He
got the Shasana or grant for the benefit of the temple with his self-acquired money.
Fifteen drammas were deposited in the treasury of Chaturjataka every month. He also
purchased and banded over to it three shops the income whereof was to be spent for the
daily offerings of flowers. He also made a grant of land for other miscellaneous expenses
and secured aid from merchants for certain festivities. Tripurantaka was one of the most devout Pashupata Acharyas who enriched the
shrine. He was also the last.8
A cataclysm more devastating than Nature's had overtaken
distant Delhi.
8 E I.I. pp. 271-287. The Cintra Prashasti of
Sarangadeva. |