The Antiquities of Orissa v2.c17.s1.13

v2.c17.s1.13

³⁶ The word here rendered "tribute" looks most like *kiraṇa* in the original ; but that reading makes no sense. It is here translated as if it were *kalasya* for *karasya* (*ra* and *la* being interchange-able), which word meaning also a "ray of light", the resemblance to the sun may, by a play on the word, be established. It appeared on first observation, not unlike *kallāsa* ; but on considering the metre, this reading proved inadmissible. The measure of this verse is the Āryā of 30 instants in the first line and 27 in the second.