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PENTAPADU GRANT OF CHODA BHAKTIRAJA, SAKA 1265
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According to verses 45-48, on the date already discussed above, Bhaktirāja, having obtained Vochi-niyaka's approval, granted to Brähnianas well-versed in the Vodas and Sastras the village of Pentapādu which was clubbed together with the villages of Enarlagoddu, Mulakala and Jalēpalli in Vēngi-vishaya and named Gangadharapura after Ganga-bhūpati.
Verse 49 prays for the success of Bhaktikshitisa who enjoyed the title Gandaraganda and Gavdabherunda. This is followed by twentyeight verses in various metres enumerating the names of the seventysix donees together with the share or shares allotted to each of them as well as their götras and sākhās. There were, among the donees, persons learned in the Vēdas, Vēdāngas, Vedānta, Tarka, Dharmaśāstra, Jyotisha, Pada, Padakrama, Purāna, Samudrikaśāstra, etc. Four among them received two shares each and one only a share and a half, while the rest of the donees were assigned either a single share or half a share each. One of the major shareholders was the priest of Bhaktirāja. A learned man named Bhārati is mentioned in the post-script. Whether he was the composer of the charter is not known.
It is noteworthy that the majority of the donees bear the title or epithet Ghata käsin. This term occurs in inscriptions and literature in several forms such as Ghadesäsi, Ghadiśāsi, Ghadiyaśāsi, and Ghalisasi. To these may be added the form Ghaisāsi or Ghaisāsa met with in Kannada inscriptions,
The rest of the document, with the exception of the last four benedictory stanzas, enumerate the boundaries of the village granted and mentions, among others, the places Darsaparru, Mudunūru, Vipparru, Kommana, Kātaparru, Nakkakunta, etc.
List of donees
Name
Götra and Sakha
Shares
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2
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1 1
1. Richchana-yajran (teacher of Sama and Yajus and versed in T'edasiga) . . . .
. . . . Harita, Yajurvēda. 2. Vallabha-yajvan (versed in Yajue ; priest of Bhaktisa) . . 3. Gangadhara-ghutasinin . . . . . . . . 4. Rudraya-bhatta . . . . . . . 3. Pröli-ghatasisin . . . . . . . . Do. . . 6.Devaya-ghatašūsin . . . . .. . . Do. . . 7. Sari-bhatta (vorsed in Rik and Fidintor). .
.Harita, Rigveda 8. Cangadhara-ghata asin . . . . .
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. Do. . 9. Jallaya-yhatarixin . . . . . . . . . Do. . . 10. Xārāyaṇa-ghatabūsin .. . . . .. . Kaundinya, Rigveda 11. Gangadhara-ghatakilsin (vereed in Turke). . . . . Kaundinya, Yajurvēda 12. Koppanitha-bhatta . . . . . . . Do. . . 13. Söma (versed in Vedantu) . . . 14. Poti-ghatnéīsin (versed in Dharmasastra). . 13. Saryo (Jyütis-saetrin) . . . . . .
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* Cf. Journal of the Telugu Academy, Vol. XXVI. pp. 290 ff.
A.R. Ep., No. 268 of 1953-54.
