Svasti

Author(s): Nalini Balbir
Publisher: K S Muddappa Smaraka Trust

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SVASTI - Essays in Honour of Prof. Hampa Nagarajaiah
varied from 2 mattars to 100 mattars, depending on the economic potentialities of the donors who donated it to the temple. Besides land, flower garden, mango garden and house-sites were donated to the temple as a donation package. Normally, either housesite or flower garden or land, either wet or dry is given. Here, in the majority of cases, especially during the time of Chalukyas of Kalyana we notice that donations are made as a package. There are also instances of giving away only land. In one example we have a reference of 2000 areca trees being donated to the Jinalaya. This fact suggests that areca, a cash crop, had economic implications both in society as well as in the religious institutions. There are a very few instances of making money donations to the temple and gold gadyana was money received by the basadis.
Income from taxes, levies and cess were also diverted to the temple. Siddhaya, talavritti, bitti, pannasa, and manneya are some of the taxes that we come across in the epigraphs. In addition to the above gifts, interestingly ratana i.e., pulley is also donated. Tanks, oil-mill and other types of gifts were also donated.
Abbreviations and Bibiliography
APAREp = Andhra Pradesh Annual Report on Epigraphy, Directorate of Archaeology and
Museums, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad. APGAS = Andhra Pradesh Government Archaeological Series, Directorate of Archaeology
and Museums, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad. AREp. = Annual Report on Indian Epigraphy, Archaeological Survey of India, New Delhi. Bharati, Andhra Patrika, Madras (Now discontinued). EA = Epigraphia Andhrica, Directorate of Archaeology and Museums, Govt. of Andhra
Pradesh, Hyderabad. EC (Old) = Epigraphia Carnatica (Old), Govt. of Karnataka, Mysore. Hampa Nagarajaiah, Chandrakode, (Collection of Research Papers in Kannada), Kannada
University, Hampi, Vidyaranya, 1997. HAS = Hyderabad Archaeological Series, Directorate of Archaeology and Museums,
Govt. of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad. IAP, Kr. = Inscriptions of Andhra Pradesh - Karimnagar, Directorate of Archaeology and
Museums, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad. IAP, Nal = Inscriptions of Andhra Pradesh - Nalgonda, Directorate of Archaeology and
Museums, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad. IAP, Wr = Inscriptions of Andhra Pradesh - Warangal, Directorate of Archaeology and
Museums, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad. KIAP = Kannada Inscriptions of Andhra Pradesh, Vasudevan C. S. (Ed.), Kannada
University,Hampi, Vidyaranya, 1999. SII = South Indian Inscriptions, Archaeological Survey of India, New Delhi.