गुप्त अभिलेख संग्रह (जे. एफ. फ्लीट - गुप्त सम्राटों एवं परवर्ती नरेशों के ऐतिहासिक पाषाण व ताम्रलेख)

158 CORPUS INSCRIPTIONUM INDICARUM, VOL. III.
(L. 21.)—Five hundred autumns, together with ninety less by one, having elapsed
from (the establishment of) the supremacy¹ of the tribal constitution of the Mâlavas,
(and) being written down in order to determine the (present) time ;—in the season² in
which the songs, resembling the arrows of (the god) Smara, of the cuckoos, whose
utterances are low and tender, cleave open, as it were, the minds of those who are far
away from home ; and in which the humming of the flights of bees, sounding low on
account of the burden (that they carry), is heard through the woods, like the resounding
bow of (the god Kâmadêva) who has the banner of flowers, when its string is caused to
vibrate :—in the season in which there is the month of the coming on of flowers, when the
wind, soothing the affectionate (but) perverted thoughts of disdainful women who are angry
with their lovers, as if they were charming fresh sprouts arrayed in colours, devotes itself
to breaking down (their) pride,—in that season this (well) was caused to be constructed.
(L. 24.)—As long as the ocean, embracing with (its) lofty waves, as if with long
arms, the orb of the moon, which has its full assemblage of rays (and is more) lovely
(than ever) from contact (with the waters), maintains friendship (with it),—so long let
this excellent well endure, possessing a surrounding enclosure of lines at the edge of the
masonry-work, as if it were a garland worn round a shaven head, (and) discharging pure
waters the flavour of which is equal to nectar !
(L. 25.)—May this intelligent Daksha for a long time protect this act of piety,—
(he who is) skilful, true to (his) promises, modest, brave, attentive to old people, grateful,
full of energy, unwearied in the business-matters of (his) lord, (and) faultless ! (This eulogy)
has been engraved by Gôvinda.

No. 36; PLATE XXIIIA.

ERAN STONE BOAR INSCRIPTION OF TORAMANA.

THIS inscription was discovered in 1838 by Captain T. S. Burt, of the Engineers, and
was first brought to notice in the same year, in the Jour. Beng. As. Soc. Vol. VII. p. 631 ff.,
where Mr. James Prinsep published his reading of the text, and a translation of it,³ accom-
panied by a lithograph (id. Plate xxx.), reduced from an ink-impression made by Captain
Burt.—And in 1861, in the same Journal, Vol. XXX. p. 20 ff., Dr. FitzEdward Hall pub-
lished his revised reading of the text, from the original pillar, and a translation of it.
This is another inscription from Êraṇ⁴ in the Khurâî Sub-Division of the Sâgar Dis-
trict in the Central Provinces. It is on the chest of a colossal red-sandstone statue of
a Boar, about eleven feet high, representing the god Vishṇu in his incarnation as such,
that stands, facing east, in the portico of a ruined temple at the south end of the well-known
group of temples about half a mile to the west of the village.⁵
The Boar is covered all over with elaborate sculptures, chiefly of Ṛishis or saints
¹ vasât ; but it is very difficult to find a really satisfactory meaning for this word in this passage.
² i.e. the spring.
³ The translation is reprinted in Thomas' edition of Prinsep's Essays, Vol I. p. 249 f.
⁴ See page 18 above, and note 1.
⁵ Archæol. Surv. Ind. Vol. X. page 82 ff., and Plates xxv. and xxvi.