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logy of the higher numerals. The correct instrumental sadbhih 
would suit the metre perfectly, but might have been beyond 
the learning of the person who composed this grant, for the 
Sanskrit contains many errors. This suggestion has its diffi- 
culties, yet in support of it I may add that no other reading of 
the second character yields any sense. I may also point out 
that a similar irregular formation occurs in grant A in anaih 
(1. 22), which is probably meant for ebhih; and, as the correct 
ord was apparently beyond the composer’s learning, he 
coined anaih from anena after the analogy of ivena and sivath. 
The next three words are clearly évapadair justa rajno. 
The remainder of this line consists of three words of which the 
last two are certainly artha-nisphala, though the last two 
aksaras are somewhat blurred. The first word which consists of 
two aksaras is difficult. The first letter is certainly a soft con- 
sonant (because rajiiah has become rajio before it) and appears 
to be dh or bh with a faint indication of the vowel a. The 
second is a double consonant, but peculiar. BabuR. D. Baner- 
ji read it as rmma, but it is not like m and there is no@; yetif 
so taken it can only be rmma. It seems to me however to be 
vya ; compare it with the v in °vdrtha (1. 14). The two aksaras 
would therefore be dharmma as his reading would stand then, 
or bhavya as I take them. This word and the next then re 
dharmmartha or bhavy-artha. In favour of his reading it may 
be noted that dharmmartha (or rather dharmmdartha, as it would 
have to be amended, and as he amends it) would correspond 
to art. rmma in the second half of the gloka in 1. 14; but 
should be precise parallelism regarding rma and artha im 
lines = a The reading therefore appears to be bhavy- 
ssep 
_ Line 14. He reads the first six aksaras as icchato vya(?)- 
pg The first is puzzling, but the others are tsa-bhogys-kr'a, 
© second has no ¢ in it but is ¢ with a subscript §; 
ewan avo ie!) ees mee eee 
