Piḍiha grant (Kānukollu plates, set I) — reign of Nandivarman I, year 14

Editors: Arlo Griffiths, Vincent Tournier.

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Language: Middle Indo-Aryan.

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I. Anuṣṭubh

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yo nr̥po ⟨32⟩ noddhared dharet·

jātau jātau ⟨Page 7a⟩⟨marginleft: 7⟩ ⟨33⟩ sa pibati

viṣaṅ hālahalam· ⟨34⟩ halam·

II. Anuṣṭubh

bahubhir vusudhā dattā

bahu⟨Page 7b⟩⟨marginleft:[1×]⟩⟨35⟩bhiś cānupālitaṁ

yasya ⟨36⟩ yasya yadā bhūmis

tasya tasya ⟨37⟩ tadā phalam· <symbol>

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⟨1⟩ vijayaveṁgīpurā bappabhaṭṭāraka-

⟨2⟩ pādapariggahitassa mahārāja-

⟨3⟩ sirīnaṁdivaṁmassa vacaṇena pi-

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⟨4⟩ ḍihaggāme mutuḍappamuho gāmo

⟨5⟩ savvasamaggo savvāyogapesana-

⟨6⟩ kulaputtabhaḍamanussā bhāṇitavvā

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⟨7⟩ Iha hi Amhadhammāyubalavaddha-

⟨8⟩ ṇattha(ṁ) bālakamahārājakumāra-

⟨9⟩ kha(ṁ)dapottassa ya santisatthiyanaṁ

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⟨10⟩ Icchanteṇa mayā Etassa sāpānu-

⟨11⟩ ggahasamatthassa nānāgottaca-

⟨12⟩ raṇatapassa(jjhā)yaniratassa

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⟨13⟩ Aggahārarathākāracātuvejjassa

⟨14⟩ Esa piḍihaggāmo Aggahārara-

⟨15⟩ thak(ā)ravidhānena saṁpadatto tassa ya

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⟨16⟩ Aggahārassa Ime parihāre

⟨17⟩ vitarāmi Appavesaṁ A(no)-

⟨18⟩ māsaṁ Alonakkhātakaṁ Araṭṭha-

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⟨19⟩ saṁvinaIkaṁ Acollakakurakhaṭṭa-

⟨20⟩ ggahaṇaṁ Aharitapaṁṇasāka-

⟨21⟩ puppaphaladuddhadadhighata-

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⟨22⟩ takkaggahaṇa m ādikaṁ Etehi

⟨23⟩ parihārehi sesehi pi A-

⟨24⟩ lihitacukkakhalitehi savva-

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⟨25⟩ jātaparihārehi parihara-

⟨26⟩ dha pariharāpedha ca yo ca

⟨27⟩ khu Etaṁ sāsanaṁ Appamānaṁ

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⟨28⟩ kātūṇa bādhapīlaṁ janejjo

⟨29⟩ tassa khu na paritussajjamha

⟨30⟩ tti _bhavati cātra

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⟨31⟩ svadattam paradattaṁ vā yo nr̥po

⟨32⟩ noddhared dharet· _jātau jātau

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⟨33⟩ sa pibati viṣaṅ hālahalam·

⟨34⟩ halam· bahubhir vusudhā dattā bahu-

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⟨35⟩ bhiś cānupālitaṁ _yasya

⟨36⟩ yasya yadā bhūmis tasya tasya

⟨37⟩ tadā phalam· <symbol>

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⟨38⟩ sava 104vāsa 2diva 1hatthis(ā)m(i)

⟨39⟩ Āṇattī mahārājaputo koṁgala-

⟨40⟩ putto hadappag(g)āhamatyavaro ya ti ~

I. Anuṣṭubh

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yo nr̥po ⟨32⟩ noddhared dharet· _

jātau jātau ⟨Page 7a⟩⟨marginleft: 7⟩ ⟨33⟩ sa pibati

viṣaṅ hālahalam· ⟨34⟩ halam·

II. Anuṣṭubh

bahubhir vusudhā dattā

bahu⟨Page 7b⟩⟨marginleft:[1×]⟩⟨35⟩bhiś cānupālitaṁ _

yasya ⟨36⟩ yasya yadā bhūmis

tasya tasya ⟨37⟩ tadā phalam· <symbol>

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Apparatus

⟨1⟩ -bhaṭṭāraka- • The reading prima facie would seem to be -bhajṭaraka-. But -bhaṭṭāraka- is expected, and what appears to be the middle horizontal of a j must thus be -ā attached in an unusual position.

⟨2a, LM⟩ (2) • The sign visible on the facsimile looks more like a 1, but a 2 is expected and there is perhaps the trace of a second stroke visible that would make this 2.

⟨4⟩ mutuḍa- Krishna Rao 1955–1956 ⬦ mutyada- Krishna Rao 1955–1956 • According to the reading of D.C. Sircar provided in editorial notes to Krishna Rao’s article.

⟨9⟩ ya santisatthiyanaṁ Krishna Rao 1955–1956 ⬦ yasattisatthiyanaṁ Krishna Rao 1955–1956 • According to the reading of D.C. Sircar provided in editorial notes to Krishna Rao’s article.

⟨13⟩ -rathākāra- • Krishna Rao 1955–1956 proposes to emend -rathakāra-.

⟨17–18⟩ A(no)māsaṁ • Or has the scribe written Aṇamāsaṁ?

⟨29⟩ paritussajjamha • Emend paritussejjamha. We take this as 1st pl. opt. form with imp. ending.

⟨34⟩ halam· • D.C. Sircar proposes to emend dhruvam. — ⟨34⟩ vusudhā • Krishna Rao 1955–1956 proposes to emend vasudhā/vvasudhā.

⟨35⟩ cānupālita ⬦ cānupālitaṁ Krishna Rao 1955–1956 • Emending to cānupālitā. Or is what seems to be an anusvāra actually the trace of the expected -ā?

⟨38⟩ hatthis(ā)m(i) • Or read hatthisama = hatthasama? Or hatthisam[uha]? Cf. EIAD 160, l. 14 samuhāṇattī.

⟨39⟩ -puto koṁgala- Krishna Rao 1955–1956 ⬦ -puṇakoṁgala- Krishna Rao 1955–1956 • According to the reading of D.C. Sircar provided in editorial notes to Krishna Rao’s article.

⟨40⟩ hadappag(g)āhamatyavaro ya ti Krishna Rao 1955–1956 ⬦ adappaggāha chetya varohati Krishna Rao 1955–1956 • According to the reading of D.C. Sircar provided in editorial notes to Krishna Rao’s article.

Translation

(1–6) From the victorious city of Veṅgī, by the command of the glorious great king Nandivarman, who is favored by (or: who has embraced) the feet of his lord father, in the village of Piḍiha, the village headed by the mutuḍa, all complete—the men of good family (kulaputta) and constables (bhaḍamanussā) [appointed to] all duties and services—are to be addressed (thus):

(7–15) ‘For here by me, in order to increase our merit (dharma), longevity and strength, and desiring the peace and prosperity of the infant crown-prince Khandapotta, has been given this village of Piḍiha, in accordance with the rules of the Rathakāra settlement, to the community of Caturvedins of the Rathakāra settlement, which is capable of both of cursing and of showing kindness, which belongs to various lineages and schools and is steeped in austerities as well the study of the Vedas.

(16–30) And I confer to this settlement these immunities: it is not to be entered (by royal officers without permission); not to be interfered with; not to be dug for salt; not to be controlled by the (superordinate) territory; not to supply water-pots, boiled rice and cots; not to supply grass, betel leaves, vegetables, flowers, fruit, curd, milk, ghee and butter-milk; etc. With these exemptions and all other types of exemptions that have not been written due to erroneous omission, you shall exempt (this village) and (also) cause (it) to be exempted. Whosoever, failing to respect this edict, would cause trouble or harassment, of him we would not approve.’

I

The king who does not rescue or sustain what is given by himself or given by another, surely (dhruvam) drinks the poison (named) hālahala from birth to birth.

II

By many land has been given and by many protected. Whoever holds land at a given moment, to him does the fruit then belong.

(38–40) Year 14, (fortnight of the) rainy season 2, day 1. The executor is Hatthisāmi, (who is) the son of mahārāja, son of Koṁgala (mahārājaputo koṁgalaputto), and the best among ministers (in charge of) the seizure of (i.e. recovering, reclaiming) stolen goods (?).

Commentary

(18–19) AraṭṭhasaṁvinaIkaṁ¹

(38–40) ²

(40) hadappag(g)āhamatya-³

Bibliography

First edited by Krishna Rao 1955–1956, pp. 1–7. Re-edited here from Krishna Rao’s facsimiles. Readings of D.C. Sircar provided in editorial notes to Krishna Rao’s article are cited . As often, d, ḍ and even ṭ are not clearly distinguished. We have opted for the expected spellings.

Secondary

No name. 1887–. Annual report on Indian epigraphy. Madras; Calcutta; New Delhi: Government of Madras; Archaeological Survey of India. Pages 1946–47: 1, no. A.1.

Chhabra, Bahadur Chand, N. Lakshminarayan Rao and M. Ashraf Husain. 1949. “Ten years of Indian epigraphy (1937–46).” Ancient India 5, pp. 46–61. [URL]. Pages 46–7.

Ramanatham, R. 1949–1950. “Salankayana Nandivarma's Kanukollu Prakrit copper-plate inscription.” JAHRS 20, pp. 87–90.

Gai, Govind Swamirao. 1969–1970. “Sakrepatna plates of Pallava Simhavarman, year 41.” EI 38, pp. 98–105. Page no. 861.

Krishnan, K. G. and J. Sundaram. 1989. Uṭṭaṅkita Sanskrit Vidyā-Araṇya epigraphs, vol. III: Sanskrit inscriptions 320 to 600 A.D. Reprint 2006. Mysore: Uṭṭaṅkita Vidyā-Araṇya Trust. Pages 67–70 (no. 33).

Notes

1. According to Sircar 1966, p. 392, this MIA form corresponds to Sanskrit arāṣṭrasāṃvinayika and “refers to the freedom of the gift land from the administrative control to which the district in which it was situated was subject” (Sircar 1966, p. 392). Even though it may seem counter-intuitive because of the double negation (a- and vi-), meanings of vinī such as “to instruct, to direct, to punish” allow this interpretation. See also Senart 1902-03: 67-6; Mirashi and Mahajan 1921-22: 149; Sircar 1965, p. 199 n. 4. For Pallava attestations, see Francis 2017: 461.
2. This passage is very obscure. Sircar believed that two executors (Hatthisāmi and Vara) are mentioned, but we tentatively propose that the second description applies to the same Hatthisāmi.
3. We follow Sircar’s suggestion that this word stands for Sanskrit hr̥tapragrāhāmātya, “i.e. an amātya or officer in charge of the seizure of stolen goods” (Krishna Rao 1955–1956, p. 6).

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[2] Raghunath no.:

[3] Srinivasan & Sankaranarayanan no.:

[4] Tsukamoto no.:

[5] Lüders no.:

[6] Support : 8 copper plates

[7] (Faces:) Lines:

[8] H: 2.75 in.

[9] W: 7.25 in.

[10] D: 1/6 in.

[11] H:

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[13] Language(s): MIA + Sanskrit (imprecations only)

[14] Original locality: Kānukollu, Guḍivāḍa Tk., Krishna Dt.

[15] Present locality: Mr. B. V. Krishna Rao, M.A., B.L., Commissioner, Hindu Religious Endowments Board, Madras (acc. to ARIE)

[16] Primary bibliography: Krishna Rao 1955-56: 1-7

[17] Secondary bibliography: ARIE 1946-47: 1, no. A.1. — Bhārati, April 1950, 69ff. — Ramanatham 1949-50. — Chhabra et al. 1949:

46-7. — DLCPI 1887-1969: no. 861 ― Krishnan & Sundaram 1989: 67-70 (no. 33)

[18] Visual documentation: Ramanatham 1949-50. — Krishna Rao 1955-56.

[19] Substance of inscription: Gift of a village to Brahmins

[20] Remarks:

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<text xml:space="preserve"><body><div type="edition"><ab xml:lang="pra-Latn"><pb n="1b"/><fw place="marginleft"><num value="1">1</num></fw><lb n="1"/>vijayaveṁgīpurā bappabhaṭṭāraka<lb n="2" break="no"/>pādapariggahitassa mahārāja<lb n="3" break="no"/>sirīnaṁdivaṁmassa vacaṇena pi<pb n="2a"/><fw place="marginleft"><num value="2"><unclear>2</unclear></num></fw><lb n="4" break="no"/>ḍihaggāme mutuḍappamuho gāmo <lb n="5"/>savvasamaggo savvāyogapesana<lb n="6" break="no"/>kulaputtabhaḍamanussā bhāṇitavvā <pb n="2b"/><lb n="7"/>Iha hi Amhadhammāyubalavaddha<lb n="8" break="no"/>ṇattha<unclear>ṁ</unclear> bālakamahārājakumāra<lb n="9" break="no"/>kha<unclear>ṁ</unclear>dapottassa ya santisatthiyanaṁ <pb n="3a"/><fw place="marginleft"><num value="3">3</num></fw><lb n="10"/>Icchanteṇa mayā Etassa sāpānu<lb n="11" break="no"/>ggahasamatthassa nānāgottaca<lb n="12" break="no"/>raṇatapassa<unclear>jjhā</unclear>yaniratassa <pb n="3b"/><lb n="13"/>Aggahārarathākāracātuvejjassa <lb n="14"/>Esa piḍihaggāmo Aggahārara<lb n="15" break="no"/>thak<unclear>ā</unclear>ravidhānena saṁpadatto tassa ya <pb n="4a"/><fw place="marginleft"><num value="4">4</num></fw><lb n="16"/>Aggahārassa Ime parihāre <lb n="17"/>vitarāmi Appavesaṁ A<unclear>no</unclear><lb n="18" break="no"/>māsaṁ Alonakkhātakaṁ Araṭṭha<pb n="4b"/><lb n="19" break="no"/>saṁvinaIkaṁ Acollakakurakhaṭṭa<lb n="20" break="no"/>ggahaṇaṁ Aharitapaṁṇasāka<lb n="21" break="no"/>puppaphaladuddhadadhighata<pb n="5a"/><fw place="marginleft"><num value="5">5</num></fw><lb n="22" break="no"/>takkaggahaṇa m ādikaṁ Etehi <lb n="23"/>parihārehi sesehi pi A<lb n="24" break="no"/>lihitacukkakhalitehi savva<pb n="5b"/><fw place="marginleft"><gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="character"/></fw><lb n="25" break="no"/>jātaparihārehi parihara<lb n="26" break="no"/>dha pariharāpedha ca yo ca <lb n="27"/>khu Etaṁ sāsanaṁ Appamānaṁ <pb n="6a"/><fw place="marginleft"><num value="6">6</num></fw><lb n="28"/>kātūṇa bādhapīlaṁ janejjo <lb n="29"/>tassa khu na paritussajjamha <lb n="30"/>tti <space quantity="1" unit="character"/>bhavati cātra </ab><lg met="Anuṣṭubh" n="1"><l n="a"><pb n="6b"/><fw place="marginleft"><gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="character"/></fw><lb n="31"/>svadattam paradattaṁ vā </l><l n="b">yo nr̥po <lb n="32"/>noddhared dharet· <space quantity="1" unit="character"/></l><l n="c">jātau jātau <pb n="7a"/><fw place="marginleft"><num value="7">7</num></fw><lb n="33"/>sa pibati </l><l n="d">viṣaṅ hālahalam· <lb n="34"/>halam· </l></lg><lg met="Anuṣṭubh" n="2"><l n="a">bahubhir vusudhā dattā </l><l n="b">bahu<pb n="7b"/><fw place="marginleft"><gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="character"/></fw><lb n="35" break="no"/>bhiś cānupālitaṁ <space quantity="1" unit="character"/></l><l n="c">yasya <lb n="36"/>yasya yadā bhūmis </l><l n="d">tasya tasya <lb n="37"/>tadā phalam· <g>‒</g></l></lg><ab xml:lang="pra-Latn"><pb n="8a"/><fw place="marginleft"><num value="8">8</num></fw><lb n="38"/>sava <num value="10">10</num><num value="4">4</num>vāsa <num value="2">2</num>diva <num value="1">1</num>hatthis<unclear>ā</unclear>m<unclear>i</unclear> <lb n="39"/>Āṇattī mahārājaputo koṁgala<lb n="40" break="no"/>putto hadappag<unclear>g</unclear>āhamatyavaro ya ti <g type="dash">.</g></ab></div><div type="apparatus"><listApp><app loc="1"><lem>-bhaṭṭāraka-</lem><note>The reading prima facie would seem to be <foreign xml:lang="pra-Latn">-bhajṭaraka-</foreign>. But <foreign xml:lang="pra-Latn">-bhaṭṭāraka-</foreign> is expected, and what appears to be the

middle horizontal of a <foreign>j</foreign> must thus be <foreign>-ā</foreign> attached in an unusual position.</note></app><app loc="2a, LM"><lem><unclear>2</unclear></lem><note>The sign visible on the facsimile looks more like a 1, but a 2 is

expected and there is perhaps the trace of a second stroke visible that

would make this 2.</note></app><app loc="4"><lem source="bib:KrishnaRao1955-1956_01">mutuḍa-</lem><note>According to the reading of D.C. Sircar provided in editorial notes to

Krishna Rao’s article.</note><rdg source="bib:KrishnaRao1955-1956_01">mutyada-</rdg></app><app loc="9"><lem source="bib:KrishnaRao1955-1956_01">ya santisatthiyanaṁ</lem><note>According to the reading of D.C. Sircar provided in editorial notes to

Krishna Rao’s article.</note><rdg source="bib:KrishnaRao1955-1956_01">yasattisatthiyanaṁ</rdg></app><app loc="13"><lem>-rathākāra-</lem><note><bibl><ptr target="bib:KrishnaRao1955-1956_01"/></bibl> proposes to emend

<foreign xml:lang="pra-Latn">-rathakāra-</foreign>.</note></app><app loc="17–18"><lem>A<unclear>no</unclear>māsaṁ</lem><note>Or has the scribe written <foreign xml:lang="pra-Latn">Aṇamāsaṁ</foreign>?</note></app><app loc="5b, LM"><note>The illegible sign could be a numeral.</note></app><app loc="29"><lem>paritussajjamha</lem><note>Emend <foreign xml:lang="pra-Latn">paritussejjamha</foreign>. We take

this as 1st pl. opt. form with imp. ending.</note></app><app loc="6b, LM"><note>The illegible sign could be a numeral.</note></app><app loc="34"><lem>halam·</lem><note>D.C. Sircar proposes to emend <foreign xml:lang="san-Latn">dhruvam</foreign>.</note></app><app loc="34"><lem>vusudhā</lem><note><bibl><ptr target="bib:KrishnaRao1955-1956_01"/></bibl> proposes to emend

<foreign xml:lang="san-Latn">vasudhā</foreign>/<foreign xml:lang="san-Latn">vvasudhā</foreign>.</note></app><app loc="7b, LM"><note>The illegible sign could be a numeral.</note></app><app loc="35"><lem>cānupālita</lem><rdg source="bib:KrishnaRao1955-1956_01">cānupālitaṁ</rdg><note>Emending to <foreign xml:lang="san-Latn">cānupālitā</foreign>. Or is

what seems to be an <foreign xml:lang="san-Latn">anusvāra</foreign>

actually the trace of the expected <foreign>-ā</foreign>?</note></app><app loc="38"><lem>hatthis<unclear>ā</unclear>m<unclear>i</unclear></lem><note>Or read <foreign xml:lang="pra-Latn">hatthisama</foreign> = <foreign xml:lang="pra-Latn">hatthasama</foreign>? Or <foreign xml:lang="pra-Latn">hatthisam<supplied reason="lost">uha</supplied></foreign>? Cf. EIAD <ref target="DHARMA_INSEIAD00160.xml">160</ref>, l. 14 <foreign xml:lang="pra-Latn">samuhāṇattī</foreign>.</note></app><app loc="39"><lem source="bib:KrishnaRao1955-1956_01">-puto koṁgala-</lem><note>According to the reading of D.C. Sircar provided in editorial notes to

Krishna Rao’s article.</note><rdg source="bib:KrishnaRao1955-1956_01">-puṇakoṁgala-</rdg></app><app loc="40"><lem source="bib:KrishnaRao1955-1956_01">hadappag<unclear>g</unclear>āhamatyavaro ya ti</lem><note>According to the reading of D.C. Sircar provided in editorial

notes to Krishna Rao’s article.</note><rdg source="bib:KrishnaRao1955-1956_01">adappaggāha chetya varohati</rdg></app></listApp></div><div type="translation"><p n="1-6"> From the victorious city of Veṅgī, by the command of the glorious great

king Nandivarman, who is favored by (or: who has embraced) the feet of his lord

father, in the village of Piḍiha, the village headed by the <foreign xml:lang="pra-Latn">mutuḍa</foreign>, all

complete—the men of good family (<foreign xml:lang="pra-Latn">kulaputta</foreign>) and constables (<foreign xml:lang="pra-Latn">bhaḍamanussā</foreign>) [appointed to] all duties and services—are to be addressed (thus):</p><p n="7-15"> ‘For here by me, in order to increase our merit (<foreign xml:lang="san-Latn">dharma</foreign>), longevity and strength, and desiring the peace and prosperity of the infant crown-prince Khandapotta, has been given this village of Piḍiha, in accordance with the rules of the Rathakāra settlement, to the community of Caturvedins of the Rathakāra settlement, which

is capable of both of cursing and of showing kindness, which belongs to various

lineages and schools and is steeped in austerities as well the study of the

Vedas.</p><p n="16-30"> And I confer to this settlement these immunities: it is not to be

entered (by royal officers without permission); not to be interfered with; not

to be dug for salt; not to be controlled by the (superordinate) territory; not

to supply water-pots, boiled rice and cots; not to supply grass, betel leaves,

vegetables, flowers, fruit, curd, milk, ghee and butter-milk; etc. With these

exemptions and all other types of exemptions that have not been written due to

erroneous omission, you shall exempt (this village) and (also) cause (it) to be

exempted. Whosoever, failing to respect this edict, would cause trouble or

harassment, of him we would not approve.’</p><p n="1" rend="stanza">The king who does not rescue or sustain what is given by himself or given by another,

surely (<foreign xml:lang="san-Latn">dhruvam</foreign>) drinks the poison (named) <foreign xml:lang="san-Latn">hālahala</foreign> from birth to birth.</p><p n="2" rend="stanza">By many land has been given and by many protected. Whoever holds land at a given moment, to him does the

fruit then belong.</p><p n="38-40"> Year 14, (fortnight of the) rainy season 2, day 1.

The executor is Hatthisāmi, (who is) the son of <foreign xml:lang="san-Latn">mahārāja</foreign>, son of Koṁgala

(<foreign xml:lang="pra-Latn">mahārājaputo koṁgalaputto</foreign>), and the best among ministers (in charge of) the

seizure of (i.e. recovering, reclaiming) stolen goods (?).</p></div><div type="commentary"><p n="18-19"><term>AraṭṭhasaṁvinaIkaṁ</term><note>According to <bibl><ptr target="bib:Sircar1966_01"/>:

<citedRange>392</citedRange></bibl>, this MIA form corresponds to

Sanskrit <foreign xml:lang="san-Latn">arāṣṭrasāṃvinayika</foreign> and <cit><quote>refers to the freedom of the gift land from the

administrative control to which the district in which it was

situated was subject</quote><bibl><ptr target="bib:Sircar1966_01"/>:

<citedRange>392</citedRange></bibl></cit>. Even though it may seem counter-intuitive because of the double

negation (<foreign>a-</foreign> and <foreign>vi-</foreign>), meanings of <foreign xml:lang="san-Latn">vinī</foreign>

such as “to instruct, to direct, to punish” allow this interpretation.

See also Senart 1902-03: 67-6; Mirashi and Mahajan 1921-22: 149; <bibl><ptr target="bib:Sircar1965_02"/>: <citedRange>199 n. 4</citedRange></bibl>.

For Pallava attestations, see Francis 2017: 461.</note></p><p n="38-40"><note>This passage is very obscure. Sircar believed that two executors

(Hatthisāmi and Vara) are mentioned, but we tentatively propose that the

second description applies to the same Hatthisāmi.</note></p><p n="40"><term>hadappag<unclear>g</unclear>āhamatya-</term><note>We follow Sircar’s suggestion that this word stands for Sanskrit

<foreign xml:lang="san-Latn">hr̥tapragrāhāmātya</foreign>, <cit><quote>i.e. an

<hi rend="italic">amātya</hi> or officer in charge of the seizure of stolen goods</quote><bibl><ptr target="bib:KrishnaRao1955-1956_01"/>: <citedRange>6</citedRange></bibl></cit>.</note></p></div><div type="bibliography"><p>First edited by <bibl><ptr target="bib:KrishnaRao1955-1956_01"/>:

<citedRange>1-7</citedRange></bibl>. Re-edited here from Krishna Rao’s

facsimiles. Readings of D.C. Sircar provided in editorial notes to Krishna Rao’s

article are cited . As often, <foreign>d</foreign>,

<foreign>ḍ</foreign> and even <foreign>ṭ</foreign> are not

clearly distinguished. We have opted for the expected spellings.</p><listBibl type="primary"><bibl/></listBibl><listBibl type="secondary"><bibl><ptr target="bib:ARIE"/><citedRange>1946-47: 1, no. A.1</citedRange></bibl><bibl><ptr target="bib:Chhabra+al1949_01"/>:

<citedRange>46-7</citedRange></bibl><bibl><ptr target="bib:Ramanatham1949-1950_01"/></bibl><bibl>Bhārati, April 1950, 69ff</bibl><bibl><ptr target="bib:Gai1969-1970_03"/>: <citedRange>no.

861</citedRange></bibl><bibl><ptr target="bib:Krishnan+Sundaram1989_01"/>: <citedRange>67-70 (no.

33)</citedRange></bibl></listBibl></div></body></text>

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