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Three Sanskrit Inscriptions. 
^PCfrt rcgfrt 3T V^.ct w s -Rre! 
'FT f^TVT liflWcU FT? || 3\ l| 
Fi’fT Frft»ri ?r*?mTfh*ft« i 
^ttcfct FT-giiciT%T^^T^ci ^lf FTefaW II 33 II 
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^l^Ttr ^T^FTnlT ^ *13* tWcI || 33 II 
3Tf3Tt**33*sig g*3i%re3giftr*tt i 
WEtOFnjW 5TTW || 33 || 
*5511$*? let! g ’STpCcTT I 
Tvtt i?T 3 *ra*( 3 T»U 3 nra =R'jtft ii 3* it 
*3WU**3WJroIT! 
S# sJ 
3T*lfiT3*W«T3*fhra I 
*TqJpg*T *RUBT 
gr*r trxFfct: 3fc3i^il3Ht u 3^ 11 
swiff crm f^tcr^r: svff<u 
WS fff T*T TfftSTWSf | 
nJ ^ 
ifT *TW«T^frf3X! *[3TfHT 
irUVT f Wf g«fctHT^ WWW II 1 3® B 
Tnwt’f grtlfif Tj-rt 334 l 3 
3T*uf*t 1 
PinT^fgTTrstfcWTpT cliff 
*1 «tt*t *ng« ww^creffa 11 3«11 
* “Black serpents, abiding in arid hollows of trees, in unwatered wilder¬ 
nesses, do they become who usurp the property of the gods, or of Brahmans.” 
It need scarcely be remarked, that Hindu land-grants are almost always fol¬ 
lowed by a number of stanzas pointed at the iniquity of wrongful resumption 
and such other high-handed proceedings. 
At different times, and chiefly in this Journal, I have translated most of the 
verses appended to our inscription. I therefore confine myself, mostly, to ren¬ 
dering such of them as I have not before had occasion to put, at least from the 
readings here exhibited, into English. 
f “They who have come down in our family declare, that this gift ought to 
be approved by others. Uncertain as a bubble of water is the fortune of men. 
Donation alone is its fruit. Hence this donation should be maintained.” 
The prosody of these verses is somewhat free. 
£ “ The wise should keep up the laws connected with virtue, established for 
the good of the people. The reprobate who, from avarice, or delusion, shall 
usurp, will promptly incur a painful hell down below.” 
is Very dubious grammar, 
R 2 
