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The Indian Analyst
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North Indian Inscriptions |
INSCRIPTIONS OF THE PARAMARAS OF MALWA ten lakāras from laṭ to lṛiṅ, excepting the Vedic lōṭ and taking vidhi-liṅ and āśīr-liṅ separately. Thus there are altogether 18 -10 =180 verbal terminations, of which, 90 of each set (known as parasmai – and ātmanēpada) are given the chart. They are all duly numbered on the right hand side and arranged in slanting columns from the left to the right, given in the spaces left between the “zigzag cross-turning” of the serpents. The two sets of terminations (parasmai- and ātmanē-), the three persons (Prathama, Madhyama and Uttama) and the three numbers (singular, dual and plural) are marked on the left-hand side, in order, by the initial letters representing them ; and the names of the tenses and moods are marked at the top of each column by the initial letter of each. They may be arranged as under :-
...The last section of the table is triangular, with its apex above. In its looped corners and also in the hollow circles along its arms, are engraved the several derivative bases showing causality, desire, intensity, etc. The portion of the stone in the right corner side, which appears to have contained at least three circles with a letter in each, is entirely lost ; but, to judge from what remains, the total number of these circles appears to have been 19, as also stated inside to have contained at least three circles with a letter in each, is entirely lost ; but, to judge from what remains, the total number of these circles appears to have been 19, as also stated inside the triangle in its middle.[1] These terminations are only of grammatical interest and therefore need not be dealt with here in detail.[2]
...Both these inscriptions are of educational interest, also showing the high interest of the
public in teaching and learning grammar. In this respect, what K.K. Lele writes in his note
referred to above is highly appealing, and it is given here in his own words. He says : “they
must have been designed by some ingenious teacher and permanently engraved on the pillars
as charts in modern schools …… They confirm the tradition that the mosque (on the pillars
of which they are engraved) was merely a transformation of the Sanskrit School formed by Rājā
Bhōja and maintained by his successors. The old foundation too tells the same tale. It is,
therefore, beyond doubt that the mosque was not only built out of the materials of, but
stands on the site of the old Schools”.[3]
[1]Sastri read this number as 16. but I am tempted to take the unit figure as 9 because of the curve at the
top which is broader than the one below.
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