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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY.
[MARCH, 1876.
same king, -who conferred benefits by means of his wealth; who imitated the conduct of the sont of the sun; and who, (though) manifestly of human birth, was verily like him whose bow is formed of flowers,-the assembly-hall of that same god was constructed. This is the samo charter of Krishṇara ya, whose charities (ncting like rain) produce the tree which is a most potent charter, who is of approved conduct, and for whom the earth is the famous bearer of Nipaka-trees.
Hail! The year of the glorious and victorious and prosperous Salivahanaśaka 1430 having expired, on the fourteenth day of the bright fortnight of the month) Magha of the Sukla samvatsara, which was then current, the great king, the brave and puissant Sri.Vira- krishnar â y a, the glorious supreme king of great kings, the supreme lord of kings, at the
holy time of the festival of his installation on the thrones, bestowed the hamlet - Singînayakanahalli for the purposes of the oblation called Amritapadi of the god Sri-Virupakshadôva, and caused to be built a great hall of assembly with a Gôpurall in front of it before the god, and caused to be repaired the older Gópura which stood in front of that one, and bestowed upon the god Sri-Virupakshadeva a golden lotus, inlaid with jewels of nine kinds, and an ornament called Nágábharana. And he gave, for the offering of the oblation of the god, one golden dish and two (golden) drums to be used in the ceremony of the Arati®, and twentyfour silver lamps to be used for the Arati.
Those who transgress against this act of religion, fall into the sin of the slaughter of a cow, or the murder of a Brahman, or the other great crimes !
THE DHÂRÅSINVÅ ROCK TEMPLES.
BY THE EDITOR. The town of Dharasinva, 140 miles E. by never been finished: the end ones are about S. of Puņâ and 12 miles north of Tulja par, 6'8" wide each, and the extreme length of the stands on the brow of the ghits that separate one is 16 5', and of the other 19 7". The the Solapar Zilla from Haidarâbâd, and which central room appears to have been meant for form the watershed between the basins of the a shrine, but the dividing walls have been Sena on the west, and the Terņâ, a large feeder broken down. of the Manjirâ, on the east. It is fully 2,000 On a level eight or ten feet higher we come feet above the sea-level, and is the chief town to the great Lena of the group. Unfortunately, of the tâlukå of the same name. To the north- being cut in a reddish, loose, trap rock which east of this town, in a ravine facing the west, is bas split down from above, the whole front, a group of caves known as Dabar Lena or Torla with the exception of a small fragment, has Lena, of some interest, though but very little fallen down and now chokes up the entrance. known, and probably never before described Roughly speaking, the excavated area of this
There are six or seven of them, -four on the cave and its surrounding cells measures 105 porth side of the ravine, and three opposite to feet in width by 115 in depth. It had in front them facing the north-east. Beginning at the a verandah nearly 80 feet in length by 10 feet last to the west, on the north side of the gorge wide, but all the pillars in front of it have we shall take them in order.
fallen under the mass of rock from above, The first cave is evidently only sabsidiary to and only the pilaster at the east end rethe next one, and does not seem ever to have mains : it had probably originally eight square been finished. It consists of a verandah 26 pillars with massive bracket capitals. On the feet long by 7 wide, with two pillars in front lower members of the bracket capital of the pilaseach about 2' 10' square. Three doors pierce ter that still remains there is a good deal of leaf the back wall, and lead into what seem to have and roll ornamentation; the neck has twentybeen intended for three apartments which have four shallow flutes 6 inches in length and 1} 1 Karna, who was celebrated for his generosity.
. Aratin-the ceremony of waving lamps before an Whether the aniversary day is intended, or whether
idol. This is usually hereditary privilege, and frequent this was the actual day of the coronation of king Krishna | and violent disputes occur from time to time as to who riya, is not clear.
is entitled to perform the ceremony. L'Gépura',--the ornamented gateway of a temple. An ornament fashioned like a cobra capella
Latitude 18° 11' N., longitude 76° 6°E.
