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