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Itihaso, Purāņa, Mimāmsā and many other Sastras, were proficient in the Trisahasravidyā1 and performed the Agnishtoma sacrifice. They were the sons of Vishnuyasas and grandsons of Mitrayasas. The king issued his order from his residence at Asanapura and addressed it to the elders and officers of the district of Plakki and to the ryots of the village of Kunduru in the Plakki vishaya. A ninth portion of this village was again given by these donees to their own sister's son, Vishnusarman, who belonged to the Gavishmi götra and was a student of the Bahvpicha.
The ajñapti of this grant was Bhimasarman who is described as a great devotee of Vishnu and performer of the Vajapeya sacrifice. This officer is not known from any of the grants of Jayasimha I published so far.
Of the localities mentioned in this record Plakki-vishaya is already known from the previous charter. I am unable to identify Kundūru. It must, however, have been in the neighbourhood of the present village of Gudivada, since some land from the boundary of Kunduru was separated and added to the former village. Both the owner of the plates and my friend Mr. Raghavarao Pantulu inform me that there are some Harijans in the village of Gudivada who have Kunduru as their family name. Kudivada is Gudivada itself.
Asanapura is unidentifiable. It appears from the grants of Jayasimha I that it was an important town in the early Eastern Chalukya times. Kāṭisarman, the donee of the Nidubaru grant of Jayasimha was a resident of Asanapura and is described as ghatika-sämanya. Evidently Asanapura must have been a ghatika-sthāna. Rudrasarman, the son of Sivasarman of the Gautama götra and the donee of the Pulimburu grant of Jayasimhavallabha, was also a resident of Asanapura. Originally, his father Sivasarman was an inhabitant of Kunduru in Karma-rashtra and was the recipient of the agrahara village of Pulimbūru from king Madhavavarman of the Vishnukundin family. During the rule of Jayasimhavallabha, Sivagarman's son Rudrasarman emigrated from Kunduru to Asanapura. Asanapura thus appears to have been one of the educational and cultural centres of the early Eastern Chalukya times.
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1 Om svasti [*] Śrīmad-Asanapura-vasakāt sva-sakti-mukha-dalita-danuja-pati-mahāsēnēna 2 Mahäsänen-Abhivaddhi(rddhi)tānāṁh Mätri-gapa-paripälitänäṁ Minavya-sagträpät Häriti(i)-putriņā).
3 m-Aávamedha-yäjinäth Chalukyänäh kula-jalanidhi-aamudbhūta-raja-ratasya sakala-jaga
4 d-atti(rtti)-hara-karmmapaḥ def-Ki(K1)rttivarmmagab priya-naptáḥ(ptä) saty-api Kaliyugs Kritayuga=iva
5 praja-paripalan-Arttham-avatärita-manushya-janmanah aidathyagina-Mma(Mahavishör
Vvishnuvarddhana
6 mahārājasya priya-tanayaḥ pravarddhamana-pratap-opanata-samasta-samanta-mandalaḥ
I am informed that Brähmapas well-versed in this lore belong to the Madhyandina éakha of the Kanva sect. It is the same as Trisahasra mentioned in line 13 of the previous grant.
* Above, Vol. XVIII, pp. 56 ff.
Ibid., Vol. XIX, pp. 254 ff. JAIRS, Vol. VI, pp. 17 ff. From the original plates. • Expressed by symbol.
