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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY.
[AUGUST, 1880.
वारे पूषाभिधाने मकररविगते युग्मराशौ शशाके शम्भोः प्रासादशृङ्गे कनकमयध्वजं तत्र संरोहणं स्यात्
संवत् ५३३ माघ शुक्लत्रयोदशी पुनर्वसुनक्षत्रे प्रीतियोगे आदित्यवारे Abstract.
intent on worshipping the feet of Brahmans', I. Invocation addressed to Pasupati.
gods, and of his Gurus', 'he who is exclusively
engaged in studying the six kinds of philosophy', II. Vamédrali, Súryavassa :
"he who is a tree of Paradise for needy men', 'he Sthitimalla married to R JALLADEVI
who is the only vessel of all virtues', 'he who is an incarnation of Narayana for the destruction
of) the Demons', 'he who is bending under the YAYADHARMAMALLA, JOTIMALLA KIRTIMALLA
load of fame gained by the restoration of the Yuyarâja md. Samsåradevi
Tope of Svayambh û and of the image of
glorious Dharmadhât u-Vagisvara" Yakshamalla
daughter
(Manjusri) placed in the sanctuary on the top
of famous Padmachala'." Protector of Jayantaraja Jivaraksha
IV. Object of grant: to record the dedication Bhaktapuri
married to
of a golden Kalasa on the temple of Pasupati (Bhatgâm)
Bhairava
at Deva pattana, on which occasion a KofIII. Description of Jyotimalla
yáhuti was offered to Ganesa and to the The ornament of the race of Raghu, supreme Mothers (Mátrigana). king of great kings, great lord and sovereign, the V. Date: Nepála Samvat 533 (tribhuvana illustrious, famous Jyotimalla, who is adorn- dahana, kamabána) on the 13th lunar day ed by the various honorific titles (biruddvali), viz., (Kámatithi) of the bright half of Magha, on a
he whose head is covered by the dust of glorious Sunday, under the constellation Panarvasu, Pasupati's lotus feet', 'he who has obtained while the sun stood in Makara (Capricorn) favour through a boon granted by glorious and the moon in Gemini, during the conjunction Månesvari'," "he whose tender feet are made re- called Priti. splendent by the crests of the diadems of bowing No. 17.-An inscription of Siddhinsisisiha of princes', 'he who is an ocean of all kingcraft Lalitapattana, dated Nepala Sarvat 757. (taught) by Châņakya and other learned men', A slab in the wall of a templo of Radha ho who is master of the whole science of music', and Krishna, standing opposite the palace in he who is the ardent devotee of Siva', 'he whois Lalitapatana- Characters Nepalese. the only sun able to unclose the flowers) of the Language Sanskrit, and in the last portion lotas-thicket of the race of Raghu', he who is Nivari. Preservation good.
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| 3THI THI || ब्रह्मत्वे सुजते विश्वं स्थिती पालयते हरे । रुद्ररूपाय कल्पान्ते नमस्तुभ्यं त्रिमूर्तये ॥ १ ॥ प्रावीण्यप्रथितः प्रतापमथितप्रत्यर्थिपृथ्वीपतिप्रोद्दामप्रमदौघलोचनपय प्रारब्धवारांनिधिः । जातः श्रीहरिसिंहदेवनपतिर्दाताऽवदातान्वये सम्प्राप्तः पृथुना नूपेण समता यो वृत्तिदाता सताम् ॥२॥
यस्यान्ववायजलधावुदियाय राजचन्द्रो महेंद्र इव तत्र महेन्द्रमलः।
येनार्थिकल्पतरुणा गुणसागरेण राजन्वती वसुमती महती बभूव ॥ ३ ॥ यत्प्रौढप्रभवत्प्रतापपतिताः प्राकम्पिताः शत्रवो भेजुः शैलदरौं विहाय नगरीं त्यक्त्वा पुरे सुन्दरीम् ।
1.6. Tulajdevt, who seems to have been Jyotimalla's 1 " Padmachala is a hill to the south-west of Kempdo, Kuladevata.
| on which the Tope of Svayambhd is situated, see Wright, * A sanctuary of Manjusrl is found bebind the Tope of Nepal, p. 28. Svayambhu, on a small separate head of the hill.