228 Of two "Edicts bestowing Land. [No. 3. 



Kanyakubja:* — the fortunate Madanapala Deva, supreme sove- 

 reign, great king, chief ruler, lord paramount, emperor ; victorious ; 

 commands, acquaints, and enjoins the inhabitants of the village of 

 Ahuam, in the cantonf of Vanesar-Maua ;$ and all his people ; 

 and likewise sojourners from abroad ; as also kings, queens, princes 

 consort,§ imperial counsellors, chaplains royal, warders of the gate, 

 commanders of troops, stewards, justiciaries,|| physicians, diviners, 



secrated to sovereignty (rdjya) ; and people entitle those consecrated princes t 

 Raj a." 



This, too, is Colebrooke's translation, with a few changes, and such supplemen- 

 tation as is needed to make it intelligible in a detached quotation. Miscell. Es- 

 says, Vol. I., pp. 38, 39. 



For the origin and exact signification of most of the expressions of dignity, 

 found in our inscription, it may be that recourse must be had to records of the 

 heroic or of the Pauranika period. 



* The spelling of this name is observable ; and it is the same in both these 

 grants. Very little dependence can be placed, here, or in other instances, on the 

 transcription of Jayachandra's grant in this Journal for 1841, pp. 98, &c. : else 

 it might be cited for the more common, but anomalous form, Kanyakubja; which 

 is, regularly, an adjective. Kanyakubja is found still oftener ; and the Bwirupa- 

 kos'a has a fourth variety, Kanyakubja. 



f Pattald, in the Sanskrit. That this word corresponds to * canton,' mahal, 

 or pargana, will appear from another inscription, which I am preparing for publi- 

 cation. 



% That Is, I suppose, Vanesar near Maua ; there being some second Vanesar, 

 with which the present might be confounded. This mode of coupling the names 

 of localities is still of very frequent occurrence in India, where, also as in other 

 countries, a tract of territory is frequently denominated from its principal town. 



Or Maua may be an affix, an old word whose sense is lost; unless it be the 

 same as mahua, from the Sanskrit madhu, or madhuka, the bassia latifolia. 



Mau and mahu terminate many names of places, besides being found alone. 

 Possibly they and maua are one vocable, under various forms. May it have meant 

 ' village ?' 



§ Yuvardja, or " designated successor and associate in the empire." Cole- 

 brooke's Miscell. Essays, Vol. II., p. 286. " Young king, or Caesar." Select. 

 Specimen of the Theatre of the Hindus, Vol. I., p. 280: 2nd ed. " Prince re- 

 gent, or Caesar." Ariana Antiqua, p. 265. " Vice-regent." Dr. Stevenson's 

 Kalpa-siitra, p. 60. But the last definition is untenable. The yuva-rdja is not 

 6uccedaneous, but a coadjutor. 



|| Akshapatalika ; he who has cognizance of the patala ' litigation' of aksha 

 1 judicial cases.' Or does patala mean ' filing.?' 



