North Indian Inscriptions

PART A

6. A 81 DONATIONS BY MEN

TRANSLATION :
The gift of Avisana (Avishaṇṇa).

The donor is apparently the same as in A 82.

A 84-85 (828-829) ; PLATE XII

ON a rail-bar of the Southern gate, now in the Indian Museum, Calcutta (C.B. 27). The inscription is engraved twice, above and below the medallion. The upper inscription (a) is carved in extremely cursive characters, while the lower inscription (b) is in ornamental script. The lower inscription was edited by Cunningham, StBh. (1879), p. 140, No. 14, and Pl. LV; Barua-Sinha, BI. (1926), p. 20, No. 64. Both inscriptions were edited by Hultzsch, DMG., Vol. XL (1886), p 75, No. 151, and p. 72, No. 112, and Pl., and IA., Vol. XXI (1892), p. 238, No. 151, and p. 236, No. 112. Anderson, Cat., Vol. I, p. 55, states that there is a third inscription to the same effects on another rail-bar (C.B. 50).

TEXT:
a Isānasa dāna
b Isānasa dana

TRANSLATION:
The gift of Isāna (Īśāna).^[1]

A 86 (830) ; PLATE XII

ON a rail-bar of the Southern gate, now in the Indian Museum, Calcutta (C.B. 2). Edited by Cunningham, StBh. (1879), p. 140, No. 15, and Pl. LV; Hultzsch, ɀDMG., Vol. XL (1886), p. 72, No. 113, and Pl., and IA., Vol. XXI (1829), p.236, No. 113; Barua- Sinha, BI. (1926), p. 20, No. 65.

TEXT:
Isidatasa dānaṁ

TRANSLATION:
The gift of Isidata (Ṛishidatta).^[2]

A 87 (868);^[3] PLATE XII

ON a rail-bar, now in the Indian Museum, Calcutta. Edited by Cunningham, StBh. (1879), p. 142, No. 53, and Pl. LVI; Hultzsch, ɀDMG., Vol. XL (1886), p. 75, No. 145, and Pl., and IA., Vol. XXI (1892), p. 238, No. 145; Barua-Sinha, BI. (1926), p. 30, No. 102.

TEXT:
Isirakhitasa suchi dānaṁ

TRANSLATION:

The rail-bar (is) the gift of Isirakhita (Ṛishirakshita).^[2] The donor of the name of Isirakhita reoccurs No. A 88 (cf. A 53).
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^[1]See classification I, 4, a, 5 (Śaivite names).
^[2]See classification I, 4, a, 3 (names referring to Ṛishi-worship).
^[3]Lüders; treatment of this inscription is missing.