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THREE GRANTS FROM CHINCHANI
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Lines 7-19 record the grant of the siridirkā (apparently a sort of tax or cess) relating to the village of Kanadda-grāma in the possession of the Kavstika-mathika in favour of the house-holders Bahudhara and Känkua as well as the scholars Mahādēva and Lakshmidhara, all of them apparently attached to the mathikā of Kavatika, on the occasion of the Magha-sankrānti. There is no doubt that Kavatika is a modification of Kautuka, the name of one of the builders of the mathika at Samyāna, which is not only known from the record of Chamundarāja, edited above, but also from the Chinchani plates of the time of Răshtrakūta Indra III and Krishna III. Lines 8-9 state that the grant was made in consultation with the ministers (mantrin) including Varish thaka Mummuraka and Thakkura Dombalaiya, the first of the two being the chief minister (sarv-adhikārdniyukta). It is also stated that it was made by the chief after having worshipped the lord Mayükhamālin, i.e. the Sun-god. This fact coupled with the possible representation of the Sun-god on the donor's seal seems to suggest that the Módhas of Samyāna were devotees of the said deity. The well-known stanza beginning with chalā vibhūtih is quoted in this seotion. The grant was made on a permanent basis (apparently as a permanent endowment) and people were warned not to create any obstacle in the enjoyment of the gift by the donees.
Some of the usual imprecatory and benedictory verses are quoted in lines 20-27. Another stanza in lines 27-29 prays for the continued rule of Vijjala, the donor of the grant. The date in the Saka year is quoted in lines 29-30. The charter ends with the statement that it was written by Limbāditya.
Of the geographical names mentioned in the record, Vijayapura seems to have been the name of the capital of the chief Vijja or Vijjala. The name, apparently coined after that of the chief, may have been applied to a suburb of Samyāna. I am not sure about the location of Kapadda-grāma (same as Kanāduka ?) in the possession of the Kavatika-mathika (Kutuka-mathikā). As stated above, the mathikā is known from other records to have been situated at Samyana, modern Sanjan in the Thana District.
TEXT:
[Metres : verses 1, 3-8 Anushțubh ; verse 2 Vasastha ; verse 9 Salini ; verse 10 Särdulavikridita.)
First Plate 1 Siddham svasti [*] jayas-ch=ābhyü(bhyu)dayas=cha Sri-Vijayapurð samadhigat-Asēsha
pamoha-mahā. 2 savda(bda)[h*) sri-Mödha-kula-kamala-kalikā-vikasa-bhāskara[h*) sa(sa)ran-agata-vajra3 pamjara[h*) ari-mandalika-rana-vijaya-lakshmi-svayamvara-dra(ra)nga-jalanidhi-jala4 sayana-pad-äkrätta(nta)-Lakshmi-vilāsa-Nārāyaṇa[h*) vidyādhart-urasthala-muktāphal-ā5 hāra-rāya[h*] Sādhāra-Sēlla-Sahasravā(bā)hv-ādi-vija -vijay-änka-mālā-viräjita[h*) 6 mahāmandalēsvara-sri-Vijjaladēvaḥ [I*] Yuvarājya-sthitēn=ēha yên=aiva ripavaḥ 7 kshayam(yam nită hari-kisõ(87)rēna dvipå iva mad-8tkatāḥ [i 1*]* tat-pada-padm-Opaji· From impressions.
Expressed by symbol. • Sandhi has not been observed here. • Read vira. • This danda is superfluous.
• This stanza is quoted from the description of Krishna III as found in the Rishtrakita records. See above, p. 19, text lines 19-20.
