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radiance of the gems of the crown of rival kings bowing clown 

 before him like creeping plants, defeated by his frowns, is the illus- 

 trious Satyashraya Yallabha Maharaja. 



His beloved younger brother, the surmounter of difficulties, who 

 has succeeded in penetrating inaccessible fortresses situated in the 

 midst of plains, lakes, forests, and mountains ; the cow of plenty, 

 raining down showers of wealth upon distressed and poverty- 

 stricken brahmans ; the crocodile bannered one, (the Hindu Cupid,) 

 who by his beautiful form inspires young maidens with love ; the 

 destroyer of the spirit of misery, (Kali) drowning it in the whirl- 

 pools of the ocean of his benefactions ; adorned with unsullied and 

 highly distinguished glory arising out of its many wars and con- 

 quests ; reverenced throughout the world like Manu, full of renown 

 like Prithu, and accounted wise as Yrihaspati ; an orthodox wor- 

 shipper of supreme Brahma, the illustrious Vishnu Vardhana 

 Maharaja issues his commands in this present matter to the assem- 

 bled heads of families inhabiting the village of Kalvakonda, in the 

 district of Dimila, as follows : — 



In order to promote his own religious merit, length of days, 

 good health, and fame, on account of the eclipse of the moon which 

 took place in the month of July, the above-named village has been 

 granted to Vishnu Sharmma and Madhava Sharmma of the Gautama 

 tribe and the Jaittiriva sect, of the village of Chejhuplara in the 

 district of Plaiki, learned in the Vedas, Vedangas, Itikasas, Pura- 

 nas, Dharma Shastras, and many other technical books, the sons 

 of Durga Sharmma, zealous in the performance of the rites of his 

 order as prescribed in his own section of the Veda which he has 

 thoroughly studied, and the grandsons of Brahma Sharmma, a 

 successful student of the Vedas and Vedangas, to be converted 

 into a brahman settlement (Agraphara) free of all taxes. 



Let no one molest them in the enjoyment of it ; in accordance 

 with the following two verses of the Jyana Gita : 



First, Lands have been bestowed by many persons ; 



By many also they have continued to be protected ; 

 Whosoever and whatsoever those lands may have been, 

 He has obtained a corresponding reward. 



