The Short Poem on Sangramadhira

Kielhorn is of the opinion that the last 18 verses of the Srirangam epigraph forms a ‘seperate poem’ composed by Kavibhusana as indicated at the end of the inscription^[1]. This set of 18 verses included 16 verses in its body and two in the form of a colophon. The kings great fame is conceived as the moon having sixteen digits, each kala being represented by one verse. The sixteen verses together form the Kirttindukala of Ravi varma Kulasekhara.

In this passage raṇakarmasthitādharma etc., is partly obliterated. Still we may take it as referring to the kings disapproval of foul practices in the battle field. In the second verse he is described as to have served as a supporter of dharma in the Kali age. This has been suggested by his cognoman Dharma maharaja, mentioned in Tvm chalai inscription, and the Srimusnam lable inscription. The contrast of the Pratapa (Prowess) of the king and the pratapa (heat) of the sun is nothing more than a poetic usage. While comparing Ravi varma with Krsna, Kavibhusana says that the king was attached to no other women than his own wife. This would reveal that the king was a man of high morals in the statement that Sangramedhira’s country was free from robbers we may find some amount of exaggeration. But the saying would suggest the tolerably good state of judicial administration obtaining in it empire. The remaining descriptions are too general, and not significanct for history.^[2].