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lain neglected!; and do ye deign to do me that as a favour, 
after making a copper-plate grant of it to me for mye mploy- 
ment as a brahman to be engaged in offering the bali, the carn, 
and sacrifices.’ 
Wherefore the men of business whoare the above-mentioned 
® of Santhi, having entertained this request, 
and having called to mind the verse—‘ That land, which is 
fevelied in by the six kinds of wild beasts,® is unprofitable as 
regards the wealth that should accrue to the k ing: land, when 
made enjoyable by young animals,* produces wealth and 
righteousness indeed to the king ;”? and having decided, 
‘‘hence let it be given to this brahman’’; and having consti- 
tuted the karanikas Naya-naga, Keéava and others the arbi- 
trators°; and having put aside the three kulya-sowing-areas of 
cultivated land which have been previously granted away by a 
copper-plate®; and ee defined the four boundary-indica- 
tions of the remaining Jand which is in the ‘Tiger’s char,’’ 
have bestowed a on thie. Supratika-svamin by executing 4 
copper-plate gra 
And the boundary indications are these. On the east, the 
goblin-hawnted parkatti® tree; on the south, Vidyadhara’s 
cultivating-tenure ® ; on the west, Candracampa’ 8 hut-tent "3 a 
1 Sg tein to the emendation cirdvasann 
2 I cannot suggest any word which will ft the blank where the 
letters are Pbliterated at the iil of line 12 
3 Perhaps tigers. vi este hyzenas, bears, wild boar and buffaloes. 
The verse is a general statem 
e idea is that the land should be so safe that no danger could 
— styling AP te ung 
5 Or ; This word kulavara is discussed in my article on the 
soni other rants p. 
§ This mo literal translation if we read krta instead of krtya at 
the ; and if we eco krtya, the meaning is the same, 
though the pene ey is less elegan : 
7 This is the translation if we a corake in 1. 16; but, if we 
retain corako, the tra: nslaion is ** the four boundary-indications of what 
is the remainde: er, name the ‘ Tiger’ s char’ ’’—which does not say 
inde of. 
ae 
ge 
8 The waved-leaf fig-tree, Ficus infectoria 
9 Jotika. This is not Sanskrit. It is obviously a wore forme 
: e mo 
peel word might appear ob: jota when Sanskritized here or a8 ae 
ve heard th ¢ pronounce 
at 10 Eee intermediate between ¢ and ¢ ear e word jot p 
‘hut.’ There is no Sanskrit word kena, but there 
