Social and Political Life in the Vijayanagara Empire (A.D. 1346 – A.D. 1646) v2.c24.s1.42

v2.c24.s1.42

The Brahmans of other *agrahāras* too could likewise unite for common objects. All the Brahmans of the *agrahāra* Vijayagōpālapura, or Igaṇasaṅthe, in about A. D. 1324, "agreeing among themselves, made the following division of Niragunda villages belonging to their land endowment, so as to form a permanent contract (*Nirgunda haḷḷigaḷanu dhruva vuṇḍigeyāgi hañchikoṇḍa-krama*): Details of *tattu* or parts, with the villages and shares belonging to each, altogether 100 shares. All the former rights connected with each village and the families living in it belong to the shareholders of that *tattu* in which it is included. At this time of partition the families among those in Nirugunda who have come there on contract (*i-hasugeya kāladalli Nirugundadallida vokkuḷugaḷoḷage vuṇḍigeyinda banda vokkuḷugaḷu*) belong to the shareholders of that *tattu* in which they are. The three families of Bēḍas in Ajjagauḍanahalli belong to the *tattu* in which it is included. Of the various families, whether they stay or whether they go, the loss or gain whatever it is, belongs to the shareholders of their respective *tattus*. Should any dispute arise regard....within the four boundaries of the villages included in these four *tattus* the Brahmans will decide and settle it."2