South Indian Inscriptions

EPIGRAPHIA INDICA

Lines 7-19 record the grant of the siṙiḍirkā (apparently a sort of tax or cess) relating to the village of Kaṇāḍḍa-grāma in the possession of the Kavatika-maṭhikā in favour of the house-holders Bahudhara and Kāṅkua as well as the scholars Mahādēva and Lakshmīdhara, all of them apparently attached to the maṭhikā or Kavatika, on the occasion of the Māgha-saṅkrānti. There is no doubt that Kavatika is a modification of Kautuka, the name of one of the builders of the maṭhikā at Saṁyāna, which is not only known from the record of Chāmuṇḍarāja, edited above, but also from the Chinchani plates of the time of Rāshṭrakūṭa Indra III and Kṛishṇa III. Lines 8-9 state that the grant was made in consultation with the ministers (mantrin) including Varishṭhaka Mummuraka and Ṭhakkura Ḍōmbalaiya, the first of the two being the chief minister (sarv-ādhikāra-niyukta). It is also stated that it was made by the chief after having worshipped the lord Mayūkha-mālin, i.e. the Sun-god. This fact coupled with the possible representation of the Sun-god on the donor’s seal seems to suggest that the Mōḍhas of Saṁyāna were devotees of the said deity. The well-known stanza beginning with chalā vibhūtiḥ is quoted in this section. The grant was made on a permanent basis (apparently as a permanent endowment) and people were warned not to create any obstacle in the enjoyment of the gift by the donees.

Some of the usual imprecatory and benedictory verses are quoted in lines 20-27. Another stanza in lines 27-29 prays for the continued rule of Vijjala, the donor of the grant. The date in the Śaka year is quoted in lines 29-30. The charter ends with the statements that it was written by Limbāditya.

Of the geographical names mentioned in the record, Vijayapura seems to have been the name of the capital of the chief Vijja or Vijjala. The name, apparently coined after that of the chief, may have been applied to a suburb of Saṁyāna. I am not sure about the location of Kaṇāḍḍa-grāma ( same as Kāṇāḍuka ? ) in the possession of the Kavatika-maṭhikā (Kutuka-maṭhikā). As stated above, the maṭhikā is known from other records to have been situated at Saṁyāna, modern Sanjan in the Thana District.

TEXT^[1]

[Metres : verses 1, 3-8 Anushṭubh ; verse 2 Vaṁśastha ; verse 9 Śālinī ; verse 10 Śārdūlavikrīḍita.]

First Plate

1 Siddham^[2] svasti [|*] jayaś=ch=ābhyū(bhyu)dayaś=cha | śrī-Vijayapurē samadhigat-āśēsha- paṁcha-mahā-
2 śavda(bda)[ḥ*] śrī-Mōḍha-kula-kamala-kalikā-vikāśa-bhāskara[ḥ*] sa(śa)raṇ-āgata-vajra-
3 paṁjara[ḥ*] ari-maṇḍalīka-raṇa-vijaya-laskmī-svayaṁvara-dra(ra)ṅga-jalanidhi-jala-
4 śayana-pad-ākrātta(nta)-Lakshmī-vilāsa-Nārāyaṇa[ḥ*] vidyādharī^[3]-urasthala-muktāphal-ā-
5 hāra-rāya[ḥ*] Sādhāra-Sēlla-Sahasravā(bā)hv-ādi-vija^[4]-vijay-āṅka-mālā-virājita[ḥ*]
6 mahamaṇḍalēśvara-śrī-Vijjaladēvaḥ [|*] Yuvarājya-sthitēn=ēha yēn=aiva ripavaḥ |^[5] 7 kshayaṁ(yam | ) nītā hari-kisō(śō)rēṇa dvipā iva mad-ōtkaṭaḥ|[| 1*]6 tat-pāda-padm-ōpajī-

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^[1] From impressions.
^[2] Expressed by symbol.
^[3]Sandhi has not been observed here.
^[4] Read vīra.
^[5] This daṇḍa is superfluous.
^[6] This stanza is quoted from the description of Kṛishṇa III as found in the Rāshtrakūṭa records. See above, p. 59, text lines 19-20.