364 AN INDIAN GRANT OF LAND 



has - held - up - the - root-and-ftalk-of-the-facred-lotos ; 

 who-inhabits-the-city-SW St'hdnaea, for abode of For- 

 tune, J defcended from Jamadagni ; who-performs-due- 

 rites- in -the -holy-dream ; who-diftinctly-knows-the- 

 mvfterious- branches, (of the Vedas,) the domeftick 

 prieft, the reader, Sri Ticcapaiya, fon of Sri ChcKhin- 

 tapaiya, the allronomer, for-the-purpofe-of-facrificing- 

 caufing- others -to-facriiice-reading-cauling-others-to- 

 read - and - difcharging-the-reft-of-the-fix (facerdotal-) 

 duties, of performing-the (daily fervice of) Vai'swadeva 

 ^vith offerings of nee, milk, and materials of facrifice, 

 and-of-completing-with due-folemnitv the facrifice-of- 

 fire- of -doing- fuch-acis-as-mufl-continually-be-done, 

 and fuch-as-mufl-occafionally be-performed, of paying- 

 due-honours to guefts and ftrangers, and-of-fupporting 

 his-own-iamily, the village of Chdvinara-R.andmg-a.t- 

 the-extremity of-the-territory of Vatfardja, and the 

 boundaries of which are, to the eaft, the village of 

 Puagambd, and a water-fall-from a mountain; to the 

 fouth, the villages of Ndgdmbd and Mi/ldddngarica ; to 

 the weft, the river Sdmbarap allied ; to the north, the 

 villages of Sdmbive and Cdiiydlaca ; and befides this the 

 full (diJlriB) of Tdcabald Pallied, the boundaries of 

 which are to the eait, Siddbali ; to the fouth, the river 

 MoThala ; to the weft, Cdcddeva, Hallap allied, and 

 Bddaviraca ; to the north, Taldvall Pallicd; and alfo 

 the village of Aulaciyd, the boundaries of which (are) to 

 the eaft, Tdddga ; to the fouth, Gdvinij to the weft, 

 Charted ; to the north, Calibald-yachdli : (that land) 

 thus furveyed-on-the-four-quarters-and limited-to-its- 

 proper-bounds, vith-its-herbage-wood-and-water, and 

 with powcr-of-punilhing-for-the-ten-crimes, except that 

 before given as the portion of Deva, or of Brahma, I 

 have hereby releafed, and limited-by-the-duration-of- 

 the-fun-the-moon-and-mountains, confirmed-with-the- 

 ceremony-of adoration,with a copious effufion of water, 

 and with tlie higheft atts-of-worfhirx; and the fame land 

 {•hall be enjoyed by his lineal-and-collatcral-heirs, or 

 raufed-to-be-enjoyed. nor mall diiturbance be given by 



any 



