The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c31.708

v2.c31.708

(3) *Kadi grant.*—Found as No. 6 of Bhīma II.⁴ It contains 36 lines, incised on two plates. It opens with *Oṁ svasti*; then follows the date, V. S. 1317⁵ (A. D. 1261), when the *P.-Pb.-Umāpati-vara-labdha-prasāda-prauḍha-pratāpa-Caulukya-kula-kamalinī-kalikā-vikāśa-mārtaṇḍa-Siṁghaṇa-sainya-samudra-saṁśoṣaṇa-Vaḍavānala-Mālavādhīśa-māna-mardana-Medapāṭaka-deśa-kaluṣa-rājya-vallī-kaṁdocched-ana-Kuddāla-kalpa-Karṇāṭa-rāja-jaladhi-tanayā-svayaṁvara-Puruṣottama-bhuja-bala-Bhīma-Abhinava-Siddharāja-apar-Ārjuna* Vīsaladeva ruling victoriously at Aṇahillapāṭaka, and when the *Mahāmātya* Nāgaḍa was in charge of the Seal. It then states that on this date the *Mahāmaṇḍaleśvara-Rāṇaka* Sāmantasiṁha, who ruled at Maṇḍalī in Vardhi-*pathaka*, for the spiritual benefit of his grandfather *Rāṇā* Lūṇapasāja, granted 12 ploughs of land in the villages of Mehūnā and Riṇasīhavasaṇa, 12 shops at Maṇḍalī, and some other gifts for the purpose of feeding in Āśāpallī,⁶ at a formerly instituted *Sattra*, 8 new Brāhmans, and to keep the drinking-fountain filled. All this was made over for management to the *Mahāmunīṁdra-rājakula* Viśvāmitra, the head of the *maṭha* of Mūleśvaradeva at Maṇḍapikā. The *Dūtaka* was *Mahā-sāndhivigrahika Ṭha(kkura)* Srīdhara, the writer *Mahākṣapaṭalika Ṭha(kkura)* Govinda. The inscription ends with *Aparārjuna-M.-Srī-Śrīmad-Vīsaladevasya*.¹