Indian Epigraphy c11.t3.21

c11.t3.21

There is a stanza about the end of a charter issued by the Śailodbhava king Sainyabhīta Mādhavarman II Śrīnivāsa.⁵ The verse seems to refer to a ruler named Varamora or Varanara who is described as varadīkṛta-lokanātha-sakha. It appears that lokanātha mentioned in the passage quoted above is no other than the Śailodbhava king himself and Varamora or Varanara was his feudatory who was the real donor of the grant. The word varadīkṛta means, ‘[the king] who was made the giver of boons [by Varamora or Varanara]’ and refers to the favour shown by the king to the feudatory by agreeing to the creation of the rent-free holding recorded in the inscription no doubt at the feudatory's request.