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Rajendralala Mitra —On the Temples of Deoghar. [No. 2, 
oceans (7), and the moon (1, = 1704, and corresponding to the Christian 
year 1782), in the beneficent year Pramatln (of the cycle of Jupiter), in 
the month of Magha, this place was built by the learned Ramadatta, 
the firm in knowledge, the worshipper, the Brahmana. He had beard all 
the Puranas, he had given alms to Brahmanas, he had offered oblations 
to the fire, he had performed Yajnas according to the rules of the Yedas, 
he was born in a pure family, the pure, the doer of noble deeds, the son 
of Devakinandana, he was known as the auspicious Ramadatta. A part 
of his name was associated with Rama, and hence he was a worshipper 
of S'ankara. He was attached to his friends. He was the doer of good 
deeds like Raghunatha.” 
Ramadatta was kept out of the Pandaship of Vaidyanatha by a rival 
claimant for a long time, but was appointed to the post in 1782, by order 
of the Provincial Council of Burdwan. The temple marks the year of his 
installation. 
No. 7. 
There are two inscriptions in the temple of Anandabhairava, one on 
the doorway, and the other on the pedestal of the image. These have been 
numbered 7 and 8 by me. No. 7 measures 9" x 5," and comprises 9 lines 
of Sanskrit in the Nagari character. The following is a transcript : 
^ i fa fa wti- 
^ I I 'H I Wflfw l 
^ i ^fa)urffr 
8 I m + 4 ^^TI* 
^ I T IK II 
^ N v5 \J \J 
i 5 ?TRT : ^fa(fa)witr5T?ri- 
I fa- 
J Ywcq W ii ^ il vt(yt)% ii 
Translation. “ He, of the name of Rama, whose glory was bepraised 
by all the wise men on earth, who was like a god on earth, whose mind 
was drunk like a bee at the resplendent lotus-feet of Vaidyanatha, was 
born. His name was Ananda; he was well experienced. The noblest 
among his sons,—of contented mind,—made this for the gratification 
(of the lord), Paramananda was born; his grandson renowned in the 
