Foot Note
8.
Pa[lo]gamayehi is also a possible reading.
9.
Pahaṇado[ni] is a possible reading.
10.
For the significance of the word sara, See Ep. Zey., Vol.IV,p. 124
11.
For kuṇi,see Ep.Zey., Vol.p. 416
12.
Meya-taka : Lit. “so much”. This is an earlier form of me-vataka in the Tōnigala inscription. In place of the etymology accepted in Ep. Zey., Vol. III, 186, I would now prefer the alternative given there. Taka has been obviously abstracted from Middle Indian Form corresponding to P. ettaka, etc. (PLL,para. 149f).
13.
Lahoḍa in this name is derived from Skt. laguḍa, “club” denoting the phallus. The name is therefore of Saivite origin.
14.
kaṇa ganaya Lit. “ having bought and taken.”
15.
Kaḍataya is equated with Skt. khṇḍitaka.
16.
Dinahi : For construction of this type, see Glossary.