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No. 27. ). SIX SAINDHAVA COPPER-PLATE GRANTS FROM GHUMLI.
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named Nanna, hailing from Bhillamāla or modern Bhinmal. This Nanna-mathikä may have been a mere temple like Purushottama-mathika to the north-east of which it was situated. But Nanna as the name of an Indian deity is not known, and the temples named after their founders usually bear an isvara suffix added to their founders' names. Thus a temple founded by Nanna would be known as Nannēsvara and not merely as Nanna-mathikā. Mathikā or matha also denotes a place where spiritual and educational lessons are imparted, and Il. 27-8 lay down that Sāhe Janārdana and others, who were to hold the property, were expected to be engaged in sacred studies. It is therefore probable that what Nanna brad done was to found a school or college rather than a temple; or his temple itself may have become a seat of learning, as was the case with so many shrines of ancient and medieval periods. One-fourth of the revenue of the village was to be utilised for feeding Brāhmaṇas every day; these may have included the poor students of the college. Three-fourths of the income was to be utilised for the expenses of the matha, probably consisting of the pay of the teachers, stipends to students, and worship of the temple, if it was included in the matha establishment.
Of the places mentioned in the record, Svarnamañjari and Bhillamāla have been already met with. The village Chhampāņaka that was granted was probably the same as modern Chāvand, situated about 15 miles north of Junagad. If we are correct in holding that the rather cryptic expression, which gives the boundaries of the village, states that the village Isvarāņaka was to its north, then the above identification would become very probable, for to the north of modern Chāvand is situated the villiage of Isvaria. Other boundary villages however cannot be traced in the survey maps.
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First Plate. 1 ॐ स्वस्ति [*] स्वस्तिलकालकासंभवस्पिर्दिभूतावि(बि)लिकाभिधाननगरीगरीयोपर- सुचा(रा)ष्ट्रामण्डलमण्डनोऽपर
2 समुद्राधिपतिथीमज्जयद्रथवंशशेखरः श्रीपुथदेवाभिधानः क्षितिपतिर्बभूव । तस्य च
कुवलयदलश्यामलैक3 चारुकरभाजमानानवद्यपुष्करतया' विनायकोकतसा(स)कलसपत्नमण्डलः श्रीकृष्णराजनामा
न(त)नयोभवत् । 4 तस्यापि विपुलविपुलविप्रतोकपयोधिबलजलनिमनखभूमण्डलोडरणसौकर्यलीलाप्रकटितमहा5 वराहहिमा श्रीमदग्गुकाभिधान स्तस्यापि निशितनिस्त(स्त्रि)शपातक्षतविपक्षक्षतिक्षरत्क्षत
जराज्यनुरज्यमा
1 From ink-impressions. * Indicated by a symbol. 3 The word pushkara is here used in the unusual sense of a sword. 4 The word tanayal has been probably omitted here through inadvertence.
