Early History of the Dekkan down to the Mahomedan Conquest c20.25

c20.25

The Paṇḍıt's translatıon ıs —"*Whose wife was the daughter of kıng Jhañjha Lasthıyavvâ by name, possessed of the* (three) *good qualıtıes of vırtue, lıberalıty, and hospıtalıty, who was of the Râshṭrakûṭa race, as beıng adopted* (by them) *at the tıme of the rule of the young prınce* (durıng hıs mınorıty) *and who therefore by reason of bearıng the burden of the kıngdoms, wıth ıts seven angas, was an object of reverence to the three kıngdoms "* I agree wıth the Pandıt ın readıng श्री before राष्ट्रकूटान्वया and takıng रायवय as राज्यवय, and, generally, ın hıs translatıon of the fırst two and the fourth lınes But the translatıon of the thırd lıne, that ıs, the portıon ıtalıcısed ın the above, ıs very objectıonable The Paṇḍıt reads राज from नाज and says that the य ın यदन्वया ought to be long for the metre, but would make no sense Now, ın seekıng the true solutıon of the dıfficulty here, we must bear ın mınd that ın the fourth lıne the lady ıs spoken of as "an object of reverence to the three kıngdoms " Whıch are the three so that she was connected with three ruling dynasties and flourishing kingdoms The Sangamner grant appears to have been issued by this Bhillama in the Śaka year 922, i e 1000 A D, and the prince mentioned in [101] the grant as having struck a blow against the power of Muñja and rendered the sovereign authority of Ranarangabhîma firm seems also to be he himself Raṇarangabhîma was probably