Indian Antiquary Vol 20

Author(s): John Faithfull Fleet, Richard Carnac Temple
Publisher: Swati Publications

Page 97

FEBRUARY, 1891.)
MISCELLANEA.
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L. 17. Asi(si)t=Tu[mma]ņa-desê Kalachuri. L. 5:.... Sriman-Mattamayara-santatirtilako raja-Jajalladev&s=tasmaj-játah
iyam . . . . Purandara ... pratapaih sa taraṇir=aparô Ratnadevo 6. .... Bikhasivaḥ .... Tasmán=Manarendrah Prithvidêvas-tato
dhumati.patéh ... Sbhůd= ...
7. . . . . Pra[bhava]siva ... 19. . . . śrimân=Vallabharajah ..... 8. Prasåntasiva... Prithvideva ...
9. ... Sopa-Nada-sangame ... 10.- A fragment of an inscription from Têwar, The inscription was composed by the poet measuring about 10" broad by 7'' high, and con
Dhamsata, the son of Jeika and Amarika, and taining portions of eleven lines in characters of
grandson of Mehuka (lines 24 and 25); and about the 12th century, has in -
engraved by Damodara, the son of Lakshmidhara L. 4. mahd-samudrâtsarddhamn Sriya sama- and younger brother of Vasudeva. bhavad=bhusi Bhimapalaḥ 1
I may as well draw attention here to a note 7. . . . . Tripuriya-chatuhpathê 1 ... on page 5 of Archæol. Survey of India, Vol. 8. .... nivåsam sri-Simhapuryam... XIII., according to which there is in the Asiatic
Society's collection a rubbing of an inscription 11. -An inscription stated to be at. Chandrehe
from Makundpur, which is near Chandrehe, on the Sôn river, Rewa (Archæol. Survey of India, Vol. XILI. p. 8). The rubbing is in two parts, and
dated in (apparently Chedi) Samvat 772. Göttingen.
F. KIELHORN. looks as if the inscription were on two separate slabs of stone. The writing of either part covers
PROGRESS OF EUROPEAN SCHOLARSHIP. a space of 3' 2" broad by about 1' 4" high.
No. 22. The first part contains fourteen, the second part
Journal of the Eastern Section of the thirteen lines. The size of the letters is about ". The inscription ends with a date which by Mr.
Russian Archæological Society. Beglar was read Samvat 324 Phålguna-sudi 6,'
(a) PROCEEDINGS. and the year of which was altered by him to Papere read: (i). A. J. Harkavy: On an inSamvat 1324. I read the date
scription on an Aramean vase. (ii) Baron V. Samvat 724 PhAlguna-sudi 5 -
Rosen: On the budget of the Khilafat in 306 and, referring it to the Kalachuri era, make the
A. H. according to Baron Kremer's researches. year equivalent to A. D. 972-3. The writing, in my
(iii) S. F. Oldenburg : On the supposed Indian opinion, undoubtedly belongs to the 10th or 11th
original of the Arabian Nights. (iv) Baron V. century A. D.
Rosen: On the new edition of Ibn Khoradhbeh
(v) W. S. Goleniscbef: On the archæological The inscription is in verse. It apparently is of
results of his journey to Egypt. (vi) N. M. no historical importance, but refers to a line of
Yadrintzef: On his journey to Mongolia and sages which is mentioned also in the large Bilhari
the Siberian inscriptions. (vii) A. J. Harinscription of the rulers of Chêdi, and a fuller
kavy: On a fragment of an Egyptian papyrus account of some members of which is furnished
in the collection of W. S. Golenischef: (viii) by an inscription at Ranôd (or Narod) which has
N. I. Vesselofsky: On the Embassy of Prince been edited in the Journal Beng. As. Soc.,
Bariatinsky to Persia in 1618. Vol. XVI. pp. 1080-88, and will be re-edited by myself in the Epigraphia Indica. So far as
(6) ARTICLES. I can make out, the inscription records the (i) I. P. Minayef: Salvation according to the building of a tank by a sage Prasantasiva, and | doctrine of later Buddhists. This is the first part its restoration by a disciple of the sage. In the of an article wbich contains the Sansksit text of rubbing before me, I notice the following names :- the Bodhicharyavatara of Santidêva. The
1 Zapieky Vostoch nago Otdelenja Imperatorekago Russ. XIIIth and XIVth Centuries). A short commentary on kago Arkheologicheskago Obachestva, Vol. IV. fasc. III. this book and the Sikshasamuchchaya by Yetari is and IV. (2 plates).
mentioned by Taranátha (Wassilief, Buddhism, III. 225). * This book has found a place in a compilation called We take the opportunity of rectifying a little misunderA66 kdvadinamaia, where it occupies the ninth chapter. standing in the last Notice of the Zapisky. Prof. Minayef MSS. of it are to be found also in Paris, Bibl. quite agrees with Prof. Peterson in the identification Nationale, D., 85., Burn. 90; in Cambridge, Add., 869; of Chandragôpin with Chandragðmin. - [Zapiskey = the in Calcutta (palm-leaf), cf. Rajendralala Mitra, Sansk. Journal of the Imperial Russian Archeological Society. Buddh. Lit. of Nepal, ff. 47-48 : and in Kathmandu, cf. c. -R. C. T.] Bendall, A Journey in Nepal, p. 20. (old Ms. of the