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Kayi Raj Shyamal Das —On the Trithi Bdj Udsd. [No. 1, 
27. He, the very potent one, got the surname of Pratap Lan- 
keswar : from liis presence the chief (among the powerful) enemies fled, 
and many met their death by his sword. 
28. Actuated by a desire to enter the Heaven, he*ofPered the 
village of Rewna (during his administration), to the self-existent Parswa 
Natha : 
[The slokas 29—90 give a genealogy of the person who built the 
temple.] 
* * 
Dated S. 1226 (= A. D. 1169)—Thursday the 3rd of the dark 
semi-lunation of Phalgun at the time of the Rohini Nakshatra, Vridhi 
Yog, and Taitil Karan. 
Inscri2)tio7i VI* 
[This Inscription measuring 3 feet 2 inches by 3 feet runs to the 
length of 48 lines, each containing 70 letters on an average, and consists 
of 62 slokas of different metres. The ordinary salutation to the gods 
ends at sloka 10th ; then we read a genealogy of the Ranas of Udaya- 
pur, from Bapa Rawal to Samar Singh, which ends at the 48th sloka. 
The following translation is an English version of the Hindi rendering 
of the Gujarati translation (of the text) found in a collection of in¬ 
scriptions, published in Ahmedabad in Guzerat.—Translator.] 
Translation. 
1. Obeisance to S'iva ! whose might, capable of being known to 
himself and naturally free from impurity, is but little appreciated by 
Brahma (the Creator) and other gods. May the lord Achaleswara, free 
from all concern with the universe, who liberates the beings of the 
world who are absorbed in Him from its bonds, be pleased ever to give 
us bliss. 
2. Who seated on a lotus [or a Padmasana, a seat or throne made 
in the shape of a lotus, on which idols are placed], offers the oblation 
of souls (vitality) to (the sacrificial fire of) the body for Creation’s 
sake ; prior to such a one the Omnipresent Being, was born Sfiva having 
a Nila-lohita (with a blue neck and red hair) body. 
May Sankara (Sfiva), holding in his lotus-like hand, the brilliant 
fifth head of Brahma, forcibly detached from the trunk, with the tip of 
the nail of his (Sfiva’s) wicked* thumb, protect you. 
* Because charged with Brahmd-hatya = murder of a Brahman. 
