North Indian Inscriptions

PART A

6. A 81 – 113 DONATIONS BY MEN (WITHOUT REFERENCE TO NATIVE PLACE OR PROFESSION)^[1]

A 81 (824); PLATE XI

ON a rail-bar of the South-Eastern quadrant, now in the Indian Museum, Calcutta (C. B. 49). Edited by Cunningham, StBh. (1879), p. 139, No. 10, and Pl. LV; Hultzsch, ɀDMG., Vol. XL (1886), p. 72, No. 108, and Pl., and IA., Vol. XXI (1892), p. 236, No. 108; Barua-Sinha, BI. (1926), p. 19, No. 61.

TEXT:
Atimutasa danaṁ

TRANSLATION:
The gift of Atimuta (Atimukta)^[2]

A 82 (864)^[3]; PLATE XI

ON a rail-bar, now Indian Museum, Calcutta. Edited by Cunningham, StBh. (1879), p. 142, No. 49, and Pl. LVI; Hultzsch, ɀDMG., Vol. XL (1886), p. 74, No. 141, and Pl. and IA., Vol. XXI (1892), p. 238, No. 141 ; Ramaprasad Chanda, MASI., No. I (1919), p. 19, and Pl. V; Barua-Sinha, BI. (1926), p. 28, No. 99.

TEXT:
Avisanasa dānaṁ

TRANSLATION :
The gift of Avisana (Avishaṇṇa).^[4]

The name of the donor reappears in A 83.

A 83 (865)^[3]; PLATE XII

ON a rail-bar, now in the Indian Museum, Calcutta. Edited by Cunningham, StBh. (1879), p. 142, No. 50, and Pl. LVI; Hultzsch, ɀDMG., Vol. XL (1886), p. No. 142, and Pl. and IA., Vol. XXI (1892), p. 238, No. 142; Barua-Sinha, BI. (1926), p. 28, No. 99.

TEXT :
(A)v[i]sanasa^[5] dānaṁ

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^[1]For donations of men whose native places have been mentioned see No. A 6, A 7, A 13, A23, A 25, A 26, A 30, A 31, A 36, A 40, A 47, A 50. A few inscriptions referring to men give the profersion as well as the native place, cf. No. A 17, A 22; in A 21 the donor is characterized as gahapati. A 55 mentions the profession of the male donor, but not the native place.
^[2]See classification II, 4, a (names derived from plants).
^[3]Lüders’ treatment of this inscription is missing.
^[4]See classification II, 2, a (names derived from mental disposition and temperament). Instead of a-vishaṇṇa “not sorrowful” the name could also be interpreted as a-vishāṇa “not having horns”.
^[5]avisanasa has been read by all previous editors, but our estampage does not bring out any traced of a in the beginning, whereas Cunningham’s eye-copy shows the a clearly.