| Ancient Sila lipi of Nrusinghanath |
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The most important part of
Nrusinghanath is the stone inscription available in the temple. It is
important from the point of view of development of Oriya script. It is
written on a slab of black stone and consists of four lines which as
follows:-
Translation : “Vaijal Dev, son of Vatasraj Dev, the Raja of Patna, caused the erection of the temple on the fascinating hill Gandhamardana and presented a necklace of precious stones a along with hundred cows to the God Vidala Narasinghnat. He also granted to the priest of the temple for maintenance of worship some lands situated on the locality known as Adimereda and Varionala and a mengo grove known Rapanga lying on the vicinity of Lohasingha. The gift was made on Friday, the full moon day of Chaitra, the moon remaining in the Hasta Naksatra in the year Vikari. The object of the donour in making the gifts was to have a son through propritiation of God. The text was composed by Agha. The inscription is in transitional Oriya script very closely approaching Oriya language and this is one of the earliest Oriya insciptions . The date of the inscription is 14th March 1413 A.D. Recently the state culture and Archaeological deptt. have undertaken to cast off the masonary work and now the temple in its original form stands amidst scenis splendour. After the completion of the work it will throw more light on this hitherto hidden chapter of history and culture of this place. |
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