670 Facsimiles of Ancient Inscriptions. [Aug, 



Translation fas explained by Kamala'kanta Vidyalankar). 

 " Glory to Hara (Siva) whose third eye, irresistible as the flowery shaft 

 of Ka'ma, filling with its bright rays the sphere of which the sun dimi- 

 nishes the splendour of the moon (the titofc-mark) on his forehead— the 

 beauteous lamp of the three worlds, his habitation, pure as the streak 

 of refined gold on the touchstone ! 



May you be purified by the water of Ganga whose waves are set in mo- 

 tion by the hoods of Sesnag*, and rise into eminences like the snowy peaks 

 of Prahleyachala (Himalaya), heaving like an arm up and down, powerful 

 as a train of elephants in striking down the sins of men. 



He who has brought under subjection many countries and accumulated 

 treasures and fame, who by the force of his virtues has overcome his enemies 

 the raja named Kalya'na Kulasa, who has banished the sins of the 

 Kali-yuga, the very tilak (or sectarial symbol) of the Bhanja-malla family, 

 grandson of Shatra Bhanja Deva, son of Rana Bhanja, — who rever- 

 ences his parents as gods, who is otherwise named Sri' Netri Bhanja, 

 calk upon all his relatives and descendants to note his gift for the promo- 

 tion of his parents and his own virtue— to be held in respect by all the 

 inhabitants thereof — of the Machhodari village contained within its four 

 boundaries, to the well versed in the shastras — the very humble — brahman 

 of the Karniparipanga caste — one of the branches of the Yajur veda, — 

 of the tribe of Vatsya muni, which counts the illustrious names of Kana, 

 Sambu, Patra, Dharasha, Pravaraya, Pivaratsa, Irak, Nanda, Pravaraya, — 

 to Bhandreswara (so called)— of contented mind, son of Bhaonal Ke- 

 sava Deva, — resembling the god of the Bhanja mountain (Bhanjadttya 

 deva) to him with the proper ceremonies of water, &c. we have given. 



As long as the sun, the moon, and the planets shall perform their 

 courses in the heavens, so long shall this grant remain undisturbed, and 

 rny posterity shall respect it, and my reputation shall continue. 



It is written in the Raja Dharma Sdstra ; * Sagara raja in his days 

 gave grants, the merit of which accrue to his successors if they hold them 

 sacred/ Whoever may have given the land, he who disturbs the posses- 

 sion thereof, he and all his ancestors shall become loathsome maggots in 

 dung. The bestower of land lives for 60,000 years in heaven, but he who 

 resumes it as many years in hell remains. — As in Kamala leaves a drop of 

 water floats, so is wealth and so (variable) is man's inclination, but fame 

 endureth for ever. The raja himself has ordained, and all his minstrels 

 * The Ganges is threefold> part in heaven, part on earth, and part in Palala — 

 the earth is sustained by one of the 1000 hoods of the great snake, the remainder 

 lying at rest in the inferior Ganga, impart the observed sparkling tremor to its 



