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EPIGRAPHIA INDICA.
[VOL. XXI.
ba![*]eya-bädhe, grāma-braya, anke, tanka, āne, gosane, mudre, etc., combined, were necessary to maintain the temple of Nāgēsvara (1.73). Perhaps they corresponded to the term siddhāya used in later Hoysaļa inscriptions to mean all the aggregate revenues payable to the king. Sumka usually meant a toll on things brought into the village, hejjuggil or hejjunka (1.62) being the great-toll as distinguished from taxes. Nidhi and nikshēpa were two of the eight privileges (the others being jala, păshāna, akshini, āgāmi, siddha and sädhya). Other taxes se anke (a poll-tax), tanka (coinage), gosane (evidently ghoshana, a musical honour mentioned in the Bēhatti grant as grāma-ghosha-sahitam, grāma-dēva-ghosha-yuktań-different from ghosha or a village of cowherds), mudre (tax on right of seal), dues from fairs (1.77) and konana meyidere (tax on buffaloes).
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1 Namas-tumza-siras-chumbi-chandra-chämara-chära. 2 vē (1*] traiļokya-nagar-ārambha-mūla-stambhāya Sam3 bhavē || [1*j* Sriyam Sri-Kallinātham kudu4 ge bhava-haram bhakta-brimdak[k*)e Gauri-jāyā-kāy-.5 nushamg-ākaļita-lasitatā-pröllasad-väma-bhāgam sviya-svā. 6 yatta-sakti-traya-maya-mahimam dēva-dāyāda-mi7 yā-pāyābhiprāya-līlam praṇata-jana-duraṁt-āgha-samghatta-silam || [2*).* 8 Mattar Ta[r*]davadi-madhya-grāma-Bägavādi-puravar-adhisvara Madirajana tanü9 jaṁ Basavarājana mahimey=emt-emdade | Mangaļa-kirtti-purātana-jamgama-lim10 g-aika-bhakti-nirbhbhara-lilā-samgam Samgana-Basavam samgatiyam.māļke bhakti
yoļu(a)11 g=anavaratam || [3*] Yadava-bhūmipālar-ileyam chatur-ad(b)dhi- pari12 teyan nisargg-õdayar-āļvar=ant-avarol=asva-chamū-chaya-vārddhi Simhana13 .kshma-dayitam tad-agra-tanaya-prabhavam nripa-Kamnara samast-õdadhi14 vēleyim porage belgodeyol-neļalam nimirchchidan || [4*]° Sale bhūdēva15 rkkalg-itt-alasade go-bhūmi-hēma-vastr-adigalam malev-arasugaļo16 ]=kombam balavanta Kamnaraṁ pratāpa-sahāyam || [5*] 0 Svasti [ll] samasta17 bhuvan-asraya Sri-Prithvill vallabha ahārājädhiraja paramē. 18 Svara paramabhattāraks Dväravati-puravar-adhisvara Yä. 19 dava-kuļa-kamala-kaļikā-vikasa-bhāskara yari"-rāya20 jagaj-jhampe Mālava-rāya-Madana-Trinētra Gürjjara-rāya-bhayamkara 21 Telurga-raya-sthapan-achäryya ity=adi-nam-āvaļi-samāļamkrita 18
1 [The context would show that this is a festival. The word means "the big harvest."-Ed.] *J.B. B. R. A. S., Vol. XII, pp. 44 ff. . Read -Siras.
Metre : Anushfubh. 5 Metre : Sragdhara. . mga is written above the line. * Metre: Kanda. * Read aripa.
Metre: Utpalamála. 2 Metre : Kanda. - Kead - Prithvia. 11 Read win. 13 Read lamkrita.