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INSCRIPTIONS FROM NEPÅL.
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ब्राह्मनेयातं दंश गुये फं ९० जाक्य विय व छपतक जुरो । भूय रोव श्लंखू १६ वे वू रोव व वां वू घतेय वरसानन कार्तिक लछि चेकन कुड षुन ६ | श्लंछिनियपात १२० चाकमतं च्छोयके माल भूय निश्राव दछिना यात मगाडाव तंडा रोव ङा ५ न्यंखुवंAbstract.
Ghi during the month of Kárttika, of illuminatI. Invocation to Gopala (vs. 1.)
ing the temple on the Krishnajanmashtami II. Varnsdvali (vs. 2-14.):
(Śrávana vadi 8). Harisimha
Further;
1. A field (vuri) called Yampyáko of nine ro. Mahendramalla
2. A field (vu) called Kákápali of eight
ro. Śivasimha
3. A field (vui) called Gustalako of twelve
ro. Hariha rasimha married to Lalamati 4. A field (vu) called Khomor of seven ro,
for the purpose of swinging the image of Siddhinrisimha (N.S. 757 Krishna (dolayátrá) in the interval between the
A.D. 16371 15th lunar day of the bright half and the 1st of III. Object of inscription, to record the dedi- the dark half of Phâlguna (March), of bathing cation of a temple (matha) of Bala-Gopala the image (snánayátrá) on the full moon of (Krishna), which was ornamented by twenty- Jyeshţha, of putting the image to bed and one spires and kalasas (vs. 15-17). On the of worshipping his bed (sayanap dja) on the 12th day of the dedication the king fought certain of the bright half of Ashadha, tying the unnamed enemies, who besieged the fortress (of Pavitras or three hundred and sixty threads Lalitapattana), and drove them off (vs. 18). round the neck of the image on the 12th of These two auspicious events were celebrated by the bright half of Śrávana, of worshipping and offering a Koty dhuti (Tantrika) sacrifice (vs. of illuminating the temple on the Krishnajan31) under the superintendence of Visvanatha, mashtami, and of giving to the Brahmaņs who the king's Upadhyâya (vs. 20), and by giving perform the ceremony of Utthana (waking the daily two hundred gold mohars (svarna) (vs. 31) god) on the 12th of the bright half of Karttika during forty days (vs. 25) to the priests, by ninety phanh (or path(s) of rice. presenting a mountain of rice'"(tandulaparvata)! Moreover : and 'a tree of paradise'" (kalpadruma), food! 1. A field (vuil) called Thve of 16 ro. and other gifts to Brâhmans and beggars. The 2. A field called Thudih of 3 ro, for the purNivari portion mentions the details of the pose of expending in the month of Karttila grants and allowances made to the temple, viz.: daily six kudas of oil, and of providing with that
1. A field (vun called Povi of seven Ro or quantity 20 lamps; It of a Biga," about one-third of an acre.
Finally, a field called 'Nyakhu of 5 ro, for the 2. A field (vu) called Pavikham of seven purpose of giving fees and food to the Brahmaņs. Ro.
IV. Date, the tenth lunar day of the bright 3. A field (vu) called Khorágár of three Ro. half of Phålguna, Nepala Samvat 757 (A.D. 1635), 4. A field (vu) called Thavadhara of 14 Ro. a Thursday, conjunction Ayushman, under the
5. An irrigable field of inferior quality (kha- Ärdra and Punarvasu constellations (vs. 17 and rakha chhi vatiká) called Thanthachhe for the beginning of Nivari portion). purpose of the daily worship of the Niśrava homa, of illuminating the temple (chákramatam)
No. 18.- An inscription of Pratápamalla of for three days every year on the occasion of
Katmandu, dated Nepála Savat 769. the festivals (yatan) of Matsyendran â tha On a slab in the wall near the southern and Indra, of burning daily one Pala (pla) of door of a temple of Vishnu close to the royal
** Hemdri, Dánakhanda. 05 See Matsyapurana, adhyâya 277.
5 At present the Nepalese reckon 25 Ro to a Biga, but in olden times a Big contained 16 Ro only.
57 The Nepalese pâthis holds, according to Wright (p. 298), 8 pounds avoirdupois, according to Pandit Bhagvanlal 3 shers of 76 tolas each.
