महाराणा कुम्भा (हरविलास सारदा - मेवाड़ साम्राज्य के अद्वितीय विजेता, निर्माता व विद्वान्)

Maharana Kumbha.

Simh as the conqueror of Sultān Allauddin (Khilji) and the Chauhān king Kituka, and Rana Lakhshman Simh as the vanquisher of the king of Mālava (Malwa). Of Maharana Kumbhakaran, the inscription says:— “The lion of the forest, viz., (his) family, the king Rana Sri-Kumbhakarna, who had demonstrated the pride of the effulgence of a conqueror by seizing, in mere play, the several great fortresses (such as those) of the very inaccessible and impregnable Saramgapura, Nāgapura, Gagarana, Naranaka, Ajayameru, Mandora, Mandalakara, Bundi, Khatoo, Chata- soo, Jana, and others; who was like the lord of elephants, being exalted by his own bhuja (arms) and having acquired many bhadras (auspicious qualities, or elephants of a particular class); who was the lord of birds i. e. Garuda, in having destroyed hoards of snakelike Mlechchha kings, whose foot-lotus was caressed by the rows of the foreheads of the kings of various countries, whose obstinate resistence was baffled by his terrible staff-like arm; who was a Govinda for his amorous dalliance with the faithful and love- ly Lakshmi (goddess of sovereignty or the

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