The Pawāyā image inscription is an epigraphic record documenting the dedication of a Vaiṣṇava image. It dates to the circa fifth century CE.
Location
editPadmavati (Padmavati Pawaya) was a large city-site located in Gwalior District, Madhya Pradesh, India. The current location of the inscription is not recorded.
Publication
editThe inscription was first published by M. B. Garde in 1914-15. It was subsequently listed by H. N. DvivedI and M. Willis.[1]
Description and Contents
editThe inscription is engraved on the pedestal of an image and records the dedication.
Metrics
editThe record is not metrical.
Text
editGarde suggested the reading: namo bhagvate vi [-]m [pra]tima sthāpita bhagava(to).
Translation
editSalutation to Vishnu, having installed the image.
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ 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).