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“And with respect to this matter two verses, de vârya, Maghasarman, and Devasung by Vyâsa, must be acknowledged as autho- śarman, (three) Vatsyas; Mokshasar. ritative (by our successors) :
man, Någ a sarman, Revatisarman, (1). "He who resumes lard given by himself (and) Dhar måry a, (four) Bharad vå
jas; Sarmarya, Nandanarya, Mala(2). The giver of land rejoices etc.' Śarman, Isvara sarman (and) Vara
"And the conditions (of) this (charter) must śarman, (five) Bh Arad vajas; Skandbe observed both by the Brahmanas and by the ary a, a Vâtsya; Bapparya (and) Dhar(future) rulers (of the country). That is as mary a, (two) Bharad våjas; Skandarfollows:41 The king shall allow (the village to ya, an Åtreya; Somasarmârya, Bharbe held) by the (Brahmanas) as long as moon and trisarmâ rya, Rudra sarmarya, Masun endure, if they do not commit treasong harya, Mâţrisarmàrya (and) Îśvaagainst (his) government which consists of seven rasarmáry a, (six) Gautamas; Matri. essential parts, and if they are not guilty ofáar mary a of the Gautam a family; Devaoffences of slaying Brahmaņas, committing sarmar y a, Vara sarmarya and Rohårtheft, adultery, or acts prejudicial to the king, ya, (three) Kaun.dinyas; Svå mide vår. (or) engage in frays with other villages. (Butya, Revatisarmarya, and J y eshthaif the king takes the land from those who iarmary a, of the Gautama family; Kuact otherwise, (he will) not be guilty of) máraśarmáry a (and) Svâtisar marya,
(tro) Sandilyas; Kondary a, a SatyaAnd the donees appointed here for the occa- yana; and so forth. sion (are): Ganarya, a Satya yana; De- This edict has been written while Khavårya, a Våtsya; Kumarasar mary a, travarman was commander-in-chief (senda Bharad vaja; G u hasarman, a Pâr & pati) in the eighteenth (18th) year on the barya; Devarya, Mahesvara (and) M&- thirteenth day of the bright half of the month traya (three) Kasy a pas; Rud rå rya, SoJyeshtha. marya (and) Harisarmar y a, (three) Ka
Seal. undingas; Kumarasar marya, a Bhd. An order of king Pravarasena, rad v Aja; Matrisarman, Varasar man, who is the ornament of the V&kata ka Gonda sarman, Nagasarman, (four) Ka- (race), and has obtained his royal dignity undiyas; Sântisarman (and) Rudra by inheritance, is an order (even) for his barman, (two) Bharad vajas; Bhojaka- enemies.
theft.'
SANSKRIT AND OLD-CANARESE INSCRIPTIONS.
BY J. F. FLEET, Bo. C.S., M.R.A.S.
(Continued from p. 225). No. CXXXIII.
, this inscription, or in any other that has yet Indra IV. appears to have had two sons. come to notice; and, from the expression used, Such, at least, seems to be the inference to the probability is that he was either weak in be drawn from the verse commencing in line intellect or feeble in body, and was quietly 23 of the present inscription, in which Gôvinda set aside in favour of his younger brother V.' is described as displaying no forbidden Gôvinda V. cruelty towards his elder brother. The name The present inscription is re-edited by me of that elder brother, however, is not given in from the original plates, which belong to Rao
varia lectio dharmadhikarane, which possibly may mean in this court of justice (where we give this odiot). The rest of the phrase is mutilated, the words Kirtanaparihararthath ma having been left out by mistake.
The text, as it stands, gives no sense, and it seems that the words have been transposed through mistake of the copyist. I correct and arrange them as follows: röjad saptange rijye adrohaprwrittanam[a]brahmaghna. choraparadarikarájapathyakariprabh ritinamasarlagrumi
[m]lurratam anyagrameshvanaparaddhandm dchandri. ditya kóliyo s'numoditavyah ato anyatha kurvatahrajnah bhdmichchheda kurvatah asteyam itil. Regarding the seven essential parts (anga) of the kingdom see Vishnu III. 33. Anyagrdmesh which I have constrned with sarfsgrimam ukurvatam may also be taken with anaparaddhandm.
Or perhaps Jagattunga II. may prove to be named Govinda ; in which case this will be Govinda VI.
