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The Indian Analyst
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North Indian Inscriptions |
SUPPLEMENTARY INSCRIPTIONS
TRANSLATION Ōṁ! Adoration to Śiva! (V.1) May the god (Śiva) always secure for you your desired object, (viz.) the attainment of excellent and marvellous prosperity!-(he) on whose head, where the matted hair is joined by the celestial river, the crescent moon displays at all times the beauty of a fresh sprout! (V. 2) May Śiva with these eight bodies protect you!-(the eight bodies,10 viz.) that which always has fluidity ; that which, being different from it, has gravity ; those two which, being devoid of gravity, are felt by touch; that which, being an element, is devoid of touch ; that which, showing time, engages the world in actions; that which shines with digits ; (and) that which attains the reward of a sacrifice! (V. 3) “Blessed are those (women) the wreath of whose skulls you always wear
on (your) head !”¹¹ “I say this, because it must be said:- Refer to them as males.”¹² “That 1 Metre : Vasantatilakā.
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