Account of Mamallaipur. 



[No. 33, 



who have perused the pleasing fiction which the poetical talent 

 of Southey has embodied in his " f Curse of Kehama. 5 ' 



The second kind of inscription mentioned by Dr. Babington 5 

 appears in the temple dedicated to Ganesa, situated near the 

 north end of the hill, and described in its order by Mr. Brad- 

 dock. By the assistance of his Jain Brahman in decyphering 

 the characters Dr. Babington was enabled to translate this 

 inscription ; and as it appears that much of the substance of 

 it is repeated in some other inscriptions which he subsequent- 

 ly examined, it may prove interesting to copy his translation 

 in this place. It consists of ten slocas decyphered, and there 

 remains undecyphered, about as much as would make two 

 slocas more. 



Translation by Dr. Babington and his Jain Brahman of the ten first sheas 

 in the Sanscrit Inscription found in the Ganesa Pagoda at Mamallaipur* 



H 1. May the cause of creation, existence and destruction, which is 

 " itself without cause, the destroyer of Manmadan (desire) be propitious 

 " to the desires of the world. e 



" 2. May he who is united with uma, of many kinds of illusion, with- 

 " out quality, the destroyer of evil dispositions, of incorruptible wealth, 

 " the Lord of cubeean, be counted excellent. 



" 3. ]\lay o that deity (siva) protect us all, who is the seat of prosperity, 

 " and by whose means cailasa disappeared and descended to Patala, 

 " yielding by its weight, which he caused on account of its being with 

 * {supported by) the ten faced (ha van an). 



" 4. May he who bears siva in his mind engrossed by devotion, and 

 (i the earth on his shoulders, with as much ease as if it were an ornament, 

 " long prevail. 



" 5. By that king of satisfied wishes, with crowds of conquered ene- 

 " mies, who is known by the name of JAYARANA sthambha, this building 

 " was made. 



" 6. May that fear-inspiring, good-giving, desire-destroying siva, to 

 " whom the earth, space, moon, fire, the sun &c. are a body, be victorious. 



"7. The good-faced among nations (the beauty of the world) sprung 

 " from a mother bringing forth heroes, remains without doubt in a place 

 " of lotuses, full of sacred waters, and is adorned with all" sorts of preci- 

 H ous stones. 



