Notes. ' Q3J 



<'"> The allusion is to the five great sacraments, which a Hindu is bound 

 to perform. — See Menu, iii, 67. 



('«) Bhawdnipati is a title ofS'iva, husband of Bhawdiii. In the following 

 inscription, the name again occurs in a similar manner, with the further 

 designation of Vardvara-gurii. 



C^) The dhuti, or burnt-offering ; consisting of boiled rice, with tila (Sesa- 

 mum orientale}, aisa (Poa cynosuroides), and sami (Adenanthera, or Pro- 

 sopis aculeata). 



(20) An arghya is a libation or oblation, in a conch, or vessel of a par- 

 ticular form, approaching to that of a boat. — As. Res. vii, 291. 



(21) Capild probably is fire, personified as a female goddess. 



(22) Abhra is a cloud ; and Vdta, wind : whence Vdtdbhra, a windy 

 cloud. Or abhra may signify the etherial fluid (dcdsa). The stanza is re- 

 peated in the next inscription. 



(23) A requisite formality in a donation of land.— See Digest of Hindu 

 Law, ii, 276. Treatises on La'w of Inheritance, p. 258. 



(2*) Erroneously written A'vast'hica in the text. Its derivation is from 

 A'vasafha, a house: and it bears reference to the householder's consecrated 

 fire {gdrhapalya). HelAyud'ha, author of the Brdhmana-sarvasxca, has, in 

 the epigiaph of his work, the title of A' vasafhica-mahd-d'harrndd'hi/acsha. 



(25) This probably should be Mihira, which is a name of the sun. 



(2«) Dwivid is one who studies two vedas ; as Trivid, one who studies three. 



(2') The text exhibits A'ildyana ; doubtless for A'swaldyana, by which 

 name one of the S'dchds of the veda is distinguished. A's'walAyana is 

 author of a collection of aphorisms on religious rites {Calpa siitrd). 



(28) Q^fra^ descent from an ancient sage {Rishi), whence the family name 

 is derived. There are four such great families of Brdhmanas ; compre- 

 bending numerous divisions. 



(29) Pravara, lineage traced to more of the ancient sages. The distinc- 

 tion between G6tra and Pravara is not very clear. MAdhava on the 

 Mimdnsd, 2. 1, 9, names these very three families as constituting a Gdtra ; 

 and gives it as an example of Pravara. 



(3") This, which seems to be the name of a country, is differently written 

 in the next inscription. Perhaps it may be a branch of the gbtra, or family, 

 from which the donatory derived his descent. 



(3') Mdh, signifies field; and Cula, abode. The passage may admit a 

 different interpretation. 



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