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The Indian Analyst
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North Indian Inscriptions |
MISCELLANEOUS INSCRIPTIONS CHHAPRI STATUE INSCRIPTIONS OF GOPALADEVA : YEAR 840 decorated temples that he had seen.¹ It is so called because it was used in later times by the Gonds for the worship of their god. The sanctum of the temple contains at present an image of the snake-god besides a Śiva-liṅga; but from the figure of Vishṇu over the middle of the three entrances of the temple, Cunningham conjectured that it was originally dedicated to Vishṇu. He actually found under a tree a few paces to the eastward a sculpture, figuring Vishṇu and Lakshmī sitting on Garuḍa.² Inscription D, however, refers to an image of Umā-Mahēśvara. Perhaps the statue, on which these inscriptions are incised, was originally put up at some other temple dedicated to Umā-Mahēśvara. It may be noted in this connection that Cunningham has described another old temple situated to the north of the temple of Boramdeo, the sanctum of which contains in addition to an argha in situ, a small group of Hara-Gaurī.³ It is perhaps this latter image which is mentioned in inscription D.
1 C. A. S. I. R., Vol, XVII, p.36.
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