1859.] Decipherment of a Sanskrit Inscription. 5 



chief ruler, lord paramount, emperor ; to whom majesty was derived 

 from the boon of the favour of the auspicious Liswaya :* or, ex- 

 pressed metrically; 



4. In the S'alca year twelve hundred and seventy-five, called Chi- 

 trabhanu,t in the light fortnight of Margas' irsha, 



5. Its fifth day and Saturday^ concurriug, under the asterism 

 whose superintending divinity is Vishnu, § during the yoga\\ termed 

 Harshana, and the harana 9 ^ over which Dhatri holds the presidency ; # 

 the matter under record ivas transacted, 



said touching the phrase in discussion is, that its import is not yet determined, nor 

 the grounds which were reputed as authorizing a ruler to affect its appropriation. 



* Perhaps the king's mother ; possibly, the local name of some goddess. But 

 the Sanskrit is hardly decipherable with any certaintv. 



f As the present inscription came from the south of the Nerbudda, it is deserv- 

 ing of remark that its style of date is at variance with the alleged local variations 

 in reckoning the cycle of Brihaspati. See the Asiatic Researches, vol. III. p. 217 j 

 8vo. edition. 



% In the original, Antaka, or Yama ; the name of the regent of Saturday. For 

 convenience of reference, the regents of the days of the week are subjoined : 

 Sunday. S'iva. 



Monday. Durga. 



Tuesday. Guha. 



Wednesday. Vishnu. 



Thursday. Brahma. 



Friday. Indra. 



Saturday. Yama. 



§ This constellation is the twenty-third, or Sravana. 



|| For the meaning of this technicality, and for a list of the yogas, see Cole- 

 brooke's Miscellaneous Essays, vol. II. pp. 362 and 363. Also see Coh Warren's 

 Kdla-sankalita, p. 74. 



% Called, in the Sanskrit, by its less usual name, tithyardha, or 'half a lunar 

 day ;' the length of its duration. See Colebrooke's Miscellaneous Essays, Vol. II. 

 p. 364. 



* Dhatri is Brahma ; and his Karana is Balava. The Karanas and their 

 tutelars are particularized below : 



Variable Karanas. Tutelars. 



1. Bava. Indra. 



2. Balava. Brahma. 



3. Kaulava. Mitra, the sun. 



4. Taitila. Aiyaman, the sun. 



