 3) Who [made over] to his friends….; (who was) the impending universal destruction; (and) who planted his foot on the extremely haughty heads of the foremost among kings.12
(V. 4) May the king, [a lion in the form of] the illustrious Karna, be triumphant!─ (he) whose nails are the knowledge of the sacred law; whose legs are the Purānas; who appears dreadful with his mane of ....; whose open mouth is the Vēdas ; whose eyes are good policy ; whose shining hair is the sacrifice; (and) who causes fever to the elephant that is the Kali age.
(V. 5) While (Karna), the foremost (lit., crest-jewel) of the kings of Chēdi, is
ruling the earth, the wise (man) named Vappulla, who is firmly attached to the worship of
his lotus-like feet, having subdued those who had previously attained fame in three
worlds, . . . . .
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