Indian Epigraphy: A Guide to the Study of Inscriptions in Sanskrit, Prakrit, and the Other Indo-Aryan Languages c14.s9.8

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Line 1: Setu: “The Bridge,” i.e., “Adam’s Bridge” between India and Sri Lanka. Line 3: “after consecrating land for the (supply of) ghee”: I.e., the donor also granted an area of land as a permanent endowment providing revenue to pay for the ghee to be burned in the lamp. Line 4: Śvetāraṇya: This is the Sanskrit equivalent of the Tamil Tiruven̄kāḍu, “the White Forest.”