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W. Hoey —Set Mahet. 
Tlie eldest was Pippata and the fifth Vidhyadhara. The latter was a 
man of high mental and moral endowments and was also distinguished 
for his skill in the management of elephants. The monarch, Madana, 
endeavoured, chiefly on the ground of this accomplishment, to make 
Vidhyadhara content and happy in his service, but he forsook the 
Saivic cult, and embraced Buddhism, and devoted his wealth to the 
foundation and endowment of a monastery, a vihara, which probably 
took the form of a restoration of the Jetavana at Set. 
Buddhist stone-inscription from Set, of Samvat 1176. 
L. 1. Om namo vitaragaya || maranashta niyamya dikshvadliipati- 
nayojya satvodaye durllanghyanyavamanya sanvararipo rajnaksharanya- 
dritah II uddhartum yatate sma yah karunaya srf— 
L. 2. S'akyasinho jagadbodhiii prapya cha buddliatamabhigatah sa 
tvan paritrayatan n sansaranbhodhitaraya taramuttaralochanan | vande 
girvvanavaninan bharatimadliidevatam || 
L. 3. Mandhatakhyah satrujichchhkra-tulyo vanse bhanor bhanu- 
tejotisayi I nityanandi sadhu bhokta trilokin rajnamadyaschakravarti 
babhuva II svechchhan bhramyan kadachit sara— 
L. 4. Siruharajoraji-chitrikritambhh samyag drishtva sarontar- 
mada-kala-sakuni-vrata-rababhiramyn I kartun kirte-r-vitanau sucharita- 
mudito mridbhirapurya yatnat karkkotadhinara— 
L. 5. kslian svapuramidamatho nirmame javrishakhyan || tasminna- 
bhuvan dhaninotidhanyah sripurvvavastavyakulapradipah | adyapi 
yadvaiisabhavair yasobhirjjaganti subhrair dhavali. 
L. 6. kriyante I) teshamabhudabhijane jaladhavivendu rindudyutih 
prathita-vilva-sivabhidhanah | yasya smararicharanambujavatsalasya la- 
ksh m ir dvijati-suj anarthijanopab h o 
L. 7. gya |) saujanyanbunidhe rudaracharitapratyasyamanainasali 
sadhunamudayaikadhama-jananl-sthana-sriyah satvabhuh | tasyasijjanako 
janiva hridayah putrah satama— 
L. 8. granir manyo gadhipuradhipasya sachivo gopala-namnali 
sudhih l| tenochchkairabhijanambunidheh prasuta lakshmirivachyuta-vi- 
bhushnakantamurtih | anandakandaja— 
L. 9. nani janani-kulanan jijjeti sanbhritakulasthitinopayeme II 
tabhyamabhuban stanayah shadeva shadbhirmukhai rekatanur ya ekah | 
jyayan sutah pippata namadhe— 
L. 10. yo dhimanivagniprabliavah sivabhyan || tatpancliamah 
panchasaranukari tayo-stanujo tanukirtikandah | vidyavabodhadanukir- 
tyate yo vidyadharo nama yathartha— 
L. 11. nama II rasadhikamabliivyapi girisacliaranasritan | hansiva 
