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EPIGRAPHIA INDICA.
(VOL. XXI.
The first verse embodies an invocation of a deity, the pair of whose feet was variegated by the lustre of the brilliant jewels in the crowns of the multitude of gods. .. The next verse of which only the last 12 syllables remain, constitutes a eulogy of a king whose name is broken off, but whose prowess was well known like that of Arjuna. [The son of this ruler) was devoted to, and diligent in the carrying out of the commands of, his lord. The rest of the verse is broken off. Of the next verse less than the first half exists and it refers to some one, the hair of whose head, which resembled the sacred cord of muñja grass was besmeared with the mass of the pollen of the lotus flowers in the shape of the feet of Siva....... The last existing verse, of which less than one half is preserved, tells us that the worldly ties of some one had been burnt in the fire of (true) knowledge.
This inscription at present adds little to our knowledge of the history of the territory in which it has been found. Perhaps it may be found useful at a later stage in filling gaps in future discoveries of such inscriptions.
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(efe] गीर्वाणवृन्दमुकुटस्फुटरबकान्तिfanalfaia (fay[] vu-u--- [1*] --U-UUU-UU-U--
afugan0[*] * Hant [w]Aigarnega getu-cu---UU-U-UUU---u--U- [*] ---UU-U-UUU--- -- - ---vu-u-uuu---u--U-[*]* -- Turaifenteue
ce far asaT[] [1"] --u-uuu-uu-u-- --u-vuu-uu-u-- [w*] -- na AFATI: eta a: au --- [*] ---UUUUU ---vuvu-u-u-- [*]*
ILI IT
The feminine gender as well as the word
• 1 [The reading seems to be bhakta [bhartri)-mano-quvritti-chalura. Lharti shows that the reference is to his wife.-Ed.]
2 Metre: Vasantatilaka. • Metre : Sárdulavikridita. • Metre: Praharehini.
