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its Sanskrit vocables either by Canarese terms or Tatsamas, and Tadbhavas, which are in common use amongst the Canarese. I had never seen such a work before, and anxious to get a copy (by the kind permission of J. D. Gordon, Esq., C. S. 1.,) I took the manuscript with me to Merkara where I copied it as it was with its thousands of mistakes.
It is composed in Canarese verse, the so-called Vardhika Shatpadi. Its introductory words are literally as follows:-" Bhaguri, Halâyudha, Surahari, Dhananjaya, Nagavarma, Vaijayanti, Vararuchi and others having been, the modern (abhinava) Manga Raja (monkey-rex) uttered this modern A'bhidâna (with long, initial) on earth." And verse 4 is: "The modern Manga having fully made ready the wisdom of Vararuchi, the novelty of Gopâlika, the mystery of Bhaguri, the arrangement of Dhananjaya, the nice division (suvibhakti) of Surahari, the cleverness of Vis'vaprakâs'a, the Canarese of Nagavarma, the elegance of the great Vaijayanti, the extensiveness of Halayudha and the propriety of Dhâmâcha, uttered the Abhidhana (with short initial) in such a manner that females and boys can understand it"
CONTENTS.
I. Svarga Kanda
1. Svarga Varga, 2. Graha V.
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I HAVE no doubt that the further investigation of the Buddhist remains, described in Mr. Boswell's interesting report,† will lead to important discoveries, and I therefore strongly recommend that the excavation of the Amravati mound should be resumed under competent supervision.
The present aspect of the site is that of an extensive earthen knoll or hillock. When I began iny operations in 1845, I fortunately hit upon one of the four entrances, and from sculptures that turned up, I was enabled to form a tolerable idea of the plan and purpose of the edifice. The first remarkable objects were the two lions which had been seated on the wall of the outer enclosure at the entrance; a miniature dahgop which had surmounted a detached monolithic column in the space between "the innor and outer rail" of Mr. Fergusson; the shaft of the column itself; the shafts of the smaller pillars at the ends of the entrance wing-walls, with their circular-ribbed bases and capitals; and por
I possess Nagavarma's Chhandas and a part of his Kavyavalokana.
5. Nâtya V. 6. Sabhâdi V.
+ See Indian Antiquary, pp. 149 & 182.-ED. Tree and Serpent Worship, plate LXXXIX.
II Bhù Kanda
1. Bhû Varga,
2. Saila V.
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Vanaushadhi V.
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Mriga V.
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Pakshi V.
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Go(Pas'u) V.
7. Puragrihopakarana V.
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11. Kshatriya V. 12. Stri V. 13. Dehâlankâra 14. Vais'ya V.. 15. S'adra V. 16. Tâti V. 17. Vaidya V.
III Pâtâla Kânda
1. Mrita Varga,
2. Uruga V. 3. Vâri V.
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The author thus promises much, and I think he has executed his work in a fair manner. It would be very desirable to critically prepare, by the help of some further manuscripts, the work for the press.
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ARCHEOLOGY IN THE KRISHNA DISTRICT.
Extracts from a letter from Sir Walter Elliot to the Under-Secretary of State for India, dated
Wolflee, Hawick, 18th Feb. 1871.
(From Proceedings of the Madras Government,' 7th June 1871.)
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tions of the five upright pilasters or "stela" on the dome, over the principal image opposite the entrance. Several of the tall upright slabs sculptured on both sides were still standing in situ, with the coping stones bearing figures of animals lying below.
These correspond so exactly with the sculptured representations of a dahgop, repeated again and again on the excavated stones, that I felt persuaded the latter were, in fact, representations of the edifice itself.§ Mr. Fergusson, to whom I communicated my notes and sketches, with a restored elevation of the dome, drawn in conformity with this conclusion, did not agree with me. He supposes that a dahgop occupying the area of the mound implies too vast a structure; and he imagines therefore that the enclosing walls, or, as he terms them, "the outer and inner rails" surrounded an open space, in the centre of which a small "dagoba, say 40 or 50 feet in height and 30 or 40 in diameter," had been erected.||
§ See Journal Royal Asiatic Society, N. S. Vol. III. woodcut on page 139, and Tree and Serpent Worship, plates LXXV to LXXXI.
Journal Royal Asiatic Society, N. S. Vol. III. page 144.
