Nr rr a ner ey 6 — 
i , — 
1923 | Sanchi Inscription of Sridharavarmman. 339 
which qualifies the donor, are again typical of the Kavya style as 
exhibited in the Gupta inscriptions. Thus with regard to the 
lake Sudarsana, the expression sasvata-kalpa-kalam is used in 
the Junagadh inscription of Rees (1.21)! The word 
Saévata is found again in the ompound saésvata-candr-arkka 
ete. in the Damodarpur copper- See of Kumaragupta I (1. 8),? 
and also occurs, in respect of a temple of Sun in the Mandasor 
inscription of Bandhuvarmman (I. 23). Compare again 
kiipah Sridharavarmmana gunavata khanapito=yam subhah 
(1. 6) with kipar=c ~ Sans AEE oer -nidhir = Sriman 
= Mayuraksakak occurring in the (sangdhar inscription of 
Pe yavarmman (1. 39).+ The insci ek speaks of the donor 
as being actuated by reverence (sraddha) Be carrying out the 
purpose of the inscription. It is stated (1. 3) that his rever- 
ence was awakened by the Sword of “apace (dharmmasti- 
sambuddha). Such artificial and ‘round about way of 
expressing a simple fact is possible only in the Kavya style. 
he donor’s reverence, which is the immediate cause of the 
gift, is more directly expressed in other inscriptions of the 
Gupta period. Compare e.g. bhaktya bhagavatah Sambhoh 
guham = etam =akarayat in the Udaygiri inscription of Candra- 
gupta If (Il. 5),> and bhakty =avarjjila-manasa ete. in 
Sarnath inscription of Kumaragupta II (1. 2).6 Of sabdalan- 
karas there is to be noted an example of alliteration in 
prasanna-salilah sarvv-adhigamyah pee (1.4). The writer of the 
inscription does not however appear to have been a very skilful 
composer of Sanskrit as is shown by the fact, that he uses the 
word send thrice in succession in |. 1, dharmma no less than 
four times and the word éasvata Pe 
As regards orthogra aphy, the doubling of a poneenant 
following a superscript 7 is to be noted, e.g, in viryy-(l. 
dharmma (1. 2), pirvvakam (1. 3) and sarvv-(l. 4), satis it 
is sanctioned by Grammar. This rule therefore does not apply 
n the case of é, e g., in dargano (1. 4), where doubling does not 
Ss place.’ The letters th: and dh following a 7 become respec- 
tively * and ddh, e.g., in yaso-rttham (I. 3) and r= ddharmm- 
Aimalahk 3) there is however an exception in vriddhy-artham. 
Another point to note is that lingual and dental nasals are 
employed instead of anusvara, e.g., in danda-nayakena (1. =); 
Nanda (1. 2) and candra (1. 4). The two na-s are throug 
correctly used A clerical error seems to occur in éraddha (1. 2) 
— is incorrect for sraddha 


| =F inst. Glia Ene scers., p. 61. 2 2 Basak, EI., Vol. XV, p. 130. 
3 ov Gupta Insers., p. 84. + Ibid., p. 
5 [bi 25. 6 ASR., 1914- 15, p. 124. 
i The ‘doubling of a lingual sibilant after a superscript r = 
eceur, in varsea- ite Ss 2), if of course the reading of the sec 
letter rss is correct. For such wrong doubling of #, see Kielhorn’s re- 
marks, * Sarasayni plates ae Buddharaja' , EL., Vol. VI, p. 295, et n, 4. 
