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SOME INSCRIPTIONS FROM U.P
No. 22
Sri-Cha(Cha)lavigraha In this record, some of the letters and signs are of the ornamental type. looks like ki as in No. 2 above.
No. 23
Sri-Grāmahēri This name occurs also in Nos. 6, 10 and 12 above.
No. 24 1 Sri-Yas[7]bha(bhā)ndāra-Kätyāyanidās[i]2 yakasya Yasõbhāndāra seems to be a title of Kätyāyanīdāsīyaka.!
No. 25
Vichi [81] va 24 The interpretation of the inscription is doubtful.
B.--On the Walls of Minor Shrines Of the following ten inscriptions, Nos. 1-5 are engraved on the walls of small Siva shrines near the Jägēsvara temple, while Nos. 3-10 are on the walls of the Panchalinga shrine to the south of the same temple. No. 2 is not a pilgrims' record. The names of Sankaragana, son of Sujūma, and Ranavigraha (Nos. 7 and 8) are each thrice found in the records noticed in the preceding group. Vijēndri-bhattāraka (No. 9) is no doubt the same as the Mahāyögin of the same name mentioned in No. 16 of Group A. Two of the inscriptions (Nos. 1 and 6) begin with the Siddham symbol. The honorific word fri is not prefixed to some of the personal names.
No. 1 1 Siddham* [l*] Sri-Nandā-bhagavati(tr)-mara 2 na-pratyāsa-Aghorasiva3 Vishanirghghāta
The person responsible for the inscription was Aghorasiva alias Vishanirghāta who was desirous of ending his life at the temple of Nandā-bhagavati. Aghorasiva appears to have been a Saiva ascetio while Nandā-bhagavati was apparently the same as Nandāděvl worshipped in a templo at Almora. The ascetic was probably a resident of the Nandādēvi temple. The word marana may also be a mistake for smarana, charana or sarana.
No. 2 Kalyāna-suttradhārēņa kļitam ka[rmma) [II] “The work has been done by the mason Kalyāņa."
Kalyāņa, the sutradhāra or mason, appears to have built the Siva shrine in question about the eighth century A. D. as indicated by the palaeography of the record.
1 Cf. Yosobhandăgăra as a viruda in the Sēnakapāt inscription (above, Vol. XXXI, p. 32). * Expressed by symbol. * Road pratyä - Aghoradiva. • Read Onirgghätal. The akshara ni is engraved below the line. * Cf. above, VoL XXXII p. 181.
