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TWO COPPER-PLATE GRANTS OF KRISHNADEVARAYA.
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in the Six Systems of philosophy and the Sruta (i.e. the Vedas), who was over veracious, who officiated as priest during the Gosahasra-mahadana, who was pure, prajseworthy, the goddess Sarasvati in male form, (of good conduct and intelligent and in wisdom like the teacher Sesha (i.e, the serpent Adißosha).
(Vv. 36 to 454.) The village granted was in the Chola mandala-rajya, on the soath bank of the Kivēri. It belonged to the jurisdiction of the) Araru-chavadi (Tiruvarur) and was in the Tirumthaohohuru-pattu the western half of Oyyagondachölēndra-Valanādu. It was situated to the east of the village of Karkaktai, to the south of the Nattavakkal, to the west of the village of Palaikudi (Mēlaikkudi ?) and to the north of Virantanāru. It was granted with the enjoyment of the eight items of proprietorship, such as midhi, mikshapa, eto., as a freehold to be enjoyed by the donee and his descendants as long as the Moon and the Sun subsist, with the rights of gift, sale, mortgage, etc., by the illustrious Krishnadeva-Msharaya, who was surrounded (nt the time of the gift) by his Purohitas and a utuinber of Brahmanas well versed in the Srauta learning, with pouring of water together with gold.
(V.464.) This is the säsana of king Krishnaraya, whose income from land is praised by suppliante for munificence, which is equal to that of the tree (Kalpa-oriksha) of Indra's region.
(V. 47The copper-plate document was composed by Sabhāpati at the command of Kpishộadeva-Mahāriya.
(V. 481.) Mallanacharya, the son of Viraņācharya, the artificer, who engraved this document on the oppor-plater, obtained one share in the gift.
(Vv. 49 to 514.) The usual admonitory versen. Line lvo. (Sign-mapoal of the kings of Vijayanagara, the word) Sri-Vir[0]P[<]ksha
B.--INSCRIPTION OF SAKA-SAMVAT 1460. This inscription also is engraved on set of three platos, of which the first side of the first and the second side of the third plates are left anengraved; the rims of the plates are raised, The writing is very well presorved. This set also, like the other set A above, buy a ring and seal. The plates are not numbered.
The alphabet in which the record is engraved is Nandinågari, and the languages Sanskrit and Tamil: the earlier portion, describing the genealogy, the praises of the donor and the donee and the village granted, is in the Sanskrit language, while the letter portion describing the boundaries, etc., of the village granted, is in Tamil. The sign-mangal, SriVirūpāksha, at the end of the document is written in the Telugu-Kannada alphabet. The orthographical peculiarities of this epigraph are almost the same se those of the other. In addition to those already detailed under A, this inscription introduces visargas in a number of places where they are superfluons, and in these instanies they are marked off in the transcript by round brackets. The engraver bas done his business in a rather slovenly wanner, allowing many omissions and errors to occur in the document.
The inaoription belongs to the reign of Kfishụsdēva-Maharaya and is dated Saka 1450 which corresponded to the cyclic year Sarvajit. In this year, on a Monday, which was also the Uttbans-dvadasi tithi in the month of Kārttika, the king nade a grant of an agrahara to A number of Brahmaņas of various gotras, sūtras und Vēdas. The village granted WEB Vadapibür-Ekambarapuram-its name being changed into Kpisaneriyapuram at the cime of the grant. The village was situated on the south bank of the river KĀvēri in the Tiruvālür-sima of the Ohola-mandala, belonged to the Suttavalichoda-valanddu and was in the sthala (sub-division of Alangudi; it was bouided on the west hy Manavarinalltir, on the north by Kongardyanellur, on the east by Tirukafambridir, and on the south by Valanguçi.
