History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c46.146

v3.c46.146

That sometimes the Pontiff of the Saṅkeśvara *maṭha* was consulted even in disputes about rights to lands and villages follows from a decision contained in Rao Bahadur Vad’s work pp. 203-210 (of 1730 A. D.). Here a dispute arose between Śrīkarācārya (to whom a village had been donated by king Rājārāma) and his agnates, who, taking advantage of the fact that the gift-deed was made in the name of five persons including Śrīkarācārya, put forward their claims to that village. This dispute was referred to the Svāmī of Saṅkeśvara and Karavīra who decided on the authority of Vijñāneśvara, the Vyavahāramayūkha and the Dānakamalākara that though the document was executed in the name of five persons, the gift of the village with water, kuśa and gold was made to Śrīkarācārya alone and that therefore he alone was the true owner.