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No. 10.)
KARKALA INSCRIPTION OF BHAIRAVA II.
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1 year (is) 110 múde. For bathing (the images) with panchampital in the mornings, ga 7 m2; for the five pleasant articles of food (pañchakhajjaya), ga 7; for the worship of the Siddhachakra," ga 12; for fruits (and other similar) articles, ga l m 2; for the evening hdladháre, ga m 4; for sandal (and) incense, gam 3; for 12 hada of oil, ga 8 m 4; for 3 ashtdhnikas, ga 3; for 1 annual bathing, ga 6; total (for one year) ga 47.
L. 32 t.) 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 häne of rice for the rice offering; 8 håne of rice for the superior rice offering; 1 hâne of rice for consecrated rice; 2 hdne (and) 2 kudute of rice for tôye, payasa, ghee, kalasumélögara, táļila and others (together with the five kinds of cake; thus, at the rate of 15 hâne (and) 2 kudute per 1 day, the rice (required) for 1 year (is) 110 múde. For the morning and the evening haladhare, ga 1m 3; for the five pleasant articles of food (pafchakhajjaya), ga 7%; for fruits (and other similar) things, ga 1 m 2; for sandal (and) incense, m 8; for 12 häda of oil, ga 8 m 4; for 3 ashfahnikas, ga 3; (and) for the annual bathing, ga 6; total (for one year) ga 28 m 7.
(L. 35 f.) At this rate, 110 mude of rice (and) ga 28 m 7 for the 2 families at the eastern gate; (and) 110 made 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 made of rice (and) ga 133 m l.
(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 häne of rice (per day) for the rice offering, 36 mide (for one year); 4 múde of rice for consecrated rice; the two together (amount to) 40 múde. For 4 haladhdres, ga 3 ml; for fruits (and other similar) articles, ga 1 m2; for sandal (and) incense, m 3; for 5 hada of oil, ga 31; for 3 ashtáhnikas, m 51; (and) for the annual bathing, ga l; in all, ga 10 m 11 (for one year).
(L. 38 f.) At this rate, for the 5 families in all,- (viz. those who worship) at the niches in the northern, eastern and southern (gates), (those who worship the images of) the Tirthakaras of that western (gate), and those who worship the images of) Brahma and Padmavati,- (the allotment comes to) 200 made of rice (and) ga 50 m 7. (Thus) for the 6 families altogether (the total is) 240 made of rice (and) ga 60 m 9.4 múde of rice (have been also allotted) for the five rice offerings to Brahma and Padmavati. Altogether, for the 14 families, 684 mudel 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 málits-women of the adipu,8 16
1 The five nectarious substances : 'milk, curde, ghee, honey and sugar.'
? Here and in the subsequent money calculations of this paragrapb, the allotments appear to have been made for the whole year, though the daily rate is not specified.
* This word is more commonly spelt with the una pirated k; it means the five pleasant articles of food (mixed together),' vie avalakki (flattened rice), gingelly seeds, kadle (Bengal gram fried and aplit), dried keruel of cocoanat, and jaggery.
• Siddhachakra, hdladhdre and ashtáhnika Are apparently technical terms of Jning worship, wbich are unknown to me. Askțdhnika may perhaps correspond to ashtabidh-drehans, which occurs frequently in Mr. Rice's SraranaBelgola Inscription, c.g. in Nos. 80, 81, 86, 87.
It is strange that two Adladh dres both in the mornings and evenings are provided for at the nortbern, southern and eastern gates, wbile st the western gate, which was the most iinportant one and received the largest allotment of money, provision was made for only one adladhdre.
This number includes the 8 families at the four main gutes and the 6 families mentioned in this parsgraph;
The total 684 is arrived at by adding together 440 mide allotted for the 4 gates ; 240 made allotted for the niches, Tirthakaras, and Brahms and Padmavati; and 4 mide specially allotted for the five rice offerings to the two last-mentioned images.
. I do not understand the meaning of adipina mdlitiyars. This may perhaps refer to certain maid-servants of the temple, such as cooks, ofc.
