1853.] Note on an ancient Inscription from Thaneswar. 677 



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Line 1. * * * * May he who sleepeth in the embrace of [Sesha], 

 when even the soul of the enemy of darkness ceaseth to be, when 

 the career of mankind knoweth no change, when the stars vanish and 

 the horizon of the earth is destroyed, when the [different] oceans 

 [which surround the globe] all merge into one [may he vouchsafe 

 prosperity to thee.] 



Line 2. # * * # It is the most beneficent aspect of the god of 

 the horny-bow. Delighted in the company of his beloved, pleasing 

 as the sweet soothing stars, merged in the ocean of ardent love * * * 

 radiant beams from the moonlike face of women * # * * 



Line 3. *. * * * May he grant such vigour as knoweth no 

 failing ! Seated in the heart of sages, whose knowledge of them- 

 selves has dispelled deep darkness from their mind, who are ever 

 contented * * * * 



Line 4. * * # * The cloud at the time of the destruction 

 of the earth pouring without intermission. Abounding in many a 

 dire disease ; like a sun for the destruction of the soft clay * * # * 



Line 5. * # * # Envied another's might. May he prosper, the 

 illustrious Mahendrapala Deva, the victorious over his enemies, the 

 beautiful as the moon, the asylum of all * * * 



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