Indian Epigraphy c15.t2.12

c15.t2.12

3=Rāma, guṇa, tri-guṇa, ‘the world’ (loka, jagat, tri-jagat, bhuvana, etc., some of which are sometimes also used for 14), ‘the fire’ (agni, vahni, pāvaka, vaiśvānara, dahana, tapana, udarcis, hutāśana, jvalana, śikhin, kṛśānu, hotṛ, anala, etc.), kāla, tri-kāla, tri-gata, ‘Śiva’s eyes’ (trinetra, Hara-nayana Śaṅkar-ākṣi, Īśa-dṛś, etc.), sahodara, doṣa, nāḍī, śūla, gaṅgā-mārga, viṣṭapa, mūrti, vacana, ‘Daśaratha’s wives’, etc. For śakti=3, see Ep. Ind., Vol. XIX, p. 166, and guṇa=6 below. Veda rarely indicates 3, though it really stands for 4. Tapana in the sense of ‘the sun’ would mean ‘twelve’.