Local Government in Ancient India c15.14

c15.14

No. 343 of 1917 refers to the hostel attached to the temple where provision was made for feeding no less than 506 Brāhmans, among whom were the Brāhmans versed in the Vedas, Brāhmans in general, and the Śrī-Vaiṣṇavas. This number probably included the 340 students and ten Professors of the Sanskrit college mentioned above. It is also stated in the record that ‘the great men in charge of the *ūrvāriyam* (i. e. the village supervision committee) were made responsible for the daily supply of the firewood required for the hostel. It is further stated that Brāhman merchants were lent some money by the assembly, the interest on which was paid by them in kind, in the shape of supplying sugar and other necessaries; and half the surplus quantity of *ghī*, milk, and curds left after meeting the requirements of worship was made over to the hostel.