Epigraphia Indica Vol 34

Author(s): D C Sircar
Publisher: Archaeological Survey of India

Page 66

No. 7] DHARWAR PLATES OF THE TIME OF SIMHANA
35 In another record dated in 1251 A.D., however, Mahapradhana Chandi-betti. figures as the governor of the two Beļuvalas and such other districts as Vanavāsi-Pandyanādu, Hānungal-Pāņdinādu, Terdavādi, etc.
Lines 25-36 state that Malli-brēshthin secured 180 nivartanas of land in the village of Horaru situated on the western bank of the river VÕppă in Beluvala-dēša. The object was to create & Brahmapuri, i.e. a rent-free holding for settling Brāhmaṇas. The land was acquired from two persons named Bomma-gauņda and Malla-gaunda who were the original owners of the village (grāma-mulasrāmin). Malli-Srēshthin is stated to have given four nivartanas of land to each of them and to have honoured and satisfied them. It appears that the land was purchased by Malli-brēshthin though no such transaction is clearly indicated by the language of the document. The land measuring 180 nivartanas lay in the western part of the said village and was bounded by Bādumbeyakshatra (i.e. & plot of land belonging to the female deity Bädumbe mentioned below) in the east, the boundary of the village of Kufuhatti in the south, the locality called Hullalegere in the west and the boundary of Kisuvangallu-grāma in the north. It is further stated that he secured two housesites in addition to the above area. The first of these sites was situated to the west of the temple of Bādumbe, to the north of the western Jain temple, to the east of the village tank, and to the south of the temple of Mülasthānadēva. The second housesite lay to the east of the temple of Mallēsvaradēva, to the south of the temple of Brahmadēva, to the west of the temple of Viradova, and to the north of Jainālayapura.
In lines 37 ff., it is said that Malli-brështhin granted the above land as a rent-free holding(sarvanamasyu) to a number of Brāhmaṇas who belonged to various götras and were well-versed in the four Vēdas and their argas. The grant is stated to have been made in the presence of the god Svayambhūdēva of Kundanguli.
The gift land measuring 180 nivartanas was divided into 68 shares, each consisting of 1 to 4 nivartanas. Among the donees, there were 56 Brāhmaṇas belonging to 11 different götras, three gaundas (i.e. village headmen), to whom some land was given out of affection (ishta-dāna), three temples and certain public institutions. The distribution is shown in the following table :
No.
Donees
Gotras
Nivartanas
2
Narasimha-bhattopadhyaya
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.
.
.
.
.
Vasisutha Do.. Do..
4
3
Lakshmidhara
.
. .
. .
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Do..
.
4 6 6 7 8 9 10
Sömanātha Vishnu . Habba . Isvara . Kēkava Mañchana . Nárayana .
. . . .
. .
. . . .
. . .
. . .
. . . .
. . . . .
. . . . .
. . . . .
. . . . .
. . . . .
. . . . .
Do. Do.. Do. . Do. . Do. ,
. . .
* B.K. No. 114 of 1929-30.
. He may be the same as Chaundi-hotti who figures as an amatya and as the son of Malli-betti, a brother of Bichapa, in the Chikka-Bägewädi plates (Ind. Ant., Vol. VII, PP. 303 18. Kielhorn's Houthern Lint, No. 357), dated Saturday, the 26th June, 1949 A.D.