Śeḍbāl Stone Inscription of the Reign of Vijayāditya

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While the illustrious mahāmaṇḍaleśvara Vijayādityadevarasa—with a string of epithets such as ‘he who has obtained the five mahāśabdas, the mahāmaṇḍaleśvara, the lord of Tagara, the best of cities,’ ‘the scion of the illustrious Śilāhāra family,’ ‘born in the lineage of Jīmūtavāhana,’ ‘he who has the banner of the golden Garuḍa,’ ‘he who is cupid among heroes,’ ‘a serpent to the enemy forces,’ ‘a cupid in appearance,’ ‘the sun among archers,’ ‘Bhīṣma in purity,’ ‘the lion-like son of his father,’ ‘lofty in adventure,’ ‘a lion to the enemy elephants,’ ‘he who has obtained the boon of the Goddess Mahālakṣmī’—is ruling over the kingdom, in the enjoyment of pleasant conversations, from the headquarters of Valavāḍa—

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In the Śaka year 1075, in the cyclic year Śrīmukha, Caitra, bright fortnight, 5 on Sunday—

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the goldsmith Nāgoja and Reva-gāvuṇḍa have entrusted to all the assemblies, with the pouring of water, with the knowledge of the mūliga and eṇṭṭuhiṭṭu (guilds and the governments) the davaṇ-āya (i.e. income from fixed periodical taxation), at the rate of one visa per honnu, granted by the assemblies of traders’ guilds and the goldsmith Nāgoja, to the basadi and the temple built by the assemblies; this davaṇ-āya income at the rate of one visa per honnu, should be equally distributed to the basadi and the temple by Revagāvuṇḍa, led by the assemblies.

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Again, for each marriage, celebrated with the beating of drums in the street, and the marriage celebrated in the Cinna-keri, a tax of one hāga in money for each cloth of (i.e. sold by) the traders’ guilds, and for each cloth ……….. a tax at the rate of one visa per honnu should be remitted. This revenue should be properly shared by the basadi and the temple.

         (This is followed by the usual imprecatory verse.)