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Hail! From the
victorious residence at Kāṇḍāli, the illustrious king
Pr̥thivī[śrī]mūla, blessed by the feet of his parents;
impeccable upholder of all laws on class and stage of life,
through [his] intelligence and discrimination produced by
[his] perception of the meanings of the words enjoined in
revelation and tradition; who had undertaken the heavy
burden of sovereignty with the sole purpose of favoring
others; devout worshiper of Maheśvara; son of the celebrated
great king Śrī Prabhākara, whose fame was the ornament of
all quarters of space, whose unsurpassed store of merit had
been obtained by the veneration of the feet of gods,
brahmins and masters, commands all residents of the district
of Tāḻupāka, starting with the governors (
‘Be it known to
you that the village called Cūyipāka, amidst the four
villages Viḷendi, Reṅguṭa, Kampāṟu and Tukura, has been
given to forty-three (Brahmins), born from families of
teachers, of various
And also:
The one who would steal land given by himself or another imbibes the sin of the slayer of of a hundred thousand cows.
The giver of land revels sixty thousand years in heaven; the one who confiscates [land] as well as the one who approves (of the confiscation) will reside as many [years] in hell.
Hear the fruit of the virtuous man who protects it scrupulously: during numerous thousands of aeons he plays in heaven with the gods.
By numerous [kings], land has been given; and by many it has been protected. Whoever holds land at a given moment, to him does the fruit then belong.
The executor is [the king’s] own mouth. Twenty-five 25 years of [his] prosperous, victorious reign. [Fortnight] 4 of the rains. Day 3.
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