182 Rajendralala Mitra —On the Temples of Deoghar. [No. 2, 
break bis skull -with her club. She is the presiding divinity of a great 
many malevolent incantations. 
No. 15 is a small temple, built by Ramadatta Ojha, apparently from 
materials obtained from an old shrine, for, on the architrave of its porch, 
there is an inscription in the old Lat character. The presiding divinity is 
named Surya or the sun-god, but the figure, as I saw it, is that of the 
Buddhist Padmapani, 2 feet in height, and there is on the base of it an in¬ 
scription beginning with the words Deya dharmoycim in the Kutila charac¬ 
ter, which leaves no doubt as to the personage the image was originally 
intended to represent. Nor is this a singular instance of the adoration of 
a Buddhist image under a Hindu name. Indian antiquarians have noticed 
instances of the kind in almost all parts of India. There is a Bengali in¬ 
scription on the porch of this temple. 
No. 16 holds an image of Sarasvati, a daughter of Mahadeva, and 
patroness of knowledge. Both the temple and the image are insignificant, 
and held in little respect. 
No. 17 is an open veranda, originally intended for the shelter of 
pilgrims and hermits, but now used as the repository of several images of 
different kinds picked up from distant places. The largest image is that 
of the monkey-general of Rama, and the temple is named after him Hanu- 
man Kabir. 
No. 18 is dedicated to Kala-bhairava, a form of S'iva, but the image 
is of a very suspicious look. I should have taken it for a Dhyani Buddha 
had I seen it in a Buddhist temple, and putting it beside Surya alias Padma¬ 
pani there need be no doubt about its character. It is 3'-6" in height. 
No. 19 is the sanctuary of Sandhya Devi, the goddess of Vesper. 
She is also called Savitii Devi, the wife of the Sun. Her first name was 
Tara Devi, a name well known among Buddhists. Her image, as seen in 
the temple, is that of a fierce-looking female seated on a car drawn by horses, 
but the car and horses are broken and smudgy. The temple was built by 
Kshemakarna Ojha in 1692 A. D. 
No. 20 has for its presiding divinity an image of the elephant-headed 
Ganesa. It is very little cared for. It was built by Ramadatta Ojha 
(circa 1782-1793). 
No. 21 is a veranda with two ranges of pillars, and originally intend¬ 
ed like No. 17, for the use of pilgrims. It has now some images set up 
by hermits. The two principal images are S'yama, a form of Krishna, and 
Kartikeya, son of S'iva. 
No. 22 is the eastern gate with a pavilion on top, and intended for 
musicians, but not in use now. 
No. 23 is the two-storeyed Nuhbat-khana or music-room noticed 
above, and now in use. 
