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Among the names specially interesting to us are Rayaga Vohkatadri, the son of Timmayy. amatya, who may certainly be identified with Rāyasam Venkatādri, son of Mosalimaduga Timmarāja, wbo is mentioned in the Unamāñjëri plates and the Tiruppukkuli stone inscription (No. c. 175 of 1916, Madras) as a subordinate of Sadāśiva Rāya. It is clear from our plates, however, that there are two Venkatādris, both sons of ministers of Achyuta by name Timma. The other Venkatādri is the son of Kamarasa Timm-āmātya. The Rāja seems to have provided for some other sons of ministers as well, as indicated by the names 74, 76, 78, 80 and 81.
The names of doness are derived from Sanskrit or from colloquial Kannada corruptions of Sanskrit names. In a few cases only do they seem to be connected with territory. The most interesting of the latter is Mailāpara Mādarasa, which seems to suggest the modern names Mylapore and Madras. The etymology of the word Madras is uncertain, and we may well suggest for Madrasa-patnam of the East India Company's records the origin from some Madarasa in the 16th century or earlier. In any case our inscription is nearly a century before the foundation of Fort St. George and is probably the oldest record suggestive of a derivation for the word Madras.' That Mailapar is one of the very oldest parts of Madras is clear from the Syrian Christian traditions regarding the visit of St. Thomas to that place. [We cannot also ignore the fact that Mailāpura is mentioned as suburb of Bēvinahalli in l. 278 f.H. K. S.]
It is clear from the above table that of the 80 Brahmang among whom the land was divided 46 were students of the Yajur-vēda ; 31 of the Rig-vēda; and of the remaining 3 it is not stated to which Sakha they belonged. This is interesting on account of the non-mention of the Sāma-vēda and of the Sütras to which the Sama-vėdin Brāhmaṇas belonged. Among the yotras rare in South India at the present day are Kapi gotra of No8. 48 and 47; Vasishtha gotra (No. 38); and Agastya götra (No. 79). It is possible that Kapi yötra is a contraction of Kapila gotra. These gotras were not unknown in South India in earlier timnes. We find two names of donees of the Kapi götra in the Tandantottam platest of Pallava Vijaya-Nandivikrama-varman. One of them belongs to the Apastamba-sūtra and the other to the Pravachana-sutra. In the same plates we have four donees of the Vasishta götra, all of whom are of the Apastambasutra.
After the names of the donees, etc., have thus been given, there appear in the grant the surrounding villages, the neighbouring locality and certain other marks for identifying the places granted. These are recorded in the Kannada dialect, the Dēša-Chashi, as it is called in our grant.
The edict was composed by Sabhapati Svayambhu at the order of the king. The engraver of the grant is Viraņāchārya, son of Virana.
TEXT. [Metres : vv. 1-4, 6-8, 13, 19-20, 37-41, 43-53, 60-152, 155-9, Anushtubh ; v. 9, Haripi; v. 36, Dödhaka; v. 160, Salini; vv. 5, 21, 25, 29-30, 32-3, 35, 42, Särdalavikridita; vv. 5, 8, 19, 11, 22-3, 34, Sragdhara; vv. 14, 54, 59, Indravajrā; vv. 24, 26, Malint; vv. 27-28, 31, Upendravajra; vv. 55-8, Vasantatilaka.]
First plate. 1 श्रीगणाधिपतये नमः । नमस्तुंगधिरधुंबिचंद्रचामरचार2 a 1 a THEREIHTT the i[l ] Fiatemarie * South-Indian Inscriptions, Vol. II, Pt. V, p. 534. ? From the ink-impressions.
Another reading is gew-, as we find in "Conjeeveram plates of Krishnadöva-Raya" pablished by us (Ep. Ind., Vol. XIII, pp. 123 #.). (But the plate has there 4 TU, perhaps an error for
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