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INSCRIPTION
ON THE BLEEDING CROSS
The
cross sculptured on a granite slab of about 2 ft square has
its four arms equal in length and stands out in relief at
the center of the slab with an arch over it. Avdone with outstretched
wings, perhaps, representing the Holy Spirit is seen pecking
the top of the cross. A flowry design forms the base of the
cross, which has triple-buttoned extremities on all its limbs.
The design itself is supported by a Calvary with three steps
on either side.
The inscription, which runs round the cross along the upper
surface of the Arch seems to be in the old heroic Sanscrit
of Persia. Scholars are at one that the charectors are Sassanian-Pahlavi.
Incidently, the cross at Muthuchira (Kerala) also bears an
inscription in two lines; the first resembles that on the
cross at St. Thomas Mount. It could not yet be rightly interpreted
by any scholars.
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