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expression occurs fully confirms the justice of this general criticism, 
and convinces me that the true signification has yet to be discovered. 
The following are the passages in which the words are found :— 
ot of King Hastin—No. 1. yaqgrmrmisara THEITIAHAT 
aeanediaat aifaaas VaTdedtaaae}t fearon ] 
2 fauepatsrwta UASTUAAT FCIGITI ATE Sana warts: 
aaa: feqeg 4 ata | 
Hrikaina Inseriptions—No. 1. wa waryyiaa aarut yaa q quay 
WMSHINAS Gta dgcw afeelanes ravi areata 
VHT AAAI aeregtaqaawata quay 4 Bul waqrtara- 
feraysiai ' 
2. a4 944 Bfadt seala Taga ASICS CIST AAT CATT sraratet 
area ieae ana <a cimaaarated: vault Gaga aaqaUIA- 
qarat | 
The phrase divasa-purvaydm in the first of these was translated by 
the late Professor Wilson, “in the forepart of the day.” Professor 
Hall in the first instance adopted this interpretation, though objecting 
to the original phrase “as illegitimate Sanskrit in this sense.” Sub- 
sequently he altered it, saying “a re-perusal of the Eran Inscriptions 
has taught me to unlock this quaint and antiquated expression. 
Understanding tithydm 1 would construe, not over literally, ‘on that 
1. e. the aforesaid lunar day, and on the day of the week therewith 
eoincident.’”” In the second Hrikama Inscription, the phrase appa- 
rently differs, being, as above quoted, puérvayame. This however is a 
supposititious restoration of Professor Hall’s, who says, in respect of 
the final syllable, “‘ here there is an erasure where I propose me until 
ingenuity shall improve upon it.” This phrase he translates “ during 
the first watch of the said lunar day ;” but this is inadmissible. Hta- 
sydm is a locative and cannot be thus construed asa genitive. The 
phrase is the manifest parallel of the “asydm pirvdyém” of the other 
Inscriptions. ‘The inserted final ¢ should therefore be struck out, and 
with it the meaning of “watch of the day.” Professor Hall’s idea 
of the word tithydm being understood is very ingenious, but it will 
not, I think, bear the test of a rigid scrutiny. In the first two of 
the passages above quoted the expression is “ dwasa-pirvdydm,” in the 
third it runs “ samvatsara-misa-divasa-pirvaydm.” These are both 
compounds, agreeing grammatically with the word expressing the 
date of the month, in which numeral the word éthydm is undoubtedly 
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