1858.] Of two Edicts lestowing Land. 241 



to the other world.* 



10. This ratification of patent, promulgating his father's dona- 

 tion, the auspicious Madava Deva procured to be executed, with his 

 proper seal thereto attached. 



Eugrossed by the respectablef and thrifty Sahadeva, scrivener.J 



Prosperity he here ! May favourable fortune and great felicity 

 attend ! 



Executed by the illustrious Madanapala Deva. 



Of the inscription given below, a negative facsimile in litho- 

 graph will be found in the Journal of the Archaeological Society of 

 Delhi, for September, 1852. To test this facsimile 1 have been as- 

 sisted by a careful transcript of the original, for which I am in- 

 debted to the late Mr. F. Taylor, Principal of the Delhi College. 

 In the Journal above mentioned is a professed translation of the 

 inscription under consideration. Its inaccuracies, as to facts of 



* Colebrooke's version of this stanza is as follows : " This sovereignty of the 

 earth totters with the stormy blast ; the enjoyment of a realm is sweet but for an 

 instant ; the breath of man is like a drop of water on the tip of a blade of grass ; 

 virtue is the greatest friend in the journey of the other world." Miscell. Essays, 

 Vol. II., p. 309 ; also p. 304. 



But vdtdbhra is certainly a cloud borne by the wind, or tossed by the storm ; 

 rack, in a word. Again ; where I have written ' kingship,' Colebrooke puts " sove- 

 reignty of the earth," instead of ' sovereignty of earth." The word vishaya, which 

 I have translated ' things of sense,' may mean " realm :" but to render it so in this 

 place produces at least an approach to tantology which I cannot believe is designed 

 in the original. 



f The original term, 3^^ Colebrooke twice renders by "venerable." Miscell. 

 Essays, Vol. II., pp. 305 and 314. In the present instance I suspect that it de- 

 notes some office. 



% In Sanskrit, tjr^f%3f which I take to be related to karana " the usage or 

 practice of the writer-caste," according to Professor Wilson. It therefore signifies 

 h Kayastha or hereditary scribe. An allowable form, in the same sense, is Jcara- 

 ii 'in, which makes karani in the nominative. Can it be from this that the word 

 ' cranie' is corrupted ? See Sir H.M.Elliot's Supplemental Glossary, pp. 1%, 

 197. 



1 have not neglected to observe the words e^fx^^ and eff^Tjffcf in this Journal 

 for 1837, p. 783, and for 1838, p. 46, respectively. 



K 



