Linear Measure

To note the contents of the record, we find that it is issued by king Naravarman of the Paramāra dynasty; after the auspicious symbol and the expression jayō’bhyudayaścha, the inscription begins with the two oft-quoted stanzas in the Anushţubh metre, the first eulogising Vyōmakēśa and the second invoking the blessings of Smarārāti (Siva, in both the cases). Following this, it goes on to state the genealogy of the donor in the usual way, urz., the Paramabhaṭṭāraka, Mahārājādhirāja and Paramēśvara, the illustrious Sindhurāja, his successor P.M.P. Bhōjadēva, his successor P.M.P. Udayādityadēva, and his successor P.M.P. Naravarmadēva (11. 3-6). Line 6 begins to denote the main object of the record, stating that the P.M.P. Naravarmadēva, after taking bath on the confluence of the Rēvā and Kuvilārā and after performing the daily duties and having worshipped Bhavānīpati and the god Nīlakaṇṭha, announced, in the presence of Brāhmaṇas, the paṭṭakila and all who had assembled at the village of Mālāpuraka in the Bhagavatpura-pratijāgaraṇaka, included in the Imguṇīpadra-sārdhasaptaśata-bhōga, the gift of land which is stated to have been made by him when he was staying at the village of Chāmațikā (?). The donee was Viśvarūpa, who was the son of Mahirasvāmin and the grandson of Dhanapāla of the Bhāradvāja gōtra with its pravaras Bhāradvāja, Āngirasa and Bārhaspatya, who was a student of the Aśvalāyana śākhā and hailed from Adriyalavidā-sthāna which is stated to have been included in Dakshiṇāpatha (11. 15- 16).