Indian Epigraphy c11.t6.35

c11.t6.35

While issuing the order in respect of a grant, the king often shows the courtesy of greeting the addressees and enquiring after their welfare. The expressions indicating the command is generally *samādiśati* or *ādiśati*; but sometimes other words like *bodhayati*, *mānayati*, *kuśalayati*, etc., are added to it. According to the legal etiquette of those days, the donor is usually described as *kuśalin*, ‘in good health’. The implication is that the donation was made when the donor was in his full senses and was not under the influence of any disease or intoxicant and that therefore the deed issued in favour of the donee should have to be recognised as a valid document.