1844.] in possession of the Jews of Cor.hin. S 



I do not exactly know ; but I leave it as 1 find it ; it being 

 authorized by the repetition of the phrase in numerous in- 

 scriptions that I have examined. 



' In a hundred thousand places ' i. e. Throughout an ex- 

 tended empire. The Raja appears to have been a Prince 

 paramount. In this inscription at the end are cited, as wit- 

 nesses, the names of numerous chiefs of minor principalities 

 in Malabar. The word ^easr© which occurs in this passage 

 has three meanings, viz. 'place, a year, and a cycle [that] of 

 [sixty] years. Each meaning by a playfulness common to 

 Indian writers are introduced in this passage, in the suc- 

 ceeding sentences. 



Q& tiiQefrSojs l—<£!£il.' tot it fim-p 



( [when] weilding the sceptre, or administering justice, was 

 reigning/ 



QeiKjG&rr& is the sceptre of authority; it also means 

 justice [Sadur agaradi] [uirmn-^^rp is the present participle. 



uurrem-Q ^JTgkt l-.tlo.t sssres) if 



' The year above the second Cycle/ 



Qp u u p it ((f) ld iT em- (Si 



' The thirty-sixth year. 5 



' On the day that he tarried at Muyiri Kotta,' 



Here the word ^q^sSiu is used honorifically, as spoken of 

 a high personage. 



' The act of Grace which he was pleased to vouchsafe ; — 

 to wit / In the word iSjr&OirpLQ joy, pleasure, the Sanskrit s, 



