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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