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line 3, Gorami, a king, whose inscriptions show him to have been contemporary 



with part of the reign of 'f surami or Asoka. He ruled Mekasa, 



perhaps Massaga of the Assaceni. 

 yatne, now yamoine, widow or widower, difficult at times to distinguish 



from the Indo-Hittite_y(7w^, daughter. 

 isutaru, now connected with isiitawaru, to inherit, meaning the heir or 



successor. 

 betsu, separation, distinction, here answering to betsu-jo, special. 

 sai, wife. 

 Amrita, a woman's name: Raja Tarangini, L. III., si. 9, 463, L. IV., 



si. 658. 

 tsiita, {ox tsiiida, preterite of ^«^/, to join. 

 hime ; see line i. 

 tatsuri, now talent, but regular transitive form of tatsu, to stand. 



Part IV. Tsurat/n ; see Asoka inscription. 



meku maki : me \s Indo-Hittite 10, and »/aii lOO. 



sufiiara, now samitrai, a gentleman, one privileged to wear two swords. 



kami, lord, ruler. 



tsu, old genitive particle. 



tstidotatsu seems to be a compound of tsiuioi, to assemble, and tatsii, to 

 stand up. As tachi, tatsu is in Indo-HiUite often used transitively; 

 it may liere be the verb governing kifuta that in the text is sup- 

 posed to be lost. In this case the passage will read : " Of 1004 

 nobles of the Kitsuuchi Tsurami summoned an assembly — to set 

 up — the gift of the wife." 



wo, the mark of the accusative, often omitted. 



yobidata, preterite of yobi-dasu, to call out, summon. 



nedo, Indo-Hittite and Siberian vulgar term for wife, from ne, nerti, to 

 sleep, and do, together, similar in form to concubine. 



kifuta, now kifu, a contribution or donation, 



'* Archaeological Survey of India, Vol. III., PI. XV., No. 16, and p. 34. 



'* Analysis of No. III. 



line I. tsushiku, now tsuchi, earth, the earth. 

 ga, genitive particle ; niito, king. 

 2 maki 2 fu 3 ; maki 100, fti 20. 

 Buda go, after Budha. 



tama,\s not tama, master, but modern ato-me, descendant. 

 tsiineho, from tsune, usual, and ho, place, this usual. 

 fiimi, writing. 

 tsttku, affixes ; see above. No., II., line i. 



line 2. koga, from ko, this, and ga, genitive, the demonstrative employed for the 



possessive adjective of the third person. 

 sai, wife. 

 mesume, now miisnme, daughter. This reading is doubtful, as it is the only 



place in which I have found mesume. 

 tsula, joined ; see No. II., line 3. 

 dztibotsu, now sohadzukai, attendant. Compare dzusa, follower, servant, 



and dzui-shin, follower, disciple. 

 * via * mu go hu ma — illegible. 

 tsttraka, likeness, from tsura, the face. 

 arilama, now aratame-rii, renovate. 



