Indian Epigraphy c13.17

c13.17

¹ See, e. g., ibid., Vol. XXVIII, p. 263 (text line 34: dharmaśāstre); p. 282 (text line 24: dharmaśāstreṣu). For reference to Smṛti, cf. ibid., Vol. XXXI, p. 248, text lines 35, 38, and to Purāṇa, see ibid., Vol. II, p. 360, text line 17; Vol. III, p. 68. Ep. Carn., Vol. XII, Si. No. 95 speaks of Itihāsa-Purāṇa and quotes from Rāma, Āditya and Bṛhaspati. A particular verse (No. 117, Sāmānyo='yam etc.), found in the Skanda Purāṇa in a story associated with Rāma is sometimes attributed to him (Ep. Ind., Vol. XXXII, p. 55, text line 42; Skanda Purāṇa, Brahma-Khaṇḍa Dharmāraṇya-khaṇḍa, Ch. 34, verse 40). In a few cases, it is wrongly ascribed to Vālmīki, the author of the Rāmāyaṇa (cf. Ep. Carn., Md. No. 113). Similarly, the stanza Bahubhir=vasudhā, etc. (No. 23) is sometimes ascribed to Rāma (Ep. Carn., Vol. XII, Si. No. 95). Certain medieval records speak of attainment of the fruits of making grants of land as described in the Śiva Purāṇa (N. G. Majumdar, Ins. Beng., Vol. III, p. 137, text lines 46-47).