1883.] Rajendralala Mitra —On the Temples of Deoghar. 195 
world, the moon of good qualities, the delighter of men like Sarvananda 
(the son). In the S'aka year reckoning five (5), four (4), the sages 
(7), and the moon (1 = 1745, and corresponding to the Christian year 
1823), in the wane of the month of Phalguna, having established an 
image of Bhairava in this abode, he dedicated it to him. In the S'aka 
year 1745.” 
No. 8. 
No. 8 is in three lines of Sanskrit. It is so filled up with sandal-paste 
that I have not been able to get a legible facsimile of it. It seems to be in 
the Kutila character. 
No. 9. 
The temple of Surya contains two inscriptions, and I have numbered 
them 9 and 10. No. 9 occurs on the pedestal of the image, and it com¬ 
prises two lines of engraving in the Kutila character ; but the letters have 
suffered from decay, and have been otherwise so filled up with sandal-paste 
that I cannot read the whole of it. The legible letters are : 
TZZH\ + + + 31T + + + 
The first five letters are perfectly clear, and they comprise the 
usual Buddhist formula of dedication —Deya dharmoyam. The name of 
the dedicator cannot satisfactorily be made out. It seems like Griddhaka 
Devikara-dasa, unquestionably a Buddhist monk, who had consecrated an 
image of Padmapani, which now does service for Surya. 
No. 10. 
A record in five lines of Bengali character, not legible. The marked 
difference in the nature and character of the two inscriptions (Nos. 9 and 
10) affords very strong presumptive proof of the image having been brought 
from another place, and not made for the temple. 
No. 11. 
A record in eleven lines of Bengali character placed on the doorwajr 
of the temple of Savitri Devi. The following is its transcript in Deva- 
nagari letters: 
' vj vj 
?> I wtw: Vj;yf^f5TWW fWrc- 
8 I gfow ’ftw- 
