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45'c Frequented by officiating priefls and attendants, with fubdued- 

 paffioiis and benevolent hearts j by deities of different claffes, and by tra- 

 vellers, who know the Veda and converfe with copioufnefs = 



46. All the land before mentioned has the great pnnce Cr?sk*> adV*- 

 va, worthy of reverence from the wife, given with ferene joy, having firit 

 diffufed a ilream of gold, filver, and gems. 



47. Such was the decree of Crishnara'ya, to whom Belongs the 

 wholg earth celebrated by the royal bards ; that bountiful king, who is the 

 fource of all the wealth poffeffed by the bards of Murk 



48. By <he command of the great Raya CrishnadeVa, the preftdenf 

 •of his cot'rei! proclaimed this donation to Mrira, or Is war As and 

 Siis command is here engraved on plates of copper, 



49. The artift Sn Vi'rana'cha'rya, fon of Mauana, wrote on 

 copper this grant of the great prince Crishnade'vAc 



50. As between a gift of land and the confirmation of it by the fuc«r 

 cefTors of the donor, the confirmation is more meritorious than the 

 gift : by the gift, a king attains a feat in heaven j by the confirmation, & 

 feat from which he never can fall. 



$1. The confirmation ©f a 1 gift by another prince Has twice the ■ merit 

 ©fa gift by himfelfj but the refump tion of land granted by another inakes 

 even his own gift fruitlefs* ! 



