Indian Epigraphy c15.t2.2

c15.t2.2

¹ The polygraphic (multiscriptal) inscription of king Jaya-Pratāpamalla of Nepal is dated in *Nepāl-ābde yug-ābdhau muni-gaṇa-sahite* given in figures as Saṃva (Saṃvat) 774, thus equating *abdhi* (sea) to 7. The exact date of the record is quoted as Friday, Māgha-sudi 1 (13th January 1654 A.D.). See *Journ. As.*, Tome CCXLV, 1957, p. 338 and Plate. Cf. Śaka 1748=Bengal San 1233, the date of the composition of Jagaddurlabha’s *Uddhavacamatkāra* given in the colophon of the work (*Bhāratavarṣa*, Bengali, Śrāvaṇa, 1365 B.S., p. 173) respectively as *aṣṭa-sāgara-payonidhi-candra* and *netra-Rāma-yuga-candra*. The word *netra* = 3 according to the Bengali convention and *yuga* = 2 (not 4 as usual). Indeed it would have been difficult to determine the date of the composition of the work, in spite of the years in both the eras being quoted, unless it was separately stated that the work was completed on the 12th Caitra, 1233 B. S. (24th March 1827 A.D.). The Bengal San has been referred to as *yāvanika* and *ādhunika*. See below, pp. 230 ff.