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pupil of the spiritual preceptor of Banaraya. The actual name of the Banaraya or king of the B&ņa family' is not given. Regarding the Bapa dynasty, see above, Vol. III. p. 74.; Indian Antiquary, Vol. X. p. 36 ff.; and South Indian Inscriptions, Vol. II. p. 381.
TEXT. 1 Svasti Sri [ll] Banarayara 2 goraga!=appa Bhavanandi-bhs3 tårara sishyar=appa Devasêne4 bhatårara pratima [ll].
TRANSLATION Hail! Prosperity! (This is) the image of the lord Dévaséna, who is the pupil of the lord Bhavanandi (Bhavanandin), who is the preceptor (guru) of Banaraya.
D.-INSCRIPTION BELOW THE FIRST IMAGE FROM THE RIGHT.
This inscription is written in the Kanarese alphabet and language, and records that the. image, below which it is engraved, represents the Jaina preceptor Govardhana and was founded by the preceptor Aryanandin, evidently the same person who is mentioned in the inscription B.
TEXT. 1 Svasti árt [ll"] Balachandra-bhatárara 2 fishyar
Ajjanandi-bhatarar 3 madisida pratime Gôvarddha4 na-bhatârar-end-odam=avare
TRANSLATION. Hail! Prosperity! This image was caused to be made by the lord Ajjanandi (Årganandin), the pupil of the lord Balachandra; and if you say: "the lord Govardhana," (it is) verily he.
No. 16.- KOMARTI PLATES OF CHANDAVARMAN OF KALINGA.
BY E. HULTZSCH, PH.D. These three copper-plates were lately found in the village of Komarti, 2 miles south-west of Narasannapéta, the head-quarters of a tâlukå of the Ganjâm district, and were kindly sent to me by the Collector, Mr. C. J. Weir, I.C.S. Each of the three plates measures 7 to 7 inches .by 27 to 2 inches. Their edges are not raised into rims, but the writing on them is in a state of nearly perfect preservation. The ring on which the three plates were strung, and which had
1 This inscription has come out on the photograph opposite p. 140, because the letters of the original were filled with colour by a Jains Tahsildar.of Chittdr, who has also commemorated his visit to the locality by Tamil inscription on the rock.
je. this image represents the preceptor Govardhann. I owe the correct reading and explanation of line 4 of the inscription to the kinduess of Mr. Kittel.
