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R. Mitra —Sanskrit Inscription from Lalitpur. [No. 1, 
Translation of an Inscription from Lalitpur. 
Line 1. Victory, be to thee, O Vrishabha, in the sea of nectar, named 
Kanta, whose beauty shines forth supreme, and which is situate in 
Varddhamana. 
O thou great minded Sugata, thou spotless moon, bright with light, 
for the welfare of the good, thou spreadest victory, right thinking, pros¬ 
perity and peace. (1) 
* * * * I take refuge under the Arhatine lustre, resplendent and 
glorious, for the non-appearance of what is mortal in me in this stream of 
transmigration. (2) 
May the kind Sadasiva (eternally auspicious) protect us always from 
destruction ! It is ready (to help) in the attainment of what is good. (3) 
Line 2. Even the pure flamingo becomes like a chakora in the clear 
moonlight of Chidananda (eternal gladness of the soul). 
I worship S'risankara, charming like the lord of prosperity * * * * 
possessing all the signs of greatness, the delighter Jinendra, the good 
friend, one to whom no enemies are born. He is like a chakora.* (4) 
I salute with delight the one-headed lord, worthy of receiving 
great honours from the lord of cultivated land,f with a beautiful neck, well 
deserving of worship, furnished with signs, the Amaya (without illusion), 
though with Maya or illusion on his left side (as wife). (5) 
Line 3. I adore Chandra, among the chief gods, to whom no enemy 
was born, the cause of the destruction of the ungovernable, with sticks in 
their hands, the abode of great whiteness # * * * the delighter of the 
ears of the good, whose symbol is the stag. (6) 
For the prosperity of nirvana I merge in the essence of him who by 
bis power burnt the eight works which destroy the future world and which 
pervade the regions above, below, and on all sides. (7) 
I bow to Takshaka, the unconquered, whose symbol is the hissing lord 
of serpents. (8) 
Line 4. One woo brings about the Jaina ceremony of Varudhamana, 
though so very difficult. 
With the lord of the mountains on his face # * * * with varie¬ 
gated teeth * * * * because of Vetravali and Kali. May Santisoma, 
without fault, the cause of the happiness of the whole world, the spotless 
moon, prevail for our prosperity. (9) 
* The simile is intended to convey the idea that even as the chakora or Greek 
partridge is fabled to he satisfied with, and to subsist on, moonbeams, so is an Arhat 
satisfied with purity as his sustenance. 
t I take the mythological proper names like &c. in their deriva¬ 
tive meanings ; most likely they are double entendres. 
