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SACRIFICIAL INSCRIPTION FROM SONDA
TEXT11 1 Svasti [*] Sri-jay-abhyudaya Salivähana-Saka-varsha 2 1595 neya Pramadi-nāma-samvatsarada Māgha-su 3.4 Sthira vārada'llü sri-Homn[e]halliya Sarvajña-sarasvati4 sripādamgaļu sri-mamgaļa-mahāprabhu 805 de Savāyi Rāmachandra-nāyakaru sukha-samkathā-vi6 nödadim rāja(jya)vanu pratipālisikom[du] baruttiraballi 7 avara appaņeyalli arasugaļa abhyudaya8 rthavägi Käsikshētradimda Sraüti Visvapa9 ti-bhattaranu karasi Kadatokeya Belli San10 bhudēvaru-bhattara maga Agnihotri Kāšava11 bhattara kayyallu Arasagalanā karasikomdu 12 yajñavanů arambhava māçisi a-bu 8 Budha13 vāra parisamāptiyimda yajõava mådisidaru 11*1 14 Agnihotrada mantapa-vēdi (1*1*
'From impressions, * This da which was omitted first is insorted slightly above the line between ra and Uu. Read 'dalu.
• The Nagari passage reads Sri Dhuerhdhirajayati....-The language of lines 3-6 seems to suggest that Sarvajña-Sarasvati and Ramachandra were ruling together and that the sacrifice was performed under their orders. The name of the sacrifice performed is not mentioned; but the ritu indicated does not seem to suit
Somayāga. The last sentence speaks of the redi (sacrificial altar) in the mandapa for the celebration of Agnihotra (a daily sacrifice), with reference to its representation on the stone.-The name Sõndā is not due to English influence since it is called Sonde and Somadā respectively in B. K. No. 51 (Saka 1084) of 1282-38 and No. 10 (1556 A. D.) of 1939-40. See also Sónda in SII, Vol. IX, part. I, No. 339 (Saks 1145), line 20.-Ed.)
