Indian Epigraphy c11.t1.15

c11.t1.15

² Vyāsa quoted in the Śabdakalpadruma says: Pāṇḍu-lekhyena phalake bhūmau vā prathamaṁ likhet | ūṇ-ādhikaṁ=tu saṁśodhya paścāt=patre niveśayet || The same authority as quoted in the Kṛtyakalpataru (op. cit., pp. 157-58) says: Rājñā tu svayam=ādiṣṭaḥ sandhivigraha-lekhakaḥ | tāmra-paṭṭe pate v=āpi pralikhed=rāja-śāsanam || Sthānāṁ-anupūrvi ca deśaṁ grāmam=upāgatān | Brāhmaṇāṁś=ca tathā c=ānyān=mānyān=adhikṛtān likhet | Kuṭumbino=tha kāyastha-dūta-vaidya-mahattarān | Mleccha- caṇḍāla-paryantān=sarvān=sambodhayann=iti || Mātā - pitror=ātmanaś=ca puṇyāya=amuka-sūnave | dattam may=āmukīyāya dānaṁ sabrahmacāriṇe || Candr-ārka-sama-kālīnaṁ putra-pautr-ānvay-āgatam | anacchedyam=anāhāryaṁ sarv-ābhāvya-vivarjitam || Dātuḥ pālayituḥ svargaḥ hartur=narakam=eva ca | jñātaṁ may=eti likhitaṁ tadā vyakt-ākṣarair=yutam || Abda-māsa-tadardh-āho rāja-mudr-āṅkitaṁ tathā | anena vidhinā lekhyaṁ rāja-śāsanaṁ likhet || The word ābhāvya means ‘tax’, although it is wrongly quoted and explained in the Kṛtyakalpataru.