1859.] Decipherment of a Sanskrit Inscription. 3 



3sfteiRT*rT *r^ftwtf& ii *> ii 



w^hij ^sr^ftrew. ii ^ a 

 Tf%rafc*r3ft«r wwr b^c ¥*jj ii «*. n 



^TCT^cT^ ^^?TTWpff^^r^ *HC: II \° || 

 ^TFT^ ^f^RT- ^^t^ II ^ II 



3\ctt ^^t sro^tsf v\^m ^w*m ii \8 ii 



Translation. 

 Qffl ! Adoration to S'iva ! 

 1. Persistently do I supplicate Heramba,* the son of Parvati ;f 

 him who is reverently saluted, by the gods, at the outset of all 

 undertakings. 



* A name of Ganes'a, the mythological patron of letters, and, more particularly 

 the remover of obstacles. 



f The dau b liter of Himalaya, and wife of S'iva. 



B 2 



