No. 53. Saėvat 495 Lalitpur, Sikubahč.
| The pedestal of an image of
Umā-Maheųvara lying near the confluence of the river Bagmati and Maíimati (Manoharā)
at a site called Sikubahi (but there is no trace of Bahi, i.e. vihāra, here). Date 495
without particulars. The inscribed part is 76 cm wide and 28 cm long. (R). Records restoration of the images of mātrikā, made of stone, by Deųabhaōōārikā, the mother of Babhruvarman's brother's son, for the enhancement of the merit of late Babhruvarman and her parents and husband and of her ownself. |
| DV. 53; HJ 56; R. 48; |
TEXT.
1. Oė
bahirdeųād-dakøiíasyāė rājaputtra-vajrarathanāmno . . . . . . . .
2. āsčttadgottrajen-aikena yāų-ca vāgvatyā maíimatyāų-ca sandhideųe . . . . .
3. mātaraõ sthāpitā āsan mðnmayāstāõ kālakrameía
cirantana-tayāti-viųčríía-bhagna-patita-pāíipādā jātā ittham-bhótāų-ca tā
avalokya .
4. - - nena ca paųcāt-paramadhārmmikena babhruvarmma-nāmn-āsām=eva
mātðíām=pratisaėskāra-kriyā cintitāsčd-asambhāvy-aiva tāękriyāė sa
kāla-dharmma-vaųa. . . . . . . . .
5. phalopabhuktye divan-nčtavāė[s]-tad-adhunā tad-bhrātuøputrasya
nitya-dharmābhiratacetaskasya paramabhāgavatasya deųavarmmanāmno māttrā pativratayā
6. dharmmiøōhayā deųabhaōōārikayā tasyaiva kālagatasya babhruvarmmaíaõ
svarggānantyāya mātāpitror-bharttur-ātmanaų-ca puíy-ābhivðddhaye punar-anyathā
7. devyo mātaraõ ųailyāõ kāritā iti saėvat varøaųata 495
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NOTES
L. 3. R. has: tām-avalokya .
L. 4. R. has: cintinatamāsčd-asambhāvy-aiva
L. 5. R. not read [s].
L. 6. R. has bhartturų-c-ātmanaų-