The Early History of the Deccan (Parts I–XI) v2.c13.s5.53

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In the portion of the Vēmulavāḍa inscription recording the grant, besides the many picturesque titles of Arikesarī II which are applied again to his grandson Arikesarī III in the Parbhaṇī plates, we get the name of his *mahāsāndhivigrahi* Guṇakarasa, of Nāgamārya, the *satrādhipāla* (superintendent of feeding houses) of King Baddega (Amoghavarṣa III) and of Nāgamārya's son Peddaṇārya, the *tantrapāla* of King Guṇākara (i.e. Arikesarī II). At Peddaṇārya's request, 100 *nivartanas* of arable land were given by Arikesarī II on the occasion of the *uttarāyaṇa saṃkrānti* for a *satra* for the feeding of persons who came to worship at the Āditya shrine built by him, and another field of eight *nivartanas* for a fresh water tank (*pānīya-bhūmi-kṣetram*). The enumeration of the witnesses to the gifts recorded is also of some interest to the curious, since the list includes in order the four temples of Vēmulavāḍa, three Śaiva teachers (*vyākhyāni-bhaṭṭārakas*) whose names are Mallikārjuna, Vyaktaliṅgi, and Vidyārāśi, and lastly nine *śreṣṭhis* headed by Candraśreṣṭhi. The field which was thus bestowed was subject to a *siddhāya* (money tax) of twelve *drammas*.