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1861.] Identity of the Toramanas of Hr an and Kashmir. 
cannot be guessed. The loss of the initial letters of the next line, stands in. (lie 
way of a correct explanation. 
(14.) The syllable is not distinct in the facsimile, it is perhaps an expletive 
of the following word puny a. 
(15.) Col. C. reads this Mdlrilculasya which would mean “ the grandson of 
his mother’s race.” The Tc is blotted and may either be a i or k. The context 
requires the name of the donor’s grandfather. 
(16.) The first and third syllables doubtful. Col. C reads supahvaya. 
(17.) There are blots before and after the syllable ^E}f, but the measure seems 
to be complete without any letters being supplied. 
( 18 .) ^srrrw recte. 
Translation. 
(May he) who, by his web of innumerable sky-enlightening rays, 
dispels the darkness which envelops the earth (a) like a dark 
autumnal cloud ; whose radiance, passing through the dancing 
mane of his wandering coursers fatigued by incessant motion, (gilds 
the peak of the eastern mountain) Udayagiri (J) * * * * he 
who removes the pain of his frightened worshippers, who is like unto 
a lamp to this chamber of the world; who is the cause (supreme) of 
the destruction of night ; who bestows its charm to the lotus by his 
rays bright as molten gold ; may he protect you. 
He who was celebrated as Sri Toramana # * * * full of talents 
innumerable, who subjugated the earth by truth, charity, conciliation, 
his army and the like. Unto him of the renowned race was born a son 
of unrivalled prowess named Pashupati, the lord of the earth, and 
the most distinguished of the solar race (c) * * * * at the time 
when the earth -was governed by such a king of large and lustrous 
eyes, in the 15th year of the prosperous reign of the remover of 
all suffering, the pre-eminent sovereign (J), in the month of Kartika 
(when the air was) redolent with the aroma of the Kumuda (e) and 
(a). This word is eonjecturally supplied. The only letter visible in the 
facsimile is fjf with a perpendicular line before it, which may be the second line 
of jj. Col. Cunningham takes it for a q. Vide note X of the preceding page. 
(J). Udayagiri is the fabled mountain on which the sun rises. Here the 
Gwalior hill on which the temple stands is likewise meant. 
(c) . Literally Mihira kula, and therefore may mean the Mihira race. Mihira 
is a synonym of the sun. 
(d) . Lit. Nripabrisha “ the bull of kings." 
(e) . Nymphrea cmrulea. 
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