History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c91.277

v7.c91.277

¹⁶²⁹ The first verse of the Inscription is. जयति धरण्युद्धरणे घनघोणाघात-घूर्णितमहीध्र. । देवो वराहमूर्तिस्त्रैलोक्यमहागृहस्तम्भ. ॥ Gupta Inscriptions p 159. This was engraved in the first year of the Hūna king तोरमाण's reign on 10th of Phālguna, when the temple of Nārāyana in his Boar avatāra was built. The probable date is about 500 to 510 A. D. This अवतार is sometimes called आदिवराह, यज्ञवराह, श्वेतवराह, महावराह Compare हर्षचरित III ' महावराहपीवरस्कन्ध-पीठे नरकासुर इव सुनो गर्भादुद्भूत.।' Vide 'Royal conquests and cultural migrations' by C Śivarāma Mūrti (Calcutta, 1955) for plate II C. for 'Ādivarāha' of 4th century A D