"We, the assembly of Sivachulamanimangalam, alias Sri-Vikramabharana-chaturvedimangalam [Ukkal] ordered as follows: “To the god of the Puvanimanikka-Vishnugriham in our village shall belong, as a divine gift (deva-bhoga), the village called Sodiyambakkam, a hamlet (Pidagai) to the north of our village, including the great flower-garden which belonged to this (temple) previously. The site of the village, the tank, the wet land, and dry land, and everything within its limits, on which the iguana runs and the tortoise crawls, for the worshippers of the god of his Puvanimanikka-Vishnugriham, for the requirements of the worship, for oblations (Tiruvamridu) at the three times of the day, for two perpetual lamps, for rows of lamps at twilight, for festivals, for the bathing of the Murti at solstices, equinoxes and eclipses, for offerings (Sribali), for supplies to the store-room of the temple, and for all other purposes. We shall not be entitled to levy any kind of tax from this village… If we utter the untruth that this not as stated above, in order to injure the charity, we shall incur all the sins committed between the Ganga and Kumari.[12] We, the assembly, agree to pay a fine of one hundred and eight kanam per day, if we fail in this charity through indifference."
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Inscription at Ukkal, quoted in South Indian Inscriptions: Vol 3; Corporate Life in Ancient India: R.C. Majumdar. also in Stories From Inscriptions: Profound Real-life Tales from Hindu Cultural History 2022 Stories From Inscriptions_ Profound Real-l - Sandeep Balakrishna
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