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138 EPIGRAPHIA INDICA. — — P Vet. Jory,

sidvarya and Uhéga. Tho Einglish equivalent of the date according to the Indian Ephemeris of L. D, 8, Pillai ib A.D, 1368, January 8, Tuesday, on which day amdedryd commenced at “51 of the day, ‘The solur eclipses, however, id hhown to have océurted on the next day, ic, Wedneaday, on which day amdudeyd insted till 43 of the day.

The composer of the grant is BAlaserasvatt, 9 name which sounds very mtich Ike a titles probabiy acqnited by the person on account of his profound sohalarship, Besides the Pachchani- Tindiparte grant already referred to, lin id the composor of two dther inscriptions of Aha-Vétnd, of which one is a coppet-plate récond, and the other @ stone insctiption at Sridailams, Tq all these records Balaaarasvatt calls himself the Vidtin of the king's court and he seems to have held thid position up to Saka 1209, in whieh year he composed tho Stidailam inscription montione: above ; for, in the next vent, d#., Saku 1900, we find Trildchantchirys figuting as the dourt-post of Ani-Viri nod composing a copper-plate gtant of the king,

Attention may be drawn here to an unpublished fragmentary corporate inscription of Ana-Vota recorded in the Elliot Callection af Telugu Inscriptions, which tarnishes te With dame important facts. One of the doners figtiring in it ia a pertain Mallu-bhatta who fa called a Vidy- ddhikdrin, We know that the famous poet Srinitha was the Vidyadhidgrin th the pont of Romati- Vema.! Probably be sutcceded Mallu-bhatts in this ales, Of the duties of A Vidytthikarin fidthing ia known from itistriptions, bint that It must have been i reaporislblé and high offids ty evident from the fart that so eminent a povt ax Sriniths had it 0 nfortundtely nothing ix known of his predeodssor Malln-bhatja, Andéther donee figurlig in the Eliot Collection recurd id dartain Erraya-pregada. His gdtra, however, ia not tientioned ‘ax in the Caso of the Other dines, but be ix introduced In reipectful terms and is stated to be a recipient af an exclusively Large hire df land, Tt is therefore likely that this person is identical with the famous poet Erri-preguda, Who belonged ta the Stivatea-péira and who je Tefruted to have completed the AndAys- Mahabid rutin which was loft ttnfinlahed by the previous authors, and wha dédicuted his work Faris euhtimu to his patron Mrolaya-Véma, A certain Reddi-Vanww ta knowt tohave granted several ayrohdtds to Venhalaganti Sitinna.! ‘The late Rao Buhadur Viresalingum Pantula who identi- fies this Reddi-Voma with Prolays-Véma believes that SGranna ¢ould not have had place it Vorme's court aa long us Egri-progada held his Position there ; and therefore, in as much ay

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"Complete Works of Rao Babadir Ky Viresalinga ni Fantulu, Telugu Powta, Vol, X, put, ps IT,