462 Ancient Sculpture and Inscriptions [June, 



Here we learn what is amply confirmed by other examples, that the 

 double consonants of the Sanscrit orthography are replaced by sepa- 

 rate consonants, each having the required vowel ; e. g. agini for agni. 

 No. 8 is of a more complex character : — 



Siharakhitasa paravatiyasa rudovdya ddnam ; ' The gift of Sri' (or 

 Sinha) Rakhita, the hillman,to Rudova. ?' 



No. 9 partially agrees with No. 6 :- — 



Gobavand gahapati nopatidhiyasa ddnam ; ' The gift of Agrapati and 

 Nopati, the cowherds, so called. ?' 



No. 10 is of the simplest construction : — 



Vajajasa gdmasa ddnam ; ' The gift of Vajja, or probably Vrija 

 Grama,' the population of a village in the province of Vrija, combining 

 to make their offering. 



No. 12. Nadigatasa ddnam bhichhuno. 



Here the caste, bkichuno, the beggar (bhikshu) seems to have been 

 added after the record, to distinguish the party, a ferryman, nadigata. ? 



No. 13. Arahagatdya ddnam ; ' The gift of Arah agata :' this is also 

 a well-known title of the Buddhist hierarchy, arhata, or arhanta ; and 

 admitted, as in the instance before us, female devotees as well as male. 



No. 14. Chiratiyd bhichuniya ddnam; 'The gift of Chirati', the 

 poor woman.' 



No. 15. Kddasa bkichuno danam ; ' The gift of Kada, the poor man.' 



No. 1 6 is in a different hand, more finished, and resembling the 

 No. 2 of Allahabad : it has also a more studied elegance of expression : 

 Isipdlitasa-cha, Sdmanasa-cha ddnam; ' The gift both of Isipa'lit, (the 

 protected of God,) and of Sa'mana (the priest).' 



No. 17 partakes rather of the form of an obituary notice : — 



Sethino mata kaniyd ; ' The Sethin's deceased daughter V 



No. 18. Kdkenoye bhagavato pamdne rat hi ; 'in testimony of 



God'. . (the rest unintelligible). For kdkenoye see note on insc. No. 1. 



No. 20. Araha dinasa bhikhuno pakharayakasa ddnam ; ' The gift 

 of the poor priest Pakharayaka. ?' 



No. 22. Rudu barayarayasa pidarakhitasa ddnam. 



The names here are nearly illegible from the rudeness of the sculp- 

 ture. The first may be Rudra bharyya the wife of Rudra. 



No. 23. Panthakasa bhichhuno ruganardtupa Budhapdlitasa 



bhichhuno ddnam; ' The gift of Panthak, the poor man. . . . and of 

 Buddhapalit, the poor man.' 



No. 25 is in very large characters : — 



Vajagato ddnam ; ' The gift of Vrijagan,' of which the genitive 

 termination will, by the Pali rules, be made by changing dn into ato. 



