1873.] Rajendralala Mitra — On the Sarbal Inscription. 103 



14. There, for the eternal enjoyment of heaven by their parents, and for attain- 

 ment of offspring, K h e t a 1 a and P a i t u k a caused a well to be excavated. 



15. This was written on Tuesday, the 5th of the waxing moon, in the month of 

 Phalguna, in the year of the Veda, Vashu, fire and the moon (g) of the era of Vikramarka. 



16. In the village of S drab a la in the Pratigana (h) of In drapr ast h a, 

 may this well last for ever, as also its maker with his family ! 



Samvat 1384, Phalguua Sudi 5, Tuesday. 



Notes. 



a. Ganes'a. 



b. I know of no Hindu divinity of this name, and therefore suspect 

 this to he a mislection of some other word for S'iva, the husband of Amba. 



e. This is of course the Indian Corruption or Sanskritisation of Shihab- 

 uddin. 



cl. In Sanskrit and old Hindi writings the Semitic Shah is generally 

 written Sahi, with a dental sibilant and a final i. 



e. This is either the original, or a Sanskrit form, of the name of Agra, 

 the merchants or baniyas of which place are well known all over India as 

 the Agarwala baniyas. 



f. The u of this word is long in this place, but in the two subsequent 

 stanzas it is short, according in the three different places to the exigencies 

 of the metre ; what its true sound is, is not ascertainable. 



g. The numerical value of the words being equal to 1381 — thus ; 

 Veda = 4, Vashu = 8, fire = 3, and moon = 1. 



h. No Sanskrit Dictionary gives this word. It evidently stands here 

 for a province or a district. Perhaps it is a mislection of pratigata " in 

 front of." 



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