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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY.
[MAY, 1885.
the curious name Gurava is borne by a member
[*] HTTPO3 Trafca [11] of that family, viz. by Sriguravamiéra, the contemporary of king Narayanapala.. The
Inscription B. 'eight holy places, which furnished the
[1] येधा हेतुप्रभवा हेतुं तेषां तथागतो ह्यवदत् । materials for the building of the Gandhakuti were very likely decayed Stúpas situated in
[ ] 91 ARTY 1 HETTAT: 11 the neighbourhood. The exact spot where
TRANSLATION. the stone was found by Jagatsinh's men, and where the Stúpa repaired by the two brothers
Inscription A. must have stood, has been ascertained by Om, adoration to Buddha! The illustrious General Canningham as lying 520 feet to the Sthirapala (and his younger brother, the west of the great tower of Dhamek.
illustrious. Vasanta pala, whom the lord of
Ganda, the illustrious Mahipala, caused to TEXT.
establish in Kasi hundreds of precious monuInscription A.
ments of his glory, such as Isånas (i.e. Lingas), ['] at GANT II arroftecent Tea- paintings, and bells, after he had worshipped श्रीवामराशिपादाब्जम् । आराध्य नमितभूपति
the foot of Gurava-Sri-Vâmarasi, which is like PETTO: ATITH II
S
et
a lotus in the lake of Vår åņa si surrounded,
as it were, by saivala-plants through the hair RefraGIA I [151]
of bowing kings, - they, who have made their HENT: HAR(711)
learning fruitful, and who do not turn back [] arts near (on their way) to supreme knowledge (bodht),
तो धर्मराजिकां साङ्गं धर्मचक्र पुनर्जवम् ।। repaired the Dharmarájika (and) the Dharmaकृतवन्ती च नवीनामष्टमहास्थानशलगन्ध
chakra with all its parts, and constructed this
new Gandhakuti' (made of stones (coming getul Cart A T THEYMT
from) eight holy places. from)
Samvat 1083, on the STS: SfHg 11
| 11th day of Pausha.
SANSKRIT AND OLD-KANARESE INSCRIPTIONS. BY J. F. FLEET, Bo. C.S., M.R.A.S., C.I.E.
(Continued from p. 104). No. CLVI.
tion is in a state of perfect preservation almost BRITISH MUSEUM PLATES OF VIRA-SATYASRAYA. throughout. The plates are numbered, at the
The original plates containing the present beginning of the first and third plates, and of inscription belong to the British Museum, No the second side of the second plate. The ring, information is forthcoming as to where they on which the plates are strung, is about " were found; but, judging from the language thick and 24" in diameter; it had not been used and the localities mentioned, it must have cut when the grant came under my notice. been somewhere in or near the Native State of
The seal on the ring is rectangular, about 1}" Miraj in the Bombay Presidency.
by 1". It has, in relief on a deeply counterThe plates are three in number, each about sank surface,-a very rudely executed figure 8" long by 5}" broad. The edges of them
of a boar, standing to the proper left, with the are here and there very slightly raised into gun and moon above it. The characters are rims to protect the writing; and the inscrip- Någari. The language is partly Sanskțit and
. See stanza 18 of the Buddal inscription : Jour. Beng. As. Soc. Vol. XLIII. Part I. p. 358. Tho Dataka or royal messenger of the Bhagalpur grant was also called Gurava; see id. Vol. XLVII. Part I. p. 406.We find similar names or titles of priests in Southern India; thus Gurova, applied to a Jain priest, ante Vol. XI. p. 71;-Gorava, applied to a Saiva priest, id. p. 127 ;-and Gurava, applied to in all probability a Saiva priest, p. 19 above.-ED.)
* Archæol. Surv. Ind. Vol. I. p. 113ff. and Plate xxxii.
• Dharmardjikd=stops. The Petersburg Dictionary considers the word as a compound of dharma and rajiká; but it seems better to derive it from dharmardja (Pali dhammaraja), a name of Buddha.
Perfumed chamber, any private chamber devoted to Buddha's use'; Childers, 8. v. gandhakuti. The gandhakuff at Jetavana near Srivastf is represented on a Bhar. hut bas-relief, see General Cunningham's Bhurhut stupa, Plate LVII.
