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The Indian Analyst
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EPIGRAPHIA INDICA to think the grant was made in favour of the god Siddheśvara in whose temple the record is found. Line 8 of our inscription reads the name Sīdhesara (Siddheśvara) at the beginning and ºṅku data (i.e., “ give to…”) after a big gap. It seems therefore that the grant was made by a person named Siddheśvara. It is interesting to note in this connection that an officer of the Gaṅga monarch Narasiṁha IV is actually known to have been Pātra Siddheśvara-Jenā mentioned in the Puri plates B (Plate VI A, line 23). The extant medial e-mark after Sīdhesara in line 8 of the inscription may suggest the title of nobility or family name Jenā (originally meaning “ a prince”). Thus it is possible to think that Pātra Siddheśvara-Jenā, an officer of Gaṅga Narasiṁha IV, installed a Śiva-liṅga named after himself[1] and granted part of a village in favour of the deity for the longevity of his master. Only two geographical names are mentioned in the inscription, viz., the village of Bhaïṁgrāma and the district of Raāṅga, the intended reading for which may be Rāaṅga. The name of the district reminds us that of the Rāvaṅga vishaya mentioned in the Puri plates[2] of Bhānu II and the Rāmaṅga vishaya mentioned in the Alagum inscription[3] of Anantavarman Choḍagaṅga. The village of Alagum about ten miles from Sakhigopal in the Puri District was situated in the Rāmaṅga vishaya. It is not impossible that Rāvaṅga, Rāmaṅga and Raāṅga (or Rāaṅga) are variant forms of the name of one and the same district.
TEXT[4] Part I
1 [Vīra]-śrī-Narasīṅghad[e]va[ṅ]ka-vī[je-rā]je samaṁthu 19 [s]rā[hi] Kakaḍā-kīshṇa 14 Cha[ndra]- Part II
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[1] There are numerous other cases of naming a deity after the person responsible for its installation. See above,
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