110 R. D. BANERJI ON 



(3) to mean that Govindapala was alive, but that part of the country which 

 once belonged to him, had then ceased to do so. 



At the time of the Muhammadan conquest, we find similar peculiar wording in 

 inscriptions and colophones of MSS. The second conclusion is obviously wrong, as we 

 know from the colophone of one of the Sanskrit MSS. in the Cambridge University 

 Library (see No. 5 below) that his kingdom was destroyed (Vinasta) in his 38th regnal 

 year; so he could not have died before that date. The first interpretation is also 

 obviously impossible, as there is no evidence in the whole range of Northern India 

 Inscriptions of an " expired regnal year " being used to express a date. The third 

 explanation is the onl}- one applicable to the particular case. We find a parallel case 

 in the Belkhara Inscription of V.S. 1253 L . 



The rest of the records are colophones of manuscripts. 



(2) Colophone of a MS. of the Asta-sahasrikd Prajhdpdramita (last page only) 

 recently acquired by Mahamahopadhyaya Hara Prasada Sastrl: — 



1. — vapya ca dhdrayitvd vdcayitvd — vapya pravarttdnam viharantu saddrthina 



iti 11 Ye dharmmd hetu prabhavd 



2. (Jie)tmi-tesdn-tathdgato hy-avadat-'esail-ca yo nirodha evam vadl mahaSram- 



anah \\ Deyadharmoyam pravara-mahd-ydna (ydyi-) 



3. nah Khanodakiya YaSarapur-dvasthdnevam \\ Danapati Ksdnti-raksitasya 



yadatra pimyan-tadbhavaty-acary-opadhyaya ma 



4. ta pity purvamgamam krtva sakala satva-ra&er-anuttara-jnana-phal-avaptaya 



iti Srimad-Govindapaladevasy-atita 



5. Samvatsa 18 Kcirttika dine 15 Cahgaia patakavasthita Khanodakiya Y a$ar- 



apure A carya Prajiianu — 



(3) Colophone of a MS. of Amarakosa in the collection of the Asiatic Society of 

 Bengal : — 



1. -sep i tat 11 Arthantah ddy-alam pr apt-dp anna-purvvah paropagdh 1 taddhitarthe 



dviguh samkhyd-sarvvanama-tad-antakdh ,i Vahuvrlhir-adig-ndmndm-un- 

 neyam tad-udd- 



2. -hrtam , Gun a-dravya-kriyd-yog-opadhibhih (portion of the palm-leaf torn out) 



v-agdminah \ Kutah karttaryasarnjndydm krtydh karttari karmmani , Anady- 

 ant-dstena rakt-ddy-arthen-a 



3. -nartha-bhedakdh 1 Padasanj hakdmisu yusmad-asmat-tinavyayam \\ Par am 



virodhi Sesam tu jheyam Sista prayogatah \\ Lihgasahgrahah samdptah , 

 4 Paramabh attar ak-ety-ddi rdjdvali purvvavat £ri-Govinda-pdliya samvat 24 

 Caitra &udi 8 tubham-astn sarvva j agatam-iti 1 



(4) Colophone of a MS. of the Guhydvali vivriti in the collection of the University 

 of Cambridge 3 : — 



1. Y ad-alambhi punyan-ten-astu sarvva-jagatah kila bodhi-laksmlh \ Yat sarvva- 

 satva-janit-d^ubha-yogatoham syan-ndrak-dnala-vrto 



1 J.A.S.B (N.S.), Vol VII, p. 757. 2 J. A S.B., 1900, Pt. I, p. ico, no. 25. 



i Bendall's Catalogue of Buddhist Sanskrit MSS. in the University Library, Cambridge, p. 188. 



