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KENDUPATNA PLATES OF NARASIMHA II : SETS II AND III
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10 gunthas. Out of this, an area which measured 3 vātikās and 10 mānas and was covered by cattle tracks and tanks enjoyed by gods and Brāhmaṇas from earlier times was subtracted leaving the net remainder of 45 vātikis 2 mānas and 10 gunchas.
The second plot of the gift land comprised the village called Chchhödrā (possibly otherwise called Chchhola) situated in the same district of Rēmumā. The measurement of the area was done by Ravi-nayaka who was another representative of the Puro-nāyaka Sivadāsa. The village was bounded in the north by the bridge to the field in the south of Tantiādāgrāma and in the south by another bridge to the north of the cornfield (kēlāra) on the Rupāidhāri tikkara (possibly Oriya tikar'ı, "a mound of sand") to the north of the Suvarnanadi and to the south of Chchhodāgrāma. The eastern boundary of the village was the Sijguā tikkara on the border of the field to the west of Tantiodā and its western limit was the Bhairā tikari-bandha (possibly sand embankment) in the field to the cast of Chchhöda. Within these boundaries, the area measured 4 vātikās 17 mānas and 15 gunthas. Out of this land, 10 mānas, covered by cattle tracks and village roads and enjoyed by gods and Brāhmaṇas, was subtracted leaving the net remainder of 4 välikus 7 mānas and 15 gunthas. The two plots of land, the first measuring 45 vāļikās 2 mānas and 10 gunthas and the second 4 vātikās 7 mānas and 15 gunthas, are said to make a total of 50 vātikās, although actually the total comes up to only 494 vātikās.
The gift land was given the name of Bhimanārāyanapura' and was made a permanent rent-free holding to be enjoyed along with land and water as well as fish and tortoise. The Sāsanādhikârin, Allālanātha Sināpati, who was a Brāhmana of the Putimäsha götra and a student of the Sakala branch of the Rigvēda, is said to have received two bhāgas (possibly meaning vātikās), while the copper-smith Punnadiranã who engraved the plates received similarly one bhāga. These receipts of the sāsanādhikarin and the tāmra-lēkhaka are described as dvija-vyavasthita possibly referring to & custom sanctioned by the Brähmanas. These three bhāgas or vāçikäs were probably taken out of the land granted to the donee. Pannāļiraņā may actually indicate Raņā, son of Pannādi.
Four rent-paying subjects were allotted to the sāsana. They were (1) Kumbhāra-sādhu who was the grandson of the goldsmith Nārāyanasādhu of the Jayapura hatta; (2) Göpiã who was a milkman of the Sidranga hatta; (3) Kalo-sreshthin who was the grandson of Dradāiśrēshthin, a gopāpa oilman of the Vadatāla dandā; and (4) Dēvāiśrēshthin who was the grandson of the potter Jayadeva-śrēshthin of the Sathagrāma navā-hatta (new market).
Of the geographical names mentioned in the record, the kataka of Chauhattā cannot be satisfactorily identified. The Rēmuņā vishaya must of course have been the district round modern Rēmuņā near Balasore. The Suvarnarēkhā is the celebrated river of that name running through the Balasore District of Orissa and Suvarnanadi is either the same as the Suvarnarēkhā or one of its branches or tributaries. The villages of Simhadāmandoi, Tantiödä, Chchhoda, etc., all mentioned in connection with the gift land and situated in the Rēmuņā vishaya, must have been near the banks of the Suvarnarēkhă. In the list of the rent-paying subjects, mention has been made of the Jayapura hatta, the Sidranga hatta, the Vadatāla danda and the Sathagrāma navā-hafta. None of these can be satisfactorily identified, although Jayapura is also mentioned in some other records of Narasimha II.
TEXT [Lines 1-160 are incised on Plates I, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb and Va]
Fifth Plate ; Second Side
ki(bhi) 5* 1 The name reminds us of the donee, Bhimadera. * From the original plates and their impressions.
In the left margin of the face. 6 DGA
