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of Sachi, i. e ., Indra ; by beauty too, over Manobhava ; by eloquence, over 
Sulcra with Vachaspati ; wbat is the use of recounting bis other qualities, 
white as the clear splendour of the moon ? Wise, religious, valiant, truthful, 
subduer of his passions, grateful, the producer of the gladness of good men 
and of auspicious appearance. Thus bis body (is) adorned with many quali¬ 
ties. Reckoning this world to be insubstantial (worthless), yet beautiful to 
look upon as the pith of a plantain tree ; on Monday the third date of the 
black fort-night of the month of Daisakha, Sam vat 1107- 
-(25) in Dajapurdvasta , informs the principal inhabitants, of whom 
Brahmans are the foremost, of the village Kathadau attached to Danamaulla r 
and all Royal officers. On the anniversary of the death of my mother, Sri 
Dhuvana Devi, Queen, having bathed in water according to sacred precept, 
having satiated the Manes of ancestors with kusa, sesamum and water, after 
satisfying gods and men, having presented an Argliya to the Sun, having 
duly worshipped the god, the lord of Dhavdni , i. e., Shiva , and having 
presented oblations in the fire, according to usage ; For the increase of the 
virtue and fame of my parents and myself, to the Brahmana Abhimanyu , 
son of Dhatta Ella, grandson of Jayavara, originally an inhabitant of 
Tabari Dhatta Grama ; a member of the Bhdradwaja gotra and the triple 
pravara of Angirasa, Drihaspati and Dhdradvdja, skilled in the Vedas 
and Vedangas , engaged in the six acts proper for a Brahman, and of excel¬ 
lent disposition—to him this village has been granted by us with its land 
and water, its mango and madiua trees, with its hollows, waste and stones, 
its rocks and tillage (?)—with its mines of metal and salt, with its forest 
and concealed treasure, with its clear defined boundary, with all grass, 
watering-places (?) and pastures for kine within its limits, excluding aught 
previously given to the gods or Brahmans, as a Sasana. Therefore, by you 
all complying with the orders (herein conveyed) all the rents in kind, taxes, 
gold payments, fines, hereditary rights and the rest should be made over 
to this person. Till the moon, sun and earth endure, he with his son, 
grandson and descendants should enjoy (the grant) or assign it, or give 
away to another, till it or cause it to be tilled, none who enjoy the 
kingdom after me, should prove an obstacle in the way. By many kings, 
Sagara and others, the earth has been enjoyed. Whosesoever has been 
the land, his has been the fruit. He who accepts lands and he who grants 
lands, both these doers of virtuous deeds certainly go to Heaven. A 
Conch, a throne, an umbrella, fine horses and fine elephants, these mark the 
grant of lands ; and the result is Heaven, O Indra ! He who resumes land, 
whether given by himself or given by others, becomes a worm in filth and 
falls with his ancestors. By stealing a single suverna , a single cow, or even 
a finger-breadth of land, (the thief) remains in hell till the end of the Uni¬ 
verse. Great prosperity. Sri . Srimad Deva varmma I)eva. 
