232 Grants of Land found at Ujjayani. 



No. I. 



A Grant of Land inscribed on Copper, found at Ujjayani. 

 'Oni! Well be it ! Auspicious victory and elevation. O 

 Victorious is he, whose hair is the etlierial expanse;'^' who, for creation, 



supports with his head that lunar line (^) which is a type of the germ in the 



seed of the universe. 



May the matted locks of love's foe,(^' reddened by the lightning's ring 



that flashes at the period of the world's end, spread for you nightless (*) 



prosperity. 



The great prince, (®) resplendent with the decoration of five great titles (^^ 



with which he is thoroughly and excellently embued and possessed, the 

 fortunate Lacshm! vaema d^va, son (*) of his Majesty,'*) the great king, 

 sovereign, (') and supreme lord, the fortunate Yas6 varma d£va, son (*) 

 of(^) Nara varma d£va, son t^' of (^) Udayaditya deva, acquaints the 

 Pat't'acila(^'^'> and people, Brdhmarias and others, inhabiting Badciuda- 

 grdma <"), dependant on Surdsan'i, and Ut'havan'aca-grdma ^^^^ appertaining 

 to Teptd-suvarn'a-p'dsddicd, ''"^^ both situated in the twelve great districts ('■" 

 held by royal patent ; be it known unto you : Whereas, at the fortunate 

 Dhdra, C^' the great king, sovereign, supreme lord, the fortunate Yaso 

 varma deva, upon the anniversary ('^^ of the great king, the fortunate 

 Nara varma nfevA, which took place on the 8th of Cdrtica sudi, years 

 eleven hundred and ninety-one elapsed since Vicrama, having bathed with 

 waters of holy places, having satisfied gods, saints, men and ancestors with 

 oblations,^''' having worshipped the holy Bhawani'pati,('^) having sacrificed 

 to fire offerings of sam't, sacrificial grass, sesamum and boiled rice,"^* having 

 presented an arg/ii/a<-^"'> to the sun, having thrice perambulated C(7/?//«',C'^" 

 seeing the vanity of the world, deeming life a tremulous drop of water on 

 the leaf of a lotus, and reckoning wealth despicable : — As it is said : 



This sovereignty of the earth totters with the stormy blast ;(22) the enjoy- 

 ment of a realm is sweet but for an instant ; the breath of man is like a 

 drop on the tip of a blade of grass : virtue is the greatest friend in the 

 journey of the other world. — 



Considering this, did grant by patent, preceded by gift of water.f^s) for 

 as long as the sun and moon shall endure, unto the A'vasat'hica (-■*' the 

 fortunate Vana pala, son of the fortunate Vis'wariJpa, grandson of the 

 fortunate Mahira f^-^' swami, a venerable Brdhmana of Carndta in the south, 

 who studies two vedas (^s) and appertains to the As'ii'alayana C-^) sdc'hd, 



