18 ■•14.'] Account of Mamallaipur. 5 



" 8 and 9. Siva the beautiful, sits in the broad lake Siras, which 

 *' teems with ( is a mine of) Ictuses, resembling variegated gems, and is 

 *' full of water for sprinkling the fortunate and much-loved kamaeaja, 

 " who puts down the pride of his enemies, who is the source (receptacle) 

 " of glory, and is earnest in worshipping SIVA. 



5 " 10. He (kamaeaja,) who dwells on the heads of Kings, caused 

 " this temple of siva, which resembles the temple on Cailasa to be erect- 

 " ed for the happiness of the earth." 



Three additional inscriptions were sent to Dr. Babington, 

 by some Madras friends ; one by Colonel DeHaviland from 

 the " north side of a verandah of a pagoda (No. 30 in the map) 

 " excavated out of the solid granite, two miles north of the place." 

 Of these Dr. Babington says " all these inscriptions differ 

 " in character from each other, but agree precisely in matter ; 

 " and it is remarkable that the sheas of which they are com- 

 st posed, are, with the exception of the last, contained,' though 

 " in different order, in the inscription copied by me from the > 

 " wall of the Ganesa Pagoda." " My" inscription, is in a ena- 

 " racter differing again from any of the rest." " The other 

 " inscriptions consist of five sheas only, with some undecy- 

 " phered portions." " The first three sheas in my inscription 

 " are not found in the others ; my fourth shea is the same as 

 " theirs. The fifth, sixth and seventh sheas of my inscription 

 " are wanting in the others. My eighth and ninth sheas are 

 " their first and second, and my tenth is their third. Their 

 i: fifth shea I have ascertained after a very careful comparison, 

 s( to be quite different from the undecyphered portion of my 

 " inscription. Its translation is as follows : 



" Atiranachanda (he who in battle is very furious) Lord of Kings 

 " built this place, called Atiranachandeswara. May SIVA the beloved, 

 " accompanied by the daughter (paevati) of the snowy mountain, by 

 " caeticeya, and their suite of deities, be present in it for ever." 



The third kind of inscription is found over the figures on 

 the monolithic temples to the south of the village. So com- 

 pletely have these characters become obsolete, that none of the 

 learned natives consulted were able to decypher them. 



