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1SS3 J Rajendralala Mitra —On the Temples of Deoghar. 
c i f?r Itw i + + + fa f ftaTmfa- 
CV 
«r | ^ ^tTrr: W l) II 
Translation. [The first two lines are illegible; they apparent^ contain 
a praise of Kali.] “ For her the Brahmana of the name of Narayana preceded 
by Jaya, the servant of S'ambhu, erected this beautiful edifice, the resplen¬ 
dent giver of all blessings. In the month of Magha of the year numbering the 
S'rutis (4), the fire, SiJchi (3), the flavours, rasa (6), and the moon (1 = 1634, 
and corresponding to the Christian year 1712) Jayanarayana S'arma built 
this joyous house. Having attained her blessings, he completed this 
delightful and agreeable house, on Sunday, the 10th of the waxing moon, 
in the month of Magha. As long as this beautiful temple shall flourish on 
the earth so long will the moon, condemning her own qualities, feel 
degraded, the Meru mountain remain stationary, and S'esha remain sunk 
in the region below.” [The last two lines are full of lacunae, and only their 
purport is here given.] 
No. 6. 
This is from the temple of Annapurna. It is inscribed on a slab mea¬ 
suring 13" x 8", and fixed over the doorway. It comprises 11 lines of 
writing in the Bengali character. The following is a transcript of it in 
Devanagari letters : 
I W II \ II 
w 1 m (^) f ii^ii 
ff w i itwt tri n ^ n 
^ IT I f ^Ti II a II 
1 I flTlT II 1 II 
'J C\ 10 'si 
^rf flf I WmtfTSrf VW W l| || 
swtrfffl# fwwr(^r)^lf^^TT^: i f n « n 
TDTT$*T(?) fRP I iftf TT^I TTT W lift II « II 
Translation. “0 goddess, giver of blessings to immortals, thou art 
the delighter of the heart of S'ankara. 0 Annapurna, be thou the giver of 
blessings to those who are thy deserving votaries ! Thy complexion is re¬ 
splendent as the rising sun of the colour of the hibiscus flower. Deign, O 
S'ahkari, to grant me salvation which I pray of thee, after having built 
this noble matha, this pure place, bright as clear crystal through the grace 
of S'ambhu himself. In the S'aka year of the Vedas (4), the sky (0), the 
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