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and the noun möhi may be derived from this root. So the whole expression will mean 'an operation or transaction of weighing an article'. We can arrive at a similar sense by another way also. This is to connect mõhi with the noun mõpu meaning 'a load'. The noun māpu of Kannada has its parallel in the Telugu root mõpu which means 'to load'. The above expression is not familiar to the students of Kannada language and deserves to be noted.
TEXT (1 Svasti [* Tyakālavatta Síreya Kāli Śrimatu Guņavi2 Malliseţtiyaru ra-siddhānta-dēvaru ]
1 Svasti [, *7 Samasta-prasasti-sahitam Sriman-Mahāpra2 dhānanum Chola-kataka-sūrekāranum Chāļukya3 kataka-rakshā-pālakanum lõk-āpavāda-niratiśa4 ya-satya-sampannanum nudidu-matt-ennanum pra5 tijñā-Parasu( su )rāmanuń śisht-öshta-kalpa-druma6 num Ri(Ķi ) -Yadu( ju )s-Sām-Atharvaņa-chatur-vVēda-pāra7 ganum áśrita-jana-kaļpa-vri( vội )kshanum Srimatu Kāsya8 pa-gõtra-pavitranuṁ garbha-Sārasvatanuṁ Śrimatu 9 ...dēva-daņdanātha-suputranuń Chāļukya-da10 .... tha-mukha-darppaņanuv=enisida Ādakkiya 11 prabhu Koppa-d'ndanāthaś= chiraṁ jiyātu(t) Svasty = &12 nēka-guņa gam-alamkrita satya-śauch-ächāra-chāru13 châritra-naya-vinaya-suśīļa-sampannarum(ru)m=ābā14 [r-ābha ]ya-bhaishajya-śāstra-dāna-vinodarum Jina15 gun-odaka-pavitrīkļitottam-āṁgarum pamcba-vimsa16 ti..."vyapēta Samyag-darśana-siddhānta-ra17 tarum...... Srimad-Gunavīra-siddhāntadēva-chara18 na-sarasīruha-silīmukharum Vaisya-ku19 la-kumudini-sa( sa raś(ch)-chamdrarum = appa Śrīmatu Sarka20 rasettiya putra Sīreya Kālisettiyarum A21 [si]yakāla Jakkisettiya putra Saṁkisettiyarum 22 Nēmi]settiyaruń Vattada Mallisettiyarum Pā23 riśva-settiyarum Varddhamāna-seţtiyarum Kāļise24 ttiyarum Svasti [* Srimach-Chāļukya-Vikrama-varsha25 50 neya Visvā[vasu ) samvatsarada Phālguna suThe two aksbaras lost here obviously are 'pdana.' Two or three syllables are lost here. They might be some word like mala or dosha. Compare 1. 48 of the Kårkala Inscription wherein we meet with the expression, 'patchavimsati-mala-vidūra-samyag-dfishţi- Ep. Ind., Vol. VIII. p. 133.)
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