Indian Epigraphy c15.t2.17

c15.t2.17

8 = Vasu, ‘an elephant’ confused with ‘a snake’ (ahi, nāga, gaja, dantin, diggaja, hastin, mātaṅga, kuñjara, dvīpa, sarpa, etc.), takṣan, siddhi, bhūti, Anuṣṭubh, maṅgala, Dikpāla, tanu, yāma, etc. Naga (really 7), mūrti (cf. rūpa=1) and tanu (really 1) are soemtimes also counted in the same sense. Naga is used in the sense of ‘eight’ in Ep. Ind., Vol. XXXV, p. 140.