Miraj Stone Inscription of Vijayāditya

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Success! Hail! Pṛthvīseṭṭi, the Chief of the Seventy-thousand country; Boppaṇayya of Miriñje; the royal merchant; the great trader Vesapayyaseṭṭi; Sovaṇaseṭṭi, the restorer of the conventional usages; Cikka Cavuṇḍasetti, the Mūliga of Bāge; Da……vaseṭṭi of Doṇikoḍa, who bears the Mummuri-staff; Jayasiṅga Siriyamaseṭṭi of Tolakale; Hemseṭṭi, the chief of the province; Mallaseṭṭi, the chief of the Seṭṭis of Kuṇḍili; Kuvara Lakkaseṭṭi; Nigalada Ketiseṭṭi; Sūraseṭṭi, Āketaseṭṭi and Chavuṇdaseṭṭi, sons of Bondalabbe of Seḍambāl; Koppaseṭṭi of the same place and Hollaseṭṭi of ……………… who are the foremost among the Five-hundred Svāmīs, all the bearers of the Bhalluṅki-staffs and all the bearers of the Mummuri-staffs, who are resplendent with a series of numerous titles such as ‘adorned with numerous virtues obtained by their observance of the edicts of the Five-hundred Heroes famous in the whole world, who are virtuous by truthfulness, pure conduct, pleasing behaviour, policy, courtesy and knowledge as well as by their observance of the Vīra-Baṇañja Code, resplendent with their banner with the device of a hill, exalted with abundant adventurous spirit, embraced by the lady Fame, whose breast is resorted to by the Goddess of Victory obtained by their own arms, who have become eminent in the whole world by their valour, who are born in the race of Vāsudeva, Khaṇḍalī and Mūlabhadra, who are residents of thirty-two coastal towns, eighteen cities and sixty-four ghaṭikā-sthānas, the sixteen Gavaregas, the Gātrigas, the Seṭṭis the Seṭṭi-guttas, the baccas, the bangle-sellers, the scent-merchants, the heads of districts and the chiefs among them, ‘the kings,’ ‘the princes,’ the maṅkas, the maṅka-marevas, the title-holders, the heroic merchants, the Bārikas and the fellows of the Bārikas, the thousand and seven hundred Gavares—all these belonging to the eight provinces included in the various countries—who hail from Abhicchatra and who are lords of the town of Ayyāvale, and who have obtained the gracious boon of the divine Bhagavatī—

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These—having assembled at Seḍambāl as the General Body of the Country, representing all the districts, namely, the districts of Piriyugavāra, the district of Siriguppe, the district of Jugulakoppa and and district of ……………… holding the Friday market in that town on Friday, the 6th tithi of the bright fortnight of Bhādrapada in the Śaka year 1065, the cyclic year being Dundubhi—granted the following dues for the offerings in worship of the divine Mādhaveśvara, whose temple has been constructed by Mādirājayya, the Mahāprabhu of Seḍambāl:-

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Twenty nuts on a half-load of areca-nuts sold in the market; twelve nuts on a shoulder-bag; twenty-five nuts on an ass-load; fifty areca-nuts on a bullock’s half-load; twenty areca-nuts per gold coin (hoṅga) from purchasers; a hundred and fifty betel-leaves on each load; two solasa on a pitcher of oil; two solasa on a pitcher of clarified butter; one maund of oil on each cart-load; six maunds on each buffalo-load of various kinds of grains; one balla on a bullock-load of them; two maunds on each ass-load of them; one ladleful on each maund in a hasara and one kolaga on a large quantity (oṭṭil); one saṇḍage of wicks for the god’s lamp on each hasara of cotton.

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The Seṭṭiguttas on their part donated the following dues: one bed-cloth and a bowl for sandal paste on laying down each shoulder-bag of merchandise; a hāga (coin) on each hoṅga (gold coin) for those who examine stamped paṇas; one stick of superior quality on each sale of araṇabhaṇḍī (best cart); one kolaga on the sale of a cart-load of various grains.

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One hāga (coin) shall be given by the people of the town on each marriage for the festival in Caitra; one hāga (coin) per house shall be given by the members of the guilds of the town for oil required for the lamps lighted in the festival of Dipāvali; one pot shall be given on each shop of the potters; one aḍḍa shall be paid to the god by the goldsmiths as the assay-fee of each hoṅga (gold coin); one pair of slippers shall be given by shoe-makers every six months; one moru shall be given by the basket-makers at each fair; one strap shall be given by the cobblers for every six months.

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He who will infringe this arrangement shall incur the great sin of killing a thousand cows on the bank of the Gaṅgā, at Prayāga, Vārāṇasī and Kurukṣetra. He shall incur the great sin of killing his own eldest son at the holy places sacred to Āditya (the Sun) and eating from his skull.

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Hail! While the illustrious Mahāmaṇḍaleśvara Vijayādityadeva is reigning from the permanent camp at Valavāḍa, being engaged in pleasant conversation—

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Bhāyipayya Nāyaka, the Mahāpradhān and Controller of customs, and Mālapayya Nāyaka, the Superintendent of markets of the district of Miriñje, who are dependent on his lotus-like feet, have donated the following dues for the offerings in worship of the God Mādhaveśvara, whose temple has been constructed by the Sāmanta Mādirājayya, the Prabhu of Seḍambāl, and for the provision of food to the ascetics of that place, on Thursday, the 10th tithi of the dark fortnight of Māgha, on the occasion of the festival of Śivarātri, after washing the feet of Sovarāśi Siddhāntideva, the priest of the monastery of that god, and after pouring out water—

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For the shops built within the town east of the rivulet flowing on the east of Seḍambāl, the oil-men and the shopkeepers shall give in the paddy-market, excluding the house-tax, a pitcher of oil, a pomma on loads of betel-leaves, and the miscellaneous dues, and half the dues inclusive of the tolls on bags of various kinds of grains, and one hundred and fifty superior areca-nuts on each bullock-load of the nuts tightly filled; the toll-collectors on duty in the revenue office shall give every month one eighth on each gold coin.

         (Here follow a benedictory and an imprecatory passage about the preservation and the infringement of the gift respectively.)