( 23G ) 



NOTES. 



<') Both this and the following inscription begin alike, and contain 

 several other parallel passages. There are gross errors in both ; but one has 

 helped to correct the other. 



W Vybmacesa, a title of S'iva, whose hair is the atmosphere. 



W The crescent, which is S'iva' s crest. 



<*} Smardrdti, a title of S'iva. He is represented with his hair clotted and 

 matted in a long braid rolled round his head, in the manner in which ascetics 

 wear their' s. Hair in that state has a tawny hue. 



(5) Nightless, endless : eternal. 



(*) Mahd-cumdra : a royal youth, a young prince. 



'') I am not entirely confident of the meaning of this passage. 



(^) Pdddnud'hifdta, an ordinary periphrasis for son and successor : literally, 

 " whose feet are meditated, i. e. revered, by " 



<'') The additions are those usually borne by sovereign princes among the 

 Hindus. Bhat't'draca answers to the title of majesty. Ad'hircya is a sove- 

 reign or superior prince. S'rt, signifying fortunate or auspicious, is prefixed 

 to every name. 



Varman is the customary designation of a Rdjaputra ; as S^arman is of a 

 Brdhmana. The term enters into composition in the names of many of this 

 family. 



(10) Pat'l'acila is probably the Pat't'a'tl of the moderns. The term occurs 

 again lower down ; and also in the next grant (No. 2). 



(11) Pronounce Bardud-grdm. Surdsani appears to be the district, or 

 province, in which it is situated. 



(12) Perhaps Uglmvan rather than Ufhavan. 



(13) This seems to be the name of a district. 



(1'') An apanage, comprising twelve great districts. Mahd-d-wddasaca- 

 mandala, seems to have been held by this prince, under a royal grant from 

 his father. He did not become his successor : for Jaya varma is, in another 

 inscription, named immediately after Yas'6 varma j and was reigning 

 sovereign. 



(15) Dkdrd was the capital of this dynasty. 



(16) Anniversary of the death. It appears, therefore, that Naka varma 

 died in IIQO Samvat. 



