Old Bramhi Inscriptions In Udaygiri And Khandagiri

Author(s): Benimadhab Barua
Publisher: University of Calcutta

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ALTERNATIVE READINGS AND RENDERINGS
[The asterisk mark indicates preference.]
I. 1-Airena" or Verena. I. 1--caturamta-(rakhaņa)* or caturamta-(luthana), I. 3—Asaka or Asika. I. 4-dampa or dapa. I. 5—(ā)hatapuva* or Arakatapura. I. 9—"having stormed Gorathagiri (the hill-fortress)''**
or “having killed Gorathagiri (the man)'' as a rendering
of “Goradhagirim ghātāpayitā." I. 12-anupa or junasa.
T(i)mira or Tamira. I. 14--kāya-nisidīyam (rājupa)jivakehit or kāya-nisi līyāya
(rāja)- bhatakehi.
rāja-putehi or rāja-sutehi. III.-Airasa* or Verasa. III.--Kadampa* or Kudepa. IV.--Vadukha* or Varikha, X.—“The cave (which is an excavation) of the High Func
tionary Nākiya of Bariyä” or “ The cave (which is an excavation) of Mahāmada, Bariyā and Nākiya."
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