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ALUR INSCRIPTION OF VIKRAMADITYA V: SAKA 933.
claims, a field of one hundred mattar in the fields north of Alor of the Plain, on the north side of the road going from Sirivura to Içtage (and) Kanna: the Shepherd's stone, in the eastern kambi-dadda of Siddheśvars's meadow, (and) in the eastern kambi-dadda of Allēgvara's meadow ;
(Lines 31-38.) Whereupon in the presence of the Mahajanas Venneye-Bhatta sasigned to his preceptor! Amarãchārya-Bhattara ka of the Guběya monastery in Sirivura, who is-- hail!-practised in the major and ininor disciplines, sest-postures, suppression of breath, with drawal (of the senses from their objects), spiritual concentration, meditation, and absorption, with laving of his feet, a field of one hundred mattar for the almshouse for the maintenance of) twelve Brábmans and six ascetics, so that the monastery may be fed' and supply iustraction. The Two-hundred shall protect this (establishment, keeping it) immune from all conflicting claims, and furnish it with food.
(Lines 38-41.) To him who preserves this pious foundation shall aoorile the reward of giving in Kurakshetra during an eclipse of the sun as ubhayamukhiss a thousand kine to gods and Brahmaņs, the reward of consecrating in Benares & thousand phollio images ;. to him who violates this pious foundation shall accrue (the guilt of the five deadly sims for having destroyed the same number.
(Verses 2-4 : common Sanskrit formule.)
(Line 46.) The praedda-chakravartteo Maruloja was the writer of this ordin). Happiness!
No. 8.-THREE INSCRIPTIONS OF LAKSHMESHWAR.
BY LIONEL D. BAENETT.
The site of Lakshměshwar, town and its ancient names of Porigorte, Puligere, Purigere, Purikara, and Pulikara have already been discussed in this journal (above, Vol. XIII, p. 178, XIV, p. 188). As befits its former importance, it contains a considerable number of inscriptions, among them the following three, which were found on stones in the local temple of Somēśvara by Elliot's pandit and copied by him. They all bear upon the history of the cult of Mahā-svayambhu-8õmēsvars. The first of them (No. A.) appears in the Royal Asiatlo Society's copy of the Elliot Collection on fol. 262. of Vol. I, the second (No. B.) on fol. 302b ibidem, and the third (No. C.) on fol. 504a ibidem. All three were subsequently removed to the local leachöri, where ink-impressions of them were prepared for the late Dr. Fleet, which are now in the British Museum. From these I have edited the text. A facsmile and surmary of C. is given in PSOCI., No. 97.
A.-OF THE REIGN OF VIKRAMADITYA VI: YBAR 97. The stone bearing this record has a rectangular top containing sculptures, namely, in the centre a liviga on a stand, with a squatting ball on the proper right and a cow suckling a call aurmounted by tho sun (right) and 'moon (left). Below this is the insoribed area, in two
1 Aradhya, literally "worshipful one," the title of a claw of Saiva Brahmaps. * See abuve, VOL XIII, p. 15.
Literally, emperor of palaces", it seems to be a title of stone-magon. Ct. maya-obakravartti, of merchant (above, Vol. XIII, p. 21).
. With the tite that it was on stone in a row of slabe standing along the outer wall of the tearpla, beside the doorway.
