North Indian Inscriptions

Contents
Index
Introduction
Contents
Contents
Preface
Additions and Corrections
Introduction
Images
Texts and Translations
Part - A
Part - B
Other South-Indian Inscriptions
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Volume 3	Vol. 4 - 8
Volume 9	Volume 10
Volume 11	Volume 12
Volume 13	Volume 14
Volume 15	Volume 16
Volume 17	Volume 18
Volume 19	Volume 20
Volume 22 Part 1	Volume 22 Part 2
Volume 23	Volume 24
Volume 26	Volume 27
Tiruvarur	Darasuram
Konerirajapuram	Tanjavur
Annual Reports 1935-1944	Annual Reports 1945- 1947
Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum Volume 2, Part 2	Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum Volume 7, Part 3
Kalachuri-Chedi Era Part 1	Kalachuri-Chedi Era Part 2
Epigraphica Indica	Epigraphia Indica Volume 3
Epigraphia Indica Volume 4	Epigraphia Indica Volume 6
Epigraphia Indica Volume 7	Epigraphia Indica Volume 8
Epigraphia Indica Volume 27	Epigraphia Indica Volume 29
Epigraphia Indica Volume 30	Epigraphia Indica Volume 31
Epigraphia Indica Volume 32	Paramaras Volume 7, Part 2
Śilāhāras Volume 6, Part 2	Vākāṭakas Volume 5
Early Gupta Inscriptions
Archaeological Links
Archaeological-Survey of India
Pudukkottai

PART A

TRANSLATION:
The pillar (is) the gift of the reverend Mahila.^[1]

According to LÃ¼ders Mahila is probably a shortened form of a compound name such as Mahipālita or Mahirakkhita. The suffix –(i)la, (i)lā is, however, common in personal names, s. Hilka, l.c. pp. 68 f., and above p. XXVIII on suffixes (9). Barua-Sinha’s derivation from Madhvila is phonetically impossible, the correction to Mihila is unnecessary.

A 66 (768); PLATE IX

ON a pillar of the South-Western quadrant, now in the Indian Museum, Calcutta (P 2), where also B 52 is found. Edited by Cunningham, StBh. (1879), p. 136, No. 57, and Pl. LIV ; Hultzsch, ɀDMG., Vol. XL (1886), p. 68, No. 71, and Pl., and IA., Vol. XXI (1892), p. 233, No. 71; Barua-Sinha, BI. (1926), p. 12 No. 28.

TEXT:
bhadata-Samakasa thabho dānaṁ

TRANSLATION:
The pillar (is) the gift of the reverend Samaka (Śyamaka)^[2].

Samakasa may be a clerical error for Samikasa, But it is more probably a defective writing for Sāmakasa, as Sāmaka occurs as the name of a monk also in A 73, and of different persons in the Nāsik inscription List No. 1126 and the Bhaṭṭiprolu inscription List No. 1337.

A 67 (842) ; PLATE X

ON a rail-bar, now in the Indian Museum, Calcutta (C. B. 22). Edited by Cunningham, StBh. (1879), p. 140, No. 27, and Pl. LVI ; Hultzsch, ɀDMG., Vol. XL (1886), p. 73, No. 122, and Pl., and IA., Vol. XXI (1892), p. 236, No. 122 ; Ramaprasad Chanda, MASI., No. 1 (1919), p. 19, No. 1, and Pl. V; Barua-Sinha, BI. (1926), p. 22, No. 77.

TEXT:
aya-Apikinakasa dānaṁ

TRANSLATION:
The gift of the venerable Apikinaka (Apigirṇaka ?)^[3]

Apikinaka is found again in the form Aṁpikiṇaka as the name of a Buddhist monk in the Bhājā inscription, List No. 1081 ; Barua-Sinha’s derivation of the name from Sk. Aprakīrṇa is quite unlikely.

A 68 (715) ; PLATE X

ON a pillar of the South-Eastern quadrant, now in the Indian Museum, Calcutta (P 13). Edited by Cunningham, StBh. (1879), p. 132, No. 4, and Pl. LIII; Hultzsch, ɀDMG., Vol.
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^[1]See classification I, 4, a, 4 (names derived from minor deities).
^[2]See classification II, 1, a (names derived from appearance of the body)
^[3]See classification II, 3, a (names derived from wealth, fame, and birth). apigīrṇa “praised” is attested by lexicographers.

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