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EPIGRAPHIA INDICA
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The epigraph under study records the grant of the village of Vadhavali in the pattalā or district of Kasnabbhavana in favour of Pandita Govardhanabarman who was a Sāmavēdin Brahmaņa claiming the Särkavasya or Särkava götra and the Angirasa, Amahicha and Aruksha prataras and was the son of Agnihotrin Kosava and the grandson of Pundita Malhaņa. It may be pointed out that the Särkavasya or Särkava götra is not mentioned in any early work, and it has no doubt been wrongly spelt in the inscription. But the mention of Angirasa among the three pravaras helps us in determining the correct reading of the names of the other two pravuras which have also been wrongly spelt. There is no doubt that the three pravaras are Angirasa, Amahayya (or, Amahiyava, etc.) and Auruksbaya which are assigned in early works to the götras of the Kapi group. Unfortunately none of the götras of this group sounds like Sārkavasya or Särkava. Some authorities include a gotra called Sarngarava in this group and Särkavasya or Särkava may be a wrong reading for Sarngarava.
The document was written by Karanika-Thakkura Sahadēva who is already known from the Kamauli: and Don Buzurg plates both issued by king Govindachandra in V. S. 1176 (1120 A.D.). The record ends with the passage mangalan mahā-srih and the akshara chha written twice between double dandas. The said akshara is an indication of the end of the writing. It is interesting to note that the akshara occurs singly at the end of the grant proper in line 21. Its duplication thus indicates the end of the whole document while its single occurrence earlier means the end of a section only.
Besides the Tirthas in certain areas in the modern U. P. as well as Gādhipura or Kanyakubja (i.e., Kanauj) mentioned in the description of king Chandra, only two other geographical names are mentioned in the inscription. They are the district of Kasnabbhavana and the village of Vadhavali. I am not sure about their location. If Vadhavali may be identified with one of the villages named Badhauli in the Districts of U. P., we may possibly suggest the one at lat. 28° and long. 78° 15', since there is at lat. 28° 25' and long. 77° 30' a village called Kasna which is the first part of the name of the pattala mentioned in the inscription. The second part of this name may possibly refer to Bhawan Bahadurnagar at lat. 28° 35' and long. 77° 55'. In that case it has to be suggested that the name of the district was coined by joining the names of two prominent localities in it.
TEXT [Metres: verses 1, 3, 10-11 Anushţubh ; verse 2 Indravajrā ; verses 4, 7 Sārdūlavikridita ; verses 5-6, 8 Vasantatilaka ; verse 9 Drutavilambita.) 1 Siddhar? svasti! Akunth-otkantha-Vaikuntha-kantha-pītha-luthat-karaḥ samrambhaḥ
surat-ārambhē sa Sriyah brēyasēæstu vaḥ || [1*) Asid=Asi($i)tadyuti-vansa(vamsa)-jāta2 [kshm]āpāla-mālāsu divan=gatāsu sākshād=Vivasvān=iva bhūri-dhämnā nāmna Yasd(68)
vigraha ity-udaraḥ || [2*] Tat-suto-bhūn=Mahichandras-chandra-dhāma-nibhan ni3 jam(jam) | yên=āpāram=skūpāra-pāré vyāpāritam yasaḥ(sah) || (3*) Tasy=ābhūt=tanayo
nay-aika-rasikaḥ krānta-dvishan-maydalo vidhva[st-o]ddhata-dbi[ra]'-yova(dha)-timirah
sri-Chandra* Soo Gotra pravaranibandhakadamba, pp. 43, 48, 55, etc. *Ibid., p. 41.
Above, Vol. IV, pp. 106 f. • Ibid., Vol. XVIII, pp. 218 ff.
Cf. ibid., Vol. XXX, p. 218. From impressions.
Bupressed by symbol. •Kwas originally incised,
Some records read ora.
