SOUTH INDIAN INSCRIPTIONS VOLUME XIII. INSCRIPTIONS OF RAJAKESARIVARMAN.

⟨SIIv13p0i0001⟩ No. 1. (A.R. No. 570 of 1904.) TIRUVĀRŪR, NEGAPATAM TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE ACHALĒŚVARA SHRINE, TYĀGARĀJASVĀMIN TEMPLE.

This records a gift of two silver vessels in which offerings were to be made to god Tiruvaraneṟi-Āḻvār by Uḍaiyapirāṭṭiyār Śembiyaṉ-Mahādēviyār for the merit of Uttama-Chōḷadēva. This is evidently an inscription of the reign of Rājarāja I whose uncle was Uttama-Chōḷa.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] korājakecaripaṉmaṟku yāṇṭu 2- āvatu ḷ 30 coḻamāyilaṭṭiyār meṉāyaka [ceyu] śrī uttamacoḻa-

⟨2⟩ dēvarkkāka uṭaiya pirāṭṭiyār śrī cempiyaṉ mahādēviyār tiruvaraneṟi āḻvār[k*]ku amutu ceyya tirume[ykk]āppān

⟨3⟩ nilaṉ mātevaṉ kaṇkāṇiyoṭuṅ kuṭuttuvarakkāṭṭiṉa veḷḷiyiṉ maṭṭattaḷikai 1 ala-

⟨4⟩ ku nilai 5m veḷḷiyiṉ kalacappāṉai 1 [a]laku nilai 3 m itu paṉmāhēśvararakṣai ||

⟨SIIv13p0i0002⟩ No. 2. (A.R. No. 586 of 1904.) ŚRĪNIVĀSANALLŪR, MUSIRI TALUK, TRICHINOPOLY DISTRICT. ON THE EAST WALL OF THE KORAṄGUNĀTHAṈ TEMPLE.

This records a gift of 30 sheep and 30 goats to provide ghee for a perpetual lamp in the temple of Tirukurakkutuṟai-Perumāṉaḍigaḷ at Mahēndramaṅgalam, by Kāppiyaṉ Eḻuvaṉ Gaṅgādharaṉ of the village for the merit of Gaṅgādharaṉ Araṭṭaṉ. Judging from the writing the inscription may be ascribed to the reign of Gaṇḍarāditya.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] kovirācakecaripa[r*]mmaṟku yāṇṭu ira-

⟨2⟩ ṇṭāvatu piramateyam mahēndramaṅkalattu

⟨3⟩ kāppiyaṉ eḻuvaṉ gaṅgādharaṉeṉ ivvūr ti-

⟨4⟩ rukurakkutuṟaiy perumāṉaṭika(ḷ)ḷukku tiruṉon-

⟨5⟩ tāviḷakku candrāditavaṟ erippatāka aṭṭi kuṭutta ā-

⟨6⟩ ṭu cermari pātiyum veḷḷāṭu pātiyum āka āṟupatu

⟨7⟩ cāvāmuvāperāṭā perumāṉaṭika(ḷ)ḷukku aṭṭi kuṭu[t*]te-

⟨8⟩ ṉ eḻuvaṉ kaṅkātara(ṉ)ṉeṉ ivvāṭu aṟupatum iṭai-

⟨9⟩ yaṟku aṭuttu kuṭuttu ittiruviḷakku iśrīkoyil

⟨10⟩ d[ē]varkarmmika(ḷ)ḷome ivāṭu aṭuttu kuṭuttu

⟨11⟩ itiruṉo[n*]tāviḷakku ca[n*]drādittavaṟ eri[p*]pomāno[m*]

⟨12⟩ itevarkarmmikaḷom patineṭṭunāṭṭu pa[n*](m)māheśvara-

⟨13⟩ [ra*]kṣai [|*] idharmmam rakṣi[t]tār śrīpādaaṭi yen talai-

⟨14⟩ melana ||௳ idharmmam kaṅkātarana araṭṭanukkāvitu [||*] ⟨Page 2⟩

⟨SIIv13p0i0003⟩ No. 3. (A.R. No. 596 of 1904.) ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE SAME TEMPLE.

This inscription gives a list of the several tax-free temple lands with their incomes specifically allocated for the various requirements (of the temple) at the instance of Araiyar Āchārakānta-Brahmādhirāja to the Mūlaparishad of Mahēndramaṅgalam, who had this re-engraved on stone after collecting the necessary information, by appointing a committee (vārigam) for that purpose. Incidentally we learn that provision was made for the playing of music during the śrībali service by seven persons, three for mattaḷi, one for karaḍigai, one for tāḷam, one for paḍagam and one for śēgaṇḍigai. The characters of the record and its style seem to point to the time of Rājarāja I.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] kōvirājakēsarivarmmaṟkku yāṇṭu 2- āvatu brahmadēyam mahentrama-

⟨2⟩ ṅkalattut tirukkurakku[ttu]ṟai perumāṉaṭikaḷuṭaiya iṟaiyili tevatā-

⟨3⟩ ṉamāṉa nilaṅka[ḷai] ipperumāṉaṭikaḷukkut tiraḷa kaṉmel veṭṭi

⟨4⟩ nivantamāka aṭaikkaveṇṭumeṉṟu araiyar ācārakāntabrahmādhirājar

⟨5⟩ [imma]hentramaṅkalattu mulaparaṭaiyārkkuc colla immulaparaṭaiyārum

⟨6⟩ [i]pparicu icaintu paṇittu vārikamvaittu vaiykkappaṭṭa vārikarum kaṇakku-

⟨7⟩ [m] iruntu iṟaiyili tevatāṉamāṉa nilaṅkaḷai nivantañ ceytapaṭi [|*] tiru-

⟨8⟩ vamutu potu nāḻiyāka patteṭṭukkuttal muṉṟu potaikku nicatam arici

⟨9⟩ kuṟuṇi nāṉāḻiyiṉukku nilaṉ ālañcey nāṉku māvum ellai orumā nilaṉ

⟨10⟩ [māk k]āṇiyum kaḷāñcey orumāvaraiyum neyyamutu potu āḻākkāka nicatam

⟨11⟩ [uḻa]kkāḻākkiṉukku nilaṉ nāvaṟccey iraṇṭu māvum cempuṇivāram ira-

⟨12⟩ [ṇ]ṭu māvum tiruvārādhiṉai ceyyum brāhmaṇaṉ oruvaṉukku kaṇattār pe-

⟨13⟩ ruñcey eṭṭumāvil me[ṟ*]kkaṭaiya nāṉmāvarai muntirikai[yu]m sandhivi-

⟨14⟩ ḷakku nicatam patiṉeṭṭukku nicatam eṇṇai uḻakkāḻākkiṉukku kiḻakkaṭaiya

⟨15⟩ muṉṟu mākkāṇi araikkāṇi muntirikaiyum arccanābhōgam māṇ iraṇṭiṭṭu

⟨16⟩ veṇṭum paṇi ceyya nilaṉ cempuṇivāram nāṉku māvum marutañcey i-

⟨17⟩ raṇṭu māvum nikaḷikaṉoṭṭaik kūṟu iraṇṭu māvil teṟkkaṭaiya oru m[ā*]-

⟨18⟩ vum śrīpali eḻuntaruḷumpotu piṭiviḷakkiṉukku eṇṇai uḻakkiṉukku nika-

⟨19⟩ ḷika ṉoṭṭaikkūṟu iraṇṭu māvil vaṭakkaṭaiya oru māvum uvaccu mattaḷi mu-

⟨20⟩ ṉṟum karaṭikai oṉṟum tāḷam oraṇaiyum paṭakam oṉṟum cekaṇṭikai oṉṟum

⟨21⟩ āka eḻāḷkoṇṭu muṭṭāmey koṭṭa koṭuṅkoṭu iṭṭe[ri]kku me[ṟ*]kkum āṟṟuk-

⟨22⟩ kulaikku vaṭakkum vā[y*]ttalaikku kiḻakkum peruvāykkālukkut teṟkkum

⟨23⟩ āka innaṭuvupaṭṭa nilaṉ uṇṇilamoḻiviṉṟiyum itaṉoṭu maṭainta ki-

⟨24⟩ ḻiṭṭe[ri] oru māvaraiyum teṉṉūr mūṉṟu māvum kāḷam iraṇṭu ūta kuraṅ-

⟨25⟩ kaṉ vacakkal kālum aracaṅkāl irumāvaraiyum 1

⟨SIIv13p0i0004⟩ No. 4. (A.R. No. 514 of 1905.) TIRUVEḶḶAṞAI, TRICHINOPOLY TALUK, TRICHINOPOLY DISTRICT. ON THE WEST WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE IN THE JAMBUNĀTHA TEMPLE.

The inscription records an agreement given by the Mūlaparishad of Tiruveḷḷaṟai to burn a perpetual lamp in the temple of Tiruvāṉaikkallil-Bhaṭṭārakar with the interest on 25 kaḻañju of gold endowed by Marudan Āchchan of Śaṅkarappāḍi, (a hamlet of) Tiruveḷḷaṟai.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] korācakecarivaṟmma[r*]kku yāṇṭu 2- [i*]raṇṭā(ā)vatu tiruveḷḷaṟai caṅkarappāṭi marutan āccan tiruvāṉaikkal[li]l bhaṭṭārakaṟkku vai[t*]ta no[n*]tāviḷakku o(ka)nṟu itukku vaitta

⟨2⟩ poṉ 2[5*] irupat[tu] aiṅkaḻaiñcu itu mutal niṟkkap palicaiyāl cantrādi[tya*]vaṟ erip po(m)māno mivvūr mulaparu-

⟨3⟩ ṭaiyom rakṣai ||— ⟨Page 3⟩

⟨SIIv13p0i0005⟩ No. 5. (A.R. No. 532 of 1905.) ON A PILLAR IN THE ROCK-CUT CAVE, PUṆḌARĪKĀKSHA PERUMĀḶ TEMPLE IN THE SAME VILLAGE.

The inscription is fragmentary and damaged. It stops with the mention of the big (temple ?) at Tiruveḷḷaṟai.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] koirāja[kesarivamma]-

⟨2⟩ [rk*]ku yāṇṭu 2- āvatu tiruve[ḷḷa]-

⟨3⟩ ṟai [pe]riya [śrī]

⟨SIIv13p0i0006⟩ No. 6. (A.R. No. 184 of 1907.) UṞAIYŪR, TRICHINOPOLY TALUK, TRICHINOPOLY DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, PAÑCHAVARṆĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

The inscription is built in at the end of each line. It records a gift of land by Kavuṇiyaṉ Neri••••• of Uṟaiyūr, a brahmadēya village in Uṟaiyūrkūṟṟam, to provide for the daily supply of ghee at one uḻakku for a perpetual lamp in the temple.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] kovi[rā*]jakecarivanma[r*]kku yāṇṭu 2- āvatu uṟaiyūrk kūṟṟattu brahmadēyam uṟaiyūr kavuṇiyaṉ neri•••••••••

⟨2⟩ pāṟkellai ittevar nilam kaṟaiyāṉkoḷḷi araikkā(l)lukkum kamukaṅkāl nilattukku meṟkum koṭu•••••••

⟨3⟩ ṉ centaṉvacakkalu muḻutukoṇṭu aṭṭakkaṭava ney cūla vuḻakkāl nicatam uḻakku ney iravum pakalum ca•••••••••

⟨SIIv13p0i0007⟩ No. 7. (A.R. No. 239 of 1907.) TIRUVIḌAIMARUDŪR, KUMBHAKONAM TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, MAHĀLIṄGASVĀMIN TEMPLE.

This records an endowment of 8 Īḻakkāśu by a certain Kurālai Duggaiya-Kramavittaṉ of Ēmanallūr, a brahmadēya village in Maṇṇi-nāḍu on the northern bank (of the Kāvēri), who was an agent of a chief (?) of Kīḻā-nāḍu, for the daily supply of ten plantain fruits for offering to the image of Purāṇa-Gaṇapati set up on the south side of the Mūlasthāna at Tiruviḍaimarudil in Tiraimūr-nāḍu on the southern bank. The money was entrusted to the Sēnaiyār (Military Community ?) of the place. The currency of Ceylon coinage here may by noted.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] kovirācakecaripanma[r*]kku yā-

⟨2⟩ ṇṭu 2- āvatu teṉkarai tiraimurnāṭṭu

⟨3⟩ tiruviṭai marutil śrīmulastāṉattu[t] te-

⟨4⟩ ṟke yeḻuntaruḷi irukkum purāṇagaṇapa-

⟨5⟩ tikaḷukkuk kiḻānāṭṭuk koṉārkaṉmi vaṭakarai ma-

⟨6⟩ ṇṇiñāṭṭu brahmadēyam emanallūr kurālai

⟨7⟩ tukkaiya kramavittaṉ tiruviṭaimarutil ceṉai-

⟨8⟩ yārvaḻi kuṭutta īḻakkācu 8 ikācu eṭṭi-

⟨9⟩ ṉāl vanta poliyūṭṭiṉāl cantrādityava-

⟨10⟩ ṟ nicatam pattu vāḻaippaḻam iṭuvo-

⟨11⟩ māṉon tiruviṭaimarutil ceṉaiyom itu

⟨12⟩ pa[nmāhēśvara rakṣai] [||*] ⟨Page 4⟩

⟨SIIv13p0i0008⟩ No. 8. (A.R. No. 314 of 1907.) TIRUVIŚALUR, KUMBHAKONAM TALUK TANJORE DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, ŚIVAYŌGANĀTHASVĀMIN TEMPLE.

This records a gift of 90 sheep and a ram for a perpetual lamp in the temple of Tiruviśalūr-Perumāṉaḍigaḷ at Amaṉināraṇa-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, a dēvadāṉabrahmadēya in Maṇṇi-nāḍu by Peṇṇāgaḍa-Mūvēndavēḷār of Peṇṇāgaḍam in Tañjāvūrkūṟṟam. Avaninārāyaṇa is a well-known surname of Parāntaka I as also that of the Pallava king Nandivarman III.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī |— kovirājakesaripanma[r*]kku yāṇṭu 2- āvatu vaṭakarai maṇṇināṭṭu tevatāṉa- brahmatēyam

⟨2⟩ amaṉināraṇaccaturvvētimaṅkalattu tiruvicalūr perumāṉaṭiyaḷukku tañcāvūrk kūṟṟattup peṇṇākaṭammuṭaiyāṉāṉa peṇṇākaṭa mu-

⟨3⟩ ventaveḷār vaitta nontāviḷakkoṉṟu innontāviḷakkoṉṟiṉukkum vaitta āṭu toṇṇūṟu takaroṉṟu itu cantrādityava[ l panmāhē] śva-

⟨4⟩ rarakṣai ||—

⟨SIIv13p0i0009⟩ No. 9. (A.R. No. 317 of 1907.) ON THE SAME WALL.

This inscription registers an endowment of land after purchase for feeding a Vēda-Brāhmaṇa every midday in the temple at Tiruviśalūr by Pirāntakaṉ Iruṅgōḷaṉ alias Śiṟiyavēḷār of Koḍumbāḷūr, who was a general of king Parāntaka II Sundara-Chōḷa.

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Published in South Indian Inscriptions, Vol. III, No. 119.

⟨SIIv13p0i0010⟩ No. 10. (A.R. No. 156 of 1908.) TIRUNAṞAIYŪR, KUMBHAKONAM TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, SIDDHANĀTHASVĀMIN TEMPLE.

This records the gift of a silver plate and a pot and also a chauri with gold handle, by Uḍaiyapirāṭṭiyār Śembiyaṉ-Mahādēviyār alias Pirāntakaṉ-Mādēvaḍigaḷār to the temple of Siddhēśvaram-uḍaiya-Mahādēva at Tirunaṟaiyūr in Tirunaṟaiyūrnāḍu. The inscription should be one of Rājarāja I.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] kovirājakesaripanmaṟku yāṇṭu 3- āvatu tirunaṟai[yū]-

⟨2⟩ rnāṭṭut tevatāṉam tirunaṟaiyūr siddhēśvaramuṭaiya ma[hādē]-

⟨3⟩ varkku uṭaiyapirāṭṭiyār cempiyaṉ māteviyār[āṉa] pirāntakaṉ m[āte]-

⟨4⟩ [vaṭika]ḷār amutuceyyak kuṭutta veḷḷiyiṉ ṟaḷikai oṉṟuk•••

⟨5⟩ [ṉū]ṟṟu eḻupattu nāṟkaḻañcum veḷḷik kalacappāṉai oṉṟu••••

⟨6⟩ muṉṉūṟṟu nāṟpatiṉ kaḻañcum poṟkai cāmarai oṉṟum••••

⟨7⟩ mey kāppār nilaṉ māteva nak[ka]n kāṇiyoṭum kuṭutta [vi]••••

⟨8⟩ paṉmāheśvarara[kṣai] [||*] ⟨Page 5⟩

⟨SIIv13p0i0011⟩ No. 11. (A.R. No. 321 of 1910.) TIRUMEYJÑĀNAM, KUMBHAKONAM TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, JÑĀNAPARAMĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

This record states that the assembly of Nālūr, a brahmadēya in Śēṟṟūr-kūṟṟam sold the (right of collecting the) market-fees of the bazaar-street (in their village) for a lump sum of 25 kāśu to the temple of Mūlasthānattu-Mahādēva at Tirumayānam. The early characters of the inscription make it attributable to the time of Āditya I.

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Published in South Indian Inscriptions, Vol. III, No. 90.

⟨SIIv13p0i0012⟩ No. 12. (A.R. No. 329-A of 1910.) ON THE SAME WALL.

This inscription is damaged. It seems to record an endowment of an areca garden to the temple of Śaṁbarēśvara at Nālūr in Śēṟṟūr-kūṟṟam. This seems to be a record of Rājarāja I because of the close resemblance of its writing to that of a fragment of Rājēndra Chōḷa I immediately below.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] korā[cakecari va]rmma[r*]kku yāṇṭu iraṇṭāvatu [ce]ṟṟūrkkūṟṟattu brahmadē- yam nālūr kkavi•••••mparamēśvarattup perumāṉaṭikaḷukku eṟṟaikku candrādi- [ tyaṟ] anubhavippatākak kuṭutta [kamuka]•••••••••dēyam ā[rūr]cceriy eṉṉuṭaiya kamukampāttikku ellaiy kiḻpāṟkellaiy uṭaiyamā••

⟨2⟩ kālukku•••• [m]epāṟkellaiy ivvāṟṟukkālukke kiḻakkum vaṭapāṟkellaiy ••••••••• ṟkkum ivvicaitta innāṉkellaiyilu makappaṭṭa kamukampātti muṟṟum uṇṇilamoḻiviṉṟi aṉubhavikkum••••••••• taṉ śamparēśvarat tup perumāḷukku kaviṇiyaṉ tā[vaṉ] ceṭaṉeṉ itu panmā[hēśva]rarakṣai ||

⟨SIIv13p0i0013⟩ No. 13. (A.R. No. 222 of 1911.) TIRUNĀGĒŚVARAM, KUMBHAKONAM TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON A PILLAR LYING IN A MAṆḌAPA AT THE END OF THE STREET IN FRONT OF THE NĀGANĀTHASVĀMIN TEMPLE.

This inscription is engraved in archaic characters and has been assigned therefore to Āditya I. It records the provision made by the Perunagarattār (merchant community) of Kumaramāttāṇḍapuram in Tiraimūr-nāḍu for the renovation of the surrounding hall (tiruchchuṟṟālai) and the gōpura in a (Jaina) temple called the Milāḍuḍaiyār-paḷḷi. Kumaramārttāṇḍa seems to have been a surname of the Pallava king Nandivarman III (No. 199 of 1907).

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Published in South Indian Inscriptions, Vol. III, No. 91.

⟨SIIv13p0i0014⟩ No. 14. (A.R. No. 21 of 1914.) TIRUMAṆAÑJĒRI, MAYAVARAM TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, UDVĀHANĀTHASVĀMIN TEMPLE.

This records an order of Śembiyaṉ-Mahādēviyār, the mother of Uttama-Chōḷa fixing the allotment of paddy for the several items of daily expense in the temple of Tirukkaṟṟaḷi-Mahādēva at Tirumaṇañjēri, near Kaḍalaṅguḍi in Kuṟukkai-nāḍu, out of the produce from 14 vēli of land endowed by her in Mūlaṅguḍi in Nallāṟṟūr-nāḍu. This is evidently an inscription of the time of Rājarāja I. ⟨Page 6⟩

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] kovir[ā*][ja]kecaripaṉmaṟku yāṇṭu 2- āvatu uttamacoḻarait tiruvayiṟu vāytta pirāṭṭiyār cempiyaṉ mahādēviyār kuṟukkaināṭṭuk kaṭalaṅkuṭippāṟ ṟirumaṇañ ceṟit tirukkaṟṟaḷi mā-

⟨2⟩ dēvarkku nallāṟṟū[r*]nāṭṭu mulaṅkuṭi nilam pati(ṉ)nāl veliyuñ nivantañ ceytapaṭiyāvatu [|*] tiruccennaṭaikkut tiruvamirtarici patakku ārātikkum nampikku neṟ patakkum āka irunūṟṟumuppatiṉ kalam māṇira-

⟨3⟩ ṇṭukku ne[l*]lup patakku tiruviḷakku nālukku nellut tūṇiyum āka nellu nūṟṟu eṇpatiṉ kalam ne[y*]yamirtukku nicatam uḻakku nelluk kuṟuṇiyum aṭaikkāyamirtukku nāṉāḻiyum kaṟiamirtukku nāṉāḻiyum

⟨4⟩ tiruppatiyam p[ā*]ṭuvār nālvarkku ne[l*]lut tūṇiyum uvaccar pattāḷukku ne[l*]lu irutūṇi irunāḻiyumāka nellu nānūṟṟu irupattu eḻukalaṉe tūṇip patakku kāḷamum cekaṇṭikaiyum āka nellu patakku nanta-

⟨5⟩ vāṉam iṟaippār muvarkku nellu mukkuṟuṇiyum tiruppaḷḷittāmam paṟippār iruvarkku neṟ kuṟuṇiyum tirumeḻukiṭuvār iruvarkku••• aṟunāḻiyumāka nellu nūṟṟut toṇṇūṟṟu aiyṅkalaṉ eṅka(ḷ)ḷukkevaḻi••• talvarai idhanmam rakṣippār nāṟpatteṇṇāyira panmāhēśvarakṣai aṟamaṟavaṟka ||—

⟨SIIv13p0i0015⟩ No. 15. (A.R. No. 466 of 1918.) TIRUVEṆKĀḌU, SHIYALI TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON A PILLAR NEAR THE NORTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, ŚVĒTĀRAṆYĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

This is a damaged inscription recording a gift of 96 sheep (for a lamp). Mention is made of Perunaṟkiḷḷi-Chōḷa (See No. 21 below).

Text.

⟨1⟩ rājakecari-

⟨2⟩ panma[ṟ*]kku yāṇṭu

⟨3⟩ 2- āvatu peruna[ṟ*]-

⟨4⟩ ki[ḷ*]ḷi coḻarkku

⟨5⟩ ca••• tañcāvūr

⟨6⟩ ••• ṭi mañca-

⟨7⟩ •••• ḷatta-

⟨8⟩ •••• ri te-

⟨9⟩ •••• ko-

⟨10⟩ •••• lai-

⟨11⟩ •••• viṭṭa

⟨12⟩ •••• kku oru

⟨13⟩ ••••••

⟨14⟩ cāvāmu-

⟨15⟩ vāperāṭu toṇ-

⟨16⟩ ṇūṟṟāṟu i••••

⟨SIIv13p0i0016⟩ No. 16. (A.R. No. 491 of 1918.) ON THE EAST INNER GŌPURA, LEFT SIDE, OF THE SAME TEMPLE.

This records an endowment of 60 kaḻañju of gold by a certain Ayyaṉ Vēmbaḍigaḷ of the Pārttivaśēkarat-teriñja-Kaikkōḷar (regiment ?) for daily offerings and for feeding in the temple of Tiruveṇgāḍudēvar. The assembly of Nāṅgūr received the amount and sold to the temple tax-free, one vēli of land for this purpose. Among the boundaries of the land mentioned, are a high road leading to Paṭṭaṉam (Kāvērippūmpaṭṭiṉam), and another land which had been endowed to the temple by a certain Kottappichchōḻar (Pottapi-Chōḷa). This person may be identical with the chief Pottappichchōḻar Śattiyaraiyar figuring in a record from Vṛiddhāchalam in the South Arcot district (No. 49 of 1918), dated in the 7th year of Rājarāja I, and hence the present inscription may be assigned to that king. Pārthivaśēkhara after whom the Kaikkōḷar regiment was called seems to have been a title of Rājarāja. ⟨Page 7⟩

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⟨1⟩ śrī kovirājakecaripanmaṟku

⟨2⟩ yāṇṭu 2- vatu tiruveṇkāṭu-

⟨3⟩ tevar[k*]ku nāṅkūr sabhaiyō-

⟨4⟩ m pārttivacekaratteriñca-

⟨5⟩ kaikkoḷaril ayyaṉa vem-

⟨6⟩ paṭikaḷ oru kalam uttamāgra-

⟨7⟩ m āḷvār amutu ceyyu-

⟨8⟩ mva[ṇ*]ṇam ūṭṭa koṇṭa cem-

⟨9⟩ pon aṟupatin kaḻañcu ip-

⟨10⟩ pon koṇṭu kuṭutta nilamāva-

⟨11⟩ tu [|*] tenpiṭākai viṟṟu kuṭu[k*]kum sa-

⟨12⟩ bhaiyom nilattu[k*]ku kiḻa[k*]kum

⟨13⟩ tiruveṇkāṭṭu vā[y*]kkālukku teṟ-

⟨14⟩ kum kottappic coḻar uttamā-

⟨15⟩ gra nilattu[k*]ku meṟkum paṭṭaṉapperu-

⟨16⟩ vaḻikku vaṭakkum naṭu[vu]paṭṭa nilam ve-

⟨17⟩ li innilam epperppaṭṭa iṟaiyu-

⟨18⟩ m eccoṟum kāttu kuṭuppomā-

⟨19⟩ nom nāṅkūr sabhaiyom

⟨20⟩ itu cantrādittavaṟ [||*]

⟨SIIv13p0i0017⟩ No. 17. (A.R. No. 607 of 1920.) UḌAYĀRGUḌI (NEAR KĀṬṬUMANNĀRKŌYIL), CHIDAMBARAM TALUK, SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, ANANTĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

A gift of 12(1/2) kaḻañju of gold for a perpetual lamp in the temple of Tiruvanantīśvarattu-Paramasvāmi at Vīranārāyaṇa-chaturvēdimaṅgalam by Kāñjai Tiruveṇkāḍa-Kramavittaṉ of Kōdaṇḍarāmachchēri. Viranārāyaṇa was a surname of Parāntaka I. This record might be referred to the reign of either Gaṇḍarāditya or Sundara-Chōḷa.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [|*] kovirā-

⟨2⟩ j(ā)kecari pa[n*]ma[ṟ*]ki yā[ṇṭu*] 2- ā-

⟨3⟩ [va*]tu vaṭakarai brahmadēyam śrī viranā-

⟨4⟩ rāyaṇa ca[tu*]rvvēdimaṅkala[t*]tu tiruva [na*]-

⟨5⟩ ntisvara[t*]tu paramasvāmi koyilil

⟨6⟩ tirunoṉtāviḷak kerikka ca[ntr]ā-

⟨7⟩ dittavaṟ erippataṟkku śrīko-

⟨8⟩ taṇṭarāma[c*]ceri kāñcai tiruveṇ[kā*]-

⟨9⟩ ṭa kramavittaṉ vaitta poṉ paṉ-

⟨10⟩ niruk kaḻaccaraiyum ko 1

⟨SIIv13p0i0018⟩ No. 18. (A.R. No. 124 of 1925.) TIRUVĀḌUTURAI, MAYAVARAM TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, GŌMUKTĪŚVARA TEMPLE.2

This is an incomplete inscription, recording a gift of 12 kaḻañju of gold for a perpetual lamp in the temple of Tiruvāvaḍutuṟai-Mahādēva at Śāttaṉūr, a brahmadēya in Tiraimūr-nāḍu by a merchant of Karuppūr. The writing appears to be earlier than that of No. 17 above.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*]

⟨2⟩ koirājake[sa]ripanmaṟ-

⟨3⟩ [ku] yāṇṭu 2- āvatu teṉka-

⟨4⟩ rai tiraimurnāṭṭu brahmadē-

⟨5⟩ yam cāttaṉūr śrī tiruvāvaṭu-

⟨6⟩ tuṟai mahādēva[r*]kku i[nnā]ṭṭu ka-

⟨7⟩ ruppūr viyāpāri kāri toṭṭam

⟨8⟩ oru nontāviḷakkiṉukku [v*]aitta po-

⟨9⟩ ṉ paṉṉiru kaḻañcu ippoṉṉi-

⟨10⟩ l tirukkoyiluṭaiyom moci

⟨11⟩ kāṭan tuṟaiyāṉu[m*] tampimā 3 ⟨Page 8⟩

⟨SIIv13p0i0019⟩ No. 19. (A.R. No. 267 of 1925.) TIRUVIḌAIKKAḺI, MAYAVARAM TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE MAṆḌAPA IN FRONT OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, SUBRAHMAṆYA TEMPLE.

This inscription is damaged. It seems to register the mortgage of a piece of land for the dues of 200 kalam of paddy by Koṟṟappaḷḷi Kaṇḍaṉ Ayyaṉ, a residentscholar (?) of the village, to the temple at Tiruviḍaikkaḻi, a dēvadāna in Kuṟumbūrnāḍu. The characters appear to be similar to those of No. 17 above.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] korājakecari-

⟨2⟩ (ri)vaṉma[r*]kku yāṇṭu 2- ā-

⟨3⟩ [va]tu kumpa nāyaṟṟu 1 [i]-

⟨4⟩ [v]vūr tiripūvaṉam[ā]••

⟨5⟩ ••koyil•••

⟨6-7⟩ •••••••••

⟨8⟩ ••• [k]kuṟumpūrnāṭṭu [t]e-

⟨9⟩ vatānaṉ tiruviṭai 1 kkaḻi niṉ-

⟨10⟩ ṟotu caṭṭaṉ koṟṟappaḷḷi-

⟨11⟩ k kaṇṭaṉ ayyaṉ ta[n]-

⟨12⟩ [per]kkiḻk ki[ṭa]kkum nilak[ku]-

⟨13⟩ ṭan iruṉūṟṟukkala nilak-

⟨14⟩ kaṭaṉ paṟṟu |||—

⟨SIIv13p0i0020⟩ No. 20. (A.R. No. 70 of 1928.) TIRUPPUGALŪR, NANNILAM TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, AGNIPURĪŚVARA TEMPLE.

This is a fragmentary epigraph registering a gift of a silver vessel to (god) Śrī Pugalūrdēva. Below and close to this is another fragment of the 3rd year of a king whose name is lost, which records gift of a silver pot to the same deity by Pa(Bha)ṭṭaṉ Dānatuṅgi[yār], a queen of Uttama-Chōḷa.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] kōrājakēsarivanma[r*]kku yāṇṭu iraṇṭāvatu śrī pukalūrdēvarkku ••••

⟨2⟩ [ce]yyak kuṭutta veḷḷi vi•••••••• aṟuṉūṟṟeṇpattai•••

⟨1⟩ kēsarivarmmaṟkku yāṇṭu 3- āvatu śrī uttamacoḻadēvar dēviyār paṭṭaṉ dānatuṅgi•• ••••

⟨2⟩ ittiruvāykku ṉir mā[ttu]k kuṭutta veḷḷik kalacap pāṉai oṉṟu ṉi•••

⟨3⟩ pattuṉāl kaḻañcu itu panmāhēśva[ra*] rakṣai [||*]

⟨SIIv13p0i0021⟩ No. 21. (A.R. No. 143 of 1928.) TIRUPPAḺANAM, TANJORE TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, ĀPATSAHĀYĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

This records a gift of 30 kaḻañju of gold for a perpetual lamp in the temple of Mahādēva at Tiruppaḻaṉam, a dēvadāna in Miṟai-kūṟṟam, by Śōḻaperumānaḍigaḷ Peruneṟkiḷḷich-Chōḷa. The donor is evidently identical with king Rājakēsarivarman himself who was called so after his great ancestor Perunaṟkiḷḷi of Śaṅgam fame who performed the Rājasūya sacrifice. The same surname is found for the donor in No. 15 above from Tiruveṇkāḍu, which is also dated in the 2nd year of Rājakēsarivarman.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] koirāca[ke]śaripanma[r*]kku yāṇṭu 2- āvatu miṟaikkūṟṟattu tevatāṉam tiruppaḻaṉattu mahādēva[r*]kku coḻaperumā(ṉ)naṭikaḷ peruneṟki[ḷ]ḷiccoḻa[r*] nicatam oru nontā-

⟨2⟩ [vi*]ḷakku iravum [pakalum] cantrādittaval erivataṟkku vaitta poṉ 30 [||*] ⟨Page 9⟩

⟨SIIv13p0i0022⟩ No. 22. (A.R. No. 191 of 1931.) TIRUCHCHATTURAI, TANJORE TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, ŌDANAVANĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

This records an endowment of 145 kaḻañju of gold by Śōmāśi Śēndaṉ alias Śōḻaperuṅkāvidi, the Madhyastha of Āyirattaḷi, for daily offerings in the temple of Tiruchchōṟṟuttuṟai-Mahādēva. The Patipādamūla-Paṭṭuḍai-dēvakanmis of the temple undertook to maintain this gift with the (interest in) paddy derived from the temple land at Koḍiyālam.

Text.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] koirājakecaripaṉmaṟkku yāṇṭu 2- āvatu

⟨2⟩ tiruccoṟṟuttuṟai mādēvarkku āyirattaḷi maddhya(ya)staṉ

⟨3⟩ comāci ceṉtaṉāṉa coḻa peruṅkāviti akkāraṭalaikku

⟨4⟩ vaiy[t*]ta poṉ 145 ippoṉṉāl kaḻañciṉ vā-

⟨5⟩ y pūvil kalamāka āṇṭuvarai vanta palicai nel-

⟨6⟩ lu 290 100 iñelā[l*] 10-8 ku[t*]tal paḻavarici kūlikku nel tū paru[ppu]

⟨7⟩ 2kku ne[l*]lu 72 pāl [12]kku ne[l*]lu [ca](ṟ)rkkarai [pa]-kku [ne][l*]lu vāḻai-

⟨8⟩ paḻa ṉukku ne[l*]lu neyamutu ntakku ne[l*]lu aṭaikkā[y*] amutu

⟨9⟩ 5 ṉukku ne[l*]lu nta miṭivukku ne[l*]lu viṟakukku ne[l*]lu 42 uppukku

⟨10⟩ nel āka ne[l*]lu ippoṉ tevarkke vaiy[t*]tu koṭi-

⟨11⟩ yāla[t*][til] tevar nelle koṇṭu cantirātitaval amutu ce-

⟨12⟩ (ce)[y]vomāṉo[m*] patipātamula paṭṭu uṭai tevar kaṉmikaḷum 1 itu

⟨13⟩ [pa]nmāh[ē]śvara rakṣai śrī ||௳

⟨SIIv13p0i0023⟩ No. 23. (A.R. No. 349 of 1904.) KUḌUMIYĀMALAI, PUDUKKOTTAI STATE. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE ROCK-CUT SHRINE, MĒLAIKŌYIL TEMPLE.

This records a gift of 31 cows for the supply of milk for the early morning bath of the deity, and milk and ghee for offerings in the temple of Tirunīlakkuṉṟattu-Paramēśvara by Sandaiyaṉ, a cavalier of Mahimālaiya-Irukkuvēḷār. This Irukkuvēḷār is also called Parāntakaṉ Vīraśōḻaṉ in No. 117 (published below) dated in the 5th year of the king. This may be a record either of Gaṇḍarāditya or Parāntaka II Sundara-Chōḷa.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] kovi[rā*]cake-

⟨2⟩ caripaṉma[r*]kku yāṇṭu

⟨3⟩ 3- āvatu ivvāṇṭu

⟨4⟩ uṭaiyār ma[hi]mālai-

⟨5⟩ ya irukkuveḷār ku-

⟨6⟩ tirai amm[ā]n sa[n]-

⟨7⟩ taiyaṉ tirunilakku-

⟨8⟩ ṉṟattup parame-

⟨9⟩ ś(va)rar[k*]ku ciṟukā(ṭa)lai-

⟨10⟩ ccanti pālāṭi aruḷa-

⟨11⟩ vum oru po[t]aiyi[ṉ]-

⟨12⟩ koṇṭu muṉṟu can-

⟨13⟩ tiyum pālamirtu-

⟨14⟩ kkum ṉey[ya]mirtu-

⟨15⟩ kkum āka vaicca pa-

⟨16⟩ cu muppattoṉṟu i-

⟨17⟩ tu paṉmāhe[śva]-

⟨18⟩ (śa)ra rakṣai [||*]

⟨SIIv13p0i0024⟩ No. 24. (A.R. No. 466 of 1904.) VĒDĀRAṆYAM, TIRUTTURAIPPUNDI TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON A PILLAR IN THE MAṆḌAPA IN FRONT OF THE TYĀGARĀJA SHRINE IN THE VĒDĀRAṆYĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

This is slightly damaged. It seems to record a gift of 90 sheep for a perpetual lamp in the temple of Mahādēva at Tirumaṟaikkāḍu, a dēvadāna in Umbaḷa-nāḍu, by a lady, Naṅgai [Pa]ravvaiyār, a ‘pārikai’ in the Big Temple (or palace ?) at Tiruvārūr and another individual, probably an officer of the king (Tiru-u7lagaperumāṉār). ⟨Page 10⟩

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] koirā[cakecari]panmaṟku yāṇ-

⟨2⟩ ṭu 3- āvatu ivvāṇ ṭumpaḷa(na)-

⟨3⟩ nāṭṭup peruntevatāṉan tirumaṟaik[kāṭṭu]

⟨4⟩ mātevar[kku] tiruvārur periya koi[lil] nā-

⟨5⟩ [ya]ṉār [pārikai] naṅkai [pa]ravvaiyārum(n) tiru-

⟨6⟩ [u]lakaperumā(ṟa)ṉār vāriyal paḻa[nti]kka••

⟨7⟩ ••ṇṇi [v*]aicca no(tā)ntāviḷakku

⟨8⟩ oṉṟukku [vaicca vā]ṭu toṇṇūṟu-

⟨9⟩ ṅ koṇṭu tirumaṟaikkāṭaṉā[l nicata]-

⟨10⟩ m [u]ḻakku ne[y*] yaṭṭuvomāṉom ca[ṅ]kara••••

⟨SIIv13p0i0025⟩ No. 25. (A.R. No. 469-A of 1904.) ON ANOTHER PILLAR IN THE SAME MAṆḌAPA.

This records a similar gift of 90 sheep left in charge of the servants of the temple at Tirumaṟaikkāḍu, a dēvadāna in Umbaḷa-nāḍu, for burning a perpetual lamp in the temple with an uḻakku of ghee daily, by a native of Vēlūr in Ōymā-nāḍu.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] kovirācakecaripaṉ-

⟨2⟩ maṟkku yāṇṭu 3- āvatu

⟨3⟩ umpaḷanāṭṭup perunteva-

⟨4⟩ [tānam] tirumaṟaikkāṭṭu mah[ā*]-

⟨5⟩ dēvaṟku oymāṉāṭṭu velū-

⟨6⟩ ruṭaiyāṉ ūraṉ tap •

⟨7⟩ • yan vaitta nontāviḷa-

⟨8⟩ kku 1- oṉṟukku vacca ā-

⟨9⟩ ṭu 90

⟨10⟩ toṇṇūṟuṅ ko-

⟨11⟩ ṇṭu tirumaṟaikkāṭaṉā-

⟨12⟩ l nicatam uḻakku ney can-

⟨13⟩ tirātitaval aṭṭuvomā-

⟨14⟩ ṉom idēvariṭaicāṉ-

⟨15⟩ ṟom viḷakku niṟai

⟨16⟩ ••itu [pa]nmāhē-

⟨17⟩ śva[ra*]rakṣai [||*]

⟨SIIv13p0i0026⟩ No. 26. (A.R. No. 597 of 1904.) ŚRĪNIVĀSANALLŪR, MUSIRI TALUK, TRICHINOPOLY DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE KORAṄGUNĀTHAṈ TEMPLE.

The inscription is damaged and a portion of it in the middle is lost. This registers a sale of land as a tax-free dēvadāṉa by the members of the Mūlaparishad of Mahēndramaṅgalam to the temple of Tirukkurakkuttuṟai-Perumānaḍigaḷ. Among the signatories occurs the name of a certain Śēkharaṉ Śāttaṉ of Koṟṟamaṅgalam, who is referred to as (a member) of the Maṇigrāmam (mercantile guild) of Rā[jakēsa]ripuram in Maḻa-nāḍu.

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] koirājakesari[pa]rmmaṟku yāṇṭu 3- muṉṟāvatu brahmadēyam mahēndramaṅkalattu mula[pa*]raṭaiyom eṅkaḷ po[tu] nilam aḻiccey yeṉṉum piyaruṭai ni-

⟨2⟩ lam ivvūr tirukkurakkuttuṟai[pperumāṉa]ṭikaḷukku iṟaiyilitevatāṉamāka viṟṟaṟkicaitta vellai kiḻpāṟkellai kaṭavūrukku meṟku••• pāṟkellai pāratā•••••• •••

⟨3⟩ ṉ ivai eṉ eḻuttu ippaṭi aṟiveṉ•••• āḻkinṟa muttamiḻ ā[c]āryyar karmmi vaḻakū(r)ruṭaiyāṉ kaliyaṉ tuṇaiyaṉeṉ ivai(y) eṉ eḻuttu ippaṭi aṟiveṉ toṭṭiyattu karmakkaraṇakkāṟa nāraṇaṉ kākuttaṉeṉ ivai eṉ e[ḻu*]ttu ippaṭi aṟiveṉ

⟨4⟩ ūṟkara••••• eḻuttu ippaṭi aṟiveṉ ānmurkkūṟṟattu kiḻ•••••• ••• ivai eṉ eḻuttu ippaṭi aṟiveṉ maḻanāṭṭu ir[ājakeca]ripurattu maṇikkirāmattu koṟṟamaṅkalamuṭaiyāṉ cekaraṉ cāttaṉe- ⟨Page 11⟩

⟨5⟩ ṉ ivai eṉ eḻuttu ippaṭi aṟive[ṉ]•••• ṉ eḻu•• nārāyaṇaṉeṉ ivai eṉ e[ḻu*]ttu ippaṭi••••• vaṇiyaṉ ce[ṉta]ṉ n[ārāya]ṇaṉeṉ ivai eṉ eḻuttu ippaṭi aṟiveṉ uvacca nakilañ cātta(ṉ)ṉeṉ ivai eṉ eḻuttu

⟨6⟩ ippaṭi [aṟiveṉ] maḻanāṭṭukkaraṇattāṉ neṟkuppaiuṭaiyāṉ centaṉ mātevaṉe[ṉ*] ivai eṉ eḻuttu |||—

⟨SIIv13p0i0027⟩ No. 27. (A.R. No. 518 of 1905.) TIRUVEḶḶAṞAI, TRICHINOPOLY TALUK, TRICHINOPOLY DISTRICT. ON THE ROCK IN FRONT OF THE JAMBUNĀTHA TEMPLE.

The date of this inscription has been read in the M.E.R. for 1906 as 3[0]. The letters look more like 3- ṉṟuvatu than 30- āvatu and this seems to be the correct reading, since we have not come across a date later than the 27th year for any king bearing the mere name ṟājakēsarivarman.

This records an endowment of 70 kaḻañju of gold left in charge of the Mūlaparishad of Tiruveḷḷaṟai by Śāttuvāy Kāñjaṉ Dāmōdiraṉ, a resident of the village, for feeding a Brāhmaṇa versed in the Vēdas, every noon after offering in the temple of Tiruvāṉaikkal-Perumānaḍigaḷ.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] kovirācakecaripaṉmaṟku yā-

⟨2⟩ ṇṭu 3- [ṉṟu [ā*]]vatu tiruveḷḷaṟai tiruvāṉaik-

⟨3⟩ kaṟ perumānaṭika ḷuccampotu amutucey-

⟨4⟩ yumpotu vetam[va*]llānoru pirāhmaṇa-

⟨5⟩ ṉ uttamākra(ma)ttu ūṭṭuvikka ivūr-

⟨6⟩ ccāttuvāy kāñcan tāmotiraṉ ivūr-

⟨7⟩ kkallāl [vai*]cca poṉ eḻupatiṉ kaḻañ-

⟨8⟩ cu ippoṉ[niṉ] palicaiyāl ūṭṭuvitā-

⟨9⟩ ṉapaṭi tāla moṉṟu vaṭṭi loṉṟu patte-

⟨10⟩ ṭṭu kuttal paḻavarici nāṭuri kummāyamuṉ

⟨11⟩ ney āḻākkum paḻa miraṇṭum kāykka-

⟨12⟩ ṟi puḷiṅkaṟi tayir nāḻi porikkaṟikāmi[lai]-

⟨13⟩ [pā]kkiraṇṭu ipparicu cantirātittavaṟ ū-

⟨14⟩ ṭṭuvomānom mulapaṟaṭaiyom ra-

⟨15⟩ kṣai [||*]

⟨SIIv13p0i0028⟩ No. 28. (A.R. No. 519 of 1905.) ON THE SAME ROCK.

This records another endowment of money made by a member of the Maṇigrāmam of Uṟaiyūr for a similar purpose.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] kovirācakecaripaṉmaṟkku 1 ••

⟨2⟩ ṭu 3- āvatu tiruveḷḷa[ṟai] tiruvāṉai•••

⟨3⟩ perumānaṭi[ka*]ḷ u[c*]campotu amutuceyu[m]•••

⟨4⟩ vetamvallā[ṉ*] oru pirāhmaṇaṉai•••

⟨5⟩ ṭulitāka uṟaiyūr maṇi[k*]kirāmattu nā•••

⟨6⟩ nāccaṉ ivvūr kallā[l*] [v*]ai[c*]ca poṉ añ•••

⟨7⟩ kaḻañcu poṉniṉ palicaiyiṉāl•••

⟨8⟩ m[ā]kkira[ma]ttu ūṭṭuvatāṉapaṭi paḻavarici nā•••

⟨9⟩ yum paruppu u[ḻa*]kkaraiyum vāḻaippaḻa[m*] ira[ṇ*]ṭu•••

⟨10⟩ y oru piṭiyum kāykaṟiyum puḷiṅkaṟiyum po•••• ⟨Page 12⟩

⟨11⟩ kaṟiyum tayir nāḻi aṭaikkāy nālum i•••

⟨12⟩ ••• ṭi cantirātittavaṟ ūṭṭuvo(m)mā•••

⟨13⟩ ••• tiruvāṉaikkal [vā]riyarom nālani[ṟai]•••

⟨14⟩ ••• patu va[ṭ*]ṭil patinpalam mulapari•••

⟨15⟩ ••yār irakṣai |—

⟨SIIv13p0i0029⟩ No. 29. (A.R. No. 285 of 1906.) TIRUMĀLPURAM, ARKONAM TALUK, NORTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON THE WEST WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, MAṆIKAṆṬHĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

This records an endowment of 15 kaḻañju of gold by Madhurāntakaṉ Gaṇḍarādittaṉ for the daily supply of an uḻakku of oil for a lamp in the temple of Tirumālpēṟṟāḻvār, to be made by the ūrār (assembly) of Śerugūr in Valla-nāḍu, a division of Dāmar-kōṭṭam, in whose charge the amount was left by the donor. The inscription is evidently one of Rājarāja I since the donor largely figures in the other records of this king.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] kovirācakecaripanmaṟku yāṇṭu 3- āvatu [tāmarkko]ṭṭattu vallanāṭṭu[c cerukūr ūrom] kaiyeḻuttu [|*] maturāntakaṉ kaṇṭarātittaṉ pakkal (vi)yāṅkaḷ koṇṭu kaṭava tuḷaika•• ta-

⟨2⟩ nmakaṭṭaḷaiyāṟ patiṉaiṅkaḻañcu poṉ••••vom ippe••• kkup pe li ••••• tirumāṟpeṟṟu mahādēvarkku oru nontāviḷakkiṉukku cantrātittavaṟ nicatam muḻak ke-

⟨3⟩ ṇṇai tirunāraṇattoṭokku muḻakkāl tirumānpeṟṟāḻvārkku co[ti]viḷakkiṉukku nicata muḻakkeṇṇai aṭṭuvomāṉom cantrātittaval ivveṇṇai muṭṭāmai aṭṭuvo māṉom cerukūr ūrom [|*]

⟨4⟩ ivveṇṇai muṭṭil dhanmātaṉa muḷviṭṭu tāman[ṟā]ṭu kovukku nicatam araikkāl poṉ manṟa voṭṭik kuṭuttom immaṉṟupāṭiṟuttum ivveṇṇai muṭṭāmai aṭṭuvomāṉom eṇṇai eṭukkavantāṉu-

⟨5⟩ kku nicatam m[o*]ru coṟu kuṭuppomāṉom itu vaṉṟeṉṟom keṅkaiiṭaik kumariiṭai ce[y*]tār ce[y*]ta pāvam paṭuvom ipparicoṭṭi cilālekai ce[y*]tu kuṭuttom cerukūr ūrom ūr[ā*]r colla eḻutiṉeṉ

⟨6⟩ ivvūr vaikāṉasaṉ kūṭṭattā ṉāṟ[pa]ttiruvaṉeṉ ivai eṉ ṉeḻuttu itu panmāhēśvarar yirakṣai |—

⟨SIIv13p0i0030⟩ No. 30. (A.R. No. 292-A of 1906.) ON THE NORTH, WEST AND SOUTH WALLS OF THE SAME SHRINE.

This registers a sale of land by Kambattaḍigaḷ, son of Kandichchi Māppāṟṟaḍigaḷ of Tirumāṟpēṟu in Valla-nāḍu of Dāmar-kōṭṭam, to Madhurāntakaṉ Gaṇḍarādittaṉ who endowed it for a lamp in the temple. Among the boundaries of the land is mentioned a channel called Vimalāditya-vāykkāl. This may also be a record of Rājarāja I.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] [k]ovirācakecaripanmaṟku yāṇṭu 3- vatu tāmaṟkoṭṭattu vallanāṭṭut tirumāṟ peṟṟuk kanticci māppāṟṟaṭikaḷ makaṉ kampa[t*]taṭika ḷe[ḻutiṉa] vilaiyāvaṇak kaiyeḻuttu [|*] maturāntakaṉ kaṇṭarātittaṉ tirumāṟpeṟṟu māhātevaṟku vaitta

⟨2⟩ cotiviḷakkukku viṟṟukkuṭutta nilamāvatu [|*] kiḻpāṟkellai vimalātitta[vā][y*]kkālukku meṟkum teṉpāṟkellai tecālaiyāla••••lattukkum tiruvuṇṇāḻikaiyuṭaiya [aṅ] kāṭi civaṉ ṉilattukku[m*] vaṭakkum melpāṟkellai tiruvuṇṇā- ⟨Page 13⟩

⟨3⟩ ḻikaiyuṭaiya veṭṭattāṉ maṭṭattukkuk kiḻakkum [vaṭa]pāṟkellai kumiḻikkālukkum kuḻikkun t[eṟkku]m innāṉkellaiyuḷḷakappaṭṭa ni•••• ṟiṉāl karuttu [a]raiye iraṇṭu mānila [muṉṟi]luñ cu[tta]ṅkilum uṇṇilam oḻiviṉṟi maturāntakaṉ kaṇṭa-

⟨4⟩ [rā*]tittaṉpakkal peṟuvilaikkāṇaṅ kiḻikaikkoṇṭu viṟṟu vilaiyāvaṇañ ce[y*]tu kuṭutteṉ kanticci māppāṟṟaṭikaḷ makaṉ [kam]pattaṭikaḷeṉ itu panmāhecuva[ra*] ra[kṣ]ai—

⟨SIIv13p0i0031⟩ No. 31. (A.R. No. 294 of 1906.) ON THE SAME WALLS.

This is an incomplete record evidently of Rājarāja I. It seems to register a sale of land by the temple authorities of Tirumālpēṟu to Śōḻamādēviyār alias Pañchavaṉ Mādēviyār, queen of Perumāḷ Mummuḍi-Chōḷa (Rājarāja I), who endowed it to the temple for two perpetual lamps. Among the boundaries of the land is mentioned a land endowed by Madhurāntaka-Gaṇḍarādittaṉ for the sacred bath of the deity.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] kovirācakecaripanmaṟku yāṇṭu 3- vatu tāmaṟkoṭṭattu vallanāṭṭut tirumāṟ peṟṟu ti[ri]bhuvaṉa caṇṭecuvara-

⟨2⟩ ṉila vilaiyāvaṇak kaiyeḻuttu [|*] perumāḷ mummuṭicoḻar teviyār coḻamāteviyārākiya pañcavaṉmāteviyār tirumāṟ[peṟṟu]-

⟨3⟩ mātevaṟku vaitta nontāviḷakku iraṇṭukkum viṟṟukkuṭutta nilamāvatu [||*] kiḻpāṟkellai maturāntakaṉ kaṇṭarātittaṉ tiru[vaṭi]kaḷ snamana-

⟨4⟩ ttukku vaitta nilattukku meṟkum teṉpāṟkellai kumiḻikkālukku vaṭakkum melpāṟkellai tiruvuṇṇāḻikaiyuṭaiya [ati]kāri civa••• ṉ ṉilattu-

⟨5⟩ kku kiḻakkum vaṭapāṟkellai [pāla]••• veṭṭār vāykkālukku teṟkum iṉṉāṉkellai yuḷakappaṭṭa nilam••••• luñ curuṅ 1

⟨SIIv13p0i0032⟩ No. 32. (A.R. No. 295 of 1906.) ON THE SAME WALL.

This is identical with No. 285 of 1906 (No. 29 above).

⟨SIIv13p0i0033⟩ No. 33. (A.R. No. 306 of 1906.) ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, RUINED VISHṆU TEMPLE IN THE SAME VILLAGE.

This is a record of Rājarāja I. It consists of two portions, a Sanskrit verse and a Tamil prose passage recording the same grant, viz., a gift of 30 suvarṇas (gold coins-kaḻañju ?) by Āditya for feeding a Brāhmaṇa in a maṭha at Gōvindapāḍi. In the Tamil portion his name and family are detailed as Madhurāntakaṉ Āchchapiḍāraṉ, the son of Vīraśōḻa Iḷaṅgōvēḷār of Koḍumbāḷūr in Kōnāḍu. The donor was evidently a later member of the dynasty of Koḍumbāḷūr chiefs who were connected by ties of marriage with the Chōḷa kings, and some of whom played an important part in the military campaigns of Rājarāja's predecessors against Ceylon and the Pāṇḍyas (S.I.I.V, No. 980 and M.E.R. 1908, paras 84-91). ⟨Page 14⟩

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⟨1⟩ svasti [śrī] rājarājē samavati bhuvam

⟨2⟩ vatsarē yastriti[yē*] śrīmat gōvinda-

⟨3⟩ pāṭyāmruci bhavatilakaḥ kāmmādityanāmā [|*]

⟨4⟩ prādāt trimśat suvarnnam samaśanavidha-

⟨5⟩ yē bhūsurēndrōttamasya śrīmānnācandra-

⟨6⟩ tāram tridaśata[ru]samō yācak[ā*]nām pra-

⟨7⟩ dānē [||*] ciri kovirājakecari panma[r*]kku yāṇṭu 3- āvatu

⟨8⟩ konāṭṭuk koṭumpāḷur viracoḻa iḷaṅkoveḷāṉ ma-

⟨9⟩ kaṉ maturāntakaṉ āccapiṭāran tāmarkoṭṭattu vallanāṭṭu śrī-

⟨10⟩ koviñcapāṭi maṭattil uṇṇa va 1

⟨SIIv13p0i0034⟩ No. 34. (A.R. No. 312 of 1906.) ON THE SAME WALL.

The inscription records both in Sanskrit and in Tamil the provision made for burning a lamp in the temple of Perumānaḍigaḷ Kamsāri, i.e., Kṛishṇa, in the Sanskrit portion) at Gōvindapāḍi by a Veḷḷāḷa resident of Kuḷakkuḍi in Piḍavūr-nāḍu, a subdivision of Iruṅgōḷapāḍi. This is engraved almost as a continuation of, and in the same script as No. 311 of 1906 of the 34th year of Parāntaka I.

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⟨1⟩ gōvi[ndavāṭi] niratāya [parāya pum]sē ka-

⟨2⟩ msārayē•••• mahāpradīpam [|*] śrīmānku-

⟨3⟩ ḷa[k*]kuṭipatiḥ piṭavū[ra] vēḷavamśōtbhavō ni-

⟨4⟩ jakulōcitapaṭṭabandham || kovirācakēcaripa-

⟨5⟩ nma[r*]kku yāṇṭu muṉṟāvatu śrī gōvintapāṭi niṉṟaruḷi-

⟨6⟩ na perumāṉaṭiyaḷu[k*]ku iruṅkoḷapāṭi piṭavūr nā[ṭ*]ṭu ku[ḷa]-

⟨7⟩ kkuṭi kuḷa[k*]kuṭaiyāṉ veḷḷān tiruveṇkāṭṭiyaṉṉā-

⟨8⟩ na muventapiṭa[vū]r veḷḷā[ṉ*] vai[t*]ta viḷakku oṉṟu [||*]

⟨SIIv13p0i0035⟩ No. 35. (A.R. No. 169 of 1907.) TIRUPPALĀTTUṞAI, TRICHINOPOLY TALUK, TRICHINOPOLY DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, ĀDIMŪLĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

This records an endowment of lands made after purchase by a certain Kūttappirāṉ-Bhaṭṭaṉ of Ādaṉūr for the requirements of worship and offerings in the temple, which are specified in detail. The alphabet of this record is similar to that of No. 170 of 1907 of Vikrama-Chōḷa, and the style of wording is also comparatively late, and hence this may be ascribed to the reign of Kulōttuṅga-Chōḷa I.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] korājakecaripanmaṟku yāṇṭu[3]- āvatu ātaṉūr kūttappirāṉbhaṭṭaṉ••• tirupparāttu••••• kuṉāṉ cantrātittavaṟ vaiytta nibandhaṅkaḷukku bhōgamā [ka vaitta] nila-

⟨2⟩ ṉ uttamacilicaruppetimaṅkalattu korovi śrī nārāyaṇabhaṭṭaṉpakkal••• kkuṟai•••• •••• kam gōvintavāykkālukku teṟku kiḻakkuniṉṟum mūṉṟām kaṇṇāṟṟu vaṭakku niṉṟum•• ⟨Page 15⟩

⟨3⟩ caturattu ivaṉpakkal nāṉ vilaiykku koṇṭu uṭaiya nilam orumā araiykkāṇi•• muntirikai ••• teva[ṉ]maṅkalattu kāccuvaṉ cāttaṉ [ni]laṉpakkal narasiṁhavatiykku kiḻakkum uttama cili vāykkālukku vaṭakku-

⟨4⟩ m me[ṟ*]kkuniṉṟum mūṉṟām kaṇṇāṟṟu teṟkuniṉṟum mutaṟ caturattu [tattaṉ] viṣṇubhaṭṭaṉ uḷḷiṭṭa catukkattārkku paṭṭa mūṉṟām pāṭakam mākāṇiyil vaṭakiḻakkaṭaiya ṉāṉ ivaṉpakkal koṇṭa nilam orumāvum [i]pāṭakattey

⟨5⟩ iṉṉilattoṭumaṭaiya tirumaṅkalattuk kālāvaṉ bhaṭṭaṉ koṟa••••••••• [i]ṭai nāṉ vilaikku koṇṭa nilam kāṇiyum āka nilam mākāṇiyum puḷḷamaṅkalattu m[ātaṉ] ciriyaṉ tāyaṉ tiruvaraṅkanārāyaṇaṉ•••• rājakecariy-

⟨6⟩ vatiykku kiḻakkum uttamacilivāykkālukku teṟkum meṟkuniṉṟum i••• m kaṇṇāṟṟu vaṭakkuniṉṟum mutaṟcaturattu vaṭakkaṭaiya oṭappuṟai śrīdharabhaṭṭaṉ [uḷiṭṭa catu]kkattārkkup paṭṭa pattām pāṭakam oru••••• kkaṭai[yar] iva-

⟨7⟩ ṉpakkal nāṉ vilaikku koṇṭa nilam kāṇiyum āka nilam irumāvarai araikkāṇiy muntiri(y) kaiyāl••• paṭiy nellu 285 nūṟṟeṇpatu [aiyañ] kalat••••llakkaṭava [ni]bandham [u]cca[m]potu amutu ceyya vaitta pāṟ-

⟨8⟩ p poṉakattukku cellakkaṭavapaṭiy tiruamutukku patteṭṭukkuttal paḻavarici nāṉāḻiyum mālai amutu [nā]ṉāḻiyum caṟkkarai amutu nāṟppalamum [po]ṉakattu••• ṭaikka ney uḻakkum porikkaṟiyamutu porikka ney oru piṭi-

⟨9⟩ yum nāḻi uriy nelliṉ porikkaṟi amutum aṭaikkāy amutu aiyntum veṟṟilai amutu patiṉ aintum•• mpamutu muḻākkum nittaṟppaṭi putumaṭāvum puttolomiyum iṭum kucavaṉukku nellu iru nāḻiyum āka ippaṭi cantrā-

⟨10⟩ tittavaṟ celvatukku bhōgam [ā]vatākavum kiraṉūr āttiraiyaṉ parameśvaraṉ tāyaṉ pakkal śrīvira śrīkāmukavatikku meṟku uttamaciliyvāykkālukku vaṭakku kiḻakkuniṉṟum iraṇṭām kaṇṇāṟṟu teṟkuniṉṟum iraṇṭām caturattu perumaru-

⟨11⟩ tūr nārāyaṇaṉ centaṉ uḷḷiṭṭa catukkattukkup•• pattām pāṭakam oru māvil vaṭakka kaṭaiya ni[lam]•• ṉpakkal vilaiykku koṇṭa nilam araimāvum ippāṭakattey kāṟṟiṟaiya nārāyaṇakkiramavittaṉ pakkal nāṉ vilaiykku koṇṭuuṭaiya

⟨12⟩ nilam araimāvum āka nilam orumā itil araimācceyyāl neyyātal eḷ eṇṇaiyyātal aṭṭiy oru nontāviḷakku candrātittavaṟ erippatākavum niṟai araiymāc ceyyālum citāriyttiruppukaiykku akil oru kūṟum ne-

⟨13⟩ riyyāsam oru kūṟum akilil upattiram cakuṇam śrīkaṇṭamu[m kar]ppūram bhimaseni••• tu āṭṭaiyaviṭṭam eḻu kaḻañcu iṭṭu itukku veṇṭum teṉ aṭṭiy kūṭṭiya nittaṟpaṭi ivvūr āṭu paḻaṅkallāl nittalpaṭiy (nāṟ)-

⟨14⟩ nāṟ kaḻañcu citāri••••••••• ipparicu icci••• kkum tiru•••• ••••• oru māvum bhōgam āvatākavum peruveṅkūrk kāccuvaṉ na-

⟨15⟩ ṉ kāriy brāhmaṇi ••••••••• [pak]kal viraśrīkāmukavatikku me[ṟ]kkum ••••••••• ṟukku [va]ṭakkum kiḻakku niṉṟum muṉṟām kaṇṇāṟṟu te-

⟨16⟩ ••• m mutaṟccatu[ra]ttu•••• peruṅkāvil kavarkāci••• tā•••• kaṉ•••••• kkuppaṭṭa pattām pāṭakam mukkāṇi yi••

⟨17⟩ kkaṭaiya nāṉ[ku]••••yakku koṇṭa nilam kāṇi•••••• kaṭava nibandham ikkāṇiy araiykkāṇiyu•••

⟨18⟩ iruvar tavaciyar••• muṟṟu••••nāḷ uccampotu vaiytta•••••• nicatam nāḻi dha- ttu maṭaiyat tiruppaḷḷittāma•••

⟨19⟩ taṭṭiya śrī•••••• tirumuṟṟamum tirumaṇṭapamum ellām paḻa••••• ku iṭam tirumeḻukku iṭak kaṭavārkaḷ ākavum iṉnila•••

⟨20⟩ ṉ nilam bhōgam•••••• yum āka ipparicu ivaka[ḷa]ṉaiyttu niban•••• ••ṉa nilam nāṉkumā muntiriykaiyum utakapū•••

⟨21⟩ paṭayak kuṭutteṉ ātaṉūr [kūtta]ppirān bhaṭṭa••• ivar paṇi••••eḻutiṉen vaṭakaraiyt tirukkaḻumalanāṭṭu enāti••

⟨22⟩ ṉ nāraṇan nāna [aiyyāṟa]neṉ ivaiy en eḻuttu [i]ppaṭiy iṉnila•••• ten ātaṉurk kūttappirān bhaṭṭaneṉ ippaṭi aṟi••••

⟨23⟩ yāṟṟukkuṭiy cāvāntiy pūvattaṉ nilakaṇ[ṭa]ṉe[ṉ] ippaṭi aṟi•••• pālā[ci]riyaṉ puruṣottamaṉ tevaṉeṉ || ⟨Page 16⟩

⟨24⟩ ••• ykuṭi mokiliyaṉ bhaṭṭaṉ cuvaraṉ kovaneṉ ||—ippaṭiy aṟiyveṉ koṭṭaiyyūr ūr kiḻār makaṉ••• ṇṭaṉ nārāyaṇaṉe[ṉ*] ippaṭiy

⟨25⟩ ••• yarur nārāyaṇaṉ jaṉārddanaṉeṉ ippaṭiy aṟiyveṉ periyavāṉavaṉ māteviy irā yūrt tiruvaraṅkabhaṭṭaṉeṉ ||—ātaṉūrk kūttappi-

⟨26⟩ •••••• ṟey parameśvara[r*]kku nāṉ vaiytta pāṟppoṉakam amutuceyya nāṉ iṭṭa cepputtaḷiykey 1- oṉṟum tiruveḷḷaṟaiykkolāl 10- m cey-

⟨27⟩ ••••••• niṟaiya•••••• vaiytta citāriykku iṭṭa tūpaakal tirā vināl 1 niṟai yam tūpamaṇi 1 itu panmāheśvararakṣai ||—

⟨SIIv13p0i0036⟩ No. 36. (A.R. No. 182 of 1907.) UṞAIYŪR, TRICHINOPOLY TALUK, TRICHINOPOLY DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, PAÑCHAVARṆĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

The inscription is damaged. It records a gift of land by a certain Kaviṇiyaṉ Kīrttimā[r*]ttāṇḍa-Brahmādharājaṉ alias Śe••• Kuñjaramallaṉ for an offering to the deity during the early morning service in the temple of Uḍaitalaipperumāḷ of the village. Mention is made of two fields, one called Kuñjaramalla-Vayakkal and the other Vēḷkula-Bhīma-Vayakkal. By Vēḷkula-Bhīma is perhaps meant the Eastern Chāḷukya Bhīma II; more probably it might be a title of Parāntaka I assumed after his overthrow of Śīṭpuli (-nāḍu ?) in Nellore which formed part of the Eastern Chālukya dominion (M.E.R. 1913, p. 94). Kirttimārttāṇḍa was a probable surname of the Rāshṭrakūṭa king Kṛishṇa III. (M.E.R. 1936-37, para 20). This should be a record of Gaṇḍarāditya.

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⟨1⟩ svasti [||*] kovi[rā*]jakeca[ri*]varmma[r*]kku yāṇṭu 3- āvatu uṟai•••••••• kaviṇiyaṉ kitti[m]āttāṇḍabrahmādhar[ā*]jannāna ce••••kuñcirama[l*]laṉ ivvūr uṭaitalaiperumāḷ koyilp paramēśva•••••••••

⟨2⟩ oru payaṟṟupponakam ciṟukālai [a]mutu cevvatāka [itte]n•••••••• lamum nirpāñcu viḷaiya vayakkikkuṭutta nila[m kuñcara]mallavayākam veḷkulabhīmavayakkalukkum kiḻpāṟkellai•••••••••

⟨3⟩ kkālukkum ciṟṟaraiye oru māvu••••kum te••••••••• [tu]kkum vaṭakkum melpālkkellai pūtamaṅkala nilattukku kiḻakku•• ṟkellai pūtamaṅkala[tt]el laikku teṟ•••••••••

⟨SIIv13p0i0037⟩ No. 37. (A.R. No. 202 of 1907.) TIRUVIḌAIMARUDŪR, KUMBHAKONAM TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, MAHĀLIṄGASVĀMIN TEMPLE.

This is an incomplete inscription recording probably some gift of land.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] kovirājakēśaripanmaṟku yāṇṭu 3- āvatu•••••••••

⟨2⟩ [stha]ṉ iṭṭa cappa[ṭi]nila•• ṟuṇi uḷpaṭa paṇṭāra k[ā*]lāl••••••••

⟨SIIv13p0i0038⟩ No. 38. (A.R. No. 242 of 1907.) ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE SAME SHRINE.

The inscription records an endowment of 6 Karuṅkāśu (the same as Īḻakkāśu ?) entrusted with the Śēṉaiyār (Military body) of the place, for the daily supply of two tender cocoanuts for offering after the midday worship, to god Mahādēva of the Mūlasthāna at Tiruviḍaimarudil in Tiraimūr-nāḍu on the southern bank (of the river); by Karuttaṉ Śāttaṉ of Ariśāttaṉūr in Kāṉa-nāḍu, who calls himself an agent of the chief of Kiḻār-nāḍu (or ‘of Nāṭṭukkōṉār, the kiḻār i.e. the elder’ of the place ?). ⟨Page 17⟩

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] kovirāca-

⟨2⟩ kecaripanma[r*]kku yāṇṭu 3-

⟨3⟩ āvatu nāḷ 40 teṉka-

⟨4⟩ rai tiraimurnāṭṭut tiruvi[ṭai]-

⟨5⟩ marutil śrīmulasthāṉattu

⟨6⟩ [ma]h[ā*]dēvarkku kiḻārnāṭṭuk-

⟨7⟩ [k]oṉār kaṉmi kāṉanāṭṭu [a]ric[ā]-

⟨8⟩ [t]taṉū(r)ruṭaiyāṉ karuttañ cā-

⟨9⟩ [t]taṉ uṭaiyārkku madhyāṉattu [ pū-

⟨10⟩ cai] ceytapiṉpu iḷaniramutu ceyya

⟨11⟩ [t]tiruviṭaimarutil ceṉaiyārvaḻi

⟨12⟩ kuṭutta karuṅkācu 6 ikkācu āṟiṉ

⟨13⟩ poliyūṭṭiṉāl nicatam iraṇ-

⟨14⟩ ṭiḷaniraḻukkuṟa vaḻukkai paṟṟiṉa

⟨15⟩ [c](ā)ntrādittaval iṭuvomāṉo-

⟨16⟩ m tiruviṭaimarutil ceṉaiyom

⟨17⟩ ivai panm[ā*]hēśvarar rakṣai—

⟨SIIv13p0i0039⟩ No. 39. (A.R. No. 325 of 1907.) TIRUVIŚALUR, SAME TALUK AND DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, ŚIVAYŌGANĀTHASVĀMIN TEMPLE.

The inscription is damaged. It registers a gift of land made tax-free after purchase, by Siddhavaḍavaṉ Śūṭṭiyār, a queen of Uttama-Chōḷa and daughter of a Milāḍu chief (name not given), to provide for 108 pots of water for the sacred bath on the day of saṅkrānti every month, of the god (Paramasvāmi) at Tiruviśalūr in Amaṉinārāyaṇa-chaturvēdimaṅgalam on the northern bank (of the Kāvēri). This is evidently a record of Rājarāja I.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] kovirācakesaripanma[r*]kku yāṇṭu 3- āvatu vaṭakarait tevat[ā]-

⟨2⟩ nam brahmateyam amaṉinārāyaṇaccaturvvētimaṅkala[ttu] tiruvicalūr paramasvāmikku śrī uttama coḻatevar teviyār milāṭuṭaiyār makaḷār cittavaṭavaṉ cūṭṭiyār tiṅkaḷ samkirā[nti] toṟum cantirāti••••••

⟨3⟩ ••ṟaṭṭu ka(ma)lacam snapaṉam māṭiyaru[ḷu*]vataṟku poṉk kuṭuttu vilaikoṇṭa pūmiyāvaṉa [|*] tiruvicalūr ūriṉ melpakkattu vā[yk]kālukku kiḻakku kāṭṭu•••••

⟨4⟩ tapaṭṭariṭai koṇṭa•••• ppe•• l śrīkumārapaṭ[ṭa*]riṭai koṇṭa nilam 2 tmam āka [ni]lam • 14••m itukku iṟaikāvalk kuṭut[ta] kācu irupatu koṇṭu tiṅkaṭoṟum nūṟṟeṭṭuk kalaca[mu]m ca[ntirāti]ttaval tirumañcanamāṭiyaruḷu•••••••••

⟨5⟩ itu panmāheśvararakṣai ||—

⟨SIIv13p0i0040⟩ No. 40. (A.R. No. 327 of 1907.) ON THE SAME WALL.

This is an unfinished inscription which refers to Pirāntakaṉ Mādēvaḍigaḻ, the mother of Uttama-Chōḷa, as making a similar endowment as in No. 39 above for the sacred bath of god Tiruviśalūr-Paramasvāmi at Avaṉinārāyaṇa-chaturvēdimaṅgalam. This is also evidently a record of Rājarāja I.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [|*] kovirācakesaripanma[r*]kku yāṇṭu 3- āvatu vaṭakarait tevat[āṉa] brahmadēyam ava[ṉi] nārāyaṇaccaturvvētimaṅkalamuṭaiya

⟨2⟩ tiruvicalūr parama-

⟨3⟩ svāmikku śrī uttama-

⟨4⟩ coḻadēvarait [ti]ruvayi- ⟨Page 18⟩

⟨5⟩ ṟuvāytta uṭaiyapi-

⟨6⟩ rāṭṭiyār pirā[ntaka]ṉ māte-

⟨7⟩ vaṭika••••• ṉ

⟨8⟩ mā•••••• a-

⟨9⟩ bhiṣēkañ ceyya ko

⟨SIIv13p0i0041⟩ No. 41. (A.R. No. 379 of 1909.) SIDDHALIṄGAMAḌAM, TIRUKKOYILUR TALUK, SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE MAṆḌAPA IN FRONT OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, VYĀGHRAPĀDĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

This is engraved below No. 378 of 1909 of Vikrama-Chōḷa and in similar characters. It is obviously a copy of an early inscription as the temple is known to have been renovated in the reign of Kulōttuṅga I by one of his officers, when all the earlier inscriptions should have been reproduced on the new walls (M.E.R. 1910, para 24). It records an endowment of sheep for a lamp to the temple of Tiruppulippagavar by a chief. Siddavaḍavaṉ of Malāḍu.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] kovirājakecaripa-

⟨2⟩ nmaṟku yāṇṭu mūṉṟāvatu tiruppulippakavarkku malāṭuṭaiyā nāṭṭā-

⟨3⟩ ṉ cittavaṭavaneṉ āṭṭāl vaitta tirunantāviḷakku oṉṟum

⟨4⟩ panmāheśvararakṣai |||—

⟨SIIv13p0i0042⟩ No. 42. (A.R. No. 682 of 1909.) TIRUNEḌUṄGUḶAM, TRICHINOPOLY TALUK, TRICHINOPOLY DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE GAṆĒŚA SHRINE, NEḌUṄGAḶANĀTHASVĀMIN TEMPLE.

The inscription registers an endowment of land after reclamation, which was left in charge of the sthānikas of the temple, by a certain••••midāyaṉ Varadaṉ alias Arumuṉaikaṇḍa-Perunāyaṉ for offerings of rice twice a day to the image of Lōkasundara set up in the temple of the god at Tiruneḍuṅgaḷam in Kaviranāḍu by Mōśi Oṟṟiyūraṉ Kūttaṉ-Pirāṉ of Tiruvāṉaikkāval, who was probably a relation (father ?) of the donor.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] korājakesaripaṉmaṟkku yā-

⟨2⟩ ṇṭu 3- ā(ṟā)vatu kaviranāṭṭut tiruneṭuṅka[ḷa]-

⟨3⟩ ttu āḷvār tiruviḻā iravum ve[ṭ]ṭai eḻu-

⟨4⟩ ntaruḷavum ākat tiruvāṉaikkāvaṟ [mo]-

⟨5⟩ ci oṟṟiyūraṉ kūttaṉppirāṉ naṭṭu-

⟨6⟩ vitta olokacuntirarkku ivaṉ••

⟨7⟩ •••• mitāyaṉ varataṉnāṉa arumu-

⟨8⟩ ṉaikaṇṭap perunāyaṉ iddēvar kiḷḷi-

⟨9⟩ va[ya]l paḻanila nikki veṭṭuppāḻ vilai dēvar-

⟨10⟩ kkuk kuṭuttu vayakkiṉa ni[la*]m kiḻpāṟkellai

⟨11⟩ kuḷakkoppukku me[ṟ*]kkum(n) teṉpāṟ-

⟨12⟩ kellai me[ṟ*]kkoṭiya vaḻikku vaṭakkum me-

⟨13⟩ lpāṟkellai vaṭakkoṭiya vāykkālukku ki-

⟨14⟩ ḻakkum vaṭapāṟkellai puḻanilattukku teṟ-

⟨15⟩ kkum āka iṉnilattāl melvāram koṇṭu iv-

⟨16⟩ vūr stānapatikaḷāṉa tirukkoyilluṭaiyārkaḷe-

⟨17⟩ y śantrādittavaṟ nicatam celuttumpaṭi potirun[ā]- ⟨Page 19⟩

⟨18⟩ ḻi āka iraṇṭu potaikku tiruvamutu arici nānāḻiy[ā]-

⟨19⟩ l nellup patināḻi[yum] neyyamutu iraṇṭu po-

⟨20⟩ taikkumāka oru piṭikku

⟨21⟩ nellu iru nāḻiyum kaṟi-

⟨22⟩ yamutukku iraṇṭu potai

⟨23⟩ kku nellu uriyum āka

⟨24⟩ nicatappaṭi orāṭṭai

⟨25⟩ nellu n[āṟ]pattu aṟu-

⟨26⟩ kalaṉe irutūṇippata-

⟨27⟩ kku nāṉāḻi itu cantrātit-

⟨28⟩ tavaṟ paṉmāheśvara ra-

⟨29⟩ kṣai ||—

⟨SIIv13p0i0043⟩ No. 43. (A.R. No. 262 of 1910.) TIRUVAḌANDAI, CHINGLEPUT TALUK, CHINGLEPUT DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, VARĀHA-PERUMĀḶ TEMPLE.

This records an agreement given by the sabhā of Māḍambākkam (s. a. Māḍambākkam in the Saidapet taluk) alias Aṇidīra-maṅgalam in Neḍuṅguṉṟa-nāḍu, a subdivision of Puliyūr-kōṭṭam, to pay as interest every year on 15 kaḻañju of gold received by them from Nakkaṉ Pirāntakaṉ alias Brahmaśrīrājan, a resident of Alaiyūr in Poygai-nāḍu of Śōṇāḍu, ninety nāḻi of oil calculated at one uḻakku per day, for a perpetual lamp in the temple at Tiruviḍavandai, a dēvadāna in Paḍuvūr-nāḍu a sub-division of Āmūr-kōṭṭam. In default the sabhā made itself liable for a fine of 8(1/4) kāṇam a day to be paid to the Dharmāsana and for a levy of a maṉṟupāḍu tax of a mañjāḍi a day to the then reigning king. The sabhā of Tiruviḍavandai through its Tiruvuṇṇāḻigai-vāriyap-perumakkaḷ (temple-committee) held itself responsible for the collection of this oil and for burning the lamp.

Alaiyūr in Poygai-nāḍu may be identified with Allūr in the Tanjore taluk, since Tillaisthānam in the same taluk (No. 47 below) was also like Alaiyūr in Poygai-nāḍu.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] kovirājakecaripanma-

⟨2⟩ rkku yāṇṭu munṟāvatu puliyūrkko-

⟨3⟩ ṭṭattu neṭuṅkuṉṟa nāṭṭu māṭampākka-

⟨4⟩ mākiya a[ṇi]tiramaṅkalattuc cavaiyo-

⟨5⟩ m coṇāṭṭu vaṭakaraip poykaināṭṭu alai-

⟨6⟩ [yū]r nakkan pirāntakanākiya brammaśrīrājan kaiy-

⟨7⟩ yāl yāṅkaḷ koṇṭu kaṭava pon ūr-

⟨8⟩ ka[ṟ*]c cemmai pon patinaiṅkaḻañcu i-

⟨9⟩ p pon patiṉaiṅ kaḻañcukkum policai

⟨10⟩ nicatam uḻakkeṇṇaiyāka āmurk-

⟨11⟩ koṭṭattup paṭuvūrnāṭṭu tevartāna nti ruvi-

⟨12⟩ ṭavantait tevarkku vaiytta tirunantā-

⟨13⟩ viḷakkonṟinukku nicatam uḻakkeṇṇai-

⟨14⟩ yāka āṭṭaiviṭṭam toṇṇūṟṟu nā-

⟨15⟩ ḻi neyyeṇṇai muṭṭāme koṭuvantu

⟨16⟩ cantrā(rā)tittavaṟ aṭṭuvo(m) mānom a-

⟨17⟩ ṇitiramaṅkalattuc cavaiyom ita-

⟨18⟩ ṟ ṟiṟampil tanmāsanatte nicatam eṭṭe-

⟨19⟩ kāṟ kāṇa ntaṇṭappaṭuvatākavum anṟā-

⟨20⟩ ḷ kovukku nicata mañcāṭip pon manṟu-

⟨21⟩ pāṭu iṟuppomākavum ippon iṟut-

⟨22⟩ tum ivveṇṇai tiruvuṇṇāḻikai-

⟨23⟩ vāriyap perumakkaḷ kaikkoṇṭerippo-

⟨24⟩ mānom ippaṭi oṭṭi iṭṭuk kuṭuttom tiru-

⟨25⟩ viṭavantai śavaiyom ittanma[m*] śrī vayi-

⟨26⟩ ṣṇavarakṣai [||*]

⟨SIIv13p0i0044⟩ No. 44. (A.R. No. 227 of 1911.) KUMBHAKŌṆAM, KUMBHAKONAM TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, NĀGĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

This records a sale of a quarter portion (or vēli ?) of land (kāṟchey) by the Mūlaparishad of Tirukkuḍamukkil, a dēvadāna in Pāmbūr-nāḍu on the northern bank (of the Kāvēri), to a certain Arayaṉ Kalaṅgāmalai, a Veḷḷāḷa resident of Tañjāvūr who endowed it to the temple of Tirukkīḻkōṭṭattu-Paramasvāmin for the daily feeding of a Śivāyōgi in the temple. The land is said to have formed part of 4 vēli which the assembly had received as abhishēka-dakshiṇai (from the king). ⟨Page 20⟩

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī ௳ kovirājakesarivanmaṟku yā-

⟨2⟩ ṇṭu muṉṟāvatu vaṭakaraip pāmpūr-

⟨3⟩ nāṭṭut tevatāṉam tirukkuṭamukki-

⟨4⟩ l mulapa[ru*]ṣayom tañcāvūrirukkum

⟨5⟩ veḷḷāḷaṉ arayaṉ kalaṅkāmalaikku viṟṟu-

⟨6⟩ kkuṭutta nilamāvatu [|*] nāṅkaḷ abhiṣeka dakṣi-

⟨7⟩ ṇaip peṟṟa iṉṉamparnāṭṭu [pa]ḻa[ṅ]kāviri

⟨8⟩ tirukkiḻkkoṭṭattup paramasvāmikku

⟨9⟩ mulaparuṭaiyom viṟṟukkuṭutta miyvā-

⟨10⟩ ykkāl nālveliyil vaṭakiḻakkaṭaiya viṟ-

⟨11⟩ ṟukkuṭutta kāṟceyyum ellai kiḻpāṟ kel-

⟨12⟩ lai mallivāy uṇṇilaikku meṟkum

⟨13⟩ teṉpāṟkellai tevar nilattuk-

⟨14⟩ ku vaṭakkum melpāṟkellai iddēvar [ni]-

⟨15⟩ lattukke kiḻakkum vaṭapāṟkel-

⟨16⟩ lai eri[e]llai varampukkut teṟk-

⟨17⟩ kum ivvicaitta perunāṉkellaiyi-

⟨18⟩ l akappaṭṭa nilam kāṟceyyum mula-

⟨19⟩ pāṭaipperumakkaḷiṭai vilaikoṇṭa pari ce u-

⟨20⟩ ttamāgramorukalam śivayōgi candrādit-

⟨21⟩ tavaṟku oruvaṉ uṇṇa[v*]aitteṉ ara yaṉ

⟨22⟩ kalaṅkāmalaiyen uṇṇumpaṭi kummāyamum kāyka-

⟨23⟩ ṟiyum vempuḻakkum puḷiṅkaṟiyum poṟik kaṟiyum tayir uriyum ney o-

⟨24⟩ ru piṭiyum carkkarai vaṭṭu iraṇṭum vāḻaippaḻam iraṇṭum pākku•• m ippaṭi va-

⟨25⟩ ḻuvāmey aṭṭuka paṉmāheśvararakṣai [||*]

⟨SIIv13p0i0045⟩ No. 45. (A.R. No. 228 of 1911.) ON THE SAME WALL.

This records a gift of 90 sheep for a perpetual lamp in the temple of Paramasvāmi of Kīḻkōṭṭam, by Kumaraṉ Tūdu[va]ṉ, a Kaikkōḷa resident of Tañjavūr who was a member of the Vīraśōḻa-teriñja-Kaikkōḷar (community or regiment). They were left in charge of two shepherds who were to supply 7 nāḻi and 1 uri of ghee every month for the purpose. Vīraśōḻa was a surname of king Parāntaka I and the inscription might therefore be referred to Gaṇḍarāditya, his immediate successor.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] kovirājakesari[va]-

⟨2⟩ rmaṟkku yāṇṭu 3- vatu [ivvā*]-

⟨3⟩ ṇṭu kāttikaittiṅkaḷ [kiḻk]-

⟨4⟩ koṭṭattu paramasvāmikku viraco-

⟨5⟩ ḻateriñca kai[k]koḷaril tañcāvū-

⟨6⟩ r kūṟṟattu tañcāvūr kaikkoḷaṉ

⟨7⟩ kumaraṉ tūtu[va]ṉ vaitta ti-

⟨8⟩ runontāviḷakku oṉṟu oṉ-

⟨9⟩ ṟiṉālum āṭu [to]ṇ[ṇūṟu]

⟨10⟩ ivvāṭu toṇṇūṟṟālum manṟāṭi co-

⟨11⟩ māci āccan 45 nāṟpat[ta*]ñcum centaṉaṭi-

⟨12⟩ yaṉ nāṟpa[t*]tañcum 45 ivviruvarum iv-

⟨13⟩ viḷakkāl tiṅkaḷ eḻunāṭuri neyaṭṭuvat[ā]-

⟨14⟩ kavum itilp pātiyāka or[o]ttar munṉā-

⟨15⟩ ḻimuḻākkāka tiṅ[kaḷa]ṟuti aṭṭuvatākavum cāvā-

⟨16⟩ muvāpperāṭāka cantirātittavat eriya aṭṭa-

⟨17⟩ kkaṭavarākavum [||*]

⟨SIIv13p0i0046⟩ No. 46. (A.R. No. 255 of 1911.) ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE SAME SHRINE.

The inscription is damaged. It seems to register a sale of 10 vēli of land, including a portion situated at Ariśalūr which had been granted to the Mūlaparaḍaip-perumakkaḷ of Tirukkuḍamukkil (by the king) as abhishēka-dakshiṇai, to the temple of Tirukkīḻkōṭṭattu-[Parama]svāmi in return for 1500 kaḻañju. It refers to a fine of 3000 kaḻañju received by Madirai-koṇḍa-Uḍaiyār (Parāntaka I) and to the Pāṇḍippaḍaiyār (regiment). Mention is also made of (a temple of) Jalaśayana. This might be a record of Gaṇḍarāditya. ⟨Page 21⟩

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] korājakesarivanma[r*]kku yāṇṭu 3- āvatu vaṭakarai pāmpūrnāṭṭu tevatāṉam tirukkuṭamukkil mulaparaṭaip perumakkaḷḷom tirukkiḻ[koṭṭat]tu•••• svāmikku viṟṟukkuṭutta nilamāvatu [|*] nāṅka[ḷ] abhiṣēga takṣaṇai peṟṟuṭaiya aricalur nilattil• ••ṟu veli nila••••

⟨2⟩ matiraikoṇṭa uṭaiyār muvāyirakkaḻañcu poṉ taṇṭam koḷḷa muppatteṭṭāvatu nāṅkaḷ pāṇṭipaṭaiyārkku nāṅkaḷ iṭ••••viṭa ipparamasvāmi iṭai iḻaṉ pa[ṟṟā]tal viṟṟukuṭuttu koṇṭa poṉ ainnūṟṟu kaḻañcukkum iñ••••jalacaiyana•••

⟨3⟩ •••• aiveli nilam kovirācake[cari]paṉma[r*]kki yā-

⟨4⟩ ••āvatu koṇṭa[po]n āyirakkaḻañcukku viṟṟukuṭutta ni-

⟨5⟩ lam aiveliyum āka nilam 10 veli ippatiṟṟuve•••••

⟨6⟩ ṉaṟkellaikiṭanta naḷiṉ••• perumāṉaṭikaḷukku viṟṟukkuṭu•••••

⟨7⟩ ••meṟkkum teṉpāṟkellai••••kālukku vaṭa••••

⟨8⟩ •••• llai••••ṭeyo•nilattukku kiḻakkum vaṭa••••

⟨9⟩ •••• vvūr kuṭimakkaḷ ce••••nilattu••••ṟṟukku••••

⟨10⟩ •••• mulaparuṭaiyom [||*]

⟨SIIv13p0i0047⟩ No. 47. (A.R. No. 278 of 1911.) TILLASTHĀṈAM, TANJORE TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, GHṚITASTHĀNĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

This is an unfinished inscription in which two persons are mentioned evidently as donors to the temple of Mahādēva at Tiruneyttānam, a dēvadāna of Kīḻpilāṟu in Poygai-nāḍu. One of them, Kūttan Nikaḷaṅkaṉ, is said to have belonged to the regiment called Samarakēsarit-teriñja-Kaikkōḷar and the other, Villi Tāda•• to Vikramasiṅgat-teriñja-Kaikkōḷar. These regiments might have derived their names from possible titles of Parāntaka I, and hence the record might be assigned to Gaṇḍarāditya.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] kovirā-

⟨2⟩ jakecaripanma[r*]k-

⟨3⟩ ku yāṇṭu 3- ā-

⟨4⟩ vatu poykaiñā-

⟨5⟩ ṭṭuk kiḻpilāṟṟut te-

⟨6⟩ vatānam tiruneytā-

⟨7⟩ nattu mahādēvarkku

⟨8⟩ samarakeśaritteriñ-

⟨9⟩ ca kaikkoḷaril kū-

⟨10⟩ ttan nikaḷaṅka[ṉu]m

⟨11⟩ vikkiramaciṅkatteri-

⟨12⟩ ñca kaikkoḷaril

⟨13⟩ [vi]lli tāda 1

⟨SIIv13p0i0048⟩ No. 48. (A.R. No. 279 of 1911.) ON THE SAME WALL.

This is another unfinished inscription mentioning a gift to the same temple on behalf of Mallaṉ Araiyaṉ of the Samarakēsarit-teriñja-Kaikkōḷar (community or regiment ?). This is also probably a record of Gaṇḍarāditya like the inscription above.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] [ko]rājake-

⟨2⟩ [caripa]ṉ[maṟk]ku yāṇṭu

⟨3⟩ [3]- āvatu poykainā-

⟨4⟩ ṭṭu tirune[y]ttāṉattu

⟨5⟩ m(ā)hādēvaṟku samara-

⟨6⟩ kecarit teriñca kai[k]koḷari-

⟨7⟩ l malla naraiyaṉaic cār 1 ⟨Page 22⟩

⟨SIIv13p0i0049⟩ No. 49. (A.R. No. 392 of 1913.) EṞUMBŪR, CHIDAMBARAM TALUK, SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, KADAMBAVANĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

This records an endowment of 7 mā of land to provide for the daily offering of rice to the deity in the temple of Śiṟu-Tirukkōyil-Perumānaḍigaḷ at Uṟumūr in Nalvayalūr-kūṟṟam by Āritaṉ Kaṇṇaṉ Kaṇṇaṉ of the village. The local sabhā undertook to maintain this gift.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] kovirācakesarippanma[r*]kku yāṇṭu [3]- vatu vaṭa-

⟨2⟩ karai nalvayalūrkkūṟṟattu dēvatānam uṟumurc ciṟu-

⟨3⟩ ttirukkoyil perumāṉaṭikaḷukku ivvūr āritaṉ

⟨4⟩ kaṇṇaṉ kaṇṇaṉ tiruvamurtukku kuṭutta ni-

⟨5⟩ lam mārāyampaḷḷamākiya kaṇattāḷ kiḻpāl-

⟨6⟩ kkellai uḻaiccāṇaṉ tattaṉ mātevaṉ nilattu-

⟨7⟩ kku melkkum te[ṉ]ppālkkellai kaṭampāṟṟu[k]ku

⟨8⟩ pā[y*]ñca vā[y*]kkālukku vaṭakkum melpālkkellai āṉāṟṟukku

⟨9⟩ kiḻakku vaṭapālkkellai ēṟivā[y*]kkālukku teṟkkum ivvi-

⟨10⟩ cainta perunāṉkellai uḷ mikitikkuṟaivu[ḷ*]ḷaṭaṅka nila[m*]

⟨11⟩ ē[ḻu]mā itu uḻu(t)tup payireṟṟikkoṇṭu nicatam nāṉāḻi araciyā[l*] oru tiruvamurtuk kāṭṭak kaṭavār i-

⟨12⟩ ntat tirukkoyil upāsakaṉ inta tiruvamurtu kāṭṭuvikkakkaṭavo[m*] sabhaiōm itu [pa*]nmā- heśva[rar rakṣai ||*]

⟨SIIv13p0i0050⟩ No. 50. (A.R. No. 123 of 1914.) TIRUVEṞUMBŪR, TRICHINOPOLY TALUK, TRICHINOPOLY DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, PIPĪLIKĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

The middle portion of the inscription is built in. This registers a joint sale of some land by the Peruṅguṟi-sabhā of Śrīkaṇṭha-chaturvēdimaṅgalam and the Ūrār of Eṟumbiyūr between whom the boundary of the land is said to have been a matter of dispute, to a certain Vīranārāyaṇaṉ Śembiyaṉ Vēdivēḷār of Śiṟudavūr in Kiḷiyūr-nāḍu. They agreed to pay the taxes iṟai, echchōṟu and veṭṭivēdinai due on the land for a lump sum of gold received by them in addition to the sale amount, and also agreed to give the necessary supply of water for irrigation of the land from the tank at Śrīkaṇṭha-chaturvēdimaṅgalam. The land was endowed to the temple by the purchaser for the maintenance of four persons singing the tiruppadiyam (before the god). The donor is known from No. 51 below to have built the Śrīvimāna of this temple.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] kovirājakecarivaṉmaṟkku yāṇṭu 3- āvatu teṉkarai•••• yomum kaviranāṭṭu eṟumpiyūr ūromum viṟṟukkuṭutta nila-

⟨2⟩ vilaiyāvaṇam [|*] kiḷiyūrnāṭṭuc ciṟutavvūruṭaiyāṉ veḷāṉ viranārāyaṇaṉ•••• kuṭutta nilamāvatu eṅkaḷil simāvivātamāyk kiṭanta nilam ivarkku

⟨3⟩ viṟṟukkuṭutta nilattuk kiḻpāṟkkellai tirumalavāyk kecuva ṉakkaṉum••• teṉpāṟ kellai eṟumpiyūrk kuḷaṅkarai irukol nikki itu-

⟨4⟩ kku vaṭakku mipāṟkellai iśrīkaṇṭa••••••••• ḻellaiyāka nāṭṭiṉ cū[lakka][l*]lukkuk ki-

⟨5⟩ ḻakkum vaṭapāṟkellai tevatāṉattukkut teṟkku••••••••• kellaikku naṭuvupaṭṭa•••••• emmilicainta vilaipporuḷ vilaiyāvaṇakkaḷiye kaic- ⟨Page 23⟩

⟨6⟩ cella aṟakkoṇṭu ittiruveṟumpiyūrāḷvāṟkkāka iccempiyaṉ vetiveḷāriṭai vilaiyāvaṇakkaḷiye vilaipporu ḷaṟakkoṇṭu viṟṟu vilaiyāvaṇañ ceytu kuṭuttom cempiya-

⟨7⟩ ṉ vetiveḷārkku śrīkaṇṭaścaturvvētimaṅkalattu peruṅkuṟi [ sabhai] yomum eṟumpiyūr ūromum ivviraṇṭu tiṟattom innilattukku ituve vilaiyāvaṇamum poruḷ-

⟨8⟩ māvaṟutipporuṭcelavolaiyu mituve yākavum ituvallatu veṟu poruṇmāvaṟutipporuṭ celavu kāṭṭakkaṭava[ta]l[lā]tatākavum ipparicoṭṭi viṟṟukkuṭutta innilattukku

⟨9⟩ iṟaikāvalukku veṇṭum poṉṉum ivviraṇṭu tiṟattomum koṇṭu innilattukku iṟaiyu meccoṟum veṭṭivetiṉaiyuñ cantirātittavaṟ nāṅkaḷe iṟuppomāṉom ivariṭai-

⟨10⟩ yē dravyaṅ koṇṭu vilaikkaṟa viṟṟup poruḷaṟak koṇṭu viṟṟu vilaiyāvaṇa[ñ] ceytu kuṭuttoñ cempiyaṉ vetiveḷārkku śrīkaṇṭaccaturvvētimaṅkalattup peruṅkuṟi sabhai yomum eṟumpiyūr

⟨11⟩ ūromum ivviraṇṭu tiṟattomum iṉnilattukku śrīkaṇṭaścaturvvētimaṅkalattu kuḷattāre nirkkintavāṟu kumuḻiya••• ttuñcā kumiḻi pāyappeṟuvatākavum eṟumpiyūrk kaḻaṉi[k*]-

⟨12⟩ key vārappeṟuvatākavum ivvāvaṇappaṭiye tiruveṟumpiyūrt tirumalaimelāḷvārkku tevatāṉamākak ka[llilum veṭṭu]vikkap peṟuvatākavum ipparicoṭṭi viṟṟukkuṭutto-

⟨13⟩ ñ cempiyaṉ vetiveḷārkku śrīkaṇṭaścaturvvētimaṅkalattup peṟuṅkuṟi sabhaiyomum eṟumpiyūr ūro[mum iv]viraṇṭu tiṟattom perumakkaḷ paṇittaruḷavum vū-

⟨14⟩ rār collavum ivvilaiyāvaṇavolai eḻutiṉeṉ śrīkaṇṭaścaturvvētimaṅkalattu maddhyastaṉ dharmmapriyaṉāṉa••••• [taru]ṇentucekaraṉeṉ ivai yeṉ eḻuttu

⟨15⟩ ippaṭi aṟiveṉ valavūr māppāni kāri nakkaṉeṉ | ippaṭi aṟiveṉ tirupperp pālāciriyaṉ mā[ya]vaṉ cuppirama••••• ip[paṭi aṟi]veṉ pavakkuṟit tiruvirāmiccuvara carmmaṉe[ṉ]

⟨16⟩ ippaṭi aṟiveṉ vaṅkippuṟattuc cāmi carmmaṉeṉ || ippaṭi oṭṭi viṟṟukkuṭutteṉ kaṇṭa ṉāka ṉeṉ ||| ippaṭi oṭṭi vi••••••••• viṟṟukku•••••••

⟨17⟩ iṉṉilam ittuṇaiyum tiruppatiyam pāṭuvā[r*] nālvarkku paṉmāheśvarar rakṣai |||

⟨SIIv13p0i0051⟩ No. 51. (A.R. No. 129 of 1914.) ON THE SAME WALL.

The inscription registers another sale of land, made tax-free, at Śrīkaṇṭha-chaturvēdimaṅgalam by the assembly (Peruṅguri-sabhai) of the village to Vēḷāṉ Vīranāraṇaṉ alias Śembiyaṉ Vēdivēḷār of Śīṟudavūr who is stated to have constructed the Śrīvimāna to (god) Tiruveṟumbiyūr-Āḻvār. This person, after paying the cost of the land as well as a lump sum towards its tax-exemption, and also redeeming it from a certain resident of the village named Māppāni Kāri Nakkaṉ in whose charge the land had been left by the assembly (evidently in mortgage), endowed the land for the maintenance of four persons who were to sing the Tiruppadiyam hymns to the accompaniment of uḍukkai and tāḷam daily during the three services in the temple. The donor is also said to have added to this land, another piece which had been the object of a boundary dispute (sīmā-vivādam) between the residents of Śrīkaṇṭhachaturvēdimaṅgalam and Tiruveṟumbiyūr, and which he had purchased from both the parties (See No. 50 above). The inscription refers to a channel dug by the donor. This is evidently the one mentioned in No. 50 above.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] kovirājakecaripaṉmarkku yāṇṭu mūṉṟāvatu teṉ-

⟨2⟩ karai brahmateyam śrīkaṇṭaścaturvvētimaṅkalattup peruṅkuṟi ssabhaiyom ci[ri*]-

⟨3⟩ tiruveṟumpiyūrāḻvāṟkku śrīvimāṉameṭuppitta ciṟutavūruṭaiyāṉ veḷāṉ viranāra-

⟨4⟩ ṇaṉāṉa cempiyaṉ veytiveḷār tiruveṟumpiyūrāḻvāṟkut tiruppatiyam

⟨5⟩ pāṭuvāṟku nivantamāka ivaṟku viṟṟukkuṭutta nilamāvatu eṅkaḷūriṉ ṟeṉpāṭe ⟨Page 24⟩

⟨6⟩ yeṅkaḷ potunilattukku kiḻpāṟkellai tiruveṟumpiyūrāḷvār nilam

⟨7⟩ nākarkālukku meṟkum teṉpāṟkellai nā[kar*]kālukku vaṭakku mipāṟkellai iccem-

⟨8⟩ piyaṉ veytiveḷār śrīmukaṅ kuṇantu kalli viṭṭa kiḷiyūr vāykkālukku kiḻakkum vaṭa-

⟨9⟩ pāṟkellai ivvūr valavūr māppāni kāri nakka ṉilattukkum ittiruveṟumpiyūrāḷvār nila-

⟨10⟩ ttukkut te[ṟ*]kkum ivvicaitta perunāṉkellaiyu ḷakappaṭṭa ṉilam attuṇaiyilum

⟨11⟩ ittiruveṟumpiyūrāḷvāṟkku ivvūrt tirukkūr ma[ṟ]ṟakkā viṭṭa ṉāraṇaṉ puruṣo-

⟨12⟩ ttama[ṉ*] niroṭaṭṭikkuṭutta nilamum muṉ ittiruveṟumpiyūrāḷvār nilamāṉa nilamu-

⟨13⟩ m niykki niṉṟa nilam sabhaiyom sabhaippotuvāy kiṭanta nilam attuṇaiyu-

⟨14⟩ [mu]ṇṇila moḻiviṉṟi cempiyaṉ vetiveḷāṟku viṟṟukkuṭuttu nāṅkaḷ viṟṟukkuṭu-

⟨15⟩ tta iṉnilattukku muṉ tevar kuṭiv[āra]m peṟṟa iṉnilattukkum muṉ ittevar nilattu[k]-

⟨16⟩ [ku] candrātittavalam iṟaikāvalākavum nāṅkaḷ viṟṟa nilattukku krēyadravyamum āka

⟨17⟩ ••emmilicainta viṟaikāvaṟpoṉṉum krēyadravyamum vilaiyāvaṇakkaḷiye kaic-

⟨18⟩ [ce]la aṟakkoṇṭu iṉnilattiṉmel sabhaiyom vaiyppināl valavūr māppāni kā-

⟨19⟩ ri nakka nilat•••••• ṉai iccempiyaṉ vetiveḷāre kuṭuttuc co[ṉ]-

⟨20⟩ ṟu koḷḷakkaṭavarāka ipparicoṭṭic cantirātittavalam iṟaikāvalāka vilaikkaṟa viṟṟu-

⟨21⟩ p poruḷaṟak koṇṭu viṟṟu vilaiyāvaṇañ ceytu kuṭuttom veḷāṉ viranāraṇaṉā-

⟨22⟩ ṉa cempiyaṉ veytiveḷāṉukku śrīkaṇṭaccaturvētimaṅkalattup peruṅkuṟisabhai-

⟨23⟩ yom peruṅkuṟi sabhaiyār paṇittaruḷa paṇiyāl ivvilaiyu miṟaikāvalu meḻutiṉeṉ

⟨24⟩ ivvūr maddhyastaṉ dharmapriyaṉāṉa kalivicaiyaṉ taruṇentucekaraṉeṉ ivai ye-

⟨25⟩ ṉṉeḻuttu ||—iṉṉilamum śrīkaṇṭaccaturvētimaṅkalattārun tiruveṟumpi-

⟨26⟩ yūrārun taṅkaḷil sīmāvivātamāyk kiṭanta nilam ivviraṇṭu tiṟattāriṭai

⟨27⟩ yum nāṉ vilaikkuk koṇṭa nilamuṅ koṇṭu ivvāḻvārai nāṉ pāṭit tiruppa-

⟨28⟩ tiyam muṉṟu sanniyu muḍ[u*]kkaiyun tāḷamuṅ koṇṭu nālvar aṭikaḷmār tiruppa-

⟨29⟩ tiyam pāṭuvatāka candrādittaval ce[y*]tu[kuṭu][t*]teṉ cempiyaṉ vetiveḷāneṉ itu

⟨30⟩ paṉmāhēśvara rakṣai |||—

⟨SIIv13p0i0052⟩ No. 52. (A.R. No. 57 of 1918.) VṚIDDHĀCHALAM, VRIDDHACHALAM TALUK, SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE MAṆḌAPA IN FRONT OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE IN THE VṚIDDHAGIRĪŚVARA TEMPLE.

This records an assignment of 8 mā of land, which had been given by king Uttama-Chōḷa as dēvadāna to the temple of Tirumudukuṉṟam-Uḍaiyār at Neṟkuppai in Paruvūr-kūṟṟam of Iruṅgōḷappāḍi, by the residents of the village to a certain Pāradāyaṉ Kumaranārāyaṇa-Bhaṭṭaṉ for the supply of sandal-paste and incense powder for the daily use of the deity, and for the ingredients of sacred bath on the days of Saṅkrānti. The record seems to belong to Rājarāja I.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] kovirājakesaripatma[r*]kku yāṇṭu 3- āvatu iruṅkoḷappāṭip paruvūrkkūṟṟattu neṟkkuppai

⟨2⟩ tirumutukuṉṟamuṭaiyārkku śrī uttamacoḻar dēvatāṉamāka piṭākai naṭanta nila mūlakkuṭi aru ḷaṉ ciṅkaṉu[m*] kuṇavaṉ maṉimala-

⟨3⟩ num ikkuṭi ivvaṉaivom nāṅkaḷ śrī uttamacoḻariṭai kuṭinikkā [kā]ṇiyākap peṟṟuṭaiya dēvatāṉam nirnilam

⟨4⟩ veppañceyyil leḻu māvum madhurānta[ka*] vivākattil leṅkaḷ kūṟṟil loru māvum āka eṭṭu mācceyyum ivaṉ aṭṭu

⟨5⟩ peṟṟuṭaiya maṉaiyum pūmiyum pāratāyan kumaranārāyaṇa[p]paṭṭaṉākiya tirumutukuṉṟa irācaciṅka micuṇṇi-

⟨6⟩ kku kāṇiyāka cantirā[titta*]val niṟkac ceytu kuṭuttom ne[ṟ*]kuppai [ū]rom eṭṭu māccey nirnilam koṇṭu ceyyu- ⟨Page 25⟩

⟨7⟩ m paṇiyāvatu [|*] nicca maraippalac cantaṇamum nicatam kaiycu kuṅkiliyamu[m*] uttaramayanamum dēkṣiṇamayaṉamum tiṅkaḷ ca-

⟨8⟩ ntirāntikku snapanadravyattukkumākac ceytu kuṭuttom mulakkuṭi ivvaṉaivom kumaranārā ya[ṇa*] paṭṭaṉākiya tirumutukuṉṟami-

⟨9⟩ kaṇikku cantrātitta valam itu pa(n)m[ō*]heśvara rakṣai [||*]

⟨SIIv13p0i0053⟩ No. 53. (A.R. No. 147 of 1918.) TURUVAIYĀṞU, TANJORE TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON A STONE BUILT INTO THE WEST GŌPURA OF THE PAÑCHANADĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

A gift of gold chāmara made to god [Tiru]vaiyāṟuḍaiyār by Pañchavanmādēvi, queen of Mummuḍi-Chō[ḷa] (Rājarāja I).

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] kovirājakesaripanma••• •

⟨2⟩ ṇṭu 3- āvatu śrīmummuṭicco••••

⟨3⟩ • teviyār śrī pa[ñ]cavaṉmātevi••••

⟨4⟩ vaiyāṟuṭaiyārkkuk kuṭutta p[o]••••

⟨5⟩ cāmarai 1 itu alaku nilai [||*]

⟨SIIv13p0i0054⟩ No. 54. (A.R. No. 129 of 1919.) OLAGĀPURAM, TINDIVANAM TALUK, SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, RUINED ŚIVA TEMPLE.

This records an endowment of 96 sheep for a perpetual lamp in the temple of Śrī Kailāyāttu-Paramasvāmi at Ulōgamādēvipuram, a taṉiyūr in Ōymā-nāḍu, by Ambalavaṉ Gaṇḍarādittanār, a noble-man of the king, who is stated to have also built the temple with stone. The name of the village was evidently derived from Lōkamahādēvi, a queen of Rājarāja I.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] kovirājakesarivaṟma[ṟ*]kku yāṇṭu 3- āvatu oymāṉāṭṭu taṉi[yūr] ulokamā tevipurattu śrīkailāyattu paramasvāmikaḷukku tirukkaṟṟaḷi-

⟨2⟩ yeṭuppitta uṭaiyār peruntarattu ampalavaṉ kaṇṭarātittaṉār•••••• nuntā viḷakku oṉṟu ivviḷakkukku vaitta āṭu toṇṇūṟṟu āṟu•••

⟨3⟩ ••• v viḷakku cantrātittavaṟ idharmma i••••••••• ṉtalaimelaṉa aṟamaṟavaṟkka aṟamallatu tuṇai illai ||—

⟨SIIv13p0i0055⟩ No. 55. (A.R. No. 98 of 1920.) TIRUMAḺAVĀḌI UDAIYARPALAIYAM TALUK, TRICHINOPOLY DISTRICT. ON THE EAST WALL OF THE RUINED MAṆḌAPA TO THE NORTH OF THE SHRINE OF THE GODDESS IN THE VAIDYANĀTHA TEMPLE.

This records an undertaking backed with a security in land, given by two servants of the temple to make an offering of flaked rice to god Gaṇapati in the temple at Punalvāyil on the day of Ārudrā in Mārgaḻi month, with the money endowed for the purpose and left in their charge by a certain Śēndaṉ Vēḷāḷa-Piḷḷaiyār of Kumbaḷḷumbūr in Ōymā-nāḍu, a subdivision of Toṇḍai-nāḍu.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] kovirājakecaripanma[ṟ*]kku yāṇṭu 3- āvatu pu-

⟨2⟩ ṉalvāyil śrīkoyil gaṇapati bhaṭṭārarkku candrāditta-

⟨3⟩ val toṇṭaināṭṭu oymā(ṉ)ṉāṭṭu kumpaḷḷumpūr ce-

⟨4⟩ [n]taṉ veḷāṉ piḷḷaiyār gaṇapatiyārkku mārkaḻit ti-

⟨5⟩ ruvātirai nāḷ aval amutu ceyya tūṇi nānāḻi aval ⟨Page 26⟩

⟨6⟩ aṭṭuvatāka koṇṭa poṉ eḻu mañcāṭiyum kuṉṟi ivvūr kāma

⟨7⟩ kkāṇi aiyāṟaṉ dēvasvāmiy[yu]m aiyāṟaṉ mā-

⟨8⟩ ••• dēvaṉum iviruvom iv[va*]va(l)lukku nāṅkaḷ

⟨9⟩ oṟṟivaytta [nilamāvatu melūr eṅkaḷ]•••• 1

⟨SIIv13p0i0056⟩ No. 56. (A.R. No. 542 of 1920.) UḌAYĀRGUḌI (NEAR KĀṬṬUMANNĀRKŌYIL), CHIDAMBARAM TALUK, SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, ANANTĪŚVARA TEMPLE.

A gift of 13(1/2) kaḻañju of gold for a perpetual lamp in the temple by Ariśu-Kāḍi, a Veḷḷāḷa woman resident of Śiṟukaḍambūr in Viḷattūr-nāḍu.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] korājakesarivarmmaṟku yāṇṭu 3- āva-

⟨2⟩ tu vaṭakarai brahmadēyam śrī viranārāyaṇacatu-

⟨3⟩ rvvēdimaṅkalattu tiruvanandēśvarattāḷvār[k*]-

⟨4⟩ ku viḷattūrnāṭṭu ciṟukaṭampūrirukkum ve-

⟨5⟩ ḷāṭṭi aricukāṭi candrādityaval oru tiru-

⟨6⟩ nontāviḷak kerivataṟku muṉ vaitta

⟨7⟩ poṉ patiṉmukkaḻañcarai |௳

⟨SIIv13p0i0057⟩ No. 57. (A.R. No. 543 of 1920.) ON THE SAME WALL.

A gift of 13(1/2) kaḻañju of gold for a perpetual lamp in the temple by Muppirāl Śṛīkṛishṇa-Kramavittaṉ of Paṇḍitavatsalachēri (quarter). Paṇḍitavatsala was a well-known title of Parāntaka I.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [|*] korājakesarivarmmaṟku yāṇṭu

⟨2⟩ 3- āvatu vaṭakarai brahmadēyam śrīviranā-

⟨3⟩ rāyaṇa caturvvēdimaṅkalattu tiruvana-

⟨4⟩ [ndē]śvarat tāḷvārkku paṇḍitavatsalac-

⟨5⟩ ceri muppirāl śrīkraṣṇa kramavittaṉ

⟨6⟩ cantrādityaval oru nōntāviḷak keri-

⟨7⟩ vataṟku vaitta poṉ patiṉmukkaḻañ-

⟨8⟩ carai ௳

⟨SIIv13p0i0058⟩ No. 58. (A.R. No. 550 of 1920.) ON THE SAME WALL.

An undertaking by a group of shepherds (Maṉṟāḍikalanai) to supply an ōḻākku of ghee to the temple every day for lamp, in return for 6(3/4) kaḻañju of gold, of which 5 kaḻañju was received from Puliyaṉ Tāḻi, wife of Śaṅkarappāḍiyāṉ Periyāṉ, a resident of Kaḍambūr, and the balance from the temple. ⟨Page 27⟩

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] korājakesarivarmmaṟku yāṇṭu 3- āvatu vaṭakarai brahmadēyam śrīviranārāyaṇa caturvvēti-

⟨2⟩ maṅkalattu vāriyaṉuḷḷiṭṭa maṉṟāṭikkalaṉaiyom iyyāṭṭai vaykācittiṅkaḷmutal-

⟨3⟩ k kaṭampūrirukkum caṅkarappāṭiyāṉ perinaṉ maṇavāṭṭi puliyaṉṟāḻi tirunōntā viḷak keri-

⟨4⟩ ppataṟku ivaṉ tanta ñcum idēvar tam poṉ āka aṟukaḻañce mukkāṟ-

⟨5⟩ poṉṉuṅ koṇṭu cantrādityaval arai viḷakku 45 āṭuṅ koṇṭu cāvāmuvāpperāṭāka

⟨6⟩ nicati āḻākkup paṭi ney yaṭṭuvatāṉom vāriyaṉuḷḷiṭṭa maṉṟāṭikalaṉaiyom [||*]

⟨SIIv13p0i0059⟩ No. 59. (A.R. No. 551 of 1920.) ON THE SAME WALL.

A gift of 15(1/2) kaḻañju of gold for burning a perpetual lamp in the temple by Jātavēda-Bhaṭṭa, son of Aṭṭāmpuṟattu Veṇṇaya-Bhaṭṭa residing at Paṇḍitavatsalachchēri (quarter), so called evidently after the title of Parāntaka I.

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] korājakesarivarmmaṟku yāṇṭu 3- āvatu vaṭakarai brahmadēyam śrīviranārāyaṇacaturvēdi-

⟨2⟩ maṅkalattu paṇḍitavatsalacceri aṭṭāmpuṟattu veṇṇaya bhaṭṭac comāciyār makaṉ jā-

⟨3⟩ tavēdabhaṭṭaṉ iyyāṭṭai āṉittiṅkaḷ mutalāka tiruvanandēśvarattāḷvārkku oru nō-

⟨4⟩ ntā viḷakku candrādityavat erivataṟku vaiytta poṉ patiṉaiñ kaḻañcarai |௳

⟨SIIv13p0i0060⟩ No. 60. (A.R. No. 599 of 1920.) ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE SAME SHRINE.

This records a gift of 12(1/2) kaḻañju of gold for a perpetual lamp in the temple of Tiruvanantēśvarattāḷvār by Tāyaṉ Vaḍugi, a lady of Vādavūr in Pāṇḍi-nāḍu. The date 3rd year, Karkaṭaka, Saturday, Tiruvādirai, corresponds to A.D. 951, July 5, though one or two more details would admit of sure verification. The record may be assigned to Gaṇḍarāditya.

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [|*] korājakesarivarmmakku 3- āvatu vaṭakarai brahmadēyam śrīviranārāyaṇaccaturvvēdima-

⟨2⟩ ṅgalattu tiruvanantēśvarattāḷvārkku pāṇṭināṭṭu vātavūr kaḷavaṉūrāṉ brāhmaṇi tāyaṉ vaṭu-

⟨3⟩ ki ivvāṭṭai kaṟkaṭakanāyaṟṟuc caṉikkiḻamai peṟṟa tiruvātirai nāṉṟirāppakaloru nōntāvi-

⟨4⟩ ḷakku candrādityavat erippataṟku kuṭutta poṉ 12 i12 poṉ koṇṭiv-

⟨5⟩ vūr maṉṟāṭikalaṉaiyom cāvāmuvāperāṭu 96m takar 1- m koṇṭu nicati

⟨6⟩ uḻakku ney yaṭṭuvomāṉom ivaṉ nilaiviḷakkukku vaitta poṉ ndha [||*]

⟨SIIv13p0i0061⟩ No. 61. (A.R. No. 614 of 1920.) ON THE OUTER BASE OF THE SOUTH WALL OF THE MAṆḌAPA IN FRONT OF THE SAME SHRINE.

This records an endowment of 19 vēli and odd of land for feeding 56 Brahmans in the temple, by Gaṅgaṉ Ambalavaṉ Gaṇḍarādittaṉ alias Mummuḍiśōḻa-Viḻupparaiyaṉ of Kuvaḷālam in Gaṅga Six Thousand (territory), who belonged to the perundaram ⟨Page 28⟩ of the king, and by two others for the merit of the former. Of this land 12 vēli is said to have been purchased from a certain••• Sarvīśara Triṇētra Daśapuriya-Bhaṭṭaṉ who had himself purchased it from Uttama-Chōḷa. The record seems to belong to Rājarāja I.

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [|*] kovirāja kesarivarmma[ṟ]kku yāṇṭu 3- āvatu uṭaiyār peruntarattu gaṅ[ga] rasāyirattuk kuvaḷālattu gaṅgaṉ ampalavaṉ kaṇṭar[ā]tittanākiya mummuṭicoḻa viḻup paraiyaṉ vaṭakarai brahmadēyam śrīviranārāyaṇaccaturvvētimaṅkalattu tiruvanantiśvarattu paramasvāmi tirumuṟṟattiley cantrātittavat brāhmaṇabhōjaṉañ ceyvataṟkku vaitta ka-

⟨2⟩ lam 50 aimpatu iv•• ci pār veṭṭu varaiyaṉ tanti vaitta kalam aintum kaṇṭaṉ • ntērumāṉ vaitta kalam oṉṟum āka ivvaimpattāṟu brāhmaṇaṟku cantrādittavaṟ brāhmaṇa bhōjanattuk(ku)kāka mummuṭicoḻa viḻupparaiyar[k*]kup paramasvāmi tirunāmattāl kācu eḻunūṟṟaimpa[tu][k*]kuk koṇṭu tanta bhūmi śrī viranārāyaṇaścaturvvētimaṅkalattu śrī paṇḍitavatsalacceri [kā]rāmpicceṭṭu dēvakkantāṭai śrīviṣṇu••

⟨3⟩ ttu kāṭhakadhāji••••• parivrājakā•• ṉ śarvviśarattriṇētradaśapuriyabhaṭṭaṉ śrī uttama coḻaṟkku śāsanam•• ñcolli śrī uttamacoḻarpakkal vilaikoṇṭu peṟṟuṭaiya nilam vaṭakarai••••ñcaḷā nāṭṭu neṭuñcerikkaḷ teṟkkaṭaiya śrī uttamacoḻa•• saṉ••rvvētimaṅkala ••ṉumpiyarāl ivar ēkapokam peṟṟuṭaiya paṉṉiru veliyum kiḻpā[ṟ*]kkellai koṭṭur ellaikku meṟkkum teṉ-

⟨4⟩ pāṟkkellai māṟapa•• teviyār brahmadēyattu ellaikku vaṭakkum melpāṟkellai maṇalūr ellaikkuk kiḻakkum vaṭapāṟkellai neṭuñ•• ṟai nilattukkut teṟkkum ivvicaitta perunāṉ kellaiyuḷḷum akappaṭṭa nilam paṉṉiruveliyum iṉṉum vaṭakarai veṇṇaiyūrnāṭṭu brahmadēyam••••• veli nilattil••••••• vaṭakaraikku••••• lattukku kiḻpāṟkkel-

⟨5⟩ lai utāramaṅkalattellaikku meṟkum teṉpāṟkellai nelūrar••••kku vaṭakkum melpāṟ [k*]ellai koḷḷiṭattukkuk kiḻakkum vaṭapāṟkellai arai•• mulai ellaikku••••kku•• laikku teṟkum ivvicaitta perunāṉkellaiyuḷḷum akappaṭṭa nilattil koṇṭu kuṭutta nilam eḻuveliyey nāṉkumā mukkāṇiyum āka nilam pattoṉpatiṟṟu veliyey nāṉkumā mukkā••••••• iṟai pokki mikka pokaṅ-

⟨6⟩ koṇṭu ivvaimpattāṟu brāhmaṇarai ūṭṭuvatākavum niccaṟpaṭi kaṟi nālum kalattāl oru muṭṭai neyyum nāḻi [m]orum veṟṟilai aintum pāk••••m iṭṭu maṭṭiyum cantrātitta vat mummuṭi coḻaviḻupparaiyaṟkkāka ūṭṭuvippatāka

⟨7⟩ ipparicu ikkācukku ippūmi koṇṭu kuṭuttuk kallil veṭṭuvicceṉ śrī koyil•• ceykiṉṟa iṣabhaṉeṉ itu māsabhaiyār rakṣaiyāka ||௳

⟨SIIv13p0i0062⟩ No. 62. (A.R. No. 618 of 1920.) ON THE OUTER BASE OF THE NORTH WALL OF THE SAME MAṆḌAPA.

A gift of 14 kaḻañju of gold for purchasing 96 sheep and a ram with which to maintain a perpetual lamp in the temple, by Nāgaṉ Śāttaṉ alias Paramēśvara-Perunāyakaṉ, a Veḷḷāḷa of Parakēsarichchēri (quarter) of the village.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [|*] korājakesariparmmakku yāṇṭu 3- āvatu vaṭakarai brahmadēyam śrī viranārā-

⟨2⟩ yaṇaccaturvvētimaṅgalattu tiruvanantēśvarattāḷvārkku ivvūr parakecariceri-

⟨3⟩ yirukkum veḷḷāḷaṉ nākañ cāttaṉāṉa paramēśvarap perunāyakaṉ candrādityava-

⟨4⟩ t nōntāviḷakkoṉṟerippataṟku kuṭutta 14 poṉṉāl cāvāmuvā [96] āṭum takar 1- m [||*] ⟨Page 29⟩

⟨SIIv13p0i0063⟩ No. 63. (A.R. No. 29 of 1922.) TIRUVĀMĀTTŪR, VILLUPURAM TALUK, SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE ROOM INSIDE THE ARDHA-MANDAPA, ABHIRĀMĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

A gift of 96 sheep for a perpetual lamp in the temple at Tiruvāmāttūr, a dēvadāna in Vāvalūr-nāḍu to the west of Aruvā-nāḍu by Milāḍuḍaiyāṉ Rāmaṉ Siddhavaḍavaṉ alias Vikramaśōḻa-Milāḍuḍaiyāṉ of the Bhārggava-gōtra. This chief figures also in No. 7 of 1905 in the 5th year of Rājakēsarivarman from Kīḻūr in the same district, wherein he is stated to have married a Pāṇḍya princess. Vikrama is probably a title of Uttama-Chōḷa (M.E.R. 1929, II. 29). The inscription is evidently one of Rājarāja I.

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [|*] kovirājakesarivarmma[ṟ*]-

⟨2⟩ kku yāṇṭu 3- āvatu aruvānā-

⟨3⟩ ṭṭu miyvaḻi vāvalūrnāṭṭu te-

⟨4⟩ vatāna tiruvāmāttūruṭai-

⟨5⟩ ya paramasvāmikaḷukku bhārgga-

⟨6⟩ vagōtrattu milāṭuṭaiyāṉ

⟨7⟩ irāman cittavaṭa(v)vaṉākiya

⟨8⟩ vikramacoḻa milāṭuṭaiyā[ṉ]

⟨9⟩ vaitta nuntāviḷakku oṉṟuk-

⟨10⟩ ku vaitta āṭu toṇṇūṟṟā[ṟu]

⟨11⟩ cantyātittavaṟ panmāhēśvara rakṣai [||*]

⟨SIIv13p0i0064⟩ No. 64. (A.R. No. 441 of 1922.) KĀYĀR, CHINGLEPUT TALUK, CHINGLEPUT DISTRICT. ON A PILLAR IN THE ĀḌĒRĪŚVARA TEMPLE.

The inscription is worn out in the middle portion. It seems to record an endowment of land as bhaṭṭavṛitti, made after its purchase from the assembly of Veṇkuḍi in Śeṇgāṭṭu-kōttam, by Parachakraṉ Rāmaśiyachcheṭṭi alias Dharmaśeṭṭi, a resident of the village.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*]

⟨2⟩ kovir[ā*]cakejari-

⟨3⟩ panma(ma)[ṟ*]kku yāṇ-

⟨4⟩ ṭu mūṉṟ(ā)vatu ce-

⟨5⟩ ṅkkāṭṭuk koṭ-

⟨6⟩ ṭattu veṇku-

⟨7⟩ ṭiccāttil li-

⟨8⟩ rukkum paracakkira-

⟨9⟩ [n i]rāma[ci]ya ceṭṭi[yā*]

⟨10⟩ yi[ṉa] dharma ceṭṭi

⟨11⟩ kākkul āṭerimu

⟨12⟩ kam•• eṭuttu bhaṭṭa

⟨13⟩ vi[ru*]tti [v*]aicca nila-

⟨14⟩ m perum paḷ-

⟨15⟩ ḷattu oṉṟa[rai]

⟨16⟩ paṭṭi nilamum

⟨17⟩ ā[cā]••••

⟨18⟩ kkāle [oru]-

⟨19⟩ māvum me

⟨20⟩ lai•••••••

⟨21⟩ ••••••• pa-

⟨22⟩ ṭṭi oṉ[ṟe muk]kā-

⟨23⟩ llumāka mu-

⟨24⟩ ṉṟaraip paṭṭi

⟨25⟩ nilat[tukku]

⟨26⟩ epp(o)rppaṭṭa

⟨27⟩ iṟaiyum kāṭṭa-

⟨28⟩ [piṟā] tomā

⟨29⟩ [m] sabhaiyō

⟨30⟩ m innila

⟨31⟩ •••••••

⟨32⟩ [kāṭṭu vo]mā-

⟨33⟩ [kil ke]ṅ-

⟨34⟩ [kai i]ṭaik ku[ma]-

⟨35⟩ ri(y)yiṭai e ⟨Page 30⟩

⟨36⟩ ḻu nū[ṟṟu kā]-

⟨37⟩ tamum ceyt[ār]

⟨38⟩ [ceta] pāpattup

⟨39⟩ paṭuvo(m)mā-

⟨40⟩ ṉom••••

⟨41⟩ •••••••••

⟨42⟩ ••kāṭṭil

⟨43⟩ ••[teṇṭam]

⟨44⟩ dhanmāsana-

⟨45⟩ ttu paṉṉi

⟨46⟩ raṇṭu kā-

⟨47⟩ ṇam paṟṟu

⟨48⟩ v[o]māka pa-

⟨49⟩ ṇitto[m*] sa-

⟨50⟩ [bhaiy]ōm

⟨51⟩ sabhaiyā

⟨52⟩ rpakka[l] yā-

⟨53⟩ ṉ uṭai-

⟨54⟩ ya kaiyye-

⟨55⟩ ḻuttu ira-

⟨56⟩ ṇṭum in-

⟨57⟩ nilattukku

⟨58⟩ [kra]yamākavum i-

⟨59⟩ ṟai(y) dravyamā-

⟨60⟩ kavum oṭṭik-

⟨61⟩ kuṭutteṉ i-

⟨62⟩ k kaiyyeḻut-

⟨63⟩ tu iraṇṭum

⟨64⟩ caṇṭilāmai-

⟨65⟩ yāl kaṇṭapo-

⟨66⟩ ḻutu cāvāka oṭ-

⟨67⟩ ṭik kuṭutteṉ

⟨68⟩ meṟ collappaṭ-

⟨69⟩ ṭa [rā]maciyac ceṭṭi-

⟨70⟩ yeṉ [||*]

⟨SIIv13p0i0065⟩ No. 65. (A.R. No. 494 of 1922.) TIRUKKAṆṆAPURAM, NANNILAM TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON A PILLAR OF THE NORTH VERANDAH IN THE FIRST PRĀKĀRA, ŚAURIRĀJA-PERUMĀḶ TEMPLE.

This registers an endowment of 2 plots of land by a certain Āḻchchāṉṟāṉ Munnūṟṟuvapperumāṉ alias Śōḻavēl Ēṉādi, a resident of Tirukkaṇṇapuram (also called Śrīkṛishṇapuram), a dēvadāna and brahmadēya in Marugar-nāḍu, after purchasing them from a private individual and from the sabhā of the village.

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] korājakesari••• vakku yāṇṭu 2- āvatiṉ etirām āṇṭu marukarnāṭṭu dēvatāṉa-

⟨2⟩ brahmadēyam tirukkaṇṇapurattu sabhaiyom ivvū rāḻccāṉṟāṉ munnūṟṟuvap

⟨3⟩ perumāṉākiya coḻave[l ē]ṉātikku••••vom ivaṉemperumāṉukku cantyādittavat tiru viḷakkuc ce[y*]-

⟨4⟩ ta nilam ūriṉkiḻur ceyta ta••••centaṉ caṭakopaṉ pakkal vilai koṇṭuṭaiya vaṭṭakkā-

⟨5⟩ leṉṟu perkūṟappaṭum nilattukkuk kiḻpāl [el*]lai pārāciriyaṉ centa[p]paṟpaṉāpa ṉilattuk-

⟨6⟩ ku meṟkun teṉpāṟkellai c[oma]ttampi caṭakopaṉ centa ṉilattukku vaṭakkum melp[ā]-

⟨7⟩ ṟkellai uḷciṟuvāykkālu••••pārāci [ri*][ya]ṉ centaṉ mālari keśavaṉ stridhaṉam peṟṟa

⟨8⟩ nilattukkuk kiḻakku vaṭapā••••llai c[o*]mattampi caṭakopa(pa) kṛṣṇaṉilattukkut

⟨9⟩ teṟkku mivvicaitta perunāṉkellaiiṉu makappaṭṭa nilam 35 innila mummā-

⟨10⟩ varai araikkāṇium ivaṉe••••vilai koṇṭu kalliṉa kuḷattukkum karaikkuṅ kiḻpāṟ-

⟨11⟩ kellai vaikānasaṉ [va]rāha •••• ṉilattukkum pārāciriyaṉ centa kaṇṇapurattammā ṉi-

⟨12⟩ lattukkum pā[lā*]ciriyaṉ koṟṟa••••ṅkara nārāyaṇa ṉilattukkum comattampi nārāya-

⟨13⟩ ṇa ṉirāmaṉ kalatti[ṉ] ki••••lattuk[ku]m pālāciriyaṉ centaṉ kaṇṇapurattam[mā]-

⟨14⟩ ṉilattukku meṟkum teṉ••••kallai comattampi irāmaṉ tirumā[l*]iruñcolai ni-

⟨15⟩ lattukku vaṭakku melpāṟke[l]lai peruvaḻikkuk kiḻakkum vaṭapāṟkellai pārāciriyaṉ āya-

⟨16⟩ rkoḻuntu śrī kṛṣṇa[n] stridha•• peṟṟa nilattukkut teṟku mivvicaitta perunāṉkel-

⟨17⟩ laiyiṉu makappaṭṭa kuḷamuṅ karaika••••ttiruvi[ḷa]k••••••••• emmilicainta poruḷ koṇṭu••••

The inscription is built in below. Above the inscription are the following eight lines which may perhaps form part of this record. ⟨Page 31⟩

⟨1⟩ —emperumā••••

⟨2⟩ —ruk kuḷattiniṉṟu kiḻakku nokkip pontu vāykkāliṉ ṉir i

⟨3⟩ —ṉāti kuḷattukkey pāyap peṟuvatākavum maṟṟepperpaṭṭa-

⟨4⟩ —pāccavu miṟakkavum peṟātitākavum ikkuḷatti liṟaittāraiyum

⟨5⟩ —iṉāreyum ikkuḷattukkum ittiruviḷakkāṉa nilattukkum

⟨6⟩ —kāṭṭiṉomai vevveṟṟu vakai aimpatu poṉ maṉṟappe

⟨7⟩ —patāka oṭṭi iṭṭuk kuṭuttom śrīkṛṣṇapurattu sabhaiōm

⟨8⟩ itu vaiṣṇavar rakṣai [||*]

⟨SIIv13p0i0066⟩ No. 66. (A.R. No. 238 of 1923.) KŌYIL-TĒVARĀYANPĒṬṬAI (NEAR PAṆḌĀRAVĀḌAI), PAPANASAM TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, MATSYAPURĪŚVARA TEMPLE.

This records an endowment of one mā of land after purchasing it for 9 karuṅkāśu from a resident of Manōramachchēri, a quater of Iḷamaṅgalam in Rājakēsari-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, by a Veḷḷāḷa of the same village, for providing for the sacred bath of god Mahādēva at Tiruchchēlūr with water from the Kāvēri. The purchase is said to have been made in the name of another person before endowment.

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⟨1⟩ koirācakecaripaṉmaṟku yāṇṭu mūṉṟāvatu teṉkaraip pira-

⟨2⟩ mateyam irācakecariccaruppetimaṅkalattup piṭākai iḷa-

⟨3⟩ maṅkalattirukkum veḷḷāḷaṉ aiyyāṟaṉ tivākaraṉeṉ nāṉ i-

⟨4⟩ vvūr manoramaccerip pā[lā]ciriyaṉ centaṉ centaḷitaṉṟam-

⟨5⟩ pi centaṉ ṟattaṉiṭaip peṟṟuṭaiyaṉāyirunta pūmi varāhava-

⟨6⟩ tikku meṟku mutaṟkaṇṇāṟṟu maṉorama vāykkālukku teṟku

⟨7⟩ muṉṟu catira viṭṭu nālāntuṇṭattu meṟkaṭainta oru-

⟨8⟩ mācceyum oṉpatu karuṅkācu kuṭuttu nāṉ maṉorama-

⟨9⟩ ccerip pālāciriyaṉ māṟaṉ ṟevac comāciyār perāl anyanā-

⟨10⟩ makaraṇattāl ivar perāl vilai koṇṭuṭaiyenāna iccey

⟨11⟩ tiruccelūr mātevarkku kāviriyinīr kuṇantu tirumañcanamā-

⟨12⟩ ṭṭuvatā[ka*] kuṭutteṉ itu panmāhēśvara rakṣai [||*]

⟨SIIv13p0i0067⟩ No. 67. (A.R. No. 268 of 1923.) ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE SAME SHRINE.

This records a gift of land after purchase, made tax-free by a payment in gold to the Mahāsabhā, by Rāmaṉ Kōṉaḍigaḷ alias Pañchavaṉ Pallavaraiyaṉ of Adhirājamaṅgalam in Vēdakkūr-nāḍu, for burning a lamp in the temple of Tiruchchēlūr-Paramēśvara. A channel called Āditya-vāykkāl and a road Naratoṅga-vadi are mentioned among the boundaries of this land.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] koirājakesarivanma[r*]kku yāṇṭu 3- āva-

⟨2⟩ tu tiruccelūr paramēśvara[r*]kku vēdak[kū]r nāṭṭu adhirāja-

⟨3⟩ maṅkalattu irāmaṉ koṉaṭikaḷāṉa pañcavaṉ pal-

⟨4⟩ lavaraiyaṉ cantrādityaval iravum pakalu[m*] non- ⟨Page 32⟩

⟨5⟩ tāviḷakku erivataṟkku vaicca ney uḻakku ivuḻakku [ne][y*]-

⟨6⟩ kku bhōgamākak koṇṭu kuṭutta ni[la]m ivvūr ā-

⟨7⟩ tittavatikku me[ṟ*]kku eṭṭāṅ kaṇṇāṟṟu kaṇavativāykkālukku te-

⟨8⟩ ṟkku naratoṅkavatikku kiḻakku parakesaricceriyārkku iṭṭa nattakkūṟu

⟨9⟩ iraṇṭu mākāṇiyil teṉ[m*]e[ṟ*]kkaṭaiya vilai koṇṭu mah[ā*]sabhaiyārkku

⟨10⟩ poṉ kuṭuttu iṟai iḻittu kuṭutta nilam imukkāṇi nilamu-

⟨11⟩ m ivūr mahā sabhaiyārum palmāhēśvararum [ra]kṣai |||

⟨SIIv13p0i0068⟩ No. 68. (A.R. No. 276 of 1923.) ON THE SAME WALL.

This records a gift of a mā of land by a certain Bālāśiriyaṉ Pūvattaṉ Śaṅkaraṉ of Puḷḷamaṅgalam, a resident of Naratoṅgachchēri (quarter) in Rājakēsari-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, to supplement the 5 mā endowed tax-free by the sabhā for (the maintenance of a person) supplying a pot of water daily from the Kāvēri for the sacred bath of the deity.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] korājakesari panma[ṟ*]kku yāṇṭu 3- ā-

⟨2⟩ vatu teṉkarai brahmadēyam śrīrājakesari caturvē-

⟨3⟩ timaṅkalattu tirucceylūr mahādēva[r*]kku kā-

⟨4⟩ vēribhaṭṭārakiyilniṉṟu nicati oru kuṭam tiruma-

⟨5⟩ ṅcuṇam aṭṭuvata[r*]kku jivitammāka ivūr narato-

⟨6⟩ ṅkaceri puḷḷamaṅkalattu pālāciriyaṉ bhaṭṭaṉ pū-

⟨7⟩ vattana caṅkaraṉ [v*]aitta nilam [|*] ivūr narato-

⟨8⟩ ṅkavatikku me[ṟ*]kku iraṇṭā[ṅ*] kaṇṇāṟṟu śrīkaṇṭa-

⟨9⟩ vā[y*]kkālukku teṟku iraṇṭāñ catirattu vaṭakkaṭai-

⟨10⟩ ñca aṟumāvil eṅkaḷ [ū]rukaḷḷe kuṭukka ivūr mahā-

⟨11⟩ sabhaiyā[r*] idēva[r*]kke iṟaiyiliyāki kuṭutta kāl ce[y*] [ni]-

⟨12⟩ kki niṉṟa oru māvil nāṉ vilaikoṇṭa kāṇi arai-

⟨13⟩ kkāṇik kuḻi iraṇṭaraiyum cantrāditaval panmāhēśva[ra*]-

⟨14⟩ rakṣai [||*]

⟨SIIv13p0i0069⟩ No. 69. (A.R. No. 53 of 1925.) TIRUKKOḶAMBIYŪR, MAYAVARAM TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE GŌKHARĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

This records the remission of taxes due on a land belonging to the temple of Tirukkoḻambam-uḍaiya-Mahādēva, by the sabhā of Dūvēdimaṅgalam, a brahmadēya in Pērāvūr-nāḍu, in consideration of a lump sum of 14 kāśu received by them (evidently from the temple).

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] kovirājakesaripanmar[k*]ki yāṇṭu 3 perāvūrnāṭṭu brahmadēyam tūveti maṅkalattu sabhai-

⟨2⟩ yom iṉṉāṭṭu tirukkoḻampamuṭaiya mahādēva[ rkku cantir] ādittaval iṟaiyili ceyyum eṅkaḷūr nilam

⟨3⟩ ••••• lai tirukkoḻampamuṭaiya mahā[ dēvaṟ] nilattuk ke[l*]lai kiḻp[ā]lkke[l*]lai kaucikaṉ t[e]-

⟨4⟩ ••••• nārāyaṇaṉum tampiyum nilattu[kku m]eṟkum teṉpāṟkke[l*]lai paḻava[ru]ntūr va[ra*]mpukku ⟨Page 33⟩

⟨5⟩ ••••••••• yiṉ kalattiyāṉam nilattukkuk kiḻakkum vaṭapāṟkellai

⟨6⟩ this line is built in

⟨7⟩ ittevar tiruviḷakkuc ceykkum pāratāya ṉirāmaṉ vaṭuka nilattukkut teṟkum ivvicaitta perunāṉkellaiyilum uḷpaṭṭa nilam kālekāṇi ikkāle kāṇiyum canti[rā*]-

⟨8⟩ tittaval iṟaiiliyāka ceytukuṭuttuk koṇṭa kācu 14 ikkācu patiṉālukkum iṟaiyiliyākac ceyitu kuṭuttom tirukkoḻampamuṭaiya mahādēvarkkuc cantirātittaval

⟨9⟩ iṟaiyili ceytu kuṭuttom tūvetimaṅkalattu sabhaiyom itu pa(ṉ)nmāhēśvara rakṣai ||௳

⟨SIIv13p0i0070⟩ No. 70. (A.R. No. 268 of 1925.) TIRUVIḌAIKKAḺI, MAYAVARAM TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE MAṆḌAPA IN FRONT OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, SUBRAHMAṆYA TEMPLE.

This is a fragmentary inscription and seems to record an endowment of land by a certain Śembiyaṉ Koṟṟaperuṅgaḷiyar for feeding two persons in the temple. Kaṉṟū[r*]-nāḍu in Maṇayiṟ-kōṭṭam, a subdivision of Toṇḍai-nāḍu is mentioned.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] kovirājakecari paṉma[ṟ*]kku yāṇṭu 3- āvatu •••••••••••

⟨2⟩ toṇṭai nāṭṭu maṇayiṟkoṭṭattuk kaṉṟū[r*] nāṭṭu••••śvara••••••••••• ṉum

⟨3⟩ ••••••••• oṉṟe iraṇṭu mā(ā)kāṇi aimpattu ṉāṟkalane irutūṇipa••••yiṉ melai oṉṟe iraṇṭu māvuḷḷiṭṭa kuṭumpil patiṉaṟu kalane kuṟuṇi iruṉā•••••

⟨4⟩ yum āṭi••••• vatākavum ūṭṭāviṭil•• vaipaṭum taṇṭame paṭuvitāka•• ṇi cantaram tiruviṭaikka •••• ṉ cempiyaṉ koṟṟa peruṅkaḷiyar vaitta ivviraṇṭakkiramum vāttalaippa•••••••••

⟨SIIv13p0i0071⟩ No. 71. (A.R. No. 360 of 1925.) PAḺAṄKŌVIL, POLUR TALUK, NORTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON A PILLAR IN THE MUKHA-MAṆḌAPA, PHALAGRĀHĪŚVARA TEMPLE.

A gift of 90 sheep for the maintenance of a perpetual lamp in the temple of Mahādēva at Paḻaṅgōḷūr in Kāttaḷūr-kūṟṟam, a subdivision of Kīḻvēmbu-nāḍu in Palkuṉṟa-kōṭṭam, by Aṇṇāvaṉ Kōdaṇḍarāmaṉ of Pūdiyūr.

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⟨1⟩ kovirā[ca*]keca-

⟨2⟩ ripanmaṟki yāṇ-

⟨3⟩ ṭu muṉṟu āva-

⟨4⟩ tu palkuṉṟakko-

⟨5⟩ ṭṭattuk kiḻve[m]-

⟨6⟩ [pu]ṉāṭṭu kānta-

⟨7⟩ ḷūrkkūṟṟa-

⟨8⟩ ttup paḻaṅ[k]oḷūr ma-

⟨9⟩ hādēvarkkup pūtiyū-

⟨10⟩ ruṭaiyāṉ aṇṇā-

⟨11⟩ vaṉ ko[ta]ṇṭarāmaṉ-

⟨12⟩ ṉeṉ [ nant] āviḷakku o-

⟨13⟩ [ṉṟiṉukku] nicatam [uḻak]

⟨14⟩ kuppaṭi ney koṇ[ṭeri]-

⟨15⟩ ppatāka vaitta cāvāmuvā-

⟨16⟩ pperāṭu toṇ[ṇū]ṟu ivai

⟨17⟩ cantirātittavaṟku vai-

⟨18⟩ tteṉ [||*]

⟨SIIv13p0i0072⟩ No. 72. (A.R. No. 497 of 1925.) ŚEMBIYANMAHĀDĒVI, NEGAPATAM TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, KAILĀSANĀTHA TEMPLE.

This gives a list of the several articles presented to the temple of Kailāsam-uḍaiya-Mahādēva at Śembiyaṉmahādēvi-chaturvēdimaṅgalam in Aḷa-nāḍu by Śembiyaṉ-Mahādēvi alias Parāntakaṉ Mādēvaḍigaḷār, the mother of Uttama-Chōḷa, in the month of Mīna of the year. These comprised a golden pot (weight 190 kaḻañju), two golden forehead-plates (90 kaḻañju), 3 gold flowers (11(1/4) kaḻañju), 21 gold flowers (79(3/4) kaḻañju) and two more gold flowers (5(1/2) kaḻañju). Evidently this is a record of Rājarāja I. ⟨Page 34⟩

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] ko-

⟨2⟩ irājakesaripanma-

⟨3⟩ ṟku yāṇṭu 3- āvatu

⟨4⟩ teṉkarai yaḷanā-

⟨5⟩ ṭṭu brahmatēyam śrī

⟨6⟩ cempiyaṉ mātevic-

⟨7⟩ caturvētimaṅkalattu

⟨8⟩ śrī kailāsamuṭaiya mahā-

⟨9⟩ dēvaṟku śrī uttamacoḻa-

⟨10⟩ dēvar taṅkaḷācci śrī pirānta-

⟨11⟩ kaṉ mātevaṭikaḷārāṉa śrī cem-

⟨12⟩ piyaṉ māteviyār ivvāṇṭu mi-

⟨13⟩ ṉa nāyaṟṟuk kuṭutta 100 poṉ ka-

⟨14⟩ lacam oṉṟu itu ivvūrk kallāl

⟨15⟩ poṉ ṉūṟṟut toṇṇūṟṟuk kaḻa

⟨16⟩ ñcu poṉṉiṉ paṭṭam iraṇṭiṉāl

⟨17⟩ meṟpaṭi kallā[l*] niṟai toṇṇūṟ-

⟨18⟩ ṟu kaḻañcum poṟpū oṉṟu po[ṉ]

⟨19⟩ [muk]kaḻañce mukkālākap poṟpū [mu]-

⟨20⟩ [ṉṟukku] meṟpaṭi kallā[l*] niṟai pati-

⟨21⟩ [ṉoruka]ḻañce kālum poṟpū oṉ-

⟨22⟩ •••• mukkaḻañce mukkāle mañ-

⟨23⟩ cāṭiyākap poṟpū irupattoṉṟi-

⟨24⟩ ṉāl meṟpaṭi kallā[l*] niṟai eḻupat [to]-

⟨25⟩ [ṉ] pati[ṉ] kaḻañce mukkāle mañcā-

⟨26⟩ ṭiyum poṟpū•••••••••

⟨27⟩ ḻañce mukkāl iraṇṭu mañcāṭiyāka

⟨28⟩ poṟpū iraṇṭiṉāl meṟpaṭi kal-

⟨29⟩ lāṉiṟai aiṅkaḻañ caraiye nālu

⟨30⟩ mañcāṭiyum āka ivai itta-

⟨31⟩ ṉaiyum paṉ māhēśvara rakṣai

⟨32⟩ ||௳

⟨SIIv13p0i0073⟩ No. 73. (A.R. No. 116 of 1926.) TIRUVIḶAKKUḌI, MAYAVARAM TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, MAṆAVĀḶĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

This records an endowment of two pieces of land and a house-site by the sabhā of Murugavēḷ-maṅgalam, a brahmadēya in Kurukkai-nāḍu on the north bank, for the maintenance of three persons sounding the kāḷam and gong during the śrībali service in the temple of Mahādēvar Maṅgala-Nakkar in the village. One of these lands and the house are said to have belonged to two brothers and, after their demise without issue, to have gone under the ward of the assembly.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] kovirājakesaripanma[ṟ*]kku yāṇṭu 3- āvatu vaṭa-

⟨2⟩ karai kkuṟukkaināṭṭu brahmadēyam [murukaveḷmaṅ]-

⟨3⟩ kalattu sabhayom ivūr mahādēvar maṅkala nakkarkku

⟨4⟩ śrīpali koṭṭik kāḷamūta iraṇṭāḷukkum cekaṇṭikai

⟨5⟩ koṭṭa orāḷukkum nivanta[m*] ceytu kuṭutta nilamāvatu ūriṉ-

⟨6⟩ kiḻurkaraiyeḻumāveṉṟu perkūvappaṭum nilamāva-

⟨7⟩ tuk kellaiy kiḻpāṟkellai ivu[va*]cca[r*]kaḷ nilam ceṅkuṭṭi-

⟨8⟩ kku meṟkkum tenpāṟkellai dēvar arcca[ṉā]bh[ōga]ttukku vaṭakkum

⟨9⟩ melpāṟkellai vaṭakkuṉokkip pona vāykkālukkuk kiḻakkum vaṭapā-

⟨10⟩ [ṟ]kellai paḻaṅkāṭiyār vāykkālukku teṟkkum inṉāle[l*]laiyilum maka[p*]-

⟨11⟩ paṭṭa nilamum ivvūr tenmaṅkala vitit teruvukku meṟkkum illa maṉaiyum

⟨12⟩ ••••••• ivvūr pāratāyan caṅkara nārāyaṇaṉum ivan tampi caṅ-

⟨13⟩ karaṉ veṅkaṭayaṉum iva[r*]kaḷ ka[ḻi]ntu iva[r*]kaḷukku santatiyum iṉṟi ce•••

⟨14⟩ ṟu kāṇiyāy sabhai ṉokkāna ivilla maṉaikkum toṭṭattukkum ellai kiḻpāṟ-

⟨15⟩ ke[l*]laiy maṇiyaṅ kūṭattār maṉaikkum kavaṇiya[ṉ*] kāḷi tāmotiraṉum kāḷi veṅ[kaṭa]mum [pā]-

⟨16⟩ (ā)ratāyan kaṇṭan kāṭaṉum to[ṭ*]ṭattukkum meṟkkum teṉpāṟ kellai kavici nakka•••• rumā-

⟨17⟩ lum tampimārum pāratāyan kāḷi nakkaṉum tampimārum nilattukku vaṭakkum melpāṟ kellai

⟨18⟩ madhyasthaṉ alaṅkārapiriyaṉum tampimārum toṭṭattukkum illattukkum kiḻakkum vaṭapāṟke-

⟨19⟩ llai teruvukku teṟkkum ivicaitta nāṉ[kellai]yilum akappaṭ[ṭa*] nilattuk kiḻakkaṭaiya il••••• ⟨Page 35⟩

⟨20⟩ yum toṭṭamum uvaccarkku illayaṉa nikki••• kki••• [niṉ]ṟa••• uḷppaṭṭa [to]ṭṭa meṟkkaṭaiya•• [to]ṭṭa-

⟨21⟩ m orumā varaikkāṇi nilamum ivūr pātacivan [ti]rutti tiruvic•• rkkum•••• kkum urittāka i-

⟨22⟩ m muṉṟāḷukku coṟṟukkum puṭavaiy mutalukkum cantirātittaval mu•• ḷuvum paṇi ceytu uṇṇap pe-

⟨23⟩ ṟuvārkaḷāka nivantam ceytu kuṭuttom murukaveḷmaṅkalattu sabhaiyom sabhai paṇikka

⟨24⟩ veḻutine nivūr madhyasthaṉ nayamāna nakkan alaṅkārapriyaneṉ icceyum itukkup pāyum caṇ-

⟨25⟩ ṭeśvara vāyikkālum iṟaiyili pa(nṉ)nmāheśvara rakṣai [||*]

⟨SIIv13p0i0074⟩ No. 74. (A.R. No. 104 of 1929.) LĀLGUḌI, LALGUDI TALUK, TRICHINOPOLY DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, SAPTAṚISHĪŚVARA TEMPLE.

This records an additional endowment of a land after its reclamation, to the temple at Tiruttavattuṟai in Iḍaiyāṟu-nāḍu by Śivagōchari-Piḍāraṉ Dēśaviḍaṅgaṉ, a paṭṭuḍaiyāṉ of the temple, as a previous gift made by him for the maintenance of two hymnists for singing the Tiruppadiyam was found inadequate. The donees were to receive the śevvāram share on these lands while the siṟukuḍivāram was to be paid to the temple in the shape of oil (for lamps). As the previous gift referred to here is evidently the one mentioned in No. 99 of 1929, dated in the 37th year of Parāntaka I, it is probable that this record is one of his successor Gaṇḍarāditya, though it is attributed to Sundara-Chōḷa for this same reason in M.E.R. for 1929, Part II, Para 2.

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⟨1⟩ korājakesaripanma[ṟ*]kku-

⟨2⟩ yāṇṭu 3- āvatu i[ṭ*]ai-

⟨3⟩ yāṟṟu nāṭṭu tirutta-

⟨4⟩ vattuṟai īśvarabhaṭṭārakaṟ-

⟨5⟩ ku ittaḷip paṭṭuṭaiyā-

⟨6⟩ ṉ śivagōcari piṭāraṉ te-

⟨7⟩ śaviṭaṅkaṉeṉ tiruppatiya-

⟨8⟩ m pāṭuvā riruvaṟku muṉṉan nā-

⟨9⟩ ṉ koṇṭu kuṭutta nilam āṇ-

⟨10⟩ ṭuvarai 6000 nellukkuṅ kap-

⟨11⟩ paṭa mutal kaḻaiñcarai poṉṉum

⟨12⟩ paṟṟatāka innilattil puṉcey

⟨13⟩ iraṇṭu maṭṭaṅ kalla nāṉiṭṭa po-

⟨14⟩ ṉ 14- m eṇpiṭikkolā lo-

⟨15⟩ ru kolāḻaṉ nāṟkol niḷamuṉ nāṟ-

⟨16⟩ kolakalamu morukuḻi ikkuḻi-m po-

⟨17⟩ ṉṉukku 50tāka ikkuḻi 200 ko-

⟨18⟩ ṇṭatoru mā itaṉil vanta nirni-

⟨19⟩ la morumā mukkāṇi muntirikaiyu-

⟨20⟩ m itaṉ meṟkaṭaiya nāṉ vilaiy-

⟨21⟩ koṇṭuṭaiya nilattiṟ me-

⟨22⟩ ṟpaṭiye iṭṭa po-

⟨23⟩ ṉ 24m itaṉil van-

⟨24⟩ ta nila muṉṟu māvum

⟨25⟩ itaṉ meṟkaṭaiya eṉ-

⟨26⟩ ṉopāti ittevar nilat-

⟨27⟩ tiṟṟiṭal 3 maṭṭaṅkalla iṭṭa

⟨28⟩ poṉ 9 itaṉil vanta nila-

⟨29⟩ mukkāṇiyum āka iṭṭa poṉ

⟨30⟩ 47 immuṉṟu nilattilu-

⟨31⟩ mākak kalli vanta nirnilaṅ kā-

⟨32⟩ leyaraimā muntirikai iññi-

⟨33⟩ lattāṟ kaṭava iṟai eṇṇai

⟨34⟩ iññilattileṉ ciṟukuṭivāra-

⟨35⟩ ttile ittevar koḷvatākavu-

⟨36⟩ m innilattiṟ cevvāramum i-

⟨37⟩ ttiruppatiyam pāṭuvār ko-

⟨38⟩ ḷvārāka candrādityavaṟ ceytu ku-

⟨39⟩ ṭutteṉ piṭāraṉ teśaviṭaṅ-

⟨40⟩ kaṉeṉ ceyta nivantattiṟ

⟨41⟩ naṉku pāṭuvāṉ 3 kūṟu muṭaṉ-

⟨42⟩ pāṭuvāṉ 2 kūṟu muṇṇac cey

⟨43⟩ ten itu panmāhēśvara rirakṣai ||

⟨SIIv13p0i0075⟩ No. 75. (A.R. No. 110 of 1929.) ON THE EAST WALL OF THE SAME SHRINE.

This records an endowment of land made by a certain Dēvaṉ Arumoḻi of Perumpaḻuvūr in Kuṉṟak-kūṟṟam, after purchasing a piece of dry land in the dēvadāna ⟨Page 36⟩ village Anittiramaṅgalam, and converting it into wet land, for the maintenance of a flower garden which had been given by the donor to the temple of Īśvara-Bhaṭṭāraka at Tiruttavattuṟai in Iḍaiyāṟu-nāḍu. Arumoḻi was a surname of king Rājarāja I.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] korā-

⟨2⟩ jakesaripanmaṟku

⟨3⟩ yāṇṭu 3- ṟāvatu i-

⟨4⟩ ṭaiyāṟṟu nāṭṭut tirut-

⟨5⟩ tavattuṟai īśvara bhaṭṭāra-

⟨6⟩ kaṟkuk kuṉṟakkūṟṟattup pe-

⟨7⟩ rumpaḻuvūr tevaṉarumoḻi-

⟨8⟩ yeṉ ittevaṟku nāṉ cey-

⟨9⟩ tukuṭutta tirunantavāṉam [mu]-

⟨10⟩ laikkuḷattiṉ teṉvāy nan

⟨11⟩ tavāṉappuṟamāka ittevatā-

⟨12⟩ ṉa maṉittiramaṅkalattu miyiṭ-

⟨13⟩ ṭalil nāṉ vilaikoḷkiṉṟa puṉ-

⟨14⟩ ceyttiṭalukku kiḻpāṟkel-

⟨15⟩ lai ittevar nilattukku meṟ-

⟨16⟩ kun teṉpāṟkellai peruva-

⟨17⟩ ḻikku vaṭakkum melpāṟkellai

⟨18⟩ cellūr vāḻkkai nilattukkuk ki-

⟨19⟩ ḻakkum vaṭapāṟkellai vāyk-

⟨20⟩ kālukkut teṟku mivvicaitta

⟨21⟩ perunāṉkellaiyu ḷakappaṭṭa pu-

⟨22⟩ ṉcey kāṟceykkum vilaiyāka i-

⟨23⟩ ttevar kaṭiyuṟai poṉ kuṭut-

⟨24⟩ tu vilaikoṇṭu 30 poṉṉiṭ-

⟨25⟩ ṭu iraṇṭu kuḻi maṭṭaṅ kalli ni-

⟨26⟩ rnilamāy vanta kāṟceyyum

⟨27⟩ [nan]tavāṉap puṟamāka candrādityavaṟ ceytu kuṭutteṉ

⟨28⟩ [te]vaṉarumoḻiye ṉitu paṉmāhēśvara ri rakṣai ||

⟨SIIv13p0i0076⟩ No. 76. (A.R. No. 168 of 1929.) GŌVINDAPUTTŪR, UDAYARPALAYAM TALUK, TRICHINOPOLY DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, GAṄGĀJAṬĀDHARA TEMPLE.

This is an inscription of Rājarāja I, the details of the date given here viz. 3rd year, Tulā, Monday, Navamī, Tirūvōṇam, corresponding to 3rd October, A.D. 987. It records an agreement (Oṭṭōlai) given by the assembly (Peruṅguṟi-perumakkaḷ) of Periya Śrī Vāṉavaṉmahādēvi-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, in consideration of a lump sum of 200 kaḻañju, to pay all the taxes due on a vēli and quarter of land endowed for worship to the temple at Vijayamaṅgalam by Ambalavaṉ Paḻuvūr Nakkaṉ alias Vikramaśōḻa-Mahārājaṉ of Kuvaḷālam, a nobleman of Mummuḍi-Chōḷadēva, who had also built the Śrīvimāna of the god with stone. The assembly is stated to have met in full strength for this transaction in front of the temple of Vinaiyābharaṇaviṇṇagar-Emberumāṉ in the centre of the village, after due announcement of its sitting by beat of drum and blowing of trumpet. The donor has figured as an important personage in the inscriptions of Uttama-Chōḷa.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] kovirājakesaripanma[ṟ*]kku yāṇṭu mu[n]ṟāvatu vaṭakarai brahmateyam periya-

⟨2⟩ śrīvāṉavaṉmātevi caturvētimaṅkalattu peruṅkuṟip perumakkaḷom i-

⟨3⟩ yāṭṭai tulā nāyaṟṟut tiṅkaḷkiḻamaiyum(n) navamiyum peṟṟa tiruvoṇattiṉ ṉāṉ-

⟨4⟩ ṟu pakal brahmatthāṉattey taṭṭaḻi koṭṭik kāḷam mūti dharmmi ceytu naṭuvil śrī ko[yi]-

⟨5⟩ llāṉa viṉaiyābharaṇa viṇṇaka[r*]emperumāṉaṭikaḷ śrīkoyiliṉ muṉpil kūṭatte-

⟨6⟩ y peruṅkuṟi kūṭṭa kuṟaivaṟak kūṭiiruntu paṇi[p*]paṇiyāl paṇittu i śrīvijayamaṅkalam muṭai-

⟨7⟩ [ya] paramasvāmikku oṭṭi iṟaikāval loṭṭolai iṭṭu kuṭutta paricāvatu ipparama-

⟨8⟩ svāmikku śrīvimāṉam kallāle eḻunta[ru*]ḷuvittāṉ uṭaiyār śrīmu[m*]mu-

⟨9⟩ [ṭi]ccoḷa tevar peruntarattu kuva[ḷ]ḷālammuṭaiyāṉ ampalavaṉ paḻuvūr-

⟨10⟩ nakkaṉāna vikramacoḻamahārāja[ṉ*] ipparamasvāmikku e[p*]perpaṭṭa tiruvārāyiṉaikaḷukkumāka koṇ- ⟨Page 37⟩

⟨11⟩ ṭu kuṭutta nilamāvatu pala taṭiyāl taṉtarattu maṭakki vanta nilam oṉṟekā-

⟨12⟩ l ivvoṉṟekāl nilattukkum canti[rāti*]ttaval iṟaikāvallāka ivvikrama coḻamārā-

⟨13⟩ yariṭai mahāsabhaiyoṅ koṇṭa poṉ ka[ḻan*]ti[ṟ*] pertta tuḷaipoṉ kācu niṟai poṉ

⟨14⟩ irunūṟṟu kaḻaiñcu ippoṉ irunūṟṟu kaḻaiñcāka cellak koṇṭu itaṉ cuṭṭappaṭṭa palata-

⟨15⟩ ṭiyā[l*] taṉtarattu maṭakki vanta ivvoṉṟekāl nilattālum vācallil ponta kuṭimaiyum ūriṭu varippā-

⟨16⟩ ṭum iṟaiy eccoṟu cennir veṭṭiyum epperpaṭṭa iṟaiyu[ñ*] cantrā(ā)titaval iṟai iṟut tuk kuṭuppomā-

⟨17⟩ kavum itaṟṟiṟampil peruṅkuṟi kūṭi iruntu iṟai kāṭṭil dēvakanmikaḷey tāṅkaḷ veṇṭi kaḷattu taṅkaḷ veṇṭu po-

⟨18⟩ ṉ maṉṟiṉāl maṉṟiṉa maṉṟupāṭṭuppoṉ maṟai iṉṟiye iṟuttum minnilattukku iṟai iṟuttu ku-

⟨19⟩ ṭukka kaṭavo(m)mākavum paṇitta prāhmaṇa-

⟨20⟩ ṉaiyum paṇikeṭṭa karaṇattāṉaiyum iṟai kāṭṭiṉa karaṇattāṉaiyum tevakanmika(ḷ)ḷe perpoṉ aympa-

⟨21⟩ (yampa)tu poṉ maṉṟi iṟuppittālum minnilam oṉṟekāl nilattukku cantirātittaval iṟai iṟuttu-

⟨22⟩ kkuṭukka kaṭavomākavum mivvoṭṭolaippaṭiyey kallil veṭṭavum śāsa[na*]m ceyvittu koḷḷavum pe-

⟨23⟩ ṟuvārāka oṭṭi iṟaikāval loṭṭolai iṭṭu kuṭuttom ivijayamaṅkalattu paramasvāmikku vaṭa karai brahmate[yam*]

⟨24⟩ peri[ya*] śrīvāṉa[vaṉ*]mātevi caturvētimaṅkalattu peruṅkuṟip perumakka(ḷ)ḷom paṇi yāl ivviṟaikāval oṭṭolai eḻu-

⟨25⟩ tiṉeṉ ivvūr maddhyasthaṉ kūṭallūruṭaiyāṉ pūtaṉ kāṭa(ṉ)ṉe[ṉ*] ivai eṉ eḻuttu [||*]

⟨SIIv13p0i0077⟩ No. 77. (A.R. No. 86 of 1931.) TIRUPPŪNDURUTTI, TANJORE TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON THE WEST WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, PUSHPAVANĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

This records an endowment made by Piśaṅgaṉ Aiyāṟṟaḍigaḷ of Nānāndūr, of 8 kaḻañju of gold left with the sabhā of the village, for the supply of ghee for the sacred bath of the god at Tirutturutti, a dēvadāna village in Ārkkāṭṭuk-kūṟṟam, on the days of saṅkrānti.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] ko irājakesariparma[r*]kku yāṇṭu 3- āvatu ārkkāṭṭuk kū-

⟨2⟩ ṟṟattut tevatāṉam tirutturutti mah[ā*]dēvaṟkku nāṉāntūruṭaiyā-

⟨3⟩ ṉ picaṅka ṉa[yyā]ṟṟa[ṭi]ka[ḷ] samgrā[nti] toṟum cantrādittaval

⟨4⟩ ā[ṭiyaruḷa] ṉey [aṟu uḻakkuk]ku [v]aitta poṉ 8

⟨5⟩ ippoṉ koṇṭu iṉṉe yaṭṭuvomā•••

⟨6⟩ vvūr sa[bh]aiyō mitu panmāhēśva[ra rakṣai ||*]

⟨SIIv13p0i0078⟩ No. 78. (A.R. No. 192 of 1931.) TIRUCHCHATTURAI, TANJORE TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, ŌDANAVANĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

This registers an endowment of half (vēli and 2 mā of land for the midday offerings to the god Tiruchchōṟṟutturai-Mahādēva by Māṉandai Śrīkaṇṭhaṉ Bhaṭṭārakaṉ, the brahmadēya-kiḻavaṉ (headman) of the village. ⟨Page 38⟩

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] koirāja kesaripaṉma[r*]kku yāṇṭu 3- āvatu tiruccoṟṟuttuṟai mahā-

⟨2⟩ [tevar][k*]ku ivvūr brahmadēyakkiḻavaṉ māṉantai śrīkaṇṭaṉ paṭṭālakaṉ cantirā dittavaṟ pa-

⟨3⟩ yaṟṟu[p*]poṉakam amutu ceyya arici nāṉāḻiyum paruppu nāḻiyum ney yāḻākkum poṟikkaṟi oṉ-

⟨4⟩ ṟum nicatam [v*]aiccapaṭi ivaiiṟṟukku kuṭutta nilam paṉaikkiḻcceyum tiṭalum muñci kālc ceyum oṭai-

⟨5⟩ yil nāṉ vilaikoṇṭuṭaiya nilam nālmāvum brahmadēyattil paṭunilam melai arai-

⟨6⟩ māvum inilam āka araiye iraṇṭumā pāṉaikkum aṭaikkāyamutukkum nellu i[ru]nāḻi madhyāṉa-

⟨7⟩ ttu amutu ceyya [v*]aitten śrīkaṇṭaṉ paṭṭālakaṉeṉ itu paṉmāhēśvara rakṣai [||*]

⟨SIIv13p0i0079⟩ No. 79. (A.R. No. 94 of 1933.) VĪRĀPURAM, CHINGLEPUT TALUK, CHINGLEPUT DISTRICT. ON A PILLAR SET UP NEAR A liṅga IN THE VILLAGE.

This registers an endowment of land tax-free for the midday offerings to the deity in the temple of Uñchīśvarattāḷvār at Neḍuṅguṉṟam in Neḍuṅguṉṟanāḍu, a subdivision of Śembor-kōṭṭam, after purchasing it from the Ūrār (assembly) of the village by Viḍaṅgaṉ, the commander of the regiment called the Aṇukkabhīmarpaḍai. On account of the paleography of the inscription it has been assigned to the reign of Rājarāja I (M.E.R. 1933. II 22).

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] kovirājakesarivanmaṟku yāṇṭu 3- ā-

⟨2⟩ vatu aṇukkabhimarpaṭai nāyakaṉ viṭaṅkaṉeṉ

⟨3⟩ cemporkoṭṭattu neṭuṅkuṉṟanāṭṭu neṭuṅkuṉ-

⟨4⟩ ṟattu mah[ā*]tevar uñcīśvarattāḷvārkku

⟨5⟩ tiruvamirtukku ivūrārpakkal vilai ko-

⟨6⟩ ṇṭu iṟaiyili[yāka] vaitta nilam ammaṇi-

⟨7⟩ toṭṭam teṟku kiḻpāṟkellai pul[l]o[ḷi]-

⟨8⟩ toṭṭattukku meṟkun teṉpāṟkellai ni-

⟨9⟩ roṭukālukku vaṭakku melpāṟkellai karu[p]-

⟨10⟩ pālai meṭṭukkum itdēvar teṅka[ṉ]toṭṭattu-

⟨11⟩ kku kiḻakkum vaṭapāṟkellai ammaṇitoṭṭat-

⟨12⟩ tuk kuṇṭukaḷukku teṟkum itaṟkuriya kiṇaṟum i-

⟨13⟩ ṉṉāṟperellaiyuḷ ḷa(k)eppaṭṭa nilam uṇ-

⟨14⟩ ṇila moḻiviṉṟi vilaikoṇṭu iṟaiyiḻicci nā-

⟨15⟩ ṭcoṟṟut tiruvamirtukku vaitteṉ aṇukkabhi-

⟨16⟩ marpaṭai nāyakaṉ viṭaṅkaṉeṉ idhanmam irakṣittā-

⟨17⟩ ṉ śrīpāta meṉ talaimeliṉa [|*] itu iṟakkuṉān gēṅ-

⟨18⟩ kaiyiṭai kumariyiṭaip paṭṭār ceyta pāvaṅ koḷ(v)vār aṟama-

⟨19⟩ ṟavaṟka aṟa[ma*]llatu tuṇaiyillai [||*]

⟨SIIv13p0i0080⟩ No. 80. (A.R. No. 80 of 1934.) ĀMŪR, CHINGLEPUT TALUK, CHINGLEPUT DISTRICT. ON A SLAB SET UP IN FRONT OF THE VIGHNĒŚVARA SHRINE.

This inscription is slightly damaged. It seems to record the repairs (?) done to the big tank at Āmūr by a certain Śattiviḍaṅga Perumū••••Kumaṉaṉ ⟨Page 39⟩

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⟨1⟩ ko[vi]rācakecaripa-

⟨2⟩ ṉamarkku [yā]ṇṭu muṉ-

⟨3⟩ ṟāvatu [ā]murp peri-

⟨4⟩ yeriyi[l] toṇṭa[va]ca-

⟨5⟩ tti viṭaṅka perumū[la]-

⟨6⟩ cu kumaṉaṉ ceyvi-

⟨7⟩ ttatu [||*]

⟨SIIv13p0i0081⟩ No. 81. (A.R. No. 463A of 1904.) VĒDĀRAṆYAM, TIRUTTURAIPPUNDI TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON A PILLAR IN THE MAṆḌAPA IN FRONT OF THE TYĀGARĀJA SHRINE, VĒDĀRAṆYĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

This records a gift of 90 sheep, left with the servants of the temple of Tirumaṟaikkāṭṭāḻvār, for burning a perpetual lamp in the temple, by a certain Aḍigaḷ Kuṉṟaṉ.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] ko irājakecari-

⟨2⟩ paṉmaṟku yāṇ-

⟨3⟩ ṭu 4- āvatu tirumaṟaikkāṭṭāḻvā-

⟨4⟩ rkku kiḻpa••••laippulattu aṭi kaḷ ku-

⟨5⟩ ṉṟaṉākiya•••• varai rāmaṉ vai-

⟨6⟩ tta tirunontāviḷakku 1 itaṉuk-

⟨7⟩ ku vaitta āṭu toṇṇūṟuṅ ko-

⟨8⟩ ṇṭu nicatam uḻakku ney kāṇattā-

⟨9⟩ laṭṭuvomāṉon tirumaṟaikkāṭ-

⟨10⟩ ṭut tevariṭaiccāṉṟom [i]tu panmā [hē]-

⟨11⟩ [śva]ra rakṣai [||*]

⟨SIIv13p0i0082⟩ No. 82. (A.R. No. 432 of 1905.) TIRUTTAṆI, TIRUTTANI TALUK, CHITTOOR DISTRICT. ON THE WEST WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, VĪRAṬṬĀNĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

This inscription registers an agreement given by the sabhā of Tiruttaṇiyal in Kuṉṟavaddana-kōṭṭam, that their Annual Committee would supply daily an uḻakku of oil for a perpetual lamp in the temple of Tiruvīraṭṭānam-uḍaiya-Mahādēva in lieu of interest on 12 kaḻañju of gold received by them from the temple.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] koirājakeśarivaṉmaṟku yāṇṭu nālāvatu kunṟavattana koṭṭattut tiruttaṇi yal sabhaiyom emmūrt tiruviraṭṭāṉamuṭaiya mahādēvaruṭaiya poṉ paṉṉirukaḻañcum ippoṉ paṉṉirukaḻañcukkum viruttiyāka ivvūrp-

⟨2⟩ poṉṉukku aṭṭukiṉṟa uḻakkiṉāl nicatam uḻakkeṇṇai cantrādityaval uḷḷataṉaiyu muṭṭāmai aṭṭi oru tirununtāviḷakku erippippomākavum ivveṇṇai koirājakecari panmaṟku yāṇṭu nālāvatu mutal etir āṭṭāṇṭu toṟum samvatsaravāriyañ ce-

⟨3⟩ ykiṉṟa vāriyap perumakkaḷom ivveṇṇai muṭṭāmaik kuṟaivaṟuppomākavum nicatam vuḻakkeṇṇai [||*]

⟨SIIv13p0i0083⟩ No. 83. (A.R. No. 211 of 1906.) PĒRAṄGIYŪR, TIRUKKOYILUR TALUK, SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, RUINED ŚIVA TEMPLE.

This inscription registers the remission of the taxes due on some land endowed for a perpetual lamp in the temple of Mūlasthānam-uḍaiya-Paramasvāmi at Pēriṅgūr, by Agniśarma Daśapuri-Bhaṭṭa-Sōmayājiyār of Puḷḷalūr, a member of the Āḷuṅgaṇam of the village, who paid a lump-sum of money therefor to the assembly (Peruṅguṟi-Perumakkaḷ). The alphabet of the inscription looks like that of No. 210 of 1906 of the time of Rējēndra-Chōḷa I, and the details of the date, viz. 4th year, Mithuna, śu. 7, Thursday, Hastā agree for A.D. 989, June 13, when Hastā commenced at ·25 of day. The record is therefore one of Rājarāja I. ⟨Page 40⟩

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] kovirājakesaripanmaṟku yāṇṭu 4- āvatu periṅkūrp peruṅkuṟip perumakka ḷom ivvāṇṭu mithuṉa nāyaṟṟu pūrvvapakṣattu saptamiyum vi-

⟨2⟩ cāḻakkiḻamaiyum peṟṟa attatti[ṉ]āṉṟu pakal śrī mūlasth[ā]ṉamuṭaiya paramasvāmi koyililey peruṅkuṟi kū[ṭii]runtu paṇitta eḻuttu [|*] ivvūr yāḷum kaṇattāruḷ puḷ ḷalūr a[gni]śanma daśapuri-

⟨3⟩ bhaṭṭa sōmayājiyār iśrīmūlasthāṉattu paramasvāmi[k*]ku cantirātittavaṟ niṟka oru tirunondāviḷakkukkuāka ivvūr meṟkaḻaṉi sabhaiyompakkal ivar vilaikoṇṭuṭaiya toṇ-

⟨4⟩ ṭiyeṉṟu piyarkūvappaṭum nilattil melaipperuñceṟuvil meṟkaṭaiya teṟku vaṭakkāka nālu ceṟuvu tirunondāviḷakkukkāka kuṭuttu icceṟuvu nālum kuṭutte-

⟨5⟩ ṉ [|*] innilam eṉpakkal poṉ koṇṭu iṟai yiḻaccittaraveṇṭu meṉṟu ivar viṇṇappam ceyya sabhaiyomum innālu ceṟuvukkum iṟṟaikkumel candrādittavaṟ iṟaikku veṇ-

⟨6⟩ [ṭu]vatellām ivarpakkal sabhaiyum koṇṭu iccuṭṭappaṭṭa nālu ceṟuvum cantirādittavaṟ iṟaiyiliyāka iṟai [yi]ḻappaṇittu śrīmukam kuṭuttom peruṅkuṟip perumakkaḷom [|*] bhāradvājō-

⟨7⟩ [gni]śarmmāśaśidinakaraṅīpavṛttimmahīsvam [|*] tōṇḍisthānē var(ō)pyāddamapi kara[m] sādhuyōgēśva[raḥ] śrī [||*] mūlasthāna [dh]āmnastripuravijayina stasya pāta 1 (da)nma masyan [|*] pēriṅ-

⟨8⟩ kūragrahārē jagati ba[hu]tē paṭṭimānā madōṣām |— itu panmāhēśvara rakṣai |—

⟨SIIv13p0i0084⟩ No. 84. (A.R. No. 34 of 1907.) TIRUVIŚALŪR, KUMBHAKONAM TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, ŚIVAYŌGANĀTHASVĀMIN TEMPLE.

This registers some transaction (details lost) between Pirāntakaṉ Iruṅgōḷar alias Śiṟiyavēḷ[ār] and the Big Assembly (Peruṅguṟi) to whom the former gave 430 Īḻakkaruṅkāśu, evidently on behalf (of the temple) of Perumānaḍigaḷ at Tiruviśalūr. This person is the well known general of king Parāntaka II Sundara-Chōḷa, to whose reign therefore the present inscription should be assigned.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] ko irācakesaripanmaṟku yāṇṭu 4- āvatu vaṭakarait tevatāna brahmateyam

⟨2⟩ tiruvicalūr perumāṉaṭikaḷukku pirāṉtakaṉ iruṅkoḷarākiya ciṟiyaveḷa••••

⟨3⟩ vaṟperuṅkuṟi perumakkaḷukku īḻakkaruṅkācu 4[0*]3 kācu kuṭuttu••••

⟨4⟩ vatu tirunilakaṇṭaccerik kuñcapevil bhavananti catuppeti2 ••••

⟨SIIv13p0i0085⟩ No. 85. (A.R. No. 320 of 1907.) ON THE SAME WALL.

This states that Pirāntakaṉ Iruṅgōḷar alias Śiṟiyavēḷār paid 130 Īḻakkāśu to the assembly of Amaninārāyaṇa-chaturvēdimaṅgalam for exempting from taxes, a quarter vēli and odd of land endowed by him for the midday offerings in the temple of Tiruviśalūr-Perumānaḍigal. This is also an inscription of Sundara-Chōḷa.

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Published in South Indian Inscriptions, VOLUME III, No. 120. ⟨Page 41⟩

⟨SIIv13p0i0086⟩ No. 86. (A.R. No. 114 of 1910.) TIRUMĀḶAM, NANNILAM TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON A SLAB LYING IN THE COURTYARD OF MĀGĀḶĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

The inscription records the gift of a gold crown and a necklace set with rubies, sapphires, diamonds and pearls to the image of Mahākāḷattu-Mahādēvar on the occasion of the abhishēka (consecration) of the god, by Kāri Puliyaṉ alias Śōḻamārāyaṉ of Paḻuvūr in Kuṉṟa-kūṟṟam.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] kovirājake-

⟨2⟩ saripanma[r]kku yāṇṭu nālā-

⟨3⟩ vatu kuṉṟakkūṟṟattup

⟨4⟩ paḻuvūrk kāri puliyaṉāna

⟨5⟩ coḻamārāyan śrīmahākāḷa-

⟨6⟩ ttu mahādēvarai abhiṣē-

⟨7⟩ kam ce[y*]tapotu kuṭutta mu-

⟨8⟩ [ṭi]kkum mālaikkum cāt-

⟨9⟩ tiṉa māṇikkam aṟupa-

⟨10⟩ tiṉoṭiraṇṭāl maṟṟai

⟨11⟩ maratakamor aimpatta-

⟨12⟩ ñcāl vaiyyam me-

⟨13⟩ ṇum eṇiṟ cer vayi-

⟨14⟩ rammor nālpatte-

⟨15⟩ ṭṭāl iruṉūṟṟiṉmel

⟨16⟩ irupattāṟu muttālāṇi-

⟨17⟩ ppoṉ eṇpatiṉāl

⟨18⟩ samainta tenpar ampa-

⟨19⟩ r mākāḷattem āti co-

⟨20⟩ ti koṇaṟṟiṉ piṟaic-

⟨21⟩ cūṭa koḷikkoṉ

⟨22⟩ coḻamārāyan kuṭutta

⟨23⟩ maṇimuṭiyey ||௳

⟨24⟩ matakey māṇikkam pa[ti]-

⟨25⟩ ṉañcu veṇmuttu

⟨26⟩ aṟupattu ṉālumā-

⟨27⟩ m panniraṇṭu mikkamāti

⟨28⟩ ṭivuvayiram irupa-

⟨29⟩ tu munṟu muppattu mu[kka*]-

⟨30⟩ ḻañcey eṭṭu mañc[ā]-

⟨31⟩ • coti yeḻu cem-

⟨32⟩ ••• muttu ceyta()-

⟨33⟩ mālaiyum ampar mā

⟨34⟩ ṟku kkuṭutta ka[n]mātava

⟨35⟩ mataku poyyāme

⟨36⟩ puliyan coḻamā-

⟨37⟩ vanvaṭa virācciraiya-

⟨38⟩ kamcūḻnteyā••

⟨39⟩ ceytu kuṭutten

⟨40⟩ ta[t*]tan māṇikkaṉā-

⟨41⟩ raṇarāyan araṅka-

⟨42⟩ r mātevanen i-

⟨43⟩ [dha]rmmam rakṣittār śrīpā-

⟨44⟩ [da]n talaimelana

⟨45⟩ ivai caturānana[ta]-

⟨46⟩ ccanen eḻuttu [||*]

⟨SIIv13p0i0087⟩ No. 87. (A.R. No. 263 of 1910.) TIRUVAḌANDAI, CHINGLEPUT TALUK, CHINGLEPUT DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH BASE OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, VARĀHA-PERUMĀḶ TEMPLE.

The inscription records an agreement of the Ūravar of Paḍuvūr in Paḍuvūrnāḍu, a subdivision of Āmūr-kōṭṭam, to supply 90 nāḻi of oil per year calculated at an uḻakku a day, for burning a perpetual lamp in the temple of Śrīvarāhadēvar at Tiruviḍavandai, a dēvadāna in the same nāḍu, in lieu of interest on 20 kaḻañju of gold endowed and left with them by Duggayyaṉ Śāttaṉ of Purushōttama-maṅgalam in Vaḷḷuva-nāḍu (a subdivision) of Malai-nāḍu. A penalty of 4(1/4) kāṇam was to be paid to the Dharmāsana (court of justice) in case of default in the supply. It is stated at the end that this amount was utilised by the Ūravar as a set-off against the taxes and the water-rent due on a certain temple land. ⟨Page 42⟩

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] kovirājakecarivanmarkku yāṇṭu nālāvatu āmurkkoṭṭattup paṭuvūrnāṭṭupaṭuvūr ūro-

⟨2⟩ ṅ kaiyyeḻuttu [|*] malaināṭṭu vaḷḷuvanāṭṭu puruṣōttamamaṅkalattu tukkaiyan cāttaṉ pakkal

⟨3⟩ yāṅkaḷ koṇṭu kaṭava pon tanma(ma)kkaṭṭaḷaiyāl tuḷainiṟai pon irupatinkaḻañcu ponniṉ palicaiyāl

⟨4⟩ vanta eṇṇai nittam uḻakkeṇṇai innāṭṭu tevatānam tiruviṭavantai śrī varākate[var*]kku vaiytta tiru-

⟨5⟩ nantāviḷakku onṟinukku nicatam uḻakkeṇṇaiyāka āṇṭuvaṟai toṇṇūṟṟu nāḻi ney yeṇṇai cantirātittava[l*]

⟨6⟩ nālukkāṟāka vanta pon kaikkoṇṭu paṭuvūr ūrom aṭṭuvatānom itaṟṟiṟampil tanmāsanattil nicata-

⟨7⟩ m nālekāṟ kāṇam taṇṭamiṭa voṭṭikkuṭuttom paṭuvūr ūrom ittanmam rakṣippār śrī-

⟨8⟩ pātam ntalai melana [|*] ittanmattai tevarkku ālattuḻān kurukkattippulattukku ep-

⟨9⟩ peṟpaṭṭa iṟaiyum iḻicci kuṭuttom nirvilai kuṭuppatānom paṭuvūr ūrom [||*]

⟨SIIv13p0i0088⟩ No. 88. (A.R. No. 114 of 1914.) TIRUVEṞUMBŪR, TRICHINOPOLY TALUK, TRICHINOPOLY DISTRICT. ON THE WEST WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, PIPĪLIKĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

This records an endowment of 10 kaḻañju of gold made by Śēndaṉ Śeyyavāymaṇi, a servant (or dancing girl) of the Tiruvaraṅgam temple, to the temple of Tenkailāyattu-Mahādēva at Śrīkaṇṭha-chaturvēdimaṅgalam for burning a twilight lamp in the temple, and to provide for the daily supply of a pot of water to the temple from the river for the sacred bath of the deity. The temple servants (upāsakas) accepted the gift and made themselves responsible for the obligation. It is possible that this is a record of Āditya I as it is engraved above No. 115 of 1914 which belongs to Parāntaka I, and as its alphabet is also early.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] kovirājakecaripaṉmaṟku yā-

⟨2⟩ ṇṭu 4- āvatu śrīkaṇṭaścaturvvētimaṅkala-

⟨3⟩ ttu teṉkai(y)lāyattu mahādēvarkku tiruva-

⟨4⟩ raṅkatevaraṭiyāḷ centaṉ ceyyavāymaṇi

⟨5⟩ sandhiviḷakku oṉṟukkum āṟṟuttaṇṇiramutu tū-

⟨6⟩ ṇi koḷḷikkuṭattāl nicati oru kuṭattukkum āka

⟨7⟩ vaitta poṉ patiṉkaḻaiñcu ippoṉ pati-

⟨8⟩ nkaḻaiñcum tirukkoyiluṭaiyār koṇṭu candrādi-

⟨9⟩ ttavaṟ ippaṭi ceyakkaṭavomākavum iśrīkoyil

⟨10⟩ upāsakarom ivai panmāhēśvara rirakṣai [|||] ⟨Page 43⟩

⟨SIIv13p0i0089⟩ No. 89. (A.R. No. 430 of 1918.) TIRUKKURUGĀVŪR, SHIYALI TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON THE WEST WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, VĒḶVIḌAINĀTHA TEMPLE.

This records the remission of taxes on some dēvadāna lands belonging to the temple of Tiruveḷḷaḍai-Āṇḍār at Tirukkurugāvūr secured by Śembannaruḷ Uttamanidh alias••••Aṇukkappallavaraiyar for a lump-sum in gold paid by him to the sabhā of Poygaikkuḍi, a brahmadēya in Vadakarai Tiruvāli-nāḍu. The same donor is mentioned also in No. 433 of 1918, a record of the 15th year of Parakēsarivarman from the same place, under the title Uttamaśōḻa-Mūvēndavēḷār. This is probably an inscription of Parāntaka II Sundara-Chōḷa.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] kovirājakesaripanmaṟkki yāṇṭu 4- āvatu vaṭakarait tiruvālināṭṭu brahmadēyam po[y*]kaikkuṭi sabhaiyom•••• ḷ tiru••••

⟨2⟩ vūrt ti[ru*]veḷḷaṭaiāṇṭār eṅkaḷūrkkaḷuṭaiya paḻantevatānamāna araiye iraṇṭumāvu[m] viḷainilamāvana•••••••••

⟨3⟩ ppātti nilattukku kiḻpāṟkellai āttriraiyan cuvaran ṟāmotiran nilattukku meṟkun ten pāṟkellai kāccuvan••••••

⟨4⟩ vaṭakkum me[l*]pāṟkellai āttrirain cuvara nakkan nilattukku kiḻakkum vaṭapāṟkellai sabhaiyār•••• nilattu[k*]ku teṟku••• caitta•••

⟨5⟩ llum akappaṭṭa nilam 30 ṟu māvum innu mivūr melkoṭṭakattu nānmāvukku kiḻpāṟ kellai uṭciṟukālukku meṟku te[npāṟke]llai kurukūr vāykkā[lu]-

⟨6⟩ kku vaṭakku melpāṟkellai kāccuvan nampan kāṭan nilattukku kiḻakku vaṭapāṟ kellai kāccuvan appi nakka nilattukkup poṉa ni••••tiranārāyaṇa ṉilat••••

⟨7⟩ teṟkum ivvicaitta perun[āṉkel]laiyilu makappaṭṭa nilam 4 māvum••• ivvaṭavūr mu•• ppaḷḷattu nilaṅ kālukku ellaiyāvatu kiḻpāṟkellai ku-

⟨8⟩ rukāvūr kollaini[lattukku] meṟku [tenpā]ṟkellai kāccuvan nama nakkaṉum tampimārum nilattu••••vattan kuṇatira nārāyaṇa nilattukku vaṭakkum me-

⟨9⟩ lpāṟkellai••••••••• ṉilattukkum ātrayan cuvara nakka nilattukku kiḻak kum vaṭapāṟkellai kurukāvūr ellaikku teṟkum āka nila araiye-

⟨10⟩ iraṇṭu māvum••••••••• nilattukku candrādityavat eppe[rppa]ṭṭa iṟai iḻicci kuṭutta paricāvatu ippoykaikkuṭi sabhaiyom eṅkaḷil licainta pon

⟨11⟩ cempannaruḷ uttamaniti ākiya••• aṇukkap pallavaraiyariṭai [k*]aiccelak koṇṭu iṟai iḻicci kuṭuttom poykaikuṭi sabhaiyom pāyum vāykkālu-

⟨12⟩ m kallil palmāheśvararakṣaiyāka veṭṭikkuṭuttom mallaṭi paṭṭā••• lat tūr ācāryya neḻuttu [||*]

⟨SIIv13p0i0090⟩ No. 90. (A.R. No. 538 of 1920.) UḌAYĀRGUḌI (NEAR KĀṬṬUMANNĀRKŌYIL), CHIDAMBARAM TALUK, SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, ANANTĪŚVARA TEMPLE.

A gift of 15 kaḻañju of gold for maintaining a perpetual lamp in the temple of Tiruvanantīśvaram-Uḍaiyār at Vīranārāyṇa-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, by two brothers Tattaṉ Tiruvēṅgaḍanārāyaṇaṉ and Tattaṉ Śeṭṭi. ⟨Page 44⟩

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] korājakesariparmma[ṟ*]kku yāṇṭu 4- āvatu vaṭa-

⟨2⟩ karai brahmadēyam śrī viranārāyaṇaccaturvvēdimaṅkala-

⟨3⟩ ttu tribhuvaṉa ma••••••••••• tūr ve-

⟨4⟩ ta•••• ttaṉukkāka•••••••• tattaṉ tiruveṅkaṭa-

⟨5⟩ nārāyaṇaṉum ivaṉ tampi tattaṉ ceṭṭiyum ivviru•••

⟨6⟩ tiruvanantiśvara muṭaiyārkku oru tirunontāviḷakku cantrāditya-

⟨7⟩ vat erippataṟku vaitta poṉ patiṉaiṅkaḻañcu |

⟨SIIv13p0i0091⟩ No. 91. (A.R. No. 560 of 1920.) ON THE SAME WALL.

This records an endowment of land by Uttamaṉ Chandraṉ alias Sembiyaṉ Pallavadarayaṉ of Paṭṭam in Āvūr-kūṟṟam on the southern bank (of the river) for the daily feeding of three Brahmans in the temple at midday. The land is stated to have been purchased for the purpose from Kāśyapaṉ Yajñaṉ Śāttan, the headman of Dēvaṉ-maṅgalam in Mēṟkā-nāḍu. The details of the provision required for each meal are given.

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⟨1⟩ [svasti śrī] [||*] korājakesariparmma[ṟ*]kku yāṇṭu 4- āvatu vaṭakarai brahmadē-

⟨2⟩ yam śrīviranārāyaṇacaturvvēdimaṅkalattu tiruvaṉantiśvarattu perumāḷ śrī-

⟨3⟩ koyilile teṉkarai avūrkkūṟṟattu paṭṭamuṭaiyāṉ uttamaṉ cantraṉākiya cempiya-

⟨4⟩ ṉ pallavatarayaṉ uttamāgra muṇpataṟku meṟkāṉāṭṭu brahmadēyam tevaṉmaṅkala-

⟨5⟩ ttu ūrkiḻāṉ kāśyapaṉ yajñañ cāttaṉpakkal vilaikoṇṭa nilam mukkāle iraṇṭu

⟨6⟩ innilattiṉ bhōgaṁ koṇṭu cantrādityavat muvarai yūṭṭum paricāvatu madhyāhnattu oru brā-

⟨7⟩ hmaṇa[nu]kku patakkoru nāṭuri nellāl oru potuṇpataṟku paḻavarici kuttal irunāḻiyum

⟨8⟩ neyyāḻākku paruppāḻākku kāykaṟi oṉṟu puḷiṅkaṟi oṉṟu akkāravaṭṭu iraṇṭu vāḻai-

⟨9⟩ ppaḻam iraṇṭu porikkaṟi oṉṟu tayir nāḻiyum pākku nālum veṟuvilai pattum aṭuvā-

⟨10⟩ [ṉukkum] viṟakukkum uppukkum•• kāyattukkum•••• māka vaiyttatu [||*]

⟨SIIv13p0i0092⟩ No. 92. (A.R. No. 562 of 1920.) ON THE SAME WALL.

This records the endowment tax-free, of Kāppuvēli the eastern hamlet of their village, and the land round about the temple with all the appurtenances, by the Peruṅguṟi-perumakkaḷ (assembly) of Vīranārāyaṇa-chaturvēdimaṅgalam for offerings to the deity during the three services in the temple of Tiruvanantīśvarattu-Paramasvāmi. The assembly is said to have met in the temple of Vīranārāyaṇa-Viṇṇagar. The date of the inscription, 4th year, Kumbha, Tuesday, Uttirāḍam, corresponds to A.D. 952, January 27, though the details are not enough for verification. The inscription may therefore be assigned to Gaṇḍarāditya. ⟨Page 45⟩

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] korājakesarivarmma[ṟ*]kku yāṇṭu nālāvatu vaṭakarai brahmadēyam

⟨2⟩ śrī viranārāyaṇacaturvvēdimaṅkalattu peruṅkuṟip perumakkaḷom ivvāṭṭai kumbha-

⟨3⟩ nāyiṟṟu cevvā[y*]kkiḻamai peṟṟa uttirāṭattināṉṟu śrī viranārāyaṇaviṇṇakarile peruṅ-

⟨4⟩ kuṟi kūṭiiruntu(n) tiruvaṉantiśvarattu paramasvāmikku trikālattukku tiruvamirtukkāka nam kiḻ piṭākai

⟨5⟩ [kāppu]veliyuṅ koyiṟ cuṟṟumuṟṟum kuṭuttom sabhaiyom ipparicu kāppuveli nirni-

⟨6⟩ lamum puṉceyum naṉceyum ūrum ūrirukkaiyum puṟṟu teṟṟiyum kuḷamum koṭṭakamum maṉṟu-

⟨7⟩ m kaṉṟume[y*]pāḻum āṟum āṟṟiṭupaṭukaiyu[m*] meṉokkiya maramum kiḻnokkiya kiṇaṟum

⟨8⟩ cuṭṭivanta tepperpaṭṭatu uṭumpoṭi yāmaitavaḻntatellām uṇṇila moḻiviṉṟi eppe-

⟨9⟩ ṟppaṭṭatum ipparamasvāmikku trikāla ntiruvamirtukkāka cantrādityavat iṟaiyili kuṭuttom

⟨10⟩ sa[bh*]aiyom [||*||]

⟨SIIv13p0i0093⟩ No. 93. (A.R. No. 580 of 1920.) ON THE WEST WALL OF THE SAME SHRINE.

The inscription is much worn out. It registers an order of the Perumakkaḷ (assembly) who ‘looked after the grāmakāryam for the year from the month of Mithuna’, and who are said to have consisted of 120 members, giving a plot of land in exchange for the one below the Kiḷiñalūr tank which had been already endowed for the daily offerings and worship to the deity by the Peruṅguṟip-perumakkaḷ (assembly), but which, not having been enjoyed, had been otherwise utilised by them subsequently. An inscription of either Gaṇḍarāditya or Sundara-Chōḷa.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] korājakesarivarmma[ṟ*]kku yāṇṭu [ 4- ā] vatu ḷ 20- ṉāl midhunanāyiṟu mu[ta]l sammatsaram grāmakāryyam tiruttukiṉṟa 102 [10]mar perumakkaḷeḻuttu [|*] tiruvaṉanti-

⟨2⟩ śvarattu paramasvāmikku muṉ peruṅkuṟipperumakkaḷ kiḷiñallur erikkiḻ tiruvamirtukkum arccanābhōgattiṉukku[m*] āka muṉ peruṅkuṟipperumakkaḷ kalmel ve-

⟨3⟩ ṭṭikkuṭuttu anubhaviyāniṉṟa nilatte pu[tu]kuṭumpu iṭṭuk koṇṭamayil•• nilaimāṟāka āḷvārkku kuṭutta nilamāvatu ādityavadikku meṟkku kaṇavativāykkāliṉ teṟkkil 1- kaṇṇāṟ-

⟨4⟩ ṟukku vaṭakku nam śrīmadhurāntakapperāṟṟukkuk kiḻakkuḷḷa nilam itiṉ mu•• vakuṭu •••• nilam nikkiy niṉṟa nila muḷḷatellām tiruvamirtukkum arccaṉābhōgattukku māvatā-

⟨5⟩ ••••••••• peruṅkuṟipperumakkaḷ••••

⟨SIIv13p0i0094⟩ No. 94. (A.R. No. 530 of 1921.) ĒMAPPĒRŪR, TIRUKKOYILUR TALUK, SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON THE EAST WALL OF THE MAṆḌAPA IN FRONT OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, VĒDAPURĪŚVARA TEMPLE.

A gift of 96 sheep for maintaining a perpetual lamp in the temple of Tiruvālandurai-uḍaiya-Paramasvāmi by Muṉainaṅgaich-Chāṉi, the wife of Vāṇa-Nambi, a resident of the village and the headman of Pādiri. Pādiri is probably a shortened form of Pādirippuliyūr or Tirupādirippuliyūr (Tiruppāppuliyūr) near Cuddalore. ⟨Page 46⟩

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] kovirājakesaripanma[ṟ*]kku yāṇṭu 4- āvatu

⟨2⟩ [emapp]eṟūr tiruvalantuṟaiyuṭaiya paramasvāmika-

⟨3⟩ ḷukku ivvūr pātirikiḻāṉ vāṇanampi brāhmaṇi muṉainaṅkai-

⟨4⟩ ccāṉi vaitta nantāviḷakku oṉṟiṉāl vaitta vāṭu toṇṇūṟṟāṟu ivai cāvāmuvāpperāṭu ipanmāhēśvarar

⟨5⟩ rakṣai ||௳

⟨SIIv13p0i0095⟩ No. 95. (A.R. No. 444 of 1922.) KĀYĀR, CHINGLEPUT TALUK, CHINGLEPUT DISTRICT. ON A STONE NEAR THE KAMALANĀRĀYAṆA-PERUMĀḶ IMAGE IN THE VILLAGE.

This is an incomplete inscription recording an endowment of land, tax-free, for burning a perpetual lamp in the temple of Ūruḍaip-Perumāḷ Tirumēṟṟaḷidēva, by Kaṇḍaṉ Pūdi, the headman of a village (name lost) in Śōṇāḍu.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] kovirājakesaripanmaṟku yāṇṭu nālāvatu āmu[r] ko••••••

⟨2⟩ [y]o[m] emmur [ū]ruṭaipperumāḷ tiru[me]ṟṟaḷi[d]ēvaṟku coṇā[ṭṭu teṉ]••• ••••••

⟨3⟩ ṉ kiḻavaṉ kaṇṭaṉ pūti nuntāviḷakku vaitta nilam koṇṭu iṟai iḻicci••• ••••••

⟨SIIv13p0i0096⟩ No. 96. (A.R. No. 445 of 1922.) ON ANOTHER STONE IN THE SAME PLACE.

A portion of the inscription at the end is lost. This records an endowment of land at Kāyār in Kumiḻi-nāḍu, a subdivision of Āmūr-kōṭṭam, by Ariñjōmāṉ, the headman of Āṉaichchūr in Tirunaraiyūr-nāḍu, a subdivision of Śōṇāḍu, to provide for the śrībali offerings in the temple of Ūruḍaip-Perumāḷ Tirumēṟṟaḷidēva at the village. It also records another gift of land for the expense of the tiruchchennaḍai (procession) of the god. Both these lands are stated to have been made tax-free by the sabhā of the village with whom they were left, evidently in consideration of a lump sum deposit.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] kovirājakesaripanma[ṟ]ku yāṇṭu [4]- āvatu āmūrkoṭṭattu kku[mi]ḻināṭṭuk kāyāṟṟu

⟨2⟩ sabhaiyom emmur ūruṭaipperumāḷ tirumeṟṟaḷidēvaṟkuc coṇāṭṭut teṉkarait tiru[na]ṟaiyūrnāṭṭu ā[ta]-

⟨3⟩ ••kuṭi[kki]ḻkarai āṉaic[cū]r [ki]ḻavaṉ [a]ṟiñcomāṉ śrīpalikku iṟaiiḻicci ikāyāṟṟu śrīpalikku vaitta nilam [kaṭu]ntu

⟨4⟩ ṭṭikkā••• lāl kaḷattukku meṟkum teṟkiṭṭa karampaiyum••••ta[ṭi] aintum• • yyāraṉ kālvaḻi ceṭṭar-

⟨5⟩ [pā]kamu[ m kaṭantū] ṟṟukkuṇṭilum mummulaikkuṇṭilum paḻutavari kiḻtūmpiṉ[vaḻi] peruvāy[k*] kālukkuk kiḻakkum

⟨6⟩ va[kay]oṭum aṭainta [ta*]ṭi aiñtum iccuṭṭappaṭṭa bhū[mi] yeppeṟpaṭṭaṉavum tirumeṟṟaḷi dēvaṟku

⟨7⟩ āṉaiccūr kiḻavaṉ a[ṟi]ñcomāṉ dhanmattāl sabhaiyom iṟaiiḻicci śrīpalippaṭi vaittom

⟨8⟩ sabhaiyom idēvar[k*]ke tiruccennaṭaikku paḻaveri kiḻttūmpiṉvaḻi iṟaiiḻicci vaitta bhūmi taṭṭāṉ 1 ⟨Page 47⟩

⟨SIIv13p0i0097⟩ No. 97. (A.R. No. 419 of 1923.) VEṆPĀKKAM, CONJEEVERAM TALUK, CHINGLEPUT DISTRICT. ON A SLAB SET UP IN THE VILLAGE.

This records the construction of a sluice by Kēraḷan Rājādittaṉ alias Nāṇi Vichchādara (Vidyādhara) mārāyaṉ who had the jīvita of Vēlakkōṉ-maṅgalam in Kuṉṟa-nāḍu, a subdivision of Ūṟṟukkāṭṭuk-kōṭṭam. His names suggest that he was possibly a person of high musical attainments which accounted for his jīvita, probably at the hands of prince Rājāditya.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*]

⟨2⟩ kovirājakecaripanma[ṟ*]kku

⟨3⟩ yāṇṭu 4- āvatu ūṟṟu-

⟨4⟩ kkāṭṭukkoṭṭattuk kun-

⟨5⟩ ṟanāṭṭu velakkoṉ maṅ-

⟨6⟩ kalam jivitamuṭaiya ke[ raḷa-

⟨7⟩ ṉ] irājātittaṉākiya nā-

⟨8⟩ [ṇi] viccātaramārāyaṉ

⟨9⟩ ceyvitta tūmpu itu

⟨10⟩ panmāyēśvara rirakṣai [||*]

⟨SIIv13p0i0098⟩ No. 98. (A.R. No. 394 of 1924.) MĒLAPPAḺUVŪR, UDAIYARPALAYAM TALUK, TRICHINOPOLY DISTRICT. ON THE WEST WALL OF THE MĪNĀKSHIYAMMAN SHRINE, SUNDARĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

This states that Aḍigaḷ Paḻuvēṭṭaraiyar Kaṇḍaṉ Maṟavaṉ of Mannupperum-Paḻuvūr in Kuṉṟa-kūṟṟam, who founded the temple of Tiruttōṭṭamuḍaiyār at the village, granted the right of worship in the temple to Iḷaṅgōdi Sūryaṉ a share-holder in Tiruchchiruvaḷandai on the suggestion of Kaviśikaṉ Nakkaṉ Māṟaṉ, the supervisor of the temple, while he was staying at Sēnāpuram in Malāḍu. As this chief also figures in No. 395 of 1924 in the reign of Uttama-Chōḷa, it is probable that the Rājakēsarivarman of this record refers to Rājarāja I.

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⟨1⟩ ||| svasti śrī [||*] korājakesarivarmmaṟki yāṇṭu 4- āvatu koṭṭunā ḷirunūṟṟu nāliṉāli kuṉṟakkūṟṟattu maṉṉupperu-

⟨2⟩ m paḻuvūr aṭikaḷ paḻuveṭṭaraiyaṉ kaṇṭaṉ maṟavaṉeṉ eṭuppitta śrīkoyil tiruttoṭṭa muṭaiyār koyil paṭṭuṭaikkāṇi yā-

⟨3⟩ vatellām nāṉ malāṭṭuc ceṉāpuratte irukka ittevarkku śrīkāryyamārā[y*]kiṉṟa kavicikaṉ nakkaṉ māṟa ṉiṉakku vantu collat tiru-

⟨4⟩ cciruvaḷantaip paṭṭuṭaiyāṉ kāśyapakottrat tiḷaṅkoti sūryyaṉukku ittoṭṭamuṭaiyār koyil kaṇkāṇiyāka tevaṉ candrādittavaṟ nakka- 1

⟨SIIv13p0i0099⟩ No. 99. (A.R. No. 117 of 1926.) TIRUVIḶAKKUḌI, MAYAVARAM TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, MAṆAVĀḶĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

This records an endowment of land to provide for the daily supply of six nāḻi of rice for offering in the temple of Naḍuvil-Śrīkōyil at Muruguvēḷ-maṅgalam, a brahmadēya in Kuṟukkai-nāḍu, by Pāradāyaṉ Vēṅgaḍavaṉ Chandirādittaṉ of the village, and its exemption from taxes by the sabhā. ⟨Page 48⟩

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] kovirājakesaripanma[ṟ*]kku yāṇṭu

⟨2⟩ 4- āvatu vaṭakaraik kuṟukkaināṭṭu brahmadēyam [mu]rukuveḷmaṅkalattu pāratāyan veṅkaṭavan cantirātitta-

⟨3⟩ neṉ ivūr naṭuvilśrīkoyilil dēvarkkut tiruvamutukku nivantam ceytu aṭṭikkuṭutta nila māvatu enṉuṭaiya

⟨4⟩ nilam melaipputukiṇaṟṟu meṟkaṭaiya teṟ[ku] vaṭakkāka ūrāṭu kolālaḷantu kuṭukka kkiṇaṟṟukku nikkun tulaikkuṅ kālu-

⟨5⟩ kkum urittāka cantirāti[t*]taval tiruvamirtukku [ceytu kuṭutta] nilam kāṟcey[k]ku ellai kiḻpāṟkellai pāratāyan veṅkaṭavaṉ

⟨6⟩ cantirātitta nila[t*]tukku meṟkum teṉpā•••••• y punakan teṟṟikku ni•• yappona uḷ ciṅ•••• kālukku vaṭakkum

⟨7⟩ melpāṟkellai punakan teṟṟi••••••••• m puḻavāṟṟukke viḻunta vāykkālukkuk kiḻakkum vaṭapāṟkellai sabhaip-

⟨8⟩ potuvāna appankuḻikku teṟkum ivicai[tta] nāle[l*]laiyilu makappaṭṭa nilaṅ kāṟ ceyilum idēvarkku nicati aṟuṉāḻi a-

⟨9⟩ rici tiruvamirtukkāka nivantam ceytu aṭṭikkuṭutteṉ naṭuvilśrīkoyil dēvarkku pāratāyaṉ veṅkaṭavan cantirāti-

⟨10⟩ ttaneṉ inilam iṟai tavirntu iṟai iḻiccik kuṭutto[m*] murukuveḷmaṅkalattu sabhaiyom paṇiyāl ma-

⟨11⟩ dhyasthan nayamāna nakkaṉṉāna alaṅkārapriyanen ivai yen neḻuttu vayiṣṇavarakṣai [||*]

⟨SIIv13p0i0100⟩ No. 100. (A.R. No. 321 of 1927.) INNAMBŪR, KUMBAKONAM TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON A STONE BUILT INTO THE MAṆḌAPA IN FRONT OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, AKSHARAPURĪŚVARA TEMPLE.

This is an incomplete inscription recording the construction of a Vishṇu temple by Śatti Aṟiñjigai alias Teṉṉavaṉ Viḻupparaiyaṉ after his own name at Innambar in Innambar-nāḍu, and some provision (details lost) made by him to feed five Brahmans in the temple every day after offerings to the deity.

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⟨1⟩ svasti [||*] śrī ma-

⟨2⟩ [t] korājakesa-

⟨3⟩ ripanma[ṟ*]ki yā-

⟨4⟩ ṇṭu 4- āva-

⟨5⟩ tu vaṭaka-

⟨6⟩ rai iṉ(ṉ)e-

⟨7⟩ mparnāṭ-

⟨8⟩ ṭu iṉnam-

⟨9⟩ paruṭaiyā-

⟨10⟩ ṉ catti aṟi-

⟨11⟩ [ñci]kaiyā-

⟨12⟩ ṉa teṉṉava-

⟨13⟩ ṉ viḻuppar[ai]-

⟨14⟩ yaṉ perāl

⟨15⟩ aruñcikai-

⟨16⟩ viṇṇakar e-

⟨17⟩ ṉṟu śrīkoyi-

⟨18⟩ leṭuppittu

⟨19⟩ ittevar ami-

⟨20⟩ tu ceyyum-

⟨21⟩ potuṇṇu-

⟨22⟩ m pirāmaṇar a-

⟨23⟩ yvar ivvūr-

⟨24⟩ kku•••••

⟨SIIv13p0i0101⟩ No. 101. (A.R. No. 149 of 1928.) TIRUPPAḺANAM, TANJORE TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON THE WEST WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, ĀPATSAHĀYĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

This is an incomplete and damaged inscription recording the endowment of a land made after purchase and reclamation, by Nakkaṉ' Kāñjaṉ, a merchant of Tiruppaḻaṉam, for the maintenance of two gardeners employed for the upkeep of the two flower gardens given to the temple by his father Viśākaṉ Nakkaṉ. ⟨Page 49⟩

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] korājakesarivanmaṟku yā-

⟨2⟩ ṇṭu 4- āvatu vaṭakarai miṟaikū-

⟨3⟩ ṟṟa[t*]tu tevatāṉa[m*] tirupaḻaṉa[t*]tu ma

⟨4⟩ hādēvarkku ivūr viyāpāri

⟨5⟩ vicāka ṉakkaṉ ce[y*]ta nantavāṉam

⟨6⟩ iraṇṭukku miṟaikku nantavāṉa[k*]kuṭi-

⟨7⟩ kaḷ iruvarkku ittevariṭai eliyūtu

⟨8⟩ puṉcey vilaikoṇṭu ivaṉ ma-

⟨9⟩ ka ṉakkaṉ kāñcaṉ macakkiṉa nilattukku

⟨10⟩ kiḻpāṟke[l*]lai patipātamulattār ko-

⟨11⟩ ṇṭa nilattukku meṟkum teṉpār[k*]-

⟨12⟩ ke••••karika•••••

⟨13⟩ kki••• pāṟke•••• vā[y*]-

⟨14⟩ [k]kālukku kiḻakku vaṭapāṟkellai itti••• vāy[k*]kālukku teṟkum ip•••••

⟨SIIv13p0i0102⟩ No. 102. (A.R. No. 23 of 1931.) TIRUKKŌḌIKĀVAL, KUMBAKONAM TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON THE WEST WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, TIRUKKŌṬĪŚVARA TEMPLE.

This is one of severāl earlier inscriptions on loose stones which were lying in the temple and were collected and re-engraved on its walls by the order of the king's mother Śembiyan-Mahādēvī in the reign of Uttama-Chōḷa, when the temple was rebuilt by her of stone from its original brick structure (M.E.R. 1931, II, 9). It registers a sale of land, free of taxes, executed by the sabhā of Nāraṇakka-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, a brahmadēya village of Nallāṟṟūr-nāḍu on the north bank, to the temple at Tirukkōḍikkā.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] ituvum moru paḻaṅka-

⟨2⟩ lpaṭi [|*] kovirājakecaripanma[ṟ*]kku yāṇṭu nāṉkāvatu vaṭakarai nallāṟṟūr nāṭṭu brahmadēyam nāraṇakkacaturvētimaṅkalattu sabhaiyom viṟṟa nilavilaiyāvaṇam [|*] inā[ṭ*]ṭu tirukkoṭi kāvil(p) perumā(ḷ)ḷukku nāṅkaḷ candrātittaval i-

⟨3⟩ ṟai kāttukkuṭukkum ittevar riṟaiyili yuṇṇa vilaikoṇṭu kuṭutta nilamāvatu iṉ nāraṇakka caturvētimaṅkalat[tū]riṉ miyūr ki(ḻ)ḻaiiṭaikaṇṭattu sabhaiyom koṭṭip puṟattu aṉṉanti kramavittaṉum kārampiceṭṭu muttatāmo-

⟨4⟩ tira kramavittaṉum ivaṉ tampi nārāyaṇa kramavittaṉum pakkal sabhaiyom vilaikoṇṭu uṭaiya mukkā[l] ceykkum kiḻpāṟkellai surasāra[mpi] nilakaṇṭapaṭṭaṉum kārampicceṭṭu akkumārakkramavittaṉum mu[ṉti]ya [ni]lattukkum nāṭ[ṭā][r*]-

⟨5⟩ vāy[k*]kāliṉ niṉṟum vaṭakkuṉokki ponta uḷ ciṟuvāykkālu[k*]kum meṟkum teṉpāṟk kellai koṭṭippuṟattu aṉṉantikramavittan nila[t*]tukku vaṭakkum melpāṟkellai nāṭṭā[r*] v[ā]y[k]kālniṉṟum vaṭakkunokki ponta vativāykkālukkuk kiḻakkum vaṭapā-

⟨6⟩ ṟkellai tiṭaṟceri natta[t*]tu sabhaiyom kuṭimakka(ḷ)ḷu[k*]ku viṟṟa nilattukkut teṟkum ivicaitta perunāṉkellaiyilum akappaṭṭa nilam meṭum [paḷ]ḷamum uḷpaṭa mukkāl ceyum viṟṟu vilaiyāvaṇam ce[y*]tu kuṭuttom tirukko[ṭikā]-

⟨7⟩ vildēvaṟkku iṟaiyum ecco(ṟ)ṟum eppeṟpaṭṭa veṭṭiyum puṟav(ā)ri(y)yum cantrātittava[l] kāttuk kuṭuppomāṉom nāraṇakkac caturvētimaṅkalattu sabhaiyom [|*] itu [paḻa]ya kal paṭi inta śrīvimānattile eṟ(ṟa) veṭṭinamaiyil muṉ-

⟨8⟩ ṉivājagam veṭṭikkiṭanta taṉi kallāl ubhaiyokam illāmai[yāl] atu tavirntatu itu muṭṭil paṉmāyeśvara kaṭai kūṭṭa peṟṟār [||*] ⟨Page 50⟩

⟨SIIv13p0i0103⟩ No. 103. (A.R. No. 123 of 1931.) TIRUCHCHATTURAI, TANJORE TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, ŌDANAVANĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

This inscription is damaged and the portion from the 5th line onwards is engraved in smaller characters. It seems to record an endowment in land for feeding two Brahmans, a Brahmaṅ woman and some yōgis in the temple every day, made by two ladies Nakkaṉ Kavaḍiyakkaṉ and her sister Nakkaṉ Vichchiyakkaṉ, both daughters of a certain Dēvaṉār of the village. As both these persons also figure in No. 122 of 1931 of the 23rd year of Parāntaka I, the present record is attributed to Sundara-Chōḷa in the M.E.R. for 1931, II. 4. But it may with greater possibility, be assigned to Parāntaka's son and nearer successor Gaṇḍarāditya.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] kovirācakecaripanmaṟkku

⟨2⟩ yāṇṭu 4- āvatu ivvūr tevaṉā-

⟨3⟩ r makaḷ nakkaṉ kavaṭiyakkaṉnum i[va]-

⟨4⟩ ḷ taṅkai nakkaṉ vicciyakkaṉ[nu]m i-

⟨5⟩ vviruvarum kavaṭimayakkalum viccimayakkalum ivar-

⟨6⟩ kaḷ [aṭṭuvicca]••• mayā paṭārikku [cantirāti]taval kavaṭi mayakka

⟨7⟩ ••••••• paṭārikku••••••••• arici oru tiru-

⟨8⟩ ••••••• mayakkal••••••• iruvar brahmaṇar uṭai-

⟨9⟩ ••••••• jokiyāroṭu ivare oru[varu] brāhmaṇi-

⟨10⟩ ••••••• val nicatim munāḻi arici•• [aintu] nāḻiya-

⟨11⟩ ••••••• l ivāṇṭu ce••••• tu [ko]ṇṭu ka-

⟨12⟩ ••••••• [t]ānamākak kāṇi ce[y*]tu kuṭuttom nakkaṉ

⟨13⟩ ••••••• kum [ka]mmimarkkum [nakkaṉ] kavaṭiyakkanum na-

⟨14⟩ ••••••• tum iviruvom ippaṭi icaittom ivūr

⟨SIIv13p0i0104⟩ No. 104. (A.R. No. 7 of 1905.) KĪḶŪR, TIRUKKOYILUR TALUK, SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, VĪRAṬṬĀNĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

This records a gift of 90 sheep and a lamp-stand (Īḻa-viḷakku) for burning a lamp in the temple of Tiruvīraṭṭānattu-Āṇḍār at Tirukkōvalūr in Kuṟukkaikūṟṟam, a subdivision of Milāḍu, by Puḷīṣayyaṉ Sāmi Abbai alias Malāḍa-Mādēviyār, the wife of Vikramachōḷa-Malāḍuḍaiyār and the daughter of the Pāṇḍya king. The alphabet of the inscription closely resembles that of No. 8 of 1905 engraved below this, which is one of Rājēndra-Chōḷa I.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] kovirājakecaripanma[r*]kku yāṇṭu 5- āvatu milāṭṭuk kuṟukkaikūṟṟattu tiruk kovalūr tiruvi-

⟨2⟩ raṭṭāṉattu āṇṭārkku vikkiramacoḻa malāṭuṭaiyār teviyār pāṇṭiyaṉār makaḷā[r*] puḷicayyaṉ cāmi appai āṉa malāṭamāte-

⟨3⟩ [vi]yār vaitta na[n*]tāviḷakku oṉṟiṉukku vaitta cāvāmuvāp perāṭu [t]oṇṇū[ṟu*] īḻaviḷakku oṉṟu ivai panmāhēśvara rakṣai [||*]

⟨SIIv13p0i0105⟩ No. 105. (A.R. No. 329 of 1906.) TIRUMĀLPURAM, ARKONAM TALUK, NORTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, RUINED VISHṆU TEMPLE.

This records a gift of sheep for a lamp in the temple of [Gō]vindapāḍiniṉṟaruḷiṉa-Perumānaḍigaḷ by Sōmaṉ Śaṅkaranārāyaṇaṉ, the headman of Kurukāḍi. ⟨Page 51⟩

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] korājakesarivarmmaṟku yāṇṭu añcāvatu ta•••• [kūṟṟat]tuk kuru kāṭik ku-

⟨2⟩ rukāṭikiḻāṉ comaṉ caṅkaranārāyaṇaṉeṉ tāmarkko•••••• [n]āṭṭu•••

⟨3⟩ vindapāṭi niṉṟaruḷiṉa perumāṉaṭikaḷukku tirunontāvi•••••••

⟨4⟩ tta āṭu toṇṇūṟṟāṟu ivai candrādittavarai••••••• ivviḷa-

⟨5⟩ kku śrīvaiṣṇavar rakṣai |

⟨SIIv13p0i0106⟩ No. 106. (A.R. No. 171 of 1907.) TIRUPPALĀTTURAI, TRICHINOPOLY TALUK, TRICHINOPOLY DISTRICT. ON THE WEST WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, ĀDIMŪLĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

This inscription records an endowment of some lands made by Bālāśiriyaṉ Bhaṭṭaṉ Śivaṉ Kūttaṉ of Ādanūr, to the temple of Tiruppāṟṟurai-Mahādēva at Uttamaśīli-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, to provide for the maintenance of some servants in the temple, for burning a perpetual lamp before the deity and for the midday offerings. The taxes on these lands were to be paid by the Big Assembly of the village in return for a lump-sum deposit of 50 Īḻakkāśu made with them by the donor. The details of the date given, viz., Mithuna, Tuesday, Chittirai, seem to correspond to A.D. 961, May 28, though they are not enough for verification of its correctness. The inscription may be one of Sundara-Chōḷa.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] korājakesarivarmmaṟku yāṇṭu 5- āvatu teṉkaraiy brahmadēyam śrī uttama śi[ licatu] rvvēdimaṅkalattup peruṅkuṟi ssabhaiyom ivvāṭṭaiy mithunanāyaṟṟuc cevvāykkiḻamaiy peṟṟa cittiraināṉṟu pakal tiruvāṉaiykkāval tiruveṇṇāvaluṭaiyār koyiliṉ tiruccuṟṟālaiyu[mme]-

⟨2⟩ l mūlaiyiley peruṅkuṟi kūṭiyiruntu ivvuttamaśiliccaturvvēdimaṅkalattu tiruppāṟṟuṟaiy mahādēvarkku ātanūr [pālāciri]yaṉ paṭṭaṉ civa[ṉ kū]tta[ṉ] uccampotu amutu ceyya vaitta pāṟpoṉakattukku vilaiykkuk koṇṭu nivantañ ceytukuṭutta nilam irumāvaraiyum arai[mā]kāṇi muntirikaiyum śitārit tiruppukaiyu[m]

⟨3⟩ nontāviḷak koṉṟukkum āka ivaṉey vaitta nilam orumāvum ivaṉey tiruppaḷḷit tāmam paṟippārkku[m tiruva]lakiṭuvārkkum tirumeḻukkiṭuvārkkum āka vaitta [nilam] kāṇi araiy[k]kāṇiyum āka ivvaṉaittu nivantaṅkaḷukkum vaiytta nilam nāṉku mā muntirikaiy iṉṉāṉku mā muntirikaiy nilattāl vanta••••

⟨4⟩ candrādityavat sabhaiyomey iṟuttuk kuṭuppatāka ippaṭṭaṉ civaṉ kūtta[ni]ṭaiyk koṇṭa īḻakkācu 50 ivvaiympatu kācum koṇṭu innilattāl vanta iṟaiy siddhāyamum anta rāyamum kāva••••yum ūrttani[cu]m eccoṟum•••

⟨5⟩ lu nellum maṟṟum innilam cuṭṭi vantitu epperppaṭṭa iṟaiyum candrādityavat iṟaiy iḻicci iḻittiṉapaṭi nilamutalp pottakattum kaiyttaṭiyilum iṟaiyiḻicci iḻicciṉa paṭi•••• ṟaiyu śrīkoyililey kaṉmel veṭṭuvittuk kuṭuttom ivvuttama-

⟨6⟩ śiliccaturvvēdimaṅkalattup peruṅkuṟi sabhaiyom ipparicu itaṉṟeṉṟu iṉṉilattāl iṟaiy nāṭṭiṉāraiyum iṟai nāṭṭap paṇiccāraiyum vevveṟṟu vakaiya•••••• ••• veṇṭu[m] poṉ tiruppāṟṟuṟaiy tevarkaṉmikaḷum maṟṟum eḻupatteṭṭu nāṭṭu pa-

⟨7⟩ tmāhēśararumey maṉṟi iṟuppikkap peṟuvarākavum maṉṟiṉa poṉ ṉiṟuttum iṉṉilam cuṭṭivanta iṟaiy epperppaṭṭatum candrādityavat iṟuppomānom sabhaiyom ipparicu sabhaiypaṇikka sabhaivāriyarāy iṉṉilam [nila]mutalp po- ⟨Page 52⟩

⟨8⟩ ttakattum kaiyttaṭiyilum iṟaiy iḻiccuvittu iṟaiy iḻicciṉapaṭiy tirupparāy[tu*]ṟaiyiley kalme•••••••• ḷaiyappuṟattu śrīvāsudēva kramavittaṉum peruṅkāvil nakkaṉ ṟattaṉum puḷḷamaṅkalattu [tāyaṉ] viraṉum [ṉa]nti-

⟨9⟩ kir[ā*]mattup perumānampikramavittaṉum ivvaṉaivom ipparicu innilam nāṉku māmun tirikaiyum sabhaippa•••••••• potta[kattum] kaiyttaṭiyilum iṟaiy iḻicciṉeṉ ivvūr madhyastan cakrapāṇiy tiruveṅkaṭamāṉa ma[nu]kulottamaṉeṉ ippari-

⟨10⟩ cu sabhaiyār paṇikka issabhaiyār paṇi••••sabhaiy śrīmukham eḻutikkuṭutteṉ ivvūr madhyasthan eḻuvaṉ nakkaṉā••••• tu nāṉūṟṟu••• dharmmam patmā hēśvarar rakṣai ௳

⟨SIIv13p0i0107⟩ No. 107. (A.R. No. 565 of 1908.)

This is identical with No. 106 above.

⟨SIIv13p0i0108⟩ No. 108. (A.R. No. 236 of 1911.) KUMBAKŌṆAM, KUMBAKONAM TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON THE WEST WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, NĀGĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

This registers an endowment of 70 Īḻakkāśu in gold, made in the 3rd year of Parakēsarivarman ‘who took the head of Vīra-Pāṇḍya’ by Dēvaṉ Kuppai of the Vīraśōḻa-teriñja-Kaikkōḷar community (See No. 45 above) to the temple of Tirukīḻkōṭṭattu-Paramasvāmi at Tirukkuḍamukkil, a dēvadāna in Pāmbūr-nāḍu, on the northern bank (of the Kāvēri). Out of the interest on this amount, offerings and worship were to be provided thrice a day to the silver image (of the god ?) set up in the temple by the donor. The reason for this agreement after the lapse of some time is not clear. The inscription being obviously of the time of a Rājakēsari who was the successor of ‘Parakēsari,’ the victor over ‘Vīra-Pāṇḍya’, i.e., Āditya II Karikāla, it should be assigned to Rājarāja I.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] kovirāja-

⟨2⟩ kesaripanma[r*]kki yā-

⟨3⟩ ṇṭu 5- āvatu ivvā-

⟨4⟩ ṇṭu vaṭaka[rai]p pāmpūrnāṭṭu

⟨5⟩ dēvatānam tirukkuṭamukkil [ti]-

⟨6⟩ rukkiḻ koṭṭattu paramasvāmik-

⟨7⟩ ku koyilil uṭaiyār viracoḻat teriñca kai-

⟨8⟩ (kai)kkoḷa[ril] tevaṉ kuppai śrīk[oyi]li[l*] eḻuntaruḷuttāṉ eḻu-

⟨9⟩ ṉtaruḷuvicca veḷḷit tirumenikku ti[ru]vamutukkāka virapāṇṭiya

⟨10⟩ •••••• ṇṭa koppara kecaripaṉma[r*]kki yāṇṭu 3- vatu dēvar paṇṭāra[t*]te

⟨11⟩ •••• pon īḻakkācu eḻupatukkum poliyū-

⟨12⟩ ṭṭāka veḷḷi••• menikku potu irunāḻi ponakappaḻavariciy

⟨13⟩ nicatam muṉṟu sa•• poṉakappaḻavarici a[ṟunā]ḻiyāl acciraṇṭuva-

⟨14⟩ ṇṇattāl nica[ta]m ceṉ(ṉ)nellu kuṟuṇi eḻunāḻiyu-

⟨15⟩ m kaṟiy(ā)mutukku niccam nellu nāḻiyum āka nicca nel-

⟨16⟩ lu patakkākat tiṅkaḷ nellu aṟukala[mā]ka orāṭṭaikku vaṉ-

⟨17⟩ ta ceṉ[ne*]l aṟupatiṉ kalamum ikkācukkup poliyūṭṭāka kiṇṭai

⟨18⟩ aḷantuvarukiṉṟapaṭi nellu teva[r*] paṇṭāratte avvav āṇ-

⟨19⟩ ṭu śrī kāryañ ceyvāre cantirātittaval aḷakka[kka*]ṭavarākavu-

⟨20⟩ m yitu [c]ntirātittaval paṉmāheśvararakṣai || ⟨Page 53⟩

⟨SIIv13p0i0109⟩ No. 109. (A.R. No. 74 of 1914.) KĀMARASAVALLI, UDAYARPALAYAM TALUK, TRICHINOPOLY DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, KĀRKŌṬAKĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

This records a gift of two adjoining plots of land measuring together one mā, after purchasing them from their owners, by Bālāsiṟiyan Bhaṭṭaṉ Śivaṉ Kūttaṉ of Ādanūr (the donor mentioned in No. 106 above) to provide for the supply of śidāri and other ingredients for fumigation during the daily services in the temple of Tirunallūr-Mahādēva at Kāmaravalli-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, a dēvadāna and brahmadēya in Innambar-nāḍu. The inscription also states that the land was made tax-free in consideration of 12 kāśu received from the donor by the Peruṅguri-Perumakkaḷ (Elders of the Assembly) of the village, who met for the purpose before the maṇḍapa heralded by the blowing of a pair of kāḷam. Among the boundaries are mentioned the channel Kōdaṇḍarāma-vāykkāl and the road Śōḻamahādēvi-vadi. Kōdaṇḍarāma was a surname of Āditya I (Travancore Archaeological Series, Vol. III, part I, p, 109), and also of Rājāditya, the son of Parāntaka (No. 318 of 1904). The inscription seems to be assignable to Sundara-Chōḷa Parāntaka II, and the date corresponds to A.D. 961, January 4. The details however, viz, Makara, Friday, Punarvasu, are not capable of verification.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [|*] korājakesariparnmaṟku yāṇṭu 5- āvatu vaṭakarai brahmadēyam śrīkāmara valliccaturvvētimaṅkalattu peruṅkuṟiperumakkaḷom ivvāṭṭai makaranāyaṟṟu veḷḷi[k*] kiḻamai peṟṟa puṇarpūcatti nāṉṟu iraṭṭaik kāḷamūti maṇṭakattiṉ muṉpey eḻuntaruḷi peruṅkuṟi kūṭi iruntu ātaṉūr pālāciriyaṉ bhaṭṭaṉ civaṉ kūttaṉ ivvūri-

⟨2⟩ l tirunallūr mahādēvarkku citāri uttamottamapaṭi akilum cantaṇamum kaṟpūramum neriyāsamum tenum maṟṟum veṇṭuvaṉa ellām kuṟaivaṟuttu koṇṭu citāri eppotum muṭṭāme iṭuvataṟkku vilai[k*]ku koṇṭu kuṭutta nilam ivvūr kotaṇṭarāmavāykk[ā]liṉ kiḻ coḻamahādēvivatikku kiḻakku tiru-

⟨3⟩ vārūri vāykkālukku teṟku mutaṟkaṇṇāṟṟu añcām caturattu teṉ kiḻakku iraṇṭu māvil kiḻakkaṭaiya orumāvil me[ṟ*]kaṭaiya mantrattu iruṣikeca vakramavittaṉ pakkal vilaikoṇṭu uṭaiya araimāvum ivvaraimāviṉoṭu maṭainta itiṉmelai araimā kaṭavūr kamutuvaṉ nārāyaṇaṉ kumāraṉ pakkal vilaikoṇṭuṭaiya araimāvum

⟨4⟩ āka iviraṇṭu kiṭappiṉālumāka vanta ivvorumāc ceykkum emmil licainta kācu ivaṉpakkal 12 paṉṉiraṇṭu kācum aṟa koṇṭu innilam orumāvukkum epper[p*]paṭṭa iṟaiyum cantrātittavaṟ iṟukka[k*]kaṭavomāy innilam iṟaiiliyāvatāka ipparicu ikkācu koṇṭu innilam śāśvatiyamāka iṟaiiḻicci

⟨5⟩ śilālekhai ceytu kuṭu[t*]tom peruṅkuṟipperumakkaḷom [|*] innilam ivaṉ dēvarkku kuṭuttapaṭi koirājakesaripaṉmarkku yāṇṭu 5- āvatu iṉṉamparnāṭṭu tevatāṉa brahmadēyam ātaṉūr pālāciriyaṉ bhaṭṭaṉ civaṉ kūttaṉeṉ ikkarai brahmadēyam śrīkāmaravallic caturvvētimaṅkalattu tirunallūr śrīkoyil mahādēvarkku cantrātittavaṟ citāri

⟨6⟩ tiruppukaikkuāka vilai koṇṭu iṟaiiḻicci kuṭutta nilam kotaṇ[ṭa*]rāmavāykkā[li*]ṉ kiḻ coḻamādēvivatikkuk kiḻakku tiruvārūri vāykkālukku teṟkku mutal kaṇṇāṟṟu añcām caturattu teṉkiḻakku iraṇṭu māvil kiḻakkaṭaiya oru māvil me[ṟ*]kkaṭaiya mantrattu iruṣikecavakramavittaṉpakkal vilaikku koṇṭuṭaiya arai māvum itiṉmelai araimā kaṭavūr ka[mu]tuvaṉ nā•••••

⟨7⟩ māvumāka ivvorumā ceyyum ittirunallūr śrīkoyil mahādēvarkku cantrātittavaṟ sandhikaṭorum muṭṭāme citārit tiruppukai iṭuvataṟkāka iṟaiyumiḻicci ivvorumā ceyyum kuṭu[t*]teṉ ātanūr pālāciriyaṉ bhaṭṭaṉ civaṉ kūttaṉ paṇiyāl madhyastaṉ araṅkaṉ tirumā[li*]ru[ñ*]co(l)laiyā(ṉ)ṉa eḻunūṟṟu aimpattu aṟu(ra)va(ṉ)ṉeṉ ivai eṉ eḻuttu itu panmāhēśva[ra rakṣai ||*] ⟨Page 54⟩

⟨SIIv13p0i0110⟩ No. 110. (A.R. No. 103 of 1914.) TIRUVEṞUMBŪR, TRICHINOPOLY TALUK, TRICHINOPOLY DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, PIPĪLIKĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

This records an agreement by the assembly (Perunguṟi-sabhai) of Śrīkaṇṭhachaturvēdimaṅgalam, exempting from the several kinds of taxes, 2 vēli and 7 mā of land endowed after purchase and left in their charge, by Vēlāṉ Viranārāyaṇaṉ alias Śembiyaṉ Vēdivēḷār of Śiṟudavūr in Kiḷiyūr-nāḍu for feeding 15 Brahmans in the feeding house on the hill of Tiruveṟumbiyūr-Āḻvār every day. A lump sum is said to have been paid by the donor towards these taxes to the assembly. This person has figured as the builder of the Śrīvimāna of the temple in other epigraphs of the place including No. 104 of 1914, dated in the 7th year of Rājakēsarivarman. As this last inscription makes mention of a channel called Uttamaśīlivāykkāl, evidently after a son of Parāntaka I, all these records have to be assigned to a successor of his, either Gaṇḍarāditya or Parāntaka II Sundara-Chōḷa, both of whom were Rājakēsarins, as against the view expressed in M.E.R. 1915, II, 20, referring them all to Āditya I on the basis of the astronomical details contained in them. It is quite likely that these details would yield alternate equivalants for dates later than Parāntaka I.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] kovirājakecaripaṉma-

⟨2⟩ rkku yāṇṭu añcāvatu teṉkarai bra

⟨3⟩ hmadēyam śrīkaṇṭa caturvētimaṅkalattu-

⟨4⟩ p peruṅkuṟisabhaiyom kiḷiyūrnāṭṭu ciṟuta(v)vūru-

⟨5⟩ ṭaiyāṉ veḷāṉ viranārāyaṇaṉāṉa cempiyaṉ

⟨6⟩ vetiveḷār tiruveṟumpiyūrāḻvār tirumalaimel candrā-

⟨7⟩ tittavaṟ brāhmaṇar patinaivarkku uṇṇa vaitta cattirattukku

⟨8⟩ ivar vilaikoṇṭa nila••••veṅkai muttakumāracanmaṉiṭai-

⟨9⟩ yum ivaṉ tampiyiṭaiyum vilaikoṇṭa nilam kuḷaccey araiyum i-

⟨10⟩ vvūr valavūr māppāni nārāyaṇañ centaniṭai vilaikoṇṭa nilam ittiruma-

⟨11⟩ laiyiṉ vaṭamelpakkattu śrīdharabhaṭṭa comāciyār dvādaśakkattu tuṇṭaṅ-

⟨12⟩ kuṟaiyak kāle araimāvum icce[y*] i[dvāda]śakkattu vaṭakkuppotu-

⟨13⟩ vil ivaṉiṭaiyē vilaikoṇṭa nilam iraṇṭumā mukkāṇiyum idvādaśa-

⟨14⟩ kkattey peruṅkāviṟ kavarkāci cāttaṉ rāmaṉiṭai vilaikoṇṭa nilam

⟨15⟩ tuṇṭaṅ kuṟaiya araimāvum dēvatāṉam itdēvariṭai poṉ kuṭuttu

⟨16⟩ koṇṭa nilam nākarkāl araiyum ivaṉṟiccey aṟumāvum araicaṅkaḷa-

⟨17⟩ ttu mikaḷattu koṟṟañ cuvaraṉ dvādaśa[kka]ttu iraṇṭu māvum ko[ḻaiku]-

⟨18⟩ rai [i]raṇṭu māvum vetiveḷ[vacakkaliṉ ce]yiraṇṭumāka••••• yat[ta]-

⟨19⟩ raṉ dvādaśakkattu oru pūccey aṟumā[vu]m āka ivvaṉaittuk kiṭakkaiyu-

⟨20⟩ māka vanta nilam iraṇṭe yeḻumā ivviraṇṭe yeḻumā nilattālum cantrā-

⟨21⟩ tittavaṟ patinaivar brāhmaṇarkku nicatappaṭi pe[r]āl irunāḻi yariciyum kaṟikā-

⟨22⟩ ykkaṟi oṉṟum puḷiṅkaṟi oṉṟum puḻukkukkaṟi oṉṟum ney araippaṭiyum

⟨23⟩ aṭṭuvatu uriyum kāyu milai pākku iraṇṭumāka ippaṭi candrātittavaṟ sabhaiyome ūṭṭu-

⟨24⟩ vikkakaṭavomākavum innilattāl ivarpakkal i[ṉ]ṉilaṅkaḷukku iṟai kāvaldravya-

⟨25⟩ m ivarpakkal koṇṭu iṉṉilaṅkaḷ cuṭṭi cantirātittavaṟ iṉṉilattāl iṟai-

⟨26⟩ yu[m] eccoṟu veṭṭiveti••• maṟṟum epperpaṭṭa••••ñcu

⟨27⟩ kāṭṭātomākavum sabhaiyil eḻuntiruntu iṉṉilañ cuṭṭi iṟaiyum ec- ⟨Page 55⟩

⟨28⟩ coṟum veṭṭivetinaiyu maṟṟum epperppaṭṭatum kāṭṭa••• ttāṉoṭu epperp-

⟨29⟩ paṭṭa [a]nyōnya sahāvāsamum [śu]baspariśapuṇyāhaṅkaḷum ceyyātomākavum

⟨30⟩ [iṉ]ṉilañcuṭṭi iṟaiyum eccoṟum maṟṟum kāṭṭap paṇittāṉaiyum paṇitta sabhai

⟨31⟩ uṭaṉiruntānaiyum paṉmāhēśvararey nāṅkaḷ v[e]ṇṭum kaḷattil tāṅ-

⟨32⟩ kaḷv[e]ṇṭu poṉ maṟaiyili maṉṟi iṟuppikkappeṟuvārākavum maṉṟiṉa pe-

⟨33⟩ ••• tum iṉṉilaṅkaḷ iṟaikāṭṭappeṟātatākavum ipparicu ippatiṉai[ntu]

⟨34⟩ ••ṭuvippomākavum ipparicu cilālekai ceyitu kuṭuttom cempiyaṉ vetiveḷārkku śrīkaṇṭaścaturvē-

⟨35⟩ •••••sabhaiyār paṇiyāl karaiyiṭṭu ivvūrp perālattūr nārāyaṇaṉ patmanābhaṉukku karai-

⟨36⟩ pontu ivar paṇikka paṇiyāl eḻu[tiṉ]eṉ ivvūr madhyastaṉ dharmmappiriyaṉāṉa kalivicaiyaṉ taruṇentuceka[ra*]-

⟨37⟩ neṉ ivai yeṉ eḻuttu |||—

⟨SIIv13p0i0111⟩ No. 111. (A.R. No. 117 of 1914.) ON THE WEST WALL OF THE SAME SHRINE.

This records an endowment of 6 mā of land to the temple of Mahādēva on the hill at Śrīkaṇṭha-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, to provide for the supply of an uḻakku of ghee every day for a perpetual lamp in the temple, by Tāyaṉ Kaṇamuḍaiyāṉ, a resident of the village, who also made it tax-free by a lump-sum payment of gold to the sabhā.

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⟨1⟩ kovirājakecaripaṉmaṟku yāṇṭu 5-

⟨2⟩ āvatu teṉkaraiy brahmadēyam śrīkaṇṭaścaturvētimaṅkalattu tirumalaimel mahādē-

⟨3⟩ varkku ivvūrt tāyaṉ kaṇamuṭaiyāṉ oru nondāviḷakku erippataṟkku nicati uḻakku neykku

⟨4⟩ vaitta nilam ivvūrakavāy vaṉṉiccāṟṟil muṉṟumāvum itiṉ melai yiraṇṭumāvum

⟨5⟩ araicaṅkaḷattuk kiḻai yaraimāvum ikkaḷattukku teṉmelaiyarai[māvum]

⟨6⟩ āka ivvaṟumācceyyum nondāviḷakkerippataṟkku vaittu iṉṉilattu [iṟ]ai-

⟨7⟩ kāval sabhaiyāṟkkup poṉ kuṭuttu itiṉ palicaiyāliṟaiyum sāma•• kā-

⟨8⟩ ttukkuṭuppārāka vaitteṉ tāyaṅ kaṇamuṭaiyāṟeṉ itu panmāhēśva-

⟨9⟩ rar rakṣai |||—

⟨SIIv13p0i0112⟩ No. 112. (A.R. No. 126 of 1914.) ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE SAME SHRINE.

This records a gift of forty-five sheep for burning a lamp in the day-time in the temple of Tiruveṟumbi[y*]ūr-Dēvar by Kallaḍai Perumān, a Veḷḷāḷa resident of Śrīkaṇṭha-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, and his wife Paraman Kallai.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] korājakesariparmma[r*]kku yāṇṭu 5- āvatu

⟨2⟩ tenkarai brahmadēyam śrīkaṇṭa caturvvētimaṅkalattu ve-

⟨3⟩ ḷḷāḷan kalla[ṭaip]erumānu miva nakamuṭaiyāḷ(ḷu) paraman kallai-

⟨4⟩ yum tiruveṟumpiūr(r)dēvarkku candrādittaval pakal-

⟨5⟩ nontāviḷakku onṟu eriya vaicca āṭu 45 nāṟpattaiñcu [||*] ⟨Page 56⟩

⟨SIIv13p0i0113⟩ No. 113. (A.R. No. 132 of 1914.) ON THE SAME WALL.

This records a gift of 34 sheep for burning a lamp during the three services in the temple of Āḻvār on the hill at Tiru[v*]eṟumbiyūr, and of a lamp-stand for the same, by Nārāyaṇa-Kramavittaṉ, son of Mānacha(śa)rman of Kāvanūr, a member of the Āḷum-gaṇam of Śrīkaṇṭha-chaturvēdimaṅgalam.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*]

⟨2⟩ korājakesari-

⟨3⟩ varmmaṟkku yāṇṭu

⟨4⟩ 5- āvatu teṉkarai bra-

⟨5⟩ hmadēyam śrīkaṇḍacca-

⟨6⟩ turvvētimaṅkalam yāḷu-

⟨7⟩ ṅ kaṇattāruḷ kāvanūr

⟨8⟩ mānacarmmaṉ makan nārāyaṇakrama-

⟨9⟩ vittaṉ tirueṟumpiyūr malai āḻ-

⟨10⟩ vārkku oru viḷakku muṉṟu sandhiyu-

⟨11⟩ m eriya [v*]aicca vāṭu 34 ivāṭu-

⟨12⟩ koṇṭu candrādityaval muṉṟu

⟨13⟩ sandhiyum erippomāṉo-

⟨14⟩ m tirukkoyiluṭaiyom itu

⟨15⟩ panmāhēśvararakṣai ||—

⟨16⟩ ivviḷakku āḻvāruṭaiya valappakkattey nilaiviḷakku tarāviḷa-

⟨17⟩ kkil erikkakkaṭavārākat tarāviḷakku vait teṉ iññārāyaṇa-

⟨18⟩ kramavittaṉṉeṉ itu panmāhēśvara rakṣai || 2 || 2 || 2

⟨SIIv13p0i0114⟩ No. 114. (A.R. No. 133 of 1914.) ON THE SAME WALL.

This seems to be an inscription of Sundara-Chōḷa. The details of the date given, viz., Mithuna, Wednesday, Svāti, correspond to A.D. 961, May 29. This records an undertaking given by the Peruṅguṟi-sabhai of Śrīkaṇṭha-chaturvēdimaṅgalam who held their sitting on the hill of Tiruveṟumbiyūr-Āḻvār, that they would not confiscate the property (dēvasvam) of the temple on grounds of default in the payment of taxes, as the temple was not bound to pay any kind of taxes. The assembly also declared that they would ostracise such a person as suggested, ordered or himself made the confiscation, and would treat him as “an annoyance to the village,” besides making him liable for fine at the hands of the Māhēśvaras.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] kovirājakecaripaṉmaṟkku yāṇṭu añcāvatu teṉka-

⟨2⟩ rai brahmateyam śrīkaṇṭaścaturvvētimaṅkalattup peruṅkuṟi ssabhai-

⟨3⟩ yom ivvāṭṭai mithunanāyiṟṟu budhaṉkiḻamai peṟṟa cotiṉā-

⟨4⟩ ṉṟu ivvūrt tiruveṟumpiyūrāḻvār tirumalaiyiṉmele yiruntu dharmmi-

⟨5⟩ ceytu peruṅkuṟi kūṭṭak kuṟaivaṟak kūṭiyiruntu paṇippaṇiyā[l]

⟨6⟩ paṇittu sabhaiyom vyavastai ce[y*]taparicāvatu [|*] ittiruveṟumpiyūrā-

⟨7⟩ ḻvār epperpaṭṭa iṟaiyum kaṭavarallā[m*]aiyil itdēvassvam eppe-

⟨8⟩ rppaṭṭatum sabhaiyom koḷḷappeṟātomākavum itdēvassvam ko-

⟨9⟩ ḷvomeṉṟāṉaiyum koḷḷa ssabhaiyil paṇittāṉaiyum koṇṭānai-

⟨10⟩ yum anyōnyasahāvāsam varjjippatākavum grahatāṭakaścaitu va-

⟨11⟩ ṇṇārappāṟai yiṭuvomākavum piṉṉaiyum grāmakaṇṭakar āvārākavum

⟨12⟩ itdēvasvam koḷḷa paṇittānaiyum koṇṭānaiyum paṉmāhe-

⟨13⟩ śvararēy tāmeṇṭu koviṉukku tāmeṇṭumtanai poṉ perppo- ⟨Page 57⟩

⟨14⟩ ṉ [maṉṟuvatākavum*] perppoṉ maṉṟiyum daṇḍamiṭṭum miṟaiyili iṟuppittum

⟨15⟩ piṉṉaiyum ittevasvam epperppaṭṭatuṅ koḷḷāmey kāk-

⟨16⟩ kappeṟuvatākavum ipparicoṭṭi candrādittavat niṟkka vyavastai

⟨17⟩ ceytu vyavastāpatram ittevarkkuc ceytukuṭuttom peruṅku-

⟨18⟩ ṟi sabhaiyom ivyavasdhāpatram ivvāṇṭu śrīkoyilil vārice-

⟨19⟩ ykiṉṟa sabhaivāriyarey ivyavastai iśrīvimānattile śilālē-

⟨20⟩ khai cēyyappeṟuvārāka paṇippaṇiyālp paṇittu kuṭuttom pe-

⟨21⟩ ruṅkuṟisabhaiyom sabhaiyār paṇittaruḷa eḻutineṉ ivvūr madhyasta-

⟨22⟩ ṉ dharmmapriyanāṉa kalivicaiyaṉ taruṇentucekaraṉeṉ ivai yeṉ eḻuttu [||*]

⟨SIIv13p0i0115⟩ No. 115. (A.R. No. 359 of 1917.) TIRUVĀṆḌĀRKŌVIL (NEAR PONDICHERRY, FRENCH INDIA). ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, PAÑCHANADĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

This registers a sale of some plots of land to the temple of Tiruvāṟai-Nakkaṉkōyil-Paramasvāmin at Tribhuvanamahādēvi-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, by the peruṅguṟiperumakkaḷ (assembly) of the village, effected in the 28th year of Kannaradēva (Rāshṭrakūṭa Kṛishṇa III) as compensation for the silver and gold vessels and jewels of the temple which had been utilised by them for sabhā-viniyōga (expenses ?) in former years. The sabhā refer in this sale transaction to a land endowed by them to the temple as dēvadāna in the 14th year of king Parāntaka I. The Rājakēsarivarman of this inscription should evidently refer to the Chōḷa king who reigned after the 28th year of the Rāshtrakūṭa king, i.e., A.D. 967 and, as such he can be identified with Rājarāja I. (M.E.R. 1918, II. 23). The name of the village seems to indicate its origin to Tribhuvanamahādēvi, a queen of Parāntaka I.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] ko irājakesaripanma[ṟ*]kku yāṇṭu 5- āvatu vaṭakarai brahmadēyam śrītri bhuvaṉa mahādēvi caturvvēdimaṅkalattu peruṅkuṟi perumakkaḷom i[vū]r tiruvāṟai nakkaṉ koyil paramasvāmikaḷiṭai ittevaruṭaiya veḷḷittaḷikaiyum veḷḷimuṇṭamum poṟpūkkaḷum paṭṭaṅkaḷum kūttapperumāḷāṉa

⟨2⟩ kaṇṭanāṇum paṇṭārattu irunta poṉṉum muṉ sabhāviniyogattukku aḻittukkoṇṭa poṉ 105 nūṟṟu a[y*]ṅkaḻañcum sabhāviniyogattukku aḻittukkoṇṭamaiyāl a[y*]ṅkaḻañcuvaṇṇam vilaiyāka śrī kaṉṉaratevarkku yāṇṭu 28- āvatil viṟṟukkuṭutta nilam āvatu [|*] ivvūr [śrī viranārā]-

⟨3⟩ yaṇapererikiḻ cūracūḷāmaṇivatikku kiḻakku viracoḻavā[y*]kkālukku te[ṟ*]kku 2- kaṇṇāṟṟu 1- [ca]tirattu nilam vaṭakai 24 mikai 48 teṉkai 12 kaivantavāṟṟāl nilam [orumā muntirikai]yum [i]kaṇṇāṟṟe 2- catirattu nilam vaṭakai 12 mikai 48 teṉkai 4 kaivanta vāṟṟāl nilam ndha ivvatikku kiḻakku ivvā[y*]kkālukku teṟku 3- catira-

⟨4⟩ ttu 1- kaṇṇāṟṟu[m]āka [va]ṭakkuccār nilam [a]rai m[ā]muntirikaiyum ivvatikku kiḻakku ivvā[y*]kkālukku vaṭakku 1- kaṇṇāṟṟu vaṭakiḻai sivil teṟkkaṭaiya mikai 18 teṉkai 16 kiḻkai 300 kaivantavā[ṟ*]ṟāl nilam m ivvatikku kiḻakku ivvāykkālukku vaṭakku 2- kaṇṇāṟṟu 1- catirattu mikai [2]8 kiḻkai 3 kaivanta[vā]ṟṟā-

⟨5⟩ l••••i[ṉi]lam 12ntaram (ūninscribed space for about 2 feet) svasti śrī muṉ idēva[r*]kke isa[bh]aiyār matirai koṇṭa kopparakesaripanmarkki yāṇṭu [ 40- ā] vatu muṉṉa muṉṉam [viranārāya]ṇa[p]pererikiḻ••• ṭṭu [kūṭ]ṭil vaṉta dēva[ rdānam] m[ā]ka sabhaiyār pirākkaṭamāka kuṭutta•••••••

⟨6⟩ •••••••• kku kiḻakku••• ccikai•••• vā[y*]kkālukku vaṭakku ṉiṉṟum••• ka[ṇṇā]ṟṟu[k]ku te[ṟ*]kkuḷḷiṭa mutal catirattu••••••• ••kuṭuttom tiripuvanamādēviccaturvvēti maṅkalattu•••• ⟨Page 58⟩

⟨SIIv13p0i0116⟩ No. 116. (A.R. No. 135 of 1918.) TIRUVAIYĀṞU, TANJORE TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, PAÑCHANADĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

The inscription is damaged and incomplete. It seems to record a gift of 25 kaḻañju of gold for the endowment of a piece of land after purchasing it (probably tax-free) from the nagarattār of Śivapuri, for a lamp in the temple of Mahādēva at Tiruvai-āṟu by Payitāṅgi Vāḷuva-Nāgaṇi, the wife of Nāgakumāraṉ Vādāvi-Araiyaṉ of••••• Kaḷakkuḍi. Both Śivapuri and Kaḷakkuḍi are in the Tinnevelly district.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*]

⟨2⟩ ko rājake-

⟨3⟩ sariparmma[r*]k-

⟨4⟩ ku yāṇṭu

⟨5⟩ añcāva-

⟨6⟩ tu tiruvai-

⟨7⟩ āṟṟu (mā)ma-

⟨8⟩ hāteva[r*]kku

⟨9⟩ [oru nu]ntāvi-

⟨10⟩ ḷak[ku eriya]

⟨11⟩ [va]cca kunā

⟨12⟩ ••••

⟨13⟩ kaḷakkuṭi u-

⟨14⟩ ṭaiya nāka-

⟨15⟩ kumāraṉ vā-

⟨16⟩ tāliarai-

⟨17⟩ yaṉ maṇa-

⟨18⟩ vāṭṭi payi-

⟨19⟩ tāṅki vā-

⟨20⟩ ḷuva nāka-

⟨21⟩ ṇi civa-

⟨22⟩ puri nakara-

⟨23⟩ ttārkku [ku*]ṭu-

⟨24⟩ tta poṉ

⟨25⟩ iru[pa*]ttaiṅ-

⟨26⟩ kaḻañcu i-

⟨27⟩ ppoṉṉā-

⟨28⟩ l pattuc-

⟨29⟩ [cey] ni-

⟨30⟩ rnila[māka]-

⟨31⟩ ••••

⟨32⟩ kuṭuttu e-

⟨33⟩ [p peṟpaṭ]-

⟨34⟩ ṭa iṟaiyum

⟨35⟩ ka[ḻi*]ppomā-

⟨36⟩ ṉom civa-

⟨37⟩ puri nakara[t*]to-

⟨38⟩ m innila[ttā*]-

⟨39⟩ l nicati uri-

⟨40⟩ y••••

⟨SIIv13p0i0117⟩ No. 117. (A.R. No. 346 of 1918.) PAḺŪR, TRICHINOPOLY TALUK, TRICHINOPOLY DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, SUNDARĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

This records an endowment of land, one vēli in extent, as tax-free dēvadāna for the requirements of daily offerings and worship and a perpetual lamp in the temple of Paramēśvara at Tiruppaḻuvūr in Viḷattūr-nāḍu, by Mahimālaiya Irukkuvēḷ alias Parāntakaṉ Vīraśōḻaṉ. The donor seems to have belonged to the family of Irukkuvēḷs of Koḍumbāḷūr figuring in the Pudukkōṭṭai inscriptions, and should have been a feudal chief under Parāntaka I or II. The Rājakēsari of this inscription might therefore refer to Gaṇḍarāditya or Sundara-Chōḷa. Since however, the record mentions a lunar eclipse in the month of Kanyā—one occurred in A.D. 954 (September 15) and another in A.D. 955 (September 4)—it is more probably that of the former.

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⟨1⟩ [svasti] śrī [||*] ko irājakecaripanmaṟku yāṇṭu 5- āvatu

⟨2⟩ kaṉṉi nāyaṟṟup paṟṟiṉa somagrahaṇattiṉāṉṟu

⟨3⟩ mahimālaiya irukkuveḷāyiṉa parāntaka- ⟨Page 59⟩

⟨4⟩ ṉ viracoḻan viḷattūrṉāṭṭu tiruppaḻuvūrp parame-

⟨5⟩ śvaraṟkku cantrātittavaṟ niṟkka udagapūrvvañ ceytukuṭu-

⟨6⟩ tta tiruvamirtu potirunāḻiyāka muṉṟu potaikkumākap patte-

⟨7⟩ ṭṭukkuttal aṟunāḻiyu[m] potoru piṭiyāka neyyamutu muppiṭi-

⟨8⟩ yum kaṟiyamutu potiraṇ[ṭu] kaṟiyamutum poturiyāka nāṭurit

⟨9⟩ tayiramutum potu ain taṭaikkāyāka nicati patiṉain taṭaik[kā*]-

⟨10⟩ yamutum cantaṉamuñ citāriyum tirunontāviḷakkoṉṟum itta-

⟨11⟩ ṉaiyuñ candrādityavalam niṟppatākac ceytukuṭutta nilam veli i-

⟨12⟩ nnilam veliyum ittiruppa[ḻuvū]rc ceytukuṭutta innilattukkellai

⟨13⟩ ṉaṭuppulattiṟṟu••••kkum aṟumāvukkum kiḻpāṟkel-

⟨14⟩ [lai taṇṭu]ṟaip pakkattu orumāvaraikkum ki[ḻarceri]p pakkat-

⟨15⟩ tu marutampā[ṭi eḻu]māvukkum me[ṟ*]kkum teṉpāṟkellai

⟨16⟩ taṇṭuṟaip pakkattu neṭṭaṟumāvukku vaṭakkum melpā-

⟨17⟩ ṟkkellai kiḻaccerip pakkattu muṭakkaṟumāvukkum vaṇ-

⟨18⟩ ṇāraccey muṉṟumāvukkuṅ kiḻakkum vaṭapāṟkellai me-

⟨19⟩ ṟṟerip pakkattu porocañcey orumāvaraikku[m*] taṇṭuṟai-

⟨20⟩ p pakkattu porocañcey munṟumāvukkum teṟkkum ivve-

⟨21⟩ llaiyuḷ ḷakappaṭṭa ṉilam araiyum ya-mukkāṇikkuk kiḻ-

⟨22⟩ pāṟkellai paḻantevatāṉattukkum kiḻa[cce]rip pakka-

⟨23⟩ ttu mukkāṇikkum me[ṟ*]kkum teṉ[pāṟkellai] muṭakkoru-

⟨24⟩ māvaraikku vaṭakkum melpāṟkellai teṉkarai mu[ṉ]-

⟨25⟩ ṟumāviṟkuk kiḻakkum vaṭapāṟkellai kuṉṟañce[y*]kkut te-

⟨26⟩ ṟkum ā[ka*] ivvicaitta perunāṉkellaiyuḷḷu[m] makappaṭṭa ni-

⟨27⟩ lam mukkāṇiyum aṟukañcey mākāṇikkuk kiḻpāṟ-

⟨28⟩ kellai ittevatāṉattukku me[ṟ*]kkum tenpāṟke-

⟨29⟩ llai kiḻaccerip pakkattu muṭakkaṟumāvukku vaṭakku-

⟨30⟩ m melpāṟkellai taṇṭuṟaip pakkattu munṟumā-

⟨31⟩ viṟkuk kiḻakkum vaṭapāṟkellai [a]ṟavaṭi-

⟨32⟩ yārkaḷ muṉṟumāviṟkut teṟkum ivve-

⟨33⟩ llaiyuḷ ḷakappaṭṭa ṉilam mākāṇiyum ṉāvi-

⟨34⟩ tavaṉ orumāviṟkuk kiḻpāṟkellai teṉkarai

⟨35⟩ muṉṟumāviṟku me[ṟ*]kkum teṉpāṟkellai kiḻacce-

⟨36⟩ [rip pakka]ttu mukkāṇikku vaṭakkum melpāṟkel-

⟨37⟩ lai te•• ṉtuṭavaikkuk kiḻakkum vaṭapāṟkellai kiḻacce-

⟨38⟩ rip pakkattu orumāvaraikkuk teṟkum ivvellaiyuḷ

⟨39⟩ akappaṭṭa nilam orumāvum kiḷiyūr vāykkarai mākāṇikku-

⟨40⟩ k kiḻpāṟkellai karaikku me[ṟ*]kkum teṉpāṟkellai paḻa-

⟨41⟩ ṅkiḷiyūrvāykku vaṭakkum vaṭapāṟkellai puṟampulattu

⟨42⟩ vāykkālukkut teṟkum ivvellaiyuḷ ḷakappaṭṭa

⟨43⟩ [nila mākāṇiyum taṇṭuṟaip] pakkattu neṭṭaṟumāvin

⟨44⟩ teṉvāy mākāṇikkuk kiḻpāṟkellai itaṟkkey-

⟨45⟩ me[ṟ*]kkum teṉpāṟkellai kiḻaccerip pakkattiraṇ-

⟨46⟩ ṭumāvukkum meṟṟerip pakkattorumāvukkum vaṭa-

⟨47⟩ kkum melpāṟkellai kiḻaccerip pakkattarai-

⟨48⟩ māvukku kiḻakkum vaṭapāṟkellai neṭṭaṟumāvuk-

⟨49⟩ kut teṟkum ivvicaitta perunāṉkellaiyuḷ-

⟨50⟩ ḷum makappaṭṭa nilam mākāṇiyum mivāykkāl mukkā-

⟨51⟩ ṇikkuk kiḻpāṟkellai vāykkālukku me[ṟ*]kkun

⟨52⟩ [teṉpāṟkellai kiḻaccerip pa]kkattorumāvaraikku

⟨53⟩ vaṭakkum melpāṟkellai paḻantevatāṉattukku-

⟨54⟩ k kiḻakkum vaṭapāṟkellai paḻantevatāṉattuk-

⟨55⟩ key teṟkum ivvicaitta perunāṉkellaiyuḷ ḷa-

⟨56⟩ kappaṭṭa nilam i mukkāṇiyum talaippilāṟṟu [mākāṇi]-

⟨57⟩ yaraikkāṇikkuk kiḻpāṟkellai taṇṭuṟaip pakkat-

⟨58⟩ tu vaṭṭa orumāvaraikku [meṟku*] teṉpāṟkellai talaippilāṟṟu

⟨59⟩ k[ā]ṟce[y*]kku vaṭakkum melpāṟkellai [muta]laipaḻiili

⟨60⟩ a[rai]kk[āṇik]kuk ki[ḻa]kku[m] ⟨Page 60⟩

⟨61⟩ vaṭapāṟk[el]lai taṇṭuṟai[p]

⟨62⟩ pakkattu mākāṇikku te[ṟkku]-

⟨63⟩ m ivvellaiyuḷ akappa-

⟨64⟩ [ṭ]ṭa nilam mākāṇi araikkāṇi-

⟨65⟩ yum itaṉ kiḻai orumāva-

⟨66⟩ raiyil vaṭakkaṭaiya arai[mā]-

⟨67⟩ varaikkāṇi muntirikaikkiḻ

⟨68⟩ •••••••••

⟨69⟩ ••• ṟaippakkat[tu] muṭak-

⟨70⟩ koru[māva]raikku me[ṟ*]kkum

⟨71⟩ teṉpā[ṟk]ellai innilat-

⟨72⟩ tukke va[ṭak]kum meṟpālk-

⟨73⟩ kellai•••••

⟨74⟩ •••••••••

⟨75⟩ vaṭapāṟkellai meṟcerip pa-

⟨76⟩ kkattu [nā]nocci mukkāṇikku-

⟨77⟩ t teṟkum mukkā[ṇikkuk] kiḻpā-

⟨78⟩ ṟkellai kiḻaccerip pakkatto-

⟨79⟩ rumāvaraikku me[ṟ*]kkum tenpāṟke-

⟨80⟩ llai eṭṭumāvukku vaṭakkum me-

⟨81⟩ lpāṟkellai meṟcerip pakkat-

⟨82⟩ tuk kāṇittuṭavaikkuk kiḻakku-

⟨83⟩ m vaṭapāṟkellai araikkāluk-

⟨84⟩ kut teṟkum ivvicaitta paṉ-

⟨85⟩ ṉānkellaiyuḷ ḷakappaṭṭa nila-

⟨86⟩ m veli veliyum

⟨87⟩ ••••• ḻittup purava••••tārkkuṭamā-

⟨88⟩ kiya tevatāṉamākac ceytukuṭutten mahi-

⟨89⟩ mālaya irukkuveḷāṉa parāntakan viracoḻane-

⟨90⟩ ṉ itu panmāhēśvara rakṣai

⟨91⟩ svasti śrī [||*]

⟨SIIv13p0i0118⟩ No. 118. (A.R. No. 348 of 1918.) ON THE SAME WALL.

This is an incomplete inscription. This seems to have been intended in its original form to record an endowment of another half a vēli and half mā of land by the same chief in addition to the gift mentioned in No. 117 above for providing offerings, etc., on a bigger scale. From the disposition of the stones containing this and the preceding record and also No. 141 below, it appears as if they belonged to another temple and were used again after dismantlement in the construction of the present structure. This is also probably an inscription of Gaṇḍarāditya.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] koirājakecaripanmaṟkku yā-

⟨2⟩ ṇṭu 5- āvatu kaṉṉināyiṟṟup paṟṟiṉa sōmagra-

⟨3⟩ haṇatti[ṉāṉṟu] mahimālaya irukkuveḷāyiṉa pirānta-

⟨4⟩ [ka]ṉ viracoḻaṉ viḷattūrnā[ṭṭup pa]ḻuvūr paramēśva[rarkku]

⟨5⟩ cantrā[di*]ttavaṟ ṉiṟkka udakapūrvvam[āka]••••kuṭutta ṉilam

⟨6⟩ veli veliyum ippaḻuvūr paḻanteva[tāṉa]ttu ce[n*]naṭai-

⟨7⟩ ppuṟam araiye araimāvum āka [nilam oṉṟa]raiye arai mā-

⟨8⟩ viṉum tiruvamutukku potu ṉānāḻiyāka muṉṟu potai-

⟨9⟩ kkup patteṭṭukkuttal kuṟuṇi nāṉāḻi araciyāl ne-

⟨10⟩ llu nicatam mukkuṟuṇi aṟuṉāḻiyāka orāṭṭai ṉālaikku

⟨11⟩ nel ṉūṟṟu[on]patitu irukalaney tūṇippatakkāl ni- 1 ⟨Page 61⟩

⟨SIIv13p0i0119⟩ No. 119. (A.R. No. 565 of 1920.) UḌAYĀRGUḌI (NEAR KĀṬṬUMANNĀRKŌYIL), CHIDAMBARAM TALUK, SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, ANANTĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

This records a gift of 13 kaḻañju of gold for burning a perpetual lamp in the temple of Tiruvanantīśvara[m*]-Uḍaiyār at Vīranārāyaṇa-chaturvēdimaṅgalam on the north bank, by Irāyūr Śoṭṭai Aiyanaṁbi-Bhaṭṭa a resident of Śrīdhara-Nārāyaṇachchēri (quarter) of the village. The shepherds of the place with whom this money was entrusted agreed to the daily supply of an uḻakku of ghee for the purpose. This may be a record of either Gaṇḍarāditya or Sundara-Chōḷa.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] korājakesariparmmakku yāṇṭu 5- āvatu vaṭakarai brahmadēyam śrī viranārā yaṇaccaturvvēdimaṅkalattu śrīdharanārāyaṇacceri [i*]rāyūr coṭṭai aiyanampibhaṭṭaṉ tiru va[ṉa*]ntiśvara[m*] uṭaiyār koyilil oru

⟨2⟩ tirunontāviḷakkerivataṟku [v*]aitta tuḷaippoṉ 13 ippon koṇṭu cantrādittavaṟ nicatam uḻakku ney paṇṭāratte aṭṭuvatākak koṇṭom śrī viranārāyaṇaccatu-

⟨3⟩ rvvēdimaṅkalattu manṟāṭikkalaṉaiyom ௳

⟨SIIv13p0i0120⟩ No. 120. (A.R. No. 27 of 1922.) TIRUVĀMĀTTŪR, VILLUPURAM TALUK, SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF A ROOM INSIDE THE ARDHA-MAṆḌAPA, ABHIRĀMĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

This records the gift of a perpetual lamp made to the temple of Paramasvāmin at Tiruvāmāttūr a dēvadāna in Vāvalūr-nāḍu by a certain Śiṟiyamārāyaṉ and his brothers, on behalf (or in memory ?) of Śandirāchchaṉ, son of Kāḷi alias Mīṉavaṉ-Mārāyaṉ of Teṉṉavaṉmādēvi (village) in Ve[ṇ]-nāḍu—perhaps in expiation of some wrong done by them to the latter.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [|*] koirājakecaripanmaṟki yāṇṭu

⟨2⟩ 4- āvatiṉetirāmāṇṭu vāvalūrnā-

⟨3⟩ ṭṭu dēvatāṉan tiruvāmāttūr uṭaiya

⟨4⟩ paramasvāmikaḷukku ve[ṇ]nāṭṭut teṉ-

⟨5⟩ ṉavanmāteviyuṭaiya kāḷiyākiya miṉava-

⟨6⟩ ṉ mārāyaṉ makaṉ cantirāccaṉaic cārtti

⟨7⟩ ikkuṭi ciṟiyamārāyaṉun tampimārum vaitta [tiru]nuntāviḷakku oṉ[ṟu] [||*]

⟨SIIv13p0i0121⟩ No. 121. (A.R. No. 47 of 1923.) PUḶḶALŪR, CONJEEVERAM TALUK, CHINGLEPUT DISTRICT. ON STONES BUILT INTO THE WALLS OF THE KĀMĀKSHIYAMMAṈ SHRINE, KAILĀSANĀTHA TEMPLE.

This records the decision of the assembly of Paramēśvara-chaturvēdimaṅgalam (evidently the present Puḷḷalūr) in Eyiṟ-kōṭṭam including the samvatsara-vāriyaperumakkaḷ (members of the Annual Supervision Committee) and two other dignitaries Pirāṉadhi[kārigaḷ], to purchase back and reassign the land which had originally belonged to the temple of Tirumēṟṟaḷi-Mahādēva at the village, for providing with the income therefrom for the sacred bath of the deity and worship and offerings during the three services in the temple every day. It was also resolved by them to form a flower-garden for the temple with the paṭṭi land to the north and west of the temple compound. ⟨Page 62⟩

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] kovirājakesaripanma[ṟ*]ku yāṇṭu 5- āvatu eyiṟkoṭṭattu paramēśvaracatu rvē•••••• bhaiyomum sammatsaravāriyañ ceykiṉṟa vāriyaperumakkaḷum pirāṉ ati••••

⟨2⟩ ṉ kuṭaiyāṉum pirāyūruṭaiyāṉum iruntu ivūr tirumeṟṟaḷimahādēvarkku śivabrāhmaṇar ceyka•••••• ṭutta paricāvatu ivūr teṉkarai centaṉkāliṉ teṉpakkattu idēvar muṉ āṇṭuvarukiṉṟa pu••••

⟨3⟩ ṉ nilam paḻanilavaḻi kuḻivantavāṟṟāl uṇṇila moḻiviṉṟi ellāṅ koṇṭu idēvarkku muṉṟu sandhiyu muṭṭāmai [tiru]•••••• ciyampoḻtu irunāḻi ariciyāl tiru vamutu kāṭṭuvārkaḷāka(ḷāka)vum ivaṉaittiloṉṟu sandhiyil muṭṭil mañ••••

⟨4⟩ kālumāka poṉ daṇṭamu miṟuttu tāṅkaḷe snamanamāṭṭi ippaṭi muṭṭāmai ceyvārkaḷākavum ce[y*]yārākil avāṇṭu vāriya•••••• rume ippaṭi daṇḍam koṇṭu idēvarkke kuṭukkakaṭavārākavum iśrīkoyiliṉ vaṭakkil tiruccuṟṟālaikku vaṭakku••••

⟨5⟩ meṟku kol[vi]ḻuntavāṟṟāl paṭṭinilaṅ koṇṭu idēvarkku tirunantavāna mākkikoḷḷap peṟuvārākavum idharmattiṟku vi•••••• iṭaic ceytār ceyta pāvattup paṭuvārākavum idhanmam rakṣittār varggam candrātittavat duḥkhamiṉṟi jilippārākavu mippa ••••

⟨6⟩ kuṭuttom sabhaiyom sabhai tiruvaṭiyār paṇikka eḻutiṉeṉ ivūr madhyastaṉ maṅkala uttamaṉ makaṉ kaṟpaka alaṅkāraneṉ ||—

⟨SIIv13p0i0122⟩ No. 122. (A.R. No. 337 of 1927.) TIRUPPURAMBIYAM, KUMBAKONAM TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, SĀKSHĪŚVARA TEMPLE.

This records a gift of 90 sheep entrusted to two local residents, for burning a perpetual lamp in the temple of Bhaṭṭāla(ra)ka at Tiruppuṟambiyam, by a shepherd of Kuvāṟu named Nāṭṭuviṭaṅka-Perumaṉṟāḍi. Twelve of these having died, the deficiency is said to have been made up by a certain Maḻavaḍi Kaṇṇaṉ.

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⟨1⟩ śrī kovirā-

⟨2⟩ jakesarivanma[r*]kku

⟨3⟩ yāṇṭu 5- āvatu tirup-

⟨4⟩ puṟampiyamuṭaiya bhaṭṭā-

⟨5⟩ lakarkkuk kuvāttilirukku

⟨6⟩ maṉṟāṭi [n]āṭṭuviṭaṅ-

⟨7⟩ kap peru[ma*]ṉṟāṭi vaitta

⟨8⟩ no[n*]dāviḷakku 1- oṉṟi

⟨9⟩ ṉikku nicatam uḻakku ney-

⟨10⟩ kku vaitta āṭu 90 ivai

⟨11⟩ aṭāme cetta āṭu 12 paṉṉi-

⟨12⟩ raṇṭukku cetāram pukkaṉa maḻava-

⟨13⟩ ṭi kaṇṇan kuṭutta āṭṭil

⟨14⟩ 12- m āka āṭu 90 ivai[yi*]t-

⟨15⟩ tāl ne[y*]yaṭṭakkaṭavār kuvā[t*]-

⟨16⟩ tiraṉt tuṟaiyan araiyu-

⟨17⟩ m ūraṉp pāl[lai] arai-

⟨18⟩ yum [||*]

⟨SIIv13p0i0123⟩ No. 123. (A.R. No. 135 of 1929). LĀLGUḌI, LALGUDI TALUK, TRICHINOPOLY DISTRICT. ON THE BASE OF THE OUTER NORTH WALL OF THE AMMAṈ SHRINE, SAPTAṚISHĪŚVARA TEMPLE.

This is an inscription of Rājarāja I. Its continuation is lost after the 4th line. It registers an endowment of twelve kaḻañju of gold by Ta[t*]ta Nārāyaṇi the wife of a local resident, Kauśikaṉ Bhaṭṭaṉ Ādityaṉ Ta[t*]taṉ of Śiṟukoṭṭaiyūr, providing with the interest (piḷavu-paliśai) thereon for the sacred bath of the deity with 108 pots of water on the day of Vishu in Aippigai month, in the temple of Tirunachchiyūr Mahādēva at Maṇaṟkāl, a brahmadēya in Kiḷā[r*]k-kūṟṟam, a subdivision of Maḻa-nāḍu on the northern bank. ⟨Page 63⟩

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī ||௳ korājarājakesaripanma[r*]kki yāṇṭu 5- ñcāvatu vaṭakarai maḻanāṭṭu kiḷā[ṟ*]kkūṟ ṟattu miykūṟṟu brahma-

⟨2⟩ dēya[m*] maṇaṟkāl kiḻai tirunacciūrmahādēvarkku ivvūr bhūmiuṭaiya ciṟukoṭṭaiyūr kauśikaṉ bhaṭṭaṉ ādityan ta[t*]ta-

⟨3⟩ ṉ brāhmaṇi ta[t*]ta nārāyaṇi idēvarkku aippikai viṣuviṟ nūṟṟeṭṭu kalacattāl snapanamc ce[y*]ya vaicca poṉ mutal

⟨4⟩ 22 ippoṉ paṉnirukaḻañcinālum piḷavu palicaiyāl vanta palicaiy poṉ kaḻañcey mukkāle mañcāṭi po 1

⟨SIIv13p0i0124⟩ No. 124. (A.R. No. 175 of 1929.) GŌVINDAPUTTŪR, UDAIYARPALAIYAM TALUK, TRICHINOPOLY DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, GAṄGĀJAṬĀDHARA TEMPLE.

This inscription is left unfinished towards the end. It records the endowment of lands got tax-free after purchase in the village Periyavāṉavaṉmādēvichaturvēdimaṅgalam, a brahmadēya on the northern bank (of the river), by Ambalavaṉ Paḻuvūr Nakkaṉ alias Rājarāja-Pallavaraiyaṉ, to provide for the several requirements in connection with the daily worship and offerings to the deity and on special days of the year, in the temple of Śrī Vijayamaṅgalat[tu*]-Dēvar. The value in paddy of each item of expenditure is given for estimating the total annual requirement of the temple to be met from the produce of the lands. The donor figures largely in the records of Uttama-Chōḷa as an officer of the king with the title Vikramasōḻa; and he is surmised to have been held in high esteem under Rājarāja I also as evidenced by his new title Rājarāja-Pallavaraiyaṉ (M.E.R. 1929, II. 29).

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] korācakecaripaṉmaṟkku yāṇṭu añcāvatu vaṭakarai bra[hma]teyam

⟨2⟩ periyaśrīvāṉavaṉ mahādēvicaturvvētimaṅkalattu śrī vijayamaṅ-

⟨3⟩ kalat tevarkku ampalavaṉ paḻuvūr nakka(ṉ)ṉāṉa irācairācappallavarai-

⟨4⟩ yaṉ ivvāṉavaṉmātevicaturvvētimaṅkalat[tu*] ittevarperāl vilaiko-

⟨5⟩ ṇṭu iṟaiyiḻicciṉa nilaṅka(ḷ)ḷā[l*] vanta nellukkum ivvūr sabhaiyā-

⟨6⟩ rpakkal vilaikoṇṭu iṟaiyiḻicciṉa vaṭapiṭākai neṭuvā-

⟨7⟩ yilum inneṭuvāyil cuṟṟiṉa piṭākaikaḷum itevaṟkku

⟨8⟩ iṟukkakaṭava nellukkum poṉṉukkum neyyiṇṇaikku-

⟨9⟩ m taṟippuṭavaikkum irumpukkum nibandham ceytapaṭi [|*] tiruva-

⟨10⟩ mutu potu nāṉāḻiyāka arddhayāma[m*] uḷpaṭa nicatam arici patakkā-

⟨11⟩ ka aintiraṇṭuvaṇṇattāl vanta nellu nicatam nellu aiykuṟuṇiyāka orāṭṭai nā-

⟨12⟩ (ḷ)ḷaikku vanta nellu nūṟṟuaiypatiṉkalamu[m*] paruppamutu poturiyāka arddhayāma[m*]

⟨13⟩ uḷppaṭa nālu potaikku nicatam iru nāḻi paruppukku nellu orāṭṭai ṉāḷaikku ne-

⟨14⟩ llu irupattirukalaṉe tūṇippatakkum porikkaṟiyamutu oṉṟu puḻukkukaṟiyamutu

⟨15⟩ oṉṟum āka kaṟiyamutu iraṇṭukku miḷakum kaṭuku cirakam(mu) uḷppaṭa nālu potaik[kum*]

⟨16⟩ orāṭṭai nāḷaikku nellu irupattirukalaṉe tūṇippatakkum ne[y*]yamutu

⟨17⟩ nālu potukku nicatam urikku ne[llu*]p patakkāka orāṭṭai nāḷaikku nellu aṟupatiṉ kala-

⟨18⟩ mu[m*] tayiramutu po[tu*] uriyāka arddhayāma[m*] uḷppaṭa nā(l)lu potaikku irunāḻikku nicatam aiñ[ñāḻi]-

⟨19⟩ yāka orāṭṭai ṉā(ḷ)ḷaikku nellu patiṉeṇkalaṉne irutūṇik kuṟuṇiyum aṭaikkāyamutu

⟨20⟩ potu aiñcu veṟuṅkāy irupatum veṟṟilaip paṟṟu oṉṟum nicatam arddhayāma[m*] u[ḷ*]ppaṭa nālu potai[kku]- ⟨Page 64⟩

⟨21⟩ m aṭaikkāyamutukku nicatam nellu aiṉāḻiyāka orāṭṭai nāḷaikku nellu patiṉ eṇ kalane

⟨22⟩ irutūṇik kuṟuṇiyum tirumeypūccu potu uḻakku canta[ṇat*]tukku nicatam orupalaarai yālu[m*] nica-

⟨23⟩ tam(mu) muḻākku tirucca[n*]taṇakkuḻampukku orāṭṭai ṉā(ḷ)ḷaikku ṉellu nālppa[t*]taiṅ kala(m)mu[m*] ci-

⟨24⟩ tāri akilum cantaṇa(m)mu[m*] neriyāca(m)mu[m*] kaṟpūrammun itanum koṇṭu muṉṟu potaikku nellu nicatam

⟨25⟩ kuṟuṇi irunāḻiyāka orāṭṭai nāḷḷaikku nellu muppattu mukkalaṉey irutūṇik kuṟuṇiyum ci-

⟨26⟩ kāṭṭi āvāṟku āṭiyaru(ḷ)ḷap pālu iruṉāḻikku nicatam ne[l*]lu aṟu-

⟨27⟩ ṉāḻiyāka orāṭṭai ṉā(ḷ)ḷaikku nellu irupattirukala(ṉ)ne tūṇippata••••

⟨28⟩ āvāṟkkup pari[ca]ṭṭam uttaramayaṉattu oraṇaiyum dēkṣiṇamayanat-

⟨29⟩ tukku oraṇaiyum āka viraṇaikkum kācu iraṇṭāka kācu oṉṟinukku ne-

⟨30⟩ llup patiṉkala(m)māka orāṭṭai ṉā(ḷ)ḷaikku kācu iraṇṭukku nel i-

⟨31⟩ rupatinkala(m)mu[m*] tiruvo••••• orāṭṭai nā(ḷ)ḷaikku muṉṟāṭai orāṭṭai nā-

⟨32⟩ (ḷ)ḷaikku•••••• araiyāl nel••• kala(m)mu[m*]

⟨33⟩ tirunamanikai orāṭṭai ṉā(ḷ)ḷaikku iraṇṭāka ira[ṇ*]ṭinukku kācu onṟiṉukku ne-

⟨34⟩ llu patiṉkalamum tirumā(l)lai kaṭṭa orāṭṭai nā(ḷ)ḷaikku iraṇṭāka i-

⟨35⟩ raṇṭinukku kācu oṉṟāka kācu oṉṟinukku nellup patiṉkalamum

⟨36⟩ orāṭṭai nā(ḷ)ḷaikku iraṇṭāka iraṇṭinukkuk kācu oṉṟāka kācu oṉṟinu-

⟨37⟩ kku nellup patiṉkala(m)mu[m*] jalapavitrattukku orāṭṭai nāḷ••

⟨38⟩ puṭavai muṉṟākap puṭavai muṉṟinukkuk kācu araiyāka araikkācukku nel-

⟨39⟩ lu aiṅkala(m)mu[m*] tirunontāviḷakku aiñciṉukku viḷakku•• oṉṟu nicatam

⟨40⟩ neyi uḻakkāka viḷakku nicatam neyi•••

⟨41⟩ m nellu aiṅkuṟuṇiyāka orāṭṭai nā(ḷ)ḷaikku nellu nūṟṟu aimpatiṉ kala(m)mu[m*]-

⟨42⟩ sandhiviḷakkuc ciṟukālai yeṭṭu ucciyampotu eṭṭu iravaikku patiṉālum āka

⟨43⟩ viḷakku muppatiṉukku nicatam eṇṇai nāḻi muḻakke 1

⟨SIIv13p0i0125⟩ No. 125. (A.R. No. 17 of 1931.) TIRUKKŌḌIKĀVAL, KUMBAKONAM TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, TIRUKKŌṬĪŚVARA TEMPLE.

This is stated to be a copy of an old inscription. It records an agreement by the sabhā of Tirukkōḍikā alias Kaṇṇamaṅgalam in Nallāṟṟūr-nāḍu on the northern bank (of the river), to make immune from all taxes, a piece of land sold by them to a resident of the village by name Āttiraiyaṉ Kiḻavaṉ Kōḍikāvaṉ who endowed it to the temple of Mahādēva as meḻukkuppuṟam, i.e., for the maintenance of a servant for cleaning the premises.

Text.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] ituvum moru paḻaṅkalpaṭi [|*] kovirājakecaripanma[r*]kku yāṇṭu

⟨2⟩ 5- āvatu vaṭakarai nallāṟṟūrnāṭṭu tirukkoṭik[ā]viṟ mahādēvaṟkku ittirukoṭikāvākiya kaṇṇamaṅkalattu āttirai-

⟨3⟩ yaṉ kiḻavaṉ koṭikāvaṉ meḻukkupuṟam vaitta nilattukku kiḻpāṟkellai uṭcciṟuvāykkālukku meṟkkum teṉpāṟkellai pu-

⟨4⟩ tuvāykkālukku vaṭakkum melpāṟkellai meḻukkuppuṟattukku kiḻa-

⟨5⟩ kkum vaṭapāṟkellai meḻu[k]kuppuṟattu vaṭavellaikkottattukku teṟ- ⟨Page 65⟩

⟨6⟩ kkum ivvicaitta perunāṉkellaiyilum akappaṭṭa nilam kāṇi

⟨7⟩ araikkāṇic ceyyum viṟṟukkuṭuttu epp(o)ṟpaṭṭa iṟaiyuṅ kāttu-

⟨8⟩ k kuṭuppomāṉom kaṇṇamaṅkalattu sabhaiyom itu paḻaṅkaṟpa(ṭ)ṭi [i]-

⟨9⟩ [nta] śrīvimānattile eṟa veṭṭiṉamai[yil muṉṉivājakam] veṭṭikkiṭanta taṉikkallā[l*] ubhaiyo[ka]-

⟨10⟩ m illāmaiyil atu t(ā)vi[r*]ttatu paṉmā(y)yeśvara[ra*]kṣai [||*]

⟨SIIv13p0i0126⟩ No. 126. (A.R. No. 139 of 1931.) TIRUCHCHATTURAI, TANJORE TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, ŌDANAVANĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

This records an endowment of 30 kaḻañju of gold by Vēḷāṉ Tiruveṇkāḍaḍigaḷ alias Mūvēnda-Piḍavūr-Vēḷāṉ of Piḍavūr in Piḍavūr-nāḍu for burning a perpetual lamp in the temple of Tiruchchōṟṟuttuṟai-Mahādēva. The ūrkiḻār-makkaḷ of Koḍiyālam, the brahmadēya-kiḻavargaḷ and the ūrār of the village, held themselves responsible for the maintenance of the lamp. Evidently the same gift is recorded in No. 137 of 1931 also in Sanskrit, the text of which is given below. To judge from its writing and disposition with regard to No. 138 of 1931 of the 13th year of Parāntaka I, this is possibly a record of Gaṇḍarāditya.

Text.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] kovirācakecaripaṉma[r*]kku yāṇṭu 5- āvatu tiruccoṟṟutuṟai mahādēvaṟ[ku pi]ṭavūrnā-

⟨2⟩ ṭṭu piṭavūr veḷāṉ tiruveṇkāṭṭika(ḷ)ḷāṉa muventa piṭavūrveḷāṉ cantrādittaval nicatam uḻakke-

⟨3⟩ ṇṇaiyāl iravum pakalum oru nōntāviḷak kerivataṟkku vaicca poṉ 30௳ ippoṉ muppatiṉkaḻa-

⟨4⟩ ñcum koṇṭu itaṉ palicaiyāṟ dēvarnāḻiyoṭokkum muḻak[ki]ṉāl śrī(k)koyiluk[ku*] koṭuvantu aṭṭu-

⟨5⟩ vommāṉnom koṭiyālattu ūrki(ḻ)ḻārmakkaḷum brahmateyakkiḻava[r*]kaḷum ūromum

⟨6⟩ itu paṉmāhēśva[ra*]rakṣai [||*]

Text of No. 137 of 1931.

⟨1⟩ tējōmūrtta mivōllasanta matulam śrīmānguṇānānnidhi śśrīcōṟṟuttuṟaivāsinē girisutābharttrē pradī-

⟨2⟩ pam pṛthum [|*] prādādāyugadīpinam vimaladhī rvvikhyātakīrttirvvibhu rmmū vēntappiṭavūrvenditi dharāpālādavāptāhvaya[ḥ] [||*]

⟨SIIv13p0i0127⟩ No. 127. (A.R. No. 219 of 1931.) MĀNĀMADI, CHINGLEPUT TALUK, CHINGLEPUT DISTRICT. ON THE WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, TIRUKKARĪŚVARA TEMPLE.

This inscription is built in at the beginning of the lines. It records an endowment of a land for burning a perpetual lamp in the temple of Tirukkarapuradēva at Kaḷakkāṭṭūr (Mānāmadi) by a resident of the village.

Text.

⟨1⟩ [sva]sti śrī [||*] kovirājakecaripaṉmaṟku yāṇṭu añcāvatu kaḷakk[ā]ṭṭūr tirukkarapuradēvarkku ivvūr periyāṉ ka-

⟨2⟩ ••[t]taṭiyaḷ vaiytta [n]ōntāviḷakku oṉṟu |||—ivviḷakku erikka[k*]kaṭavār it tevarkku va-

⟨3⟩ ••vār itukkup poka[m*] maṅkala[ve]ri [||*] ⟨Page 66⟩

⟨SIIv13p0i0128⟩ No. 128. (A.R. No. 442 of 1904.) VĒDĀRAṆYAM, TIRUTTURAIPUNDI TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON A PILLAR IN THE MAṆḌAPA IN FRONT OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, VĒDĀRAṆYĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

This inscription is damaged. It seems to record an allocation of paddy from certain fields, to provide for offerings daily during the midday service in the temple of Bhuvanaviṭaṅkadēva at Tirumaṟaikkāḍu, and for (special) offerings to the deity on the festival days in the months of Aippigai and Māśi. Mention is made of Tirumaṟaikkāḍaṉ Śokkaṉ alias Śōḻiyaṅga••• . probably a donor.

Text.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] kovirājakecaripaṉ-

⟨2⟩ maṟkki yāṇṭu 6- āvatu tirumaṟai-

⟨3⟩ kkāṭu uṭaiya puvaṉaviṭa-

⟨4⟩ ṅkatevaṟkku ciṟukālkiḻ paḷḷaṉpā-

⟨5⟩ lpālai nicati mattiyāṉacantikku

⟨6⟩ tiruva[muta]rici [u]ḻakkum ayppikai-

⟨7⟩ ttirunāḷukkum mācittirunāḷu-

⟨8⟩ ••• amirtukkup paḻante-

⟨9⟩ vatāṉam uppilā[eṇṇai] poliyūṭṭu

⟨10⟩ •••••• ṅkoṇṭu uppilā•••••

⟨11⟩ tirumaṟaikk[āṭaṉ co]kkaṉāṉa coḻiyaṅka•••

⟨12⟩ [k]ollai cantirātittaval•••••

⟨13⟩ [te]vatāṉa nellu āṇṭuva[rai]

⟨14⟩ nāṟpatin kalam 1 •••••••

⟨SIIv13p0i0129⟩ No. 129. (A.R. No. 381 of 1905.) KĀVĒRIPĀKKAM, ARKONAM TALUK, NORTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, SUNDARAVARADA-PERUMĀḶ TEMPLE.

The inscription is left unfinished, and stops with the mention of Paḍuvūrkōṭṭam.

Text.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] kovirājakecaripanma[r*]kku yāṇṭu 6- āvatu paṭuvūrkoṭṭattu ca-

⟨2⟩ ka

⟨SIIv13p0i0130⟩ No. 130. (A.R. No. 382 of 1905.) ON THE WEST AND SOUTH WALLS OF THE SAME SHRINE.

This inscription registers a gift of 90 sheep for burning a lamp in the temple of Kīrttimā[r*]ttāṇḍa-Kāḷap[ri*]yadēva by Śambakkaṉ, son of Pandippāraṉ Kumara-Śeṭṭi, a merchant of Kīrttimā[r*]ttāṇḍa-Kāḷap[ri*]yam village in Siṟutimiri-nāḍu, a district in Paḍuvūr-kōṭṭam. The late Mr. V.Venkayya surmised that the temple might have owed its origin to the Rāshṭrakūṭa king Kṛishṇa III in whose Karhāḍ inscription (Epigraphia Indica, Vol. IV, p. 281), the king is stated to have encamped at Mēlpāḍi for constructing temples to Kālapriya, Gaṇḍamārttāṇḍa, Kṛishṇēśvara and others (M.E.R. 1906, II. 21). The Rājakēsarivarman of this inscription was very probably Sundara-Chōḷa. ⟨Page 67⟩

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] kovirājakesariparmma[r*]kku yāṇṭu 6- āvatu paṭuvūrkkoṭṭattu ciṟutimiri ṉāṭṭu kirttimāttāṇṭakāḷa-

⟨2⟩ [pya]ttaṅkāṭi vyāpāri pantippāraṉ kumaraceṭṭi makaṉ campakkaṉ kirttimāttāṇṭakkāḷapya tevar[k*]ku nantāviḷakkukku vai-