Book Title: Vaishali Abhinandan Granth
Author(s): Yogendra Mishra
Publisher: Research Institute of Prakrit Jainology and Ahimsa

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________________ 344 Homage to Vaisali and the entire village (Jak) irrigated by the canal and situated between Mamaind and Kosbank Khod and the 40 yard long canal situated near Koshkan Khad and all the four rent free orchards in this village viz. (.....) and Deh Zangi Abad and Deh Manjoosh and (.....) all the buildings which the said bequeather bad constructed and (besides) the 86 shops in Bazar (Oshori) within the municipal limits of Kandahar near the said school towards its north and 51 on the eastern side of the said bazar and 27 on the western side of the said bazar...... 24 doors and 19 pillars. All the buildings of the Hamams situated on all the four directions of the said bazar and the inns within the city are included in the bequeathed property. And all that may be considered as part of the trust includes that is attached to the Hamams and all of its belongings. The trust created for the bequeathed property is a flawless, sincere and well deter.. mined trust...... like the carat and its grain...... PART III Should not be given to any one nor could it become any one's property in any way. The bequeather has reserved some portion of the trust revenues for the poor Muslims and the bequeather provided that so long as he was alive he shall be the custodian of the mausoleum and the property and shall make changes whatsoever desired. It was also provided that the most learned and the most pious amongst the mail offsprings shall be his successor and if two persons be equally good in learning and peity the elder of the two shall be the administrator. If none amongst the male issues survives the administrator shall be appointed in this way. If no offspring of the bequeather exists the teacher of the school would be the administrator and if the administrator bas heirs (words............ seems to convey no sense at all). And the bequeather provided that the afflicted () should be benefitted from the bequeathed property with permission, The income of the property should, first of all be spent on necessary works and repairs of the trust property. The rest to be spent on mattings, floorings and light etc. The balance may be spent by the administrator ..... that every 5 dinars should weigh one mithgal of the silver coin. PART IV Wheat at 1 kharwar2 should be the salary of the pious priest and the teacher who would devote the first five days of the week to teach and to have discourses on religious law. Every teacher would get a salary of 2. 1 Kharwar=40 maunds according to the Kandahar weights.

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