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and in the reign of Kumbha Kerna, It records the erection of an image of 

 Adi Ncith also by Jains, inhabitants of Du?igerpiir, governed by the Rawal 

 Soma Das, and further specifies the situation of the temple in the fort (Durga) 

 of Kumbhalamere, in Meddpata., terms that indicate the existence of a strong 

 hold on the mountain Arbuda, and the position of this mountain in the dis- 

 trict of Meddpdia. 



No. XIV. Specifies the erection of an image of Sdnti Ndth by the same 

 persons, and at the same period as the last : it occurs over the third gate-way 

 of the same temple. 



No. XV. Is the fourth inscription of the same series occurring on the 

 fourth gate-way, and records the erection of another image o? Adi Ndth ; the 

 date differs, being 1529, (A. D. 1473) : the king is not named j the Rawel of 

 Dungerpur is Soma Das ; the parties are still Jain. 



A note at the foot of this, apparently part of it, runs thus; Images 

 twelve : large, fourj small, eight j Mans, (Maunds?) 1444. 



No. XVI. Is an inscription of some interest upon a Byehy or slab, in the 

 temple of Kanakhaleswara, near Duriga village ; the following is a translation : 



1. May the three-eyed god protect you, that deity, who incorporated half his essence 

 in the form of the toe of Murari (Vishnu), separating from his other half,* for the pur- 

 pose of making manifest the double nature of mankind, incapable of real knowledge, whose 



* Quitting his feminine half, Pdrvatif the male portion became Vishnu, or Hari Haratmaka, 

 Hari essentially Hara : the illusion refers to Siva, in his Androgynous form as Ardhandriswara. 



