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THE LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE OF 
settle disputes between all men, at the court and in the country, 
this as their number. Assuredly the adigamasastra sarodr<§. 
ta must contain the laws for the conduct of them all.” 
The text follows- It is upon the whole pure but exhibits not¬ 
withstanding some faults, ex. gr. basrna with the common b . 
Awignam asiu Nihan Poerv&digama sisanasastra saro-dr^ta 
purwa ramba (2) sang t’las wr&ld&chkrya (3) raja purohita 
sarvagunajna, banu-rasmi sadr^sa sa’va jariahre-jaya, ta 
Misraharana, sak&ltigra-chudamani sirasi pratistita t’kap sa- 
hana parach&rya Siva (4) kabeh, kaniata-majottama (5), nidan 
sira paramadiguru mahabagaw&n (6) tanggehnira, sira pangu 
daran basma ngaranira sakari wnangnira panadahan basrna 
t kapning santana practisantana (7) sang Basmangkura, sira 
atah pramanaken (S) pag£hnikang raksaning sdsanfidigama 
s&stra-saro-dreta ri para pungku [9J tnakabehan sahana sang 
gum ge Sivagama, kimuta sahana sang Budjangga Siva pinaka 
stawira ring nagara sang sfimpun-krStta, nguni weh sang 
maharep ring nagara l&wan ring pradesa, t’las karuhun 
sang waiek pragiwaka wyawahara wiehedaka [10], sang 
w nang inamgatak£u wiwadaning sarva jana ring sabd [11] 
mad’ja muang ring pradesa na ta luirnira, yayan sang byang 
Adigama sastra-saro-dreta juga pamakning sfisana krama- 
nira-tika kabeh [12], 
The introduction may serve as a proof of the abundance of 
Sanscrit words in its language and give an idea of the con¬ 
tents, which we cannot further describe here. 
(2) Punvaramba is divisible into purva “ the first or (lie 
foremost” and dramba “ the beginning”. The work is first 
written by Pandita misraharana. 
(3) The Pandita is wr&ddacharya ( wredda “aged” and 
aclictra “a spiritual teacher’’) “the aged, experienced teacher”; 
fut tlier raja Purohita ie a royal Purohita [domestic priest vid, 
below.] S arragunajuya (he knows all the guilds ), which as 
we have seen above are three, viz Saliva, rajas, lamas “ He 
is like the rays of the sun ; and enlightens the world by his 
wisdom ; he dwells in the hearts of all men, and is beloved and 
honoted by every one Misraharana is a genuine Indian 
Brahmanieal name ; misra is found in many names, it signifies 
a peison of distinction”. K ahalagra chudamani-sivasi’pva- 
tistita &c, “ he stands above the head of all Brahmins, as the 
precious stone chudamani is the highest extremity of the head 
ornament [of Si va ] 
(4) Pardcharya Siva with the addition of Kabeh ; para- 
charya means “all the teachers;’’ acharja biva “the teachers 
ot the bzva-worship” contrasted with the acharya Mud ha 
