1837.] Facsimiles of Ancient Inscriptions. 675 



No. 15, the two first lines may be thus transcribed and translated, 

 the first word only being* doubtful : — 



1. <c Offspring alike of the amiable* Maukhari', the ornament of her 

 race, and of Sa'rdu'la, the exceedingly virtuous, and beauteous captivator 

 of the hearts of men, was a son named Ananta Varma. 



2. In the great cave of the mountain of Krishna the unblemished in 

 fame, the mother of the gods (Devamdtd) having established her seat with 

 great glory and renown caused to be created sufficient men." 



The first and last words of the last line appear in the original to be 

 T£rjr and ^nf^rffiTQ : which will give a less plausible turn to the sen- 

 tence. 



The third line of inscription 15 is as follows : it has the initial mark 

 usual in native writings : — - 



3n^:?nj H^t^prt ira^r^rt t^mw xr^$ 



substituting ^jq" army, for S{^ (written ^r) enemy, the meaning will be : 

 " Destroying angel (Yama) of the kings of the earth who are his ene- 

 mies ; hestower of the fruit of desire on his friends ; lamp of the race of 



warriors, shining forth in the field of battle , " 



The sense here broken off, leads naturally into the next verses, 

 Nos, 16 and 17, making the epithets apply to Sa'rdu'la : — 



^T^Tf^TT^ C. ^fCETftrsm: TTTcTT sfvfc f^i: U 



* This epithet is purposely given because the lady's name has a precisely 

 opposite signification ! 

 f The ^ of Varma has been carelessly omitted in the lithograph by myself. 



