History of the Pallavas of Kanchi c17.2

c17.2

AND when that King Hattha-daṭha II was dead Māṇavamma became king. (Who is this Māṇavamma?), what family came he from, and whose son was he, and how did he take possession of the kingdom? He was sprung from the race of Mahasammata, and inherited the great virtues of that line of princes. He was the son of Kassapa, who destroyed the Thuparama. And his queen was Sangha, the daughter of the Raja of Malaya. After he had obtained the hand of this princess in marriage he lived secretly with her in the northern country until it came to the ears of Hattha-daṭha, whereupon he went over to India and having made himself known to King Narasiha, he entered his service and with much labour found favour in the sight of that king. And when he saw that the king's friendship was unfeigned, he brought his wife also to India and lived there with her, ministering to the king by day and night and another king, Kaṇḍuveṭhi, with whom also he had found favour gave him such great possessions that it seemed as if the whole of that king's dominions had been granted to him; and while he was living in this way his wife Sangha bore him four sons and four daughters.