Epigraphia Indica Vol 19

Author(s): Hirananda Shastri
Publisher: Archaeological Survey of India

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EPIGRAPHIA INDICA.
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ilustrious Kanakaéridevi, from the kshatriya merchant Sahāka, the son of Ichchhuka, by a sale deed of the extreme duration of ninety-nine years. The boundaries of the place were:On the east, the house belonging to the merchant Paņēka; on the south, the āvārī of Gandhasridevi; on the west, the bazaar; on the north, the avari belonging to Sarvvadēva, the son of the merchant Jayamti.
Document No. VII. [11. 16-20.] This document registers the fact that on the 14th tithi of the bright fortnight of Bhadrapada in the year 296 of the [Harsha] era, the Sauvarppika Mahajana acquired, with money belonging to the illustrious Kanakasridevi, by a charter of ninety-nine years' duration, an äväri, which faced to the east, was constructed with burnt bricks, comprised three rooms, and was situated in the town of Tattanandapura in the middle portion of the eastern bazaar, together with the padlocks and doors and the entire elevation, from Bhatta Divakara, the son of Bhaṭṭa-Taragana, Achyutasiva and Damodarasiva, the sons of SaivaBhaṭṭa-Diyaka, and Anamda-Bhaṭṭa-Siva, the son of Achyutasiva, all of whom resided in Tattanandapura, belonged to the noble Chaturvvaidya caste, followed the Bahvṛicha-śākkā of the Rigveda and belonged to the Sarkaräkshi-götra.
The avari in question was bounded on the east by the bazaar, on the south by the avāri belonging to the illustrious Dasavatara-ceva (ten incarnations), on the west by the temple belonging to Sri-Nanda-Bhagavati, and on the north by the avari belonging to the temple of Sarvvamangaladevi in the orchard of Sutuvāka with the consent of the mother Bhattini Mahādēvi.
Document No. VIII. [11. 20-22.] This inscription was recorded at the bidding of the messenger Kavilāka and under the orders of the illustrious Uttara-sabha at Tattānandapura on the 13th tithi of the bright fortnight of Jyeshtha in the year 298 of the [Harsha] era (=A.D. 94). Here we learn that formerly (i.e., in Vikrama-Samvat 943) Sarvvasa, the son of Mamgalavarmman mentioned above (inscription No. IV), together with sons and grandsons, had given a house, facing towards the east, as a surety for the monthly payment of ten vimsopakäs out of its rent. This inscription records that the kshatriyas Kökäka and Padmanabha, the sons of Madhusudana, who resided in Tattanandapura, also Lachchhika, the wife of Devanaga, and Sampat, the wife of Madhava, made over the entire rent by a deed of ninety-nine years to the holy Kanakasridevi in consideration of payment out of the funds of the said temple by the Sauvarņņika Mahajana.
Document No. IX. [11. 22-24.] This inscription states that on the 3rd tithi of the dark fortnight of Ashadha, when 261 years of the [Harsha] era had elapsed, the SauvarnnikaMahajana purchased with money belonging to the illustrious Kanchanasridevi, by a sale deed of the extreme duration of ninety-nine years, a house constructed with burnt bricks, together with its entire elevation, which faced towards the west, and was situated in the middle portion of the eastern bazaar in the town of Tattānandapura, from the merchant Madhava, the son of Levanaga who belonged to the Mathura caste and was a seller of perfumes, residing in the above-mentioned town, who had originally purchased the house with his own money.
Document No. X. [ll. 24-28.] This inscription states that on the 5th tithi of the dark fortnight of Bhadrapada, in the year 298 of the [Harsha] era, the Sauvarņņika Mahājana acquired, by a deed of ninety-nine years, with money belonging to the iilustrious Kanakaśrīdēvi, six āvāris, namely, one āvārī measuring 27 cubits along each side, the northern half of which was occupied by a house built with burnt bricks, one other which comprised two rooms, also three āvāris, each comprising two rooms, and one äväri consisting of two rooms one of which faced to the north and the other to the west, from Bhatta Ïśanadatta, the son of Bhatta Kesava, who belonged to the noble Chaturvvaidya caste, the Bhāradvāja
1 Mr. H. Sastri informs me that the ninety nine years' lease is well-known in Southern India,