It may, however, be inferred from the fragments of the first line that the dedication was made by a woman who was described as the wife (_kuṭumbinî_) of one person and as the daughter-in-law (_vadhu_) of another. The first part of line 2, restored as above gives—"in the congregation of ... out of the Koṭiya school, the Praśnavâhanaka line and the Majhamâ branch...." The restoration of the two names Koṭiya and Praśnavâhanaka seems to me absolutely certain, because they exactly fill the blanks in the inscription, and because the information in the _Kalpasûtra_ (S. B. E. vol. XXII, p. 293) regarding the Madhyamâśâkhâ points in that direction. The latter work tells us that Priyagantha, the second pupil of Susthita and Supratibuddha, founded a śâkhâ, called Madhyamâ or Majhimâ. As our inscriptions show that Professor Jacobi's explanation of the terms _gaṇa, kula_ and _śâkhâ_ [Footnote: _S. B. E_. vol. XXII, p. 288, note 2.] is correct and that the first denotes the school, the second the line of teachers, and the third a branch which separated from such a line, it follows that the śâkhâs named in the _Kalpasûtra_ without the mention of a _gaṇa_ and _kula_, must belong to the last preceding _gaṇa_ and derive their origin from one of its _kulas_. Hence the Madhyamâ śâkhâ doubtless was included in the Kauṭika gaṇa, and an offshoot of one of its _kulas_, the fourth of which is called Praśnavâhanaka or Paṇhavâhaṇaya. The correctness of these inferences is proved by Râjaśckhara's statement regarding his spiritual descent at the end of the _Prabandha kosha_, which he composed in Vik. saṁ 1405. He informs us that he belonged to the Koṭika gaṇa, the Praśnavâhana kula, the Madhyamâ śâkhâ, the Harshapurîya gachha and the Maladhâri samtâna, founded by the illustrious Abhayasûri. For the last words of l. 2 I do not dare to propose an emendation; I merely note that the gift seems to have consisted of pillars, _thabâni_, i. e. _stambhâḥ_. 4. The Koṭiya gaṇa seems finally to be mentioned in pl. xiii, No. 2, where the copy of line 1, 2nd side may be corrected as,— _Siddha—sa 5 he 1 di 10 + 2 asyâ purvvâye Koṭ(iya)_. 5. Names of an older _gaṇa_ and of one of its _kulas_ occur in No. 10 plate xiv, where the copy, which is faulty, may allow the following partial restoration,—- L. 1. _Sa 40 + 7 gra 2 di 20 etasyâ purvvâye Vâraṇe gaṇe Petidhamikakulavâchakasya Rohanadisya sîsasya Senasya nivatanam sâvaka-Da_ 2. ..._pashâṇavadhaya Giha..ka.bha.. prapâ [di]nâ..mâ ta_... which I translate— "The year 47, the summer (month) 2, the day 20,—on the above date a drinking fountain was given by ..., the ... of the lay-disciple Da ... (this being) the _nivatana_ of Sena the pupil of Rohanadi (Rohanandi) and preacher of the Petidhamika (Praitidharmika) line, in the Vâraṇa school."