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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>The '''Pawāyā image inscription''' is an epigraphic record documenting the dedication of a Vaiṣṇava image. It dates to the ''circa'' fifth century CE.<br />
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==Location==<br />
'''Padmavati''' ([[Padmavati Pawaya]]) was a large city-site located in [[Gwalior District]], [[Madhya Pradesh]], India. The current location of the inscription is not recorded.<br />
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==Publication==<br />
The inscription was first published by M. B. Garde in 1914-15. It was subsequently listed by H. N. DvivedI and M. Willis.<ref>Gwalior State, Archaeological Report for VS 1971/AD 1914-15, number 31; Dvivedī, ''Gvāliyar rājye ke abhilekh'' (VS 2004): number 711; [[Michael D. Willis]], ''Inscriptions of Gopakṣetra'' (London, 1996).</ref><br />
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==Description and Contents==<br />
The inscription is engraved on the pedestal of an image and records the dedication.<br />
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==Metrics==<br />
The record is not metrical.<br />
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==Text==<br />
Garde suggested the reading: namo bhagvate vi [-]m [pra]tima sthāpita bhagava(to).<br />
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==Translation==<br />
Salutation to Vishnu, having installed the image.<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Indian inscriptions]]<br />
* [[Padmavati Pawaya]]<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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[[Category:Sanskrit inscriptions in India]]<br />
[[Category:Gupta and post-Gupta inscriptions]]</div>BrigitteHosking