The Journal of Oriental Research  June 1948
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The Journal of Oriental Research June 1948

1950

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SMA 197 This verse is addressed to Pavamana Soma the sound made by whom is often compared by RV poets to the neighing of a horse to the roaring of a bull to the lowing of calves to the roar of the Maruts and Brhaspati and to the sound of rain i 1 and thunder. [...] Grassmann as 'sharpen the tip of the arrow' and Ludwig as 'accelerate the beating of the Soma-shoot [of the sharpness of the reed]'. [...] Such being the case the use of the present tense in the sense of the historic past or historic pres as noticed by the learned editor is non-existent in the Tumain inscription. [...] The inscription records the grant of one-half of a village called Valigrdma situated in the Varttani vishaya forming part of the Jhadakhanda deSa in favour of a Brähniana by a king named Ark6vara who was the son of Pramddi and grandson of Paramabhattäraka Gunarrtaya described as a member of the Ganga family and as a devotee of Mahegvara (Siva). [...] The date of the charter as given at the end of the record is the year 4248 or 4318 of the Yugdbda i.e.

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100
SARF Document ID
sarf.120059
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India

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