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No. 8.] EPIGRAPHICAL NOTES. 47

1s agfrstea em aghraraufaat [1*]

Fourth Plate. 16 ae ae [ae fale ae ala 17 wea [ut] ofé adeeerfa eal ats. 18 [fa afte] [*] wen ween = a

19 [a awa] aaq ogneeh TRAN IN.

(Lines 1-5) Hail! From the victorious (city of) Véngi by the word (of command) of the illustrious Maharaja Vijaya-Skandavarman, o Salankayana, a meditator on the feet of god Chitrarathasvamin and one devoted to the feet of Bappa-Bhattaraka (7-¢., father), the villagers of Ghintapura in Kudrahara should be informed thus :

(LL. 5-9) That small village (pallika, j.e., Chintapura) has been granted by Us to this! (Brahman) Sivaryya of the Maudgalya-gétra, a resident of the village Lékumari, free from all imposts, for the increase of the prosperity and fame of our family (fula) and clan (gétra).

(L1. 9-12) Knowing this, you should behave well (with the donee) with affection as hitherto (piireva-maryyadaya). Further, that village should be exempted (from imposts) by all the pre- siding officers appointed to carry out (Our) command, agents (@yuktaka) and heads of districts.

(LI. 13-14) The (copper-plate) charter? was issued.on the full-moon day of Vaisakha in the first year of Our ever-increasing, illustrious and victorious reign.

(Ll. 15-19) [Two imprecatory verses are cited here.]

No. 8—EPIGRAPHICAL NOTES. By Rao Banapur C. R. Krisumacuar.u, B.A., Mapras.

NIBINNA AND NIVINA,

Tn the Nibinna charter of Maha- Sivagupta edited by Mr. B. C. Mazumdar,* the name of the gift village is given in two different forms, ¢.c. (i) Nibinda in 1. 5 and (ii) Nibinna in 1. 17 of the text. It is thus evident that even at the time of the charter the name of the village was spelt in two different ways. Though there is no special necessity for it, Mr. Mazumdar reads bi where the original contained only vi, both r and 6 being indicated in this record only by the sign for v. Consequently the place might also be called Nivinda or Nivinna. It was attached to the Ganutapata-mandala of the Koéala-dééa (text, Il. 4 f.). We are now confronted with a possibility of this village being identical with the village Nivina the gift of which is recorded

in the Nivind grant of the Sailddbhava king Dharmarajadéva published by Dr. N. P. Sn er en a aoe Ch etaatbiace

The donee had evidently been introduced to the royal presence at the time of the grant. Cf, elassa..

(I. 8-9) of the Ellore Prakrit plates.

, ® The word pafjik# is used in this sense in other copper-plate grants of this early period, viz., the Hirahadagalli '

gistes (text, L 51), Mayidavalu plates (text, 1. 28), Kondamudi plates (text, 1. 40), Mattspad plates (text, 1 14), and Kidagere plates of Kadamba Siva-Mindhitrivarman (text, 1. 18, above, Vol. VI, p. 14).

3 Above, Vol. XI, p. 95.

Tbid., p. 96. .