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EPIGRAPHIA INDICA.
[Vol. XV.
As some of its features suggest (though they do not definitively prove) that it is more ancient than the Mrichchhakafikā, we may at least admit the possibility that it is the source of the comparison used in our inscription.
The details of the date (11. 20-23) are as follows: Saka 980, the oyalio year Vilambin: the full-moon of Jyoshtha ; a Sunday. On this Mr. Sewell remarks : "Saka 980 expired = Vilambin=A.D. 1058-9. There were two Jyéshţhas in that year, adhika and mija. The latter does not work out correctly : in it the full-moon day was Tuesday. The former is correot. It is interesting to note that the 15th sukla was expunged in that month. At mean sunrise on Sunday, 10 May, A.D. 1058, the 14th Sukla of adhika-Jyashtha was current, and at mean sunrise of the following day, Monday, the let krishna was current. But the moment of full-moon was 1 h. 12 m. before mean sunrise on Monday, and so Sunday, 10 May, was the full-moon day. The day was certainly Sunday, 10 May, A.D. 1068. The same result is obtained if we calonlate by mean tithis; in that case the moment of full-moon was 13 h. 15 m. after mern sunrise on Sunday, 10 May, 1058."
The only places mentioned are Sändi (1. 23) and the tirthas (11. 33-34).
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1 Svasti Yama-niyama2 svādya(dhyā)ya-dhyāna-dhāraņa-mo(man). 3 A-inushtāna-parāyanan ni4 ti-parāyapam sisht-ishţa-vandı-vaita5 likam(ka)-vidagdha-kavi-gamaka(ki)-vādi vāgmi-ja6 n-adharan(n)-ok-āmga-viram Bali-Karppa-Si(fi) vi-Dadhi7 chi-Chāradatta-Jimatavahana-samān-[o]. 8 dari rana-ramgA-satradhāri mürtti9. Nārāyanan Sarasvati(ta)-karppa10 kundal-ábharaṇań srima 11 . . . dėva-pada-pan12 [kaja-bhrama]rareappa ér * 13
. . . . . . . nirdip[io]15 ta-mahámātya-padari(v1)-vira. 16 jamāna man-ondata prabhu-ma17 ntr-otakha-sa(fa)kti-traya-sampe18 ndar=appa frimat-perggade
. . Dāyaka-pramukhs 20 karanav-ildu Sa(sa)ke-varsha 980 21 neys Vilambi-samvatsarada Jyē. 22 shta(shtba)da puppame Aditya-vāra23 dandu sandiy=Akkeava (sva)ra-deva24 rggay-alliga säsirbbargam pā
1 The Mme comparison occurs elsewhere ; cf. Epig. Carn. II (Sravana Belgola), No. 53, an inscription of Saks 1045, where a person is described as an abhinava-Chardalta. It is distinctly literary, and presupposed book, just as the reference to Jimütavahana presupposes the drama Nagananda, whereas the references to Bali, Karna, Sivi, and Dadhichi may come from oral legend. From the ink-impression.
. Read -anushthana..
• Read fight-eshta-randi..
