INSCRIPTIONS OF THE SILAHARAS OF KOLHAPUR
from Tīravāḍabīḍa to the fort of Pannāle with the following four boundaries, viz. to the
east of a tax-paying field, to the north of the dam of an empty tank marked by a field-deity,
to the west of a karañja field and to the south of the vṛtti-field and the karañja-field belonging to
Dēsilēya and Chēṇḍikēya‒by pouring water on the hands of the four Brāhmaṇas residing
in the maṭha (mentioned below), (viz.) the Sahavāsī Brāhmaṇas Ādityabhaṭṭa and Lakshmīdharabhaṭta, and the Karahāṭaka Brāhmaṇas Prabhākara Ghaisāsa and Vāsiyaṇa
Ghaisāsa, for the worship, with five offerings, of the god Umā-Mahēśvara in the form of
Amṛitēśvara, established in the maṭha caused to be constructed by the Sahavāsī (Brāhmaṇa)
Lōkaṇa Nāyaka, for providing food to Sahavāsī Brāhmaṇas for offering the naivēdya there
times a day to the goddess Mahālakshmī, and for the repairs of what may be broken or
dilapidated of that maṭha, the gift being free from all taxes, free from all molestation, faultless
in respect of all income and not to be interfered with by any royal servant even with a finger
and lasting as long as the moon and the sun endure.
..(Lines 13-19) Besides,‒on Friday, the first tithi of the bright fortnight of Āśvina in the current (cyclic) year Paridhāvin, when a thousand years increased by one hundred and fourteen had elapsed by the era of the Śaka king, Kāliyaṇa Nāyaka, son of the same
Sahavāsī (Brāhmaṇa) Lōkaṇa Nāyaka, gave to the aforementioned four Brāhmaṇas‒with the
pouring out of water, as a gift free from all molestation, faultless in respect of all income and
lasting as long as the moon and the sun endure‒a half vṛtti consisting of one largest nivartana and one smallest nivartana, together with a half of a first-rate house and a middle-type house
along with the khadavalaka (courtyard) connected therewith, within the limits of the agrahāra village Pauva situated in the Tāluragekholla which belonged to Lakhumaṇa-Ghaisāsa by purchasing it from the Mahājanas who had purchased it for a gift from the previous owner
(viz., Lakhumaṇa Ghaisāsa)‒for the feeding of the Brāhmaṇas in the charitable feeding
house established by (the donor’s ) mother Pomakauva.
(Lines 19-23) Moreover‒
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On Friday, the fifth tithi of the bright fortnight of Phālguna in the (cyclic) year
Pramādin, the same Kāliyaṇa Nāyaka, having purchased, from Māyiṁkauvā, the daughter’s
daughter of Somēśvarabhaṭṭa of the Chhandōga (Sāmavēda), the northern half of a nivartana of the best land in her field on the eastern direction and within the limits of
the same agrahāra village Pauva‒donated it by pouring water on the hands of the afore-
mentioned four Brāhmaṇas as a gift free from all molestation, faultless in respect of all income,
and lasting as long as the moon and the sun endure.
No. 60 : PLATES CXIV-CXVII
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THIS copper-plate great was discovered in 1820. It was in the possession of a Brahmaṇa
of Sātārā, who lent it to James Grant [2] . The latter placed it at the disposal of Dr. Taylor
of Bombay, who supplied a transcript of the record with an English translation. These
were published in the Transactions of the Literary Society of Bombay, Vol. III. (first published
in 1823, pp 391 f, and later reprinted in 1877, pp. 413 f.) The plates are said to be now in __________________
[1] It seems that the Mahājanas of the village had the right of pre-emption in respect of some lands in the
village. So Kāliyaṇa Nāyaka could not directly purchased the field from its owner, Lakshmaṇa Ghaisāsa.
Transactions of the Literary Society of Bombay, Vol. III (1877), p. 411.
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