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pataka ; at (?) S'rimeta (?), one {?) pataka enjoyed by S'arvantara and cultivated by Mahat- 

 tara, S'ikhara, etc., together with two monastsry-sites, a pataka enjoyed by Bandya Jnana- 

 mati, at Rollavayika-Ugravoraka; atTisanadajayadattakataka, the pataka of Dronimathikd. 



(Lines 11-12.) The visayapatis (lords of districts) and dependents present in these 

 patakas exceeded by 10 dronas are thus ordered : — 



(Lines 12-15.) "Be it known to you that these 9 patakas exceeded by 10 dronas, 

 [after having been taken away] from their present enjoyers, [are given to the charge of (?)] 

 the revered preceptor samghamitra, [and thus] the four viharas and viharikas {i.e., larger 

 and smaller monasteries) are caused to be included within the same boundary. Therefore 

 no hindrance to the gift is to be caused by the visayapatis and other [dependents]. 



(Line 15.) Samvat 13, the 13th day of Baisdkha. 



(Lines 15-17.) Life is fleeting . ; so, understanding that the gift of lands de- 



stroys miseries and fears, it is to be preserved by all enjoyers of happiness. The messen- 

 ger here is the devout Sau[gata] i.e., Buddhist .... 



(Line 18.) Written at Jaya-Karmanta-vasaka by Puradasa, the devout worshipper of 

 Sugata (Buddha). 



N.B. — The portions inside the brackets [ ] are supplied from conjecture based on 

 the text of Plate B and other grants. 



Translation of Plate B. 

 [Bull-couchant, S'rimad-Devakhadga.] 



(Lines 1-2.) Victorious are the ray-like words of the sun-like Jina {i.e., Buddha), 

 which dispel the darkness-like* anus'aya, which cause the lotus-like disciples to awake and 

 which are skilled in scattering away (?) the prosperity (?) .... of Mara (the Buddhist 

 satan). 



(Lines 2-5.) S'rimat-Khadgodyama, by whom, great devotion having been rendered 

 to Lord Sugata whose glory is famous in the three worlds and who is [revered by] all the 

 three worlds, and to his Religion of tranquil essence, reachable through the meditation of 

 the ascetics able to break through the power of the world, {i.e., the cycle of births and 

 deaths) and to his matchless Congregation, the repository of all good qualities, this 

 earth was (afterwards ?) conquered in all its parts. 



(Lines 5-6.) From him was born King S'ri-Jatakhadga, by whom the multitudes 

 of all his enemies were annihilated through heroism, as a piece of straw is by the wind and 

 a number of horses by an elephant. 



(Lines 6-7.) From him was born King S'ri-Devakhadga, and the latter's son was 

 Rajaraja, by whom the destroyer of the fears of the three worlds, is given the gift of his 



* Anusaya — " Close connection as with a consequence, close attachment to any object ; (in phil.) the consequence itself, the 

 evil result of any act which clings to it and causes the soul after enjoying the temporary freedom from transmigration, which is the 

 reward of its good deeds, to enter other bodies ; repentance, regret, hatred, ancient or intense enmity " (Monier Williams). Here 

 the word is used in the philosophical sense. 



