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1S61-] Decipherment of an Inscription from Chedi. 
when even the adorable goddess of eloquence would, methinks, 
evidently be confounded by the enterprise !”•* 
Tor material aid in connexion with the ensuing pages, I am 
indebted to an ingenious and most intelligent young pandit, Vishnu 
S'astri Athlye, my constant helper in uncluing the gyptic perplexities 
which so embarrass the Indian antiquary.f 
Inscription. 
in it i iras i 
TTT^T^; V; TT 
wtfl^recrwciiTTForet: y \ y 
i 
^T^iTTfi^cr: ffcl§T | 
Tiiviifci fi-yfniT^cn ii r. ii 
if fil^cIVT lioTT 71^ TTlirfo 
ti#r trvfvRi ttjt ffcjcr: i 
vv cT'nn %fcTfsRtJi vrieft 
=n n gni; luiftfsrfcf: \\ ^ y 
f<?ii B^TfHviTrnvf^ci^^nifwrrT^iTii^5iv 
WTCEfivt m h^tttit 
’srare^n^i 15 # cri^i;! § w : n s u 
TTlfrawti 1%f%iTcTT unt i 
UtI TTlt^r fivBl flTf%: || H || 
^T^I^S^{%3TT^ftt vft n c[ff 
* Tenth stanza. 
t There are still at J ubulpore two u-ndeciphered Chedian inscriptions. One of 
them is less illegible than the other ; but both are too nearly worn out ever to 
be read in their entirety. The later, dated in the year 931 of an unknown era, 
exhibits the names of King Gayakarna, of S'as'idhara, pandit and poet, and of 
the engraver Namadeva, son of Mahidhara. Of the earlier, dated in 926, I 
have made mention in the Journal of the American Oriental Societu, Yol. VI 
p. 533. ’ 
| The original has -tlffn . Erasure of the visarga seemed to be demanded. 
§ Corrected from 
