History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c43.87.3

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D.) there is a peculiar curse pronounced on him who would interfere with his gift 'him who would interfere with this gift I shall, though functioning in another body (on account of rebirth), consume (burn) with terrible curses (or imprecatory thoughts)'. Vide also Gupta Ins. No. 23 p. 107 of G. S. 191. When a grant of a village or villages was made kings excepted therefrom grants already made in favour of shrines of gods and brāhmaṇas. For example, in the Pikira Grant of Siṁhavarman (E. I. VIII. p. 162) it is stated 'this village is granted by us as a gift to brāhmaṇas excepting the cultivated lands given as endowment to gods' (devabhogahalavarjam). In E. I. vol. X. p. 88 (of 697 śake) the grant excludes 'the portion already bestowed on gods and brāhmaṇas' (pūrvapratta-deva-brahma-dāya-rahitaḥ). The grant of the village by the Caṇḍella king Paramardideva in saṁ. 1236 expressly excludes five halas (land measure) of land granted to Buddha (i. e. to a temple of Buddha then existing). Vide E. I. XX. at p. 129. This shows that a Hindu king respected an endowment already made to a shrine of Buddha or to a monastery of Buddhists (devaśrī-buddha-satka-pañcahalam bahiṣkṛtya ). Vide also I. H. Q. vol. VIII for 1932 p. 305 ( plates of Bhoja dated *saṁ.* 1079 where the expression ‘deva-brāhmaṇa-bhuktivarjam’ occurs ); E. I. vol. II p. 360 (*saṁ* 1162 ); E. I. 14, p. 194 (*saṁ.* 1150); E. I. vol. I, p. 85 at p. 88 (G. S. 334).