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into the Indian Wayak, or Chief, and Penthagu which Colonel Burney 
regards as a proper name, and which would therefore be Pensagw in In- 
dian pronunciation, is rendered Mahanta by Ratna Pala. I cannot pre- 
tend to reconcile these differences myself ; but I will submit a copy of 
the inscription to Colonel Phayre, whose intimate knowledge, both of 
the Burmese language and of the Buddhist history, will enable him to 
give an authoritative opinion on the disputed points of this interesting 
record. One thing is quite clear, if these different records are to be 
reconciled, namely, that Penthagu-qyi (or Naik Mahanta) should 
represent the Brahman of Hwen Thsang, and also the celebrated 
Amara Deva of Wilkins’s inscription. 
20. The Burmese inscription goes on to say that the temple after 
being again destroyed was rebuilt by King Yhado. Then having 
once more become ruinous, the “ Lord of the White Hlephant and 
the great King of Righteousness” deputed S7t Dharmmapada 
Rajaguna to rebuild it fora third time. After some delay the work 
was begun in A. D. 1805, and the temple was consecrated in the 
following year 1306. 
21. In front of the Great Temple there is a small open temple of 
four pillars covering a large circular stone, with two human feet 
carved upon it. This temple is now called Buddhapad ; but there 
can be little doubt that it is the same that is mentioned in the Amara 
Deva’s inscription under the name of Vishnu-pad, or “ Vishnu’s feet.” 
Originally the feet may have been those of Buddha, which, on the 
decline of Buddhism, were quietly appropriated to Vishnu by the 
accommodating Brahmans. 
There is a short Nagari inscription on the east side of the stone, 
giving the date of Saka 1280, which is equivalent to A. D. 1308. 
22. There are other points of interest connected with the building 
of the Great Temple at Buddha Gaya, such as the date of the 
Brahmanist King Sasdngka, who rooted up the Bodhi tree, and 
placed an image of Mahadeva in the temple, as well as the date of 
his contemporary the Buddhist Purna Varmma, who renewed the 
Bodhi tvee. 
23. Close to the Great Temple there is a small plain Samddh, or 
cenotaph over the remains of the earliest Brahmanical Mahant. 'This 
is of no interest in itself, but the vestibule in front is supported on 
nine square sandstone pillars, which have once formed part of a 
