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[Vol. XXVIII 3(b). Likewise in the same year on the occasion of the Makara-sankranti (December 26, 1230 A.C.), the king granted in accordance with the recommendations of the Aditya Purana, five vāļīs of land, apparently in the same village of Pūranagrāma, to the Ahitāgni Brāhmaṇa Somapālašarman of the Rāthītara götra.
3(c). Likewise in the same year, on the occasion of the installation of the god Purushottamadēva, the king granted two vafis of land apparently in the same village of Paranagrama to the Brahmana Acharya Chandrakara arman of the Käsyapa gotra.
The three grants, mentioned together as one gift in a single sentence, were made permanently revenue-free gifts for obtaining the favour of the god Purushottama.
All the donees of the grants previously mentioned were students of the Kāņva branch of the Yajurvēda. The amount of land granted to the Brahmanas was altogether fifty-six vālis in the village of Puranagrāma. This land was bounded in the west, north and east by well-defined boundaries and in the south it ran up to a locality called or a tree known as Nalita. Out of the fiftysix vāțis of land, two vilis-one viti of corn land and one of homestead land-were allotted to the śāsan-adhikarin Gangadhar-ārya (Gangadhar-icharya ?) of the Pūtimasha golra and an equal area of land was also allotted to the tāmra-silpin (copper-smith) Mahänāda who was apparently the engraver of the plates and received the land as fees or perquisite. Sasan-adhikārins of the Pūtimisha götra are also known from later records of the family. In one case, the śasan-adhikarin is represented as the writer of the document. He seems to have been the keeper of records and used to receive a plot of land for writing a charter.
4. Apparently in the same year (Saka 1152), on the occasion of a solar eclipse on the Karkatakamāvāsya (Vrishabhūmăväsyä on the 14th May, 1230 A.C.?), while king Anangabhima III was on a pilgrimage to Purushottama-kshētra (i.e., Purl) on the shores of the south Tirtharāja (i.e., the Southern Ocean), be granted five vāțis of land in the said Pūraņagrāma in favour of the Brāhmana Acharya Agnichit Käyadisarman, who belonged to the Kātyāyana götra and was & student of the Kanva branch of the Yajurvēda, and of some other Brahmaņas of various gotras who were riviks and students of the Rigvēda and other Vēdas. The names of these ritviks were Dhritikara, Ananta, Visvēsvara, Yajna, Siddhū, Sankara, Madhava and Prithvidhara. This grant was made as a part of the Hiranyagarbha mahadana ceremony celebrated by the king and referred to above in verse 77 of the introductory part of the inscription. It is said that, of the five vītis of land, three vāțis were granted to the Acharya (Kāyadīšarman) and the remaining two vā tīs to the ritviks. The land was made a permanently revenue-free gift.
5. Apparently in the same year (Saka 1152), when the king was standing before the god Purushottamadēva at Abhinava-Vārāṇasi on the occasion of the Makar-āmāvāsyä on Sunday (5th January, 1231 A.C.), he granted four vāțis and eight manas (i.e., 44 vãţis) of land covered with barley, wheat and sugarcane crops situated in the village of Vilasapuragrama in the Kuddinda vishaya to the Brāhmaņa Dēvadharaśarman who belonged to the Bhāradvāja götra and was a student of parts of the Kāņva branch of the Yajurvēda and the Kauthuma branch of the Sāmavēda. The rant was made in connection with a dāna-sāgara celebrated by the king in accordance with the recommendations of the Vishnudharma (i.e., the Vishnudharmóttara). The land was made a permanently revenne-free gift for obtaining the favour of the god Purushottama.
1 C., OR, seria Gandamarasinghapura-sisand Palimasha-goraya Rigved-antargata-Sakala-sakh-adhyayine (at)ispaly-Audlanáthasarmmare bean-adhikara-vyavasthita wifik-aika 0 | tamera(mra) bara(ra)-Paxnadi. namna fik-arddhan-cha io JABB, Vol. LXV, 1836, Part I, p. 250. Note the mistakes in the published transcript. See now J. R. A. 3. B., L., Vol. XVII, pp. 33-39.
