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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY.
[OCTOBER, 1902.
construction of Nos. 3 and 4. But it does present the technical word vastavya, as well as vinirgata. And by the use of that word, and in rather an emphatic manner, it describes the grantee as permanently dwelling at Mânyakbêta, in the service of the king Govinda IV.; not as having simpl: gone there on business, as in the case of the grantee referred to in the Kharda plates, No. 3 on page 333 above, and not as simply "staying " there, as said by the editor. 5
Now, the grantee's place of abode, Manyakheta, is well known to be Malkhod in the Nizam's Dominions; for the exact position of this place, reference may be made to page 395 below. On the other hand, the record, in line 52 f., distinctly describes the village Kavanja, which was granted to him, Ps, - Lâtadês-ântarvartti-Khêtakamandal-ântarggatah Kevaõja-namå grâmah Kåvika-mahästhâna-nikatatara-vartti, -"the village named Kêvanje, which is situated in the Khêsaka mandala comprised in the Lata desa, and which lies quite close to the great plue Kavika." Also, the boundaries of Kêvaõja are fully specified. And, thus, it has been satisfactorily shewn by the editor of the record, Mr. D. R. Bhandarkar, that KAvika is the modern Kavi, and that Kevanja is a villege which still exists quite close to Kavi. Kavi is mentioned as Kapika in the Kavi plates of A.D. 826; and the identification of Käpika with Kâvî was then made by Dr. Bühler." And the Kovanja of the present record is mentioned as Komajju in the Kâvi plates of A. D. 736, which describe it as situated in the Bharu kachchha vishaya; 8 and Kêmajja was then identified by Dr. Bähler with a village the name of which he wrote as Kimoj or Kimaj," adding a footnote which shews that it is also known as Kemaj. Kavt is in the Jambûser tålake of the Broach district in Gujarat, and may be found in the Indian Atlas sheet No. 22, S. E. (1887), in lat. 22° 12', long. 72° 41', ou the south bank of the Mahi, about forty miles towards the north-west-by-north from Broach ; in the Trigonometrical Survey sheet No. 11 (1873) of Gujarat, its name is entered as Káwi.' And Kimoj, Kimaj, or Komaj is the Kimoj' of the Atlas sheet No. 23, N. E. (1894), the village-site of which is about three and a half miles south-south-west from the village-site of Kåvi. And, thus, the record conveyed to the grantee Nagamårya a village situated some four hundred and fifty miles away, towards the north-west-half-north, from the city at which he was permanently residing.
The explanation of the matter is to be found in the natuzo of the grant. The grants registered in the Kharda plates (No. 3 on page 333 above), the Sangli plates (No. 5), and the Kalas-Budrûkh plates (No. 9), were personal grants, not accompanied by any allusion to any Nacrificial or religious objects. The grants registered in the other records dealt with in the same place, were specifically made for the maintenance of certain sacrifices, the list of which ranges from the bali, charu, vaisradeva, agnihotra, and "other" (unspecified ) rites in the Chhârôli or Ântroli-Chharðli plates (No. 6 ) to the bali, charu, vaiévadeva, agnihotra, alithi, palichamahayajña, kratuleriyd, and "other" (unspecified) rites in the Baroda plates (No. 2); but they were quite plainly made for personal enjoyment and management, combined with the celebration of those rites, by the grantees. The grant registered in the present record, Lowever, the Cambay plates, was made for much more comprehensive purposes. It was made " for the purpose of maintaining the bali, charu, vaisvadeva and atithitarpana; for the "performance of the optional, indispensable and occasional rites; for the performance of the "" sráddha and sacrificial ceremonies such as the darsapúrņamása, chdturmdsya, ashtakd and "ágrayaa (rites) and the fortnightly sraddhas); for the purpose of preparing the charu, "puródása, sthälipáka and so forth; for the purpose of (granting) priestly fees and gifts in "connection with hôma, niyama, the study of one's own Veda, and religious service; for the "purpose of providing) accessory assistance for the rites concerning rájasůya and the seven forms
• Ep. Ind. Vol. VII. p. 28. I Vol. V. above, p. 145; and see his map opposito p. 112.
. Vol. V. above, p. 151. Ibid. p. 115. Toid. p. 112, and note t.
