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13. Whom (Siva) the holy JBramha', lord of the three regions, having 

 bathed his emblem, Meru, the golden spot situated in the centre of the 

 mountain Lokaloka, the seven oceans and islands, with the water of Ganga 

 is worshipping day and night. This is the very Siva Bramheswara. 



14. This temple shines above, adorning all the firmament; like the 

 summit of a mountain, or the evening lamp of the assembly of the youthful 

 goddesses ; from it all the regions have been lighted up by the lustre of 

 the rays issuing from the golden kalasa (pinnacle) shining on its summit. 



15. By her (Kola'vati) were given some beautiful women to him (Siva) 

 who had eyes like that of the fickle khajjama (wagtail) and who were 

 bright like the sparkling and immovable lightnings of the sky by the ex- 

 quisite beauty of their limbs, adorned with gemmy ornaments, of lovely 

 heavy-swollen bosoms, piercing through the eyes of men, like the beam of 

 their own eye. 



16. Purushottama Bijatta, the best of poets indited this eulogy, which 

 spreads the white fame of the rajas of the lunar line ; who was learned in 

 the vedas, grammar, political science, poetry, logic, &c. &c. and, like 

 Brahma, of true, pure and humble understanding, and (born) of an inno- 

 cent family. 



17. So long as the earth with its mountains, forests, and seas, the sun 

 and moon which are the two eyes of the three regions and the Aultonapa. 

 di (the north polar star) which is above the earth, shall endure, so long 

 may this eulogy exist as nectar in the mouth of every one. 



On the 3rd of the light half of Phalguna of the Samvat 18, of the vic- 

 torious reign of raja Udyotaka Kesari Deva who was most rich, king of 

 kings, a raja of the lunar line and lord of Kalinga, 



V. — More Danams/rom the Sanchi tope near Bhilsa, taken in impres- 

 sion y by Capt. T. S. Burt, Engineers. Translated by J as. Prinsep. 



Capt. Burt has gleaned all that Capt. Smith, of the same corps of 

 Engineers had left undone at the Buddhist monument of Sanchi de- 

 scribed in my last volume. His facsimiles were presented to the Society 

 two months ago, but I have been too much occupied with more impor- 

 tant documents to take them in hand, as nothing could be expected 

 from them but a continuation of the catalogue of donors to the building. 

 Nevertheless every word in the old character is worthy of preservation : 

 it helps to restore the lost dialect, — it proves the constancy or other- 

 wise of the orthography : — the style of names and titles. Upon looking 

 back at my former readings I perceive very numerous errors which I 

 could now readily correct, but it is hardly worth while, as the Pali 

 scholar will at once discover them, and others will not care for trifling 



