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kara* Gaureswara, owing probably to its having been erected by order 
of one of the Sena Rijas. The epigraph of the Ddnasdgara assigns to 
Ballala Sena the title of fatwgrtg< which, according as the s of 
Sankara is taken to be a palatal or a dental, means “ undoubtedly the 
most excellent,” or ‘‘ undoubtedly of a mixed race.” It is very unlikely 
that anybody would assume the latter for a distinctive title. This 
is, however, a question of so little consequence to the antiquarian, that 
I need not dwell upon it any longer. 

P.S. As Mr. Metcalfe’s translation does not profess to be literal I have 
not thought proper to alter it in any way, except in the cases of verses 
4, 5 and 20, which are susceptible of very different interpretations, 
one of which would make Vira Sena a king of Dekkan and his great 
grandson the first who subjugated Bengal, and another take him to 
be only a Southron by race, but a king of Bengal. (12th Sept. 1865.) 
Transcript and Translation of an Inscription from Rdjashdhi—By 
C. T. Mercatre, Ese., C. S. 
ge aa: fara | 
aaiqare Cagiaaazarta- 
Al VSTSAITATTATT ANTS: | 
fqranagtad aafacatta. 
. Staraatta efaatta safer wait 1 eI 
Victory be’ to the mouths of Shambhu (Shiva), who laughed on 
looking through the light of the moon at the shame-contracted face 
of Debi who, for fear of the removal of her breast-cloth, turned 
aside her head, the garland of which drowned the light of the candle in 
the hymeneal chamber. 
agian sae faaaceasaaed 
UQH ACMA SAAS AAAS | 
aaifagaagaacaat afar aaa. 
Saat nuaafsactafeatsncra: aa: | 2 | 
We bow down before the idol of Harihara (Vishnu and Shiva), 
known under the name of Pradyumneshwara, where the Debis, fearing 
* Ante Vol. XVIL, Pt. II, p, 283. 
