North Indian Inscriptions

PART A

XL (1886), p. 63, No. 25, and Pl., and IA., Vol. XXI (1892), p. 229, No 25; Ramaprasad Chanda, MASI., No. I (1919), p. 19, No. 2, and Pl. V; Barua-Sinha, BI. (1926), p. 6, No. 6

TEXT:
aya-Gorakhitasa thabho dānaṁ

TRANSLATION:
The pillar is the gift of the venerable Gorakhita (Gorakshita). ^[1]

A 69 (886)^{[2 ]}; PLATE XXV

EDITED by Cunningham, StBh. (1879), p. 143, No. 2, and Pl. LVI; Barua-Sinha, BI. (1926), p. 35, No. 121.

TEXT:
aya-Naṁda^[3]……..

TRANSLATION:
(The gift of) the venerable Naṁda (Nanda).^[4]

   A reciter Nadagiri (Nandagiri) is mentioned in A 54, and the name Naṁdagiri also occurs in A 97. Nada, Naṁda or Naṁda by itself is found as a personal name in the inscriptions List Nos. 289, 1032, 1121, and 1345.

A 70 (690); PLATE X

ON coping-stone No. I, now in the Indian Museum, Calcutta. Edited by Cunningham, StBh. (1879), p. 130, No. 1, and Pl. XII and LIII; Hultzsch, ɀDMG., Vol. XL (1886), p. 60, No. 2, and Pl., and IA., Vol. XXI (1892), p. 227, No. 2; Barua-Sinha, BI. (1926), p. 33, No. 118.

TEXT :
aya-Nagadevasa dānaṁ

TRANSLATION:
The gift of the venerable Nāgadeva.^[5]

A 71 (716); PLATES X, XXXII

ON a pillar of the South-Eastern quadrant, now in the Indian Museum, Calcutta (P 17). The inscription precedes No. B 11. Edited by Cunningham, StBh. (1879), p. 132, No. 5, and Pl. XXIII and LIII; Hultzsch, ɀDMG., Vol. XL (1886), p. 63, No. 26 (first part), and Pl. and IA., Vol. XXI (1892), p. 229, No. 26 (first part); Barua-Sinha, BI. (1926), p. 6, No. 7.
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^[1]See classification I, 4, a, 2 (names derived from spirits and animal deities).
^[2]Lüders’ treatment of this inscription is missing.
^[3]From the eye-copy of Cunningham.
^[4]See classification II, 2, a (names derived from mental disposition and temperament).
^[5]See classification I, 4, a, 2 (names derived from spirits and animal deities).