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The Indian Analyst
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South Indian Inscriptions |
EPIGRAPHIA INDICA 3. (V. 34.) In order to do the performance of niyôga, exceeding seventy-two,[1] he presented to the temple of the holy Sâḷuva-Râghava the fertile village of Unnuva, defined by its four boundaries and completely furnished with all necessary things, together with the eight powers and enjoyments. The temple of Sâḷuva-Râghava seems to be identical with the temple of Râma at Koṇḍavîḍu referred to in the preceding verses. The village of Unnuva is the Vunnava of the map, 5 miles south-south-east of Koṇḍavîḍu. Of the nineteen grants of Nâdiṇḍla-Appa enumerated in vv. 36-59 one is undated, six were made in Śaka 1438, ten in Śaka 1439, one in Śaka 1440, whereas one (v. 38) lies as far back as Śaka 1414. This last seems to me open to grave doubts ;[2] at any rate, it is difficult to see how Appa could have granted a village in the principality of Koṇḍavîḍu 23 years before the occupation of the country. The localities mentioned are situated in the modern tâlukas of Vinukoṇḍa, Narasarâvupêṭa, Guṇṭûr, Bâpaṭla, Bezvâḍa, Oṅgôlu, and Palnâḍ (?). As we do not know the exact date of Appa’s installation as governor of Vinikoṇḍa etc., we cannot say with certainty whether he made these grants in the latter capacity or at the time when he was still governor of Koṇḍavîḍu. And even from those cases where the granted villages are expressly stated to have been in the sîman of Vinikoṇḍa, no conclusions can be drawn in this respect, as there is no reason to believe that Vinikoṇḍa formed a separate province before the country was divided between Appa and Gôpa. 1. (V. 36.) In the Śaka year to be counted by 9, the fires (3), the oceans (4), and the earth (1), in the year Îśvara (i.e. Śaka-Saṁvat 1439 expired), having founded an excellent village[3] bearing the name of Appâpura, which was supplied with a tank and with some[4] good arable land between Vinikoṇḍa and the river Kunti, he gave it to the temple of Aṅgaḍi-Gôpinâtha-Hari. From v. 47 we learn that this temple was in the town of Vinikoṇḍa. The river Kunti may be the Guṇḍlakamma, or, more probably, one of its tributaries.[5] 4 miles south-west Vinukoṇḍa, on the left bank of the Guṇḍlakamma, the map shows Sabinivinu Appavupuram, which probably is the same as the Appâpura of the inscription.
2. (V. 37.) To the temple of Ananta-Gôpinâtha, situated at Rompicharla, he gave the village of Gôpavara. Rompicharla is 10 miles west of Narasarâvupêṭa.[6] Gôpavara may be the Gopapuram of the map, 8 miles south of Rompicharla. 3. (V. 38.) In the Śaka year contained in the Indras (14), the oceans (4), and the moon (1), (i.e. Śaka-Saṁvat 1414), he presented a wall (vapra) and the whole village of Paiṇimarri to the temple of Mâdhavidêvî in the town of Madderêla, to be enjoyed as long as the earth will last. Madderêla or, as it is called in v. 48, Madderâla seems to be the Madheralah of the map, 21 miles south-west of Bâpaṭla, 6 miles west of Môtupalle.[7] Paiṇimarri may be the hamlet of Pamidimarru, the Payidimarri of the map, 8 miles south of Narasarâvupêṭa, though the distance between Pamidimarru and Madheralah amounts to 30 miles. __________________________________________ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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