South Indian Inscriptions

EPIGRAPHIA INDICA

1 year (is) 110 mûḍe. For bathing (the images) with pañchâmṛita^[1] in the mornings, ga 7 m 2 ;^[2] for the five pleasant articles of food (pañchakhajjâta),^[3] ga 7½ ; for the worship of the Siddhachakra,^[4] ga 12 ; for fruits (and other similar) articles, ga 1 m 2 ; for the evening hâladhâre,^[4] ga ½ m 4 ; for sandal (and) incense, ga ½ m 3 ; for 12 hâḍa of oil, ga 8 m 4 ; for 3 ashṭâhnîkas,^[4] ga 3 ; for 1 annual bathing, ga 6 ; total (for one year) ga 47.

(L. 32 f.) To the 2 families (who have) to worship three times (each day) at the northern gate, (the following allotment has been made) : for 1 day 9 hâne of rice for the rice offering ; 3 hâne of rice for the superior rice offering ; 1 hâne of rice for consecrated rice ; 2 hâne (and) 2 kuḍute of rice for tôye, pâyasa, ghee, kalasumêlôgara, tâḷila and others (together with) the five kinds of cake ; thus, at the rate of 15 hâne (and) 2 kuḍute per 1 day, the rice (required) for 1 year (is) 110 mûḍe. For the morning and the evening hâladhâre,^[5] ga 1½ m 3 ; for the five pleasant articles of food (pañchakhajjâya), ga 7½ ; for fruits (and other similar) things, ga 1 m 2 ; for sandal (and) incense, m 8 ; for 12 hâḍa of oil, ga 8 m 4 ; for 3 ashṭâhnîkas, ga 3 ; (and) for the annual bathing, ga 6 ; total (for one year) ga 28 m 7.

(L. 35 f.) At this rate, 110 mûḍe of rice (and) ga 28 m 7 for the 2 families at the eastern gate ; (and) 110 mûḍe of rice (and) ga 28 m 7 for the 2 families at the southern gate. Thus (altogether), for the 8 families at the 4 gates for 1 year, 440 mûḍe of rice (and) ga 133 m 1.

(L. 37 f.) For 1 family (worshipping) at the 2 niches to the left and right of the western gate (the allotment is as follows) : at the rate of 5 hâne of rice (per day) for the rice offering, 36 mûḍe (for one year) ; 4 mûḍe of rice for consecrated rice ; the two together (amount to) 40 mûḍe. For 4 hâladhâres, ga 3½ m 1 ; for fruits (and other similar) articles, ga 1 m 2 ; for sandal (and) incense, m 3 ; for 5 hâḍa of oil, ga 3½ ; for 3 ashṭâhnîkas, m 5½ ; (and) for the annual bathing, ga 1 ; in all, ga 10 m 1½ (for one year).

(L. 38 f.) At this rate, for the families in all,─ (viz. those who worship) at the niches in the northern, eastern and southern (gates), (those who worship the images of) the Tîrthakaras of that western (gate), and (those who worship the images of) Brahma and Padmâvati,─ (the allotment comes to) 200 mûḍe of rice (and) ga 50 m 7½. (Thus) for the 6 families altogether (the total is) 240 mûḍe of rice (and) ga 60 m 9. 4 mûḍe of rice (have been also allotted) for the five rice offering to Brahma and Padmâvati. Altogether, for the 14 families,^[6] 684 mûḍe^[7] of rice (and) ga 194.

(L. 40 f.) For 6 persons who have (to beat) the drum (and to blow) the pipe (and) the horn, ga 36 (have been allotted for one year) ; (and) for the 2 mûliti-women of the aḍipu,^[8]16
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^[1] The five nectarious substances : ‘ milk, curds, ghee, honey and sugar.’
^[2] Here and in the subsequent money calculations of this paragraph, the allotments appear to have been made for the whole year, though the daily rate is not specified.
^[3] This word is more commonly spelt with the unaspirated k ; it means ‘ the five pleasant articles of food (mixed together),’ viz. avalakki (flattened rice), gingelly seeds, kaḍle (Bengal gram fried and split), dried kernel of cocoanut, and jiggery.
^[4] Siddhachakra, hâladhâra and ashṭâhnîka are apparently technical terms of Jaina worship, which are unknown to me. Ashṭâhnîka may perhaps correspond to ashṭavidh-ârchane, which occurs frequently in Mr. Rice’s Śravaṇa-Beḷgoḷa Inscriptions, e.g. in Nos. 80, 81, 86, 87.
^[5] It is strange that two hâladhâres both in the morning and evening are provided for at the northern, southern and eastern gates, while at the western gate, which was the most important one and received the largest allotment of money, provision was made for only one hâladhâre.
^[6] This number includes the 8 families at the four main gates and the 6 families mentioned in this paragraph.
^[7] The total 684 is arrived at by adding together 440 mûḍe allotted for the 4 gates ; 240 mûḍe allotted for the niches, Tîrthakaras, and Brahma and Padmâvati ; and 4 mûḍe specially allotted for the five rice offerings to the two last-mentioned images.
^[8] I do not understand the meaning of aḍipina mûlitiyaru. This may perhaps refer to certain maid-servants of the temple, such as cooks, etc.