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Of the village granted, two shares were set aside for the gods Hari and Hara (1. 51) while one share was assigned to each of the following twenty Brahmanas (11. 37-51): The Purohita (or family priest of the chief) Vâmadêva, a Sôma-yâga sacrificer, of the Bharadvaja gôtra; the teachers of the Rigvêda Mêrubrahman and Viddana of the Harita gôtra, Nâmana of the Kaundinya gôtra, Vennakûta of the Sâlâvata gôtra, Pôtasarman of the Vådhûla gôtra, Rêmana of the Mudgala gôtra, and Dommana of the Bharadvaja gôtra; the students of the Rigveda Vennakuta of the Harita gôtra, Mânaśarman of the Sâlâvata (?) gôtra, and Yajñamûrtyârya of the Kundina (Kaunḍinya) gôtra; the teachers of the Yajurvéda Akonḍi of the Vatsa gôtra, Bhîmês varârya of the Bharadvaja gôtra, Srirangårya of the Kaunḍinya gotra; Virabhadrêsvararya of the Gautama gôtra, and Lokanatha of the Kasyapa gôtra; the students of the Yajurvéda Raghava of the Mudgala gotra and Purushottamasarman of the Gautama gôtra; the student of the Kanva sakh (of the Yajurveda) Madhavârya of the Jâtûkarna gótra ; and the student of the Sri-bhagavata (Purana) Mâñkanarya of the Harita gôtra. The grant made in favour of these donees included the services or taxes, due from the village artisans, viz. the carpenter, goldsmith, barber (?), blacksmith, potter and sesamum-grinder (v. 22); but apparently was exclusive of eight drônas of land which had been previously given by the chief to the minister Peddana (11. 66 and 67).
DIBBIDA PLATES OF ARJUNA.
The boundaries of the village were (11. 52-64): On the east, a babál tree on the northern side of the embankment of the tank of Manki-Nayaka;5 to the south-east of this, a house; thence (the village of) Kakatikhandi; thence the embankment east of a nimba tree; thence the embankment of (the) Edrabanda (tank); thence an ant-hill; (and) thence the northern corner of the embankment of the tank of the low-caste people. On the south-east of the village, a fixed stone; to the west of this, the tamarind trees of Tûr[ûru]; (and) thence the bricks of a temple. On the south-west of the village, a garlic field on the west of a poison-tree; thence a house of bricks; thence the space between a wood-apple tree and a poison-tree; thence a bhilla tree; thence the tamarind trees of Anupumâli; thence a green piece of land to the south of Bodḍapâḍu; thence an ant-hill; thence three tamarind trees; thence a young palmyra tree (and) thence a stone on an ant-hill. On the north-west of the village, a .... stone on the top of a hill; on the east of this, a grinding-stone; thence a shed and a rock; thence a svarṇapushpi tree; thence a kshira-tree; thence a..... ant-hill; thence an old fixed stone; (and) thence an ant-hill. On the north-east of the village, a fixed large stone.'
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Lines 67-72 of the inscription contain three of the ordinary imprecatory verses.
Regarding the chiefs mentioned in this inscription I have not obtained any information from other sources. Nor am I able to identify any of the localities, except the village of Drubbidi itself, which must be the Dibbida Agraharam where the plates were found.
The date of the grant regularly corresponds, for Saka-Samvat 1191 expired, to Saturday, the 6th April A.D. 1269. On this day the third tithi of the bright half of Vaisakha ended 6 h. 6 m. after mean sunrise, and the day therefore was the proper day for the Akshaya-tritiya festival.9
1 Le. Vishnu and Siva; compare Ind. Ant. Vol. XIV. p. 58, 1. 70.
Compare ibid. 1. 54: tair-ddéya-karam-apy-8bhyó brdhmanébhy6-dadat-tadh.
The passage in which this statement occurs is mutilated in the original.
I.e. as much land as is sown with a dróna of corn.'
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I suspect that this is another name of the chief who above, in the genealogical table, is called Mankaditya. Dhishni is perhaps the same as dhishnya. 1 Kháta seems to be used in the sense of nikhdta.
A Mataya family apparently is mentioned in line 19 of the Chipurupalle (in the Vizagapatam district) plates of the Eastern Chalukya Vishnuvardhana I. (of A.D. 632); see Ind. Ant. Vol. XX. p. 17.- According to Mr. Sowell's Lists of Antiquities Vol. I. p. 15, Sir W. Elliot's collection contains some inscriptions of a 'Mahd. mandaldivara Mankaditya Mahardja,' from Muddurru in the Vtravilli taluka.
See Ind. Ant. Vol. XXVI. p. 179.
