1875.] Prannath Pandit — Krishna-cultus in the Brhat Samhita. 15 



plates translated by Babu Pratapachandra Ghosb, pp. 167, 169, J. A. S. B., 

 1871. 



Slok 2. Both, lie -who receives and he who makes a grant of land, are equally vir- 

 tuous in deeds, and go ever to paradise. 



Nos. 4 and 1, of the above grants, pp. 323, 328, J. A. S. B., 1873, except 

 that lasinau is read for gdminau. No. 2, of the Amgachhi plate. 



Slok 3. He who taketh away land granted by himself or by others, rots with his 

 parents, like a maggot, in filth. 



No. 3 of the Monghyr grant, No. 4 of the A'mgachhi one. Nos. 3 

 and 7 of the two Basahi plates. Nos. 4 and 3 of the two from Chaibasa. 

 In some majjati, ' sink', is read for pachyati, ' rot'. 



Slok 4. Think that the wealth and the life of man are unstable as a drop of water 

 on a leaf of the lotus ; considering all this as an example, the noble deeds of others 

 shoidd not be lessened by a man. 



No. 4 of the Monghyr grant ; No. 6, of the Amgachhi ; No. 5, in each 

 of the Bamanghati, or Chaibasa. 



Sri Lakshman Sen, the Lord of men, hath deputed Narayana Datta, 

 the Sdndhi bigrahik, to give effect to this Ishwara Sason. 



In the year, 7, the third day of Bhadra. Sri Nimahasani. 



Krishna-cultus in the Brhat Samhita. — By Peaiota'th Pandit, M.A, 



Professor "Weber* in a passage approvingly quoted by Dr. Lorinserf 

 in tbe appendix to his edition of the Bhagavad Grita, says that the toorship 

 of Krishna as sole god is one of the latest phases of Indian religious systems, 

 ofioliich there is no trace in Vardha-Mihira, who mentions Krishna, hut 

 only in passing. I would, however, draw the attention of the learned Pro- 

 fessor to a passage in the fifty-eighth chapter of the Brhat Samhita, which 

 is perhaps the identical one which he had in view when he penned the words 

 italicised above. The passage is this : — 



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* Indische Studien II., 298, &c. 



t Indian Antiquary, Vol. II., p. 285. 



