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DISPUTATION

Chap. I.

Venkatapati g of Kanaguduru was living at Kanagumuduru: so the said Venganna sent [a bramin named] Mahankāli Sēsham Bhatlu to the said two villages: and summoned his two nephews.

2. He bestowed the eldest girl O′balu on Kesapuram Ternvengalappa, and [the youngest] on Kanagumudúri Venkatapati in marriage: by the rite called 'gift of a maiden:' and at the time of making the betrothal, he sent for the co-heirs (dāyādi) named Pullam Raz and Timma Raz: he in writing bestowed his half share on his daughters with the consent of the (Sthānica) officiating priests in the temple, and that of the hereditary servants of the village giving each one quarter share.

Each of the co-heirs (Pullam E. and Timma R.[1]) had a daughter: they had no sons. They sent for youths (their nephews) of the Cāmanūri family and the Canyalūri family: on whom they respectively bestowed their daughters: and bestowed their shares by written deeds on these sons-in-law: like as Vengannà, had formerly bestowed his shares.

3. Thus they held [the shares.] Kamanūri-Tiruvengalappa and Kannelúri Vencatapatí performed the funeral rites &c.,[2] to their maternal uncle [Venganna of Rāmēswaram]: and regularly celebrated the annual obsequies. [But after they died, these] rites were performed by Timmaraz the son of Vencatapati. And Tirupati son of Tiruvengalappa likewise performed them.

Matters stood thus: but beginning from the years Sarvajit[3] and Sarvadhari, the priests asserted that they alone had the right to the four offices of (reddi) Reeve (carnicam) clerkship (Polimera) Bondsman and (archacatwam) priesthood. The officiating priests

  1. ↑ These men were Niyogi bramhans; who among the Telugus bear the title Raz if they are in secular employ. In this translation R. will denote "Rāz" or "Rauze."
  2. ↑ Among the Hindus, to celebrate a man's (havya casya) funeral is the special duty of his heir: and is looked upon as the public declaration of heirship: the anniversary of the death is solemnized also by the heir and by him alone.
  3. ↑ That is A. D. 1707 and 1708 answering to the Salivahana Sacam 1629 and 1630: but throughout the history the years are cited by titles alone: no numerals are stated. In 1707 the emperor Aungzebe-Alamgir died: the English rule had not commenced: at Madras there were but 300 Europeans of whom 200 were soldiers. In 1708 the East India Company was established.
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