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EPIGRAPHIA INDICA
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The done of the present plates is Bhatta Risiyapa of the Käsyapa götra, who was a resident of Dhäräsiva, belonged to the family of Traividyas (i.e. learned in three Vēdas) and was & student of the Rigvēda. He was the son of Bhafta Annasvamin. It is to be noted that with some variations of spelling in the name the figures in the same capacity in three more records of Govinda III, viz. the Sisa vai, Dasapura* and Lõhārā grants. The grandfather of Risiyapa is not mentioned in the present grant. According to the Sisavai charter he was Vishnu-chaturvēda who, it may be noted, belonged to the family of Chaturvidyas and not Traividyas as stated in other grants. He is called mis-Opavāsin in the Löhärā and Dasapura plates.
As stated in the last two lines of the record, the charter was written in the presence of the king by Kukkāyya who was the son of the general Gauda, honoured by the five great titles, and by Dévayya," officer in charge of the records. Kukkaika who wrote the Añjanavati charter seems to be identical with this Kukkäyya. The same person seems to be responsible for the writing of the Paithan plates, 'as the last sentence in the record (line 73) can be read as likhitar cha Paramèsvar-adraña)ya Sri-Kukkāyeye(n=é)li, although Kielhorn, its editor, did not decipher this portion. Thus it seems that Kukkāyya wrote the charters in which the old draft was used and that Aruņāditya wrote the others in which the new draft was utilised.
As for the places mentioned in the present grant, Alainpura is the presont Alatpūr, noar the Alampur Road railway station on the Central Railway, 3 miles to the north of the Tungabhadra river. Jharikā, the donated village, may be modern Zari in the Kelapur Taluk of the Yeotmal District. Põna, the headquarters of the territorial unit in which Jharika was situated, may be modern Pohana on the bank of the Wardhā river in the Hinganghat Taluk of the Wardha District. Of the boundary villages, Taluti may be identified with the present Tarödi, 3 miles to the east, Viduramra with Urhbari about 4 miles to the south, and Maragrama with Mārögdon 5 miles to the north of Zari. Talabhi cannot be identified.
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[Metres: Verses 1, 23, 29-30, 32-33, 35 Ameshubh ; verses 2-3, 5-6, 8-9, 15, 24-25 Vasanatilaka;
verses 4, 19, Upajāti; verse 7 Giti; verses 10, 17, 20-22 Sārdūlavikridita; verses 11-14, 26, 28 Arya ; verses 16, 18 Srageharā; verses 27, 31, 34 Indravajrā; verse 36 Pushpitāgrā.]
First Plate 1 Om [1] Sa võ-vyād-Vödhasa dhima yan=nābhi-kumalath kritaritain) [l*] Harasola
yasya kārtaru(t-eri)du-kalaya kam=alauksitazi(tam) |[] 1*] Asi(si)tdva(d=dvi)
shahti(shat-ti)mi2 ram=udyata-mandal-agro dhvastin=nayamna(yann=a)bhinu[kho] rana-sarvvarishu | bhūpah
suchir=vidhur-iv=āpta-dig-anta-kirti[r*]=Gā(Go)vindarāja 3 iti rājasu rāja-singhaḥ(haḥ) |[! 2*) Drishțvā chamūm-abhimukhi[ 14*) subhat-atta-hásām
unna(nnā)mitam sapadi yēna ranöshu nityam(tyam) [*] 4 dastā(sht-a)dharēņa dadhatā bhfikuți(tim) lalātē khadgaṁ kula1 cha hridayain cha nijan
cha satvam(ttvam) ICl 3*] Khadgar kar-agrăn=mukhatas-cha bo
Above, Vol. XXIII, p. 205. . Sources of the Mediaeval History of the Deccan, Vol. III, pp. 27 ff.
Above, Vol. XXIII, pp. 213. *This Dévayya sooms to be identical with Dēvaiya-ranaka figuring as tho Dataka in the Nesari charter. * Expressed by symbol.
