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South Indian Inscriptions |
EPIGRAPHIA INDICA Name of the Brāhmaṇa Father’s name Śākhā Gōtra Vṛitti Raṅgu-dīkshita Nañjinātha Ṛik Jamadagni-Śrīvatsa 2 Śivā-dīkshita Immaḍi-bhaṭṭa Do. Rēbha-kāśyapa 1 Liṅgaṁ-bhaṭṭa Basavā-bhaṭṭa Do. Kāśyapa 1 Rāmēśvara-bhaṭṭa Basavā-bhaṭṭa Do. Do. 1 Dāti-bhaṭṭa Nārasiṁha Yajus Harita 1 Lakshmaṇa-bhaṭṭa Nṛihari-bhaṭṭa Do. Do. 1 Tirumala Vīra-bhaṭṭa Do. Śrīvatsa 1 Siddhi-bhaṭṭa Ananta (?) Do. Kauṇḍinya 1 Mummaṇī-bhaṭṭa Gaṅgādhara Do. Bhāradvāja 1 Mukunda-bhaṭṭa Nāgidēva Ṛik Vaśishṭha 1 Salva-jyōtishin Ellā-jyōtishin Do. Maudgalya 1 Mādhavārya Nāgidēva Yajus Kutsa 1 Nṛisiṁha-bhaṭṭa Sāi-bhaṭṭa Do. Kāśyapa 1 Besides these, one vṛitti was reserved for the sacred place of the Śaivas and Vaishṇavas and another for the person who inscribed the grant. The engraver of the record was Mallaṇa, son of Vīraṇa. As gathered from other charters, he appears to have held this office hereditarily. The composer was the well-known Sabhāpati.
The following geographical details are found in the inscription. The gift village Niṭāla is said to have been situated to the south of Gāvarehālu, to the west of Beṇṇekal, to the north of Talilebālu and to the east of Haṁchinahālu. The gift village was situated in the administrative unit of Kopaṇa which is modern Kopbal, famous for the Aśokan Edicts discovered there and for several Kannaḍa inscriptions.[1] Paḍuva-nāḍaka, the country in which Kopaṇa was situated, is apparently a part of the present Raichur District in the Doab between the rivers Kṛishṇā and Tuṅgabhadrā. The gift village is now called Niṭāli and it is located at a distance of nearly 11 miles to the north-west of Kopbal. Beṇṇekal is modern Benkal, well-known for its forests containing several dolmens and other prehistoric antiquities. It is about one mile from Niṭāli. The present name of Gāvarehālu is Gāvarahāḷ which is 2 miles from Niṭāli. Haṁchinahālu is now called Masabina Haṁchināḷ which is about a mile from Niṭāli. Talilebālu is to be identified with Tāḷbāḷ which lies about three miles from Niṭāli. The locality called Kātari-Beṭṭaga cannot be traced near Kopbal on the maps ; but it was apparently a small hillock in its vicinity. The places can be found in the Survey of India Sheet No. 56 A/3 comprising the Hyderabad territory.[2] ______________________________________________________________ [1] See Hyderabad Archaeological Series, Nos. 10 and 12.
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