SOUTH INDIAN INSCRIPTIONS VOLUME XIX THE CHOLAS INSCRIPTIONS OF PARAKESARIVARMAN

⟨SIIv19p0i0001⟩ No. 1. (A.R. No. 215 of 1904.) MĒL-SĒVŪR, GINGEE TALUK, SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH BASE OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, VṚISHABHAPURĪŚVARA TEMPLE.

This is an incomplete piece recording a gift of gold for burning a perpetual lamp in the temple, by Pirāntaka Pallavaraiyaṉ Ariñjigai. The name of the donor suggests that he was probably an officer under Ariñjaya son of Parāntaka I.

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⟨1⟩ suvastiśrī [||*] kōparakēśaripanmaṟku yāṇṭu iraṇṭāvatu ivvāṇ•••••••••

⟨2⟩ lukku nantāviḷakkukku pirāntakappallavaraiyaṉ aṟiñcikai vai••••••••• ippoṉ

⟨SIIv19p0i0002⟩ No. 2. (A.R. No. 4 of 1907.) TIRUVIŚALŪR, KUMBHAKONAM TALUK, TANJAVUR DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, ŚIVAYŌGANĀTHASVĀMI TEMPLE.

This records a gift of 96 sheep left in charge of one Brahmādirāyar of Peruveṅgūr, for burning a perpetual lamp in the temple of Tiruviśalūr-Perumānaḍigaḷ at Amaninārāyaṇa-chaturvēdimaṅgalam a dēvadāna and brahmadēya on the northern bank of the river. The donor's name is lost. Amaninārāyaṇa-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, which must have been named after a title of Parāntaka I (or Pallava Nandivarman III) included in itself besides Tiruviśalūr, the village Tirukkaḷittaṭṭai also (See No. 5 below). This might be an inscription of Āditya II Karikāla.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] k[o]parakecaripaṉ[maṟkku] yāṇṭu 2 ira-

⟨2⟩ ṇṭāvatu vaṭa[karai tevatāṉap] piramate-

⟨3⟩ yam amaṉinārāyaṇaccatuppetimaṅka-

⟨4⟩ lattu ti[ru]vicalūrp perumāṉaṭiyaḷḷukku

⟨5⟩ ••••••••• tuy kaḷḷaṉ taṉ••••• nontāviḷa-

⟨6⟩ kku erippatāka peruveṅkūr brahmātirāyar•••••

⟨7⟩ vaiy[tta] āṭu toṇṇūṟṟāṟu ivai•••

⟨8⟩ rippatāka kuṭutta viḷakku lōhattā•••••••

⟨9⟩ y peruṅkuṟi perumakkaḷom paṉmāhe-

⟨10⟩ śvararum rakṣai [||*] ⟨Page 2⟩

⟨SIIv19p0i0003⟩ No. 3. (A.R. No. 244 of 1907.) TIRUVIḌAIMARUDŪR, KUMBHAKONAM TALUK, TANJAVUR DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, MAHĀLIṄGASVĀMI TEMPLE.

This records a gift of a sword with its hilt made of sandal-wood (śrīkhaṇḍam) evidently as an offering to the god, by Mutti Tirunā[raṇaṉ] of the Śiṅgaḷāntaka-terinda-Kaikkōḷar (a regiment named after Siṅgaḷāntaka i.e. Parāntaka I). This may be an inscription of Ariñjaya.

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] koppara-

⟨2⟩ kecaripanmaṟku yā-

⟨3⟩ ṇṭu 2 āvatu ciṅka-

⟨4⟩ ḷāntaka terinta [*k]aiy-

⟨5⟩ koḷariṟ mutti tirunā-

⟨6⟩ [raṇaṉ] kuṭu[t*]ta vāḷ śrīka-

⟨7⟩ ṇṭam kotta ce[m*]muṉai vāḷ 1 [||*]

⟨SIIv19p0i0004⟩ No. 4. (A.R. No. 253 of 1907.) ON THE SAME WALL.

This records the construction of a window, a door, the doorpost and steps in front of the maṇḍapa of the temple of Mūlasthānattu-Perumānaḍigaḷ at Tiruviḍaimarudil, by the regiment called the Kaikkōḷa-perumbaḍai. This gift was named after, and hence placed under the protection of, Tigai (Diśai) Āyirattaiññūṟṟuvar, who are stated to be their Āchchamār (spiritual head ?). The writing resembles that of No. 254 of 1907 which belongs to Rājarāja I, and consequently the Parakēsari of this record may be equated with his son Rājēndra-Chōḷa I.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] kopparakecaripanmaṟku yāṇṭu 2 āvatu tiruviṭaimarutil

⟨2⟩ śrīmūlastānattil perumāṉaṭikaḷ kovilil periyamaṇṭapattil muṉ-

⟨3⟩ pil tiruppalakaṇiyum tirukkatavum nilaiyum paṭiyum kaikkoḷapperumpaṭai-

⟨4⟩ [yomi]ṉāl camaippittu eṅkaḷ āccamār tikaiāyirattaiññūṟṟuvar [tam]

⟨5⟩ per cāttiṉamaiyil inta dharma[m*] tikaiāyirattuaññūṟṟuvar rakṣai

⟨6⟩ inta dharmma[t*]tiṉai rakṣittār śrīpātam eṅkaḷ sirattiṉ ||—

⟨SIIv19p0i0005⟩ No. 5. (A.R. No. 296 of 1908.) TIRUKKAḶITTAṬṬAI, KUMBHAKONAM TALUK, TANJAVUR DISTRICT. ON THE WEST WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, VĒDAPURĪŚVARA TEMPLE.

This records an endowment of one eighth (of a vēli ?) of land to the west of the sacred tank, for burning a lamp in the temple of Tirukkuḍittiṭṭai-Perumāḷ at Amaṉi nārāyaṇa-chaturvēdimaṅgalam on the northern bank of the river, by Perumāṉ Pōṟṟi wife of a certain Neṟkuppai-uḍaiyāṉ. This is possibly an inscription of Āditya II Karikāla son of Sundara-Chōḷa Parāntaka II. ⟨Page 3⟩

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⟨1⟩ |||— svastiśrī[||*] koparakecaripanma[r*]kku yāṇṭu 2 āvatu vaṭakarai tevatāna brahmateyam amaṉinārāyaṇaccaturvvētimaṅkalattu tirukkuṭittiṭṭaip perum[ā*]ḷukku neṟkuppai uṭaiyāṉ

⟨2⟩ maṇavāṭṭi perumāṉ poṟṟi cantr[ā]ticcavaṟ erikka vaittatu tirukkuḷattiṉ me(l)lai araikkāl itu pa[nm]āhēśvararakṣai |||—

⟨SIIv19p0i0006⟩ No. 6. (A.R. No. 224 of 1911.) KUMBHAKŌṆAM, KUMBHAKONAM TALUK, TANJAVUR DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, NĀGĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

This registers a sale of a quarter (vēli) of land by the mūlaparishat of Tirukkuḍamukkil a dēvadāna in Pāmbūr-nāḍu on the northern bank of the river, to bēhalf of the temple of Tirukkīḻkōṭṭattu-Perumāḷ) for 25 kaḻañju of gold which had been endowed for a perpetual lamp in the temple by a certain Paḍaivaḷḷuvaṉ Kāḍaṉ Āchchaṉ. This land is said to have been presented to the assembly as abhishēka-dakshiṇai (evidently by the king) on the occasion of his coronation. As the land endowed by this Kāḍaṉ Āchchaṉ is referred to in a record of Āditya II from the same place (A.R. No. 225 of 1911., S.I.I. Vol. III, No. 204), the present inscription may be assigned to the same king.

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] kopparakesari-

⟨2⟩ [va*]rmma[r*]kku yāṇṭu 2 āvatu vaṭaka-

⟨3⟩ raip pāmpūrnāṭṭu tevatāṉa-

⟨4⟩ n tirukkuṭamūkkil mulapari-

⟨5⟩ ṭaip perumakkaḷom viṟṟuk-

⟨6⟩ kuṭutta nilavilai āvaṇam

⟨7⟩ ••karuḷ kuñcirarilp paṭaiva-

⟨8⟩ ḷḷuvaṟ kāṭaṉ āccaṉukku

⟨9⟩ viṟṟukkuṭutta nilamāva

⟨10⟩ [tu] nāṅkaḷ abhiṣēka dakṣiṇai [pe]-

⟨11⟩ [ṟ*]ṟa tiru[k*]kiḻkoṭṭattu perumāḷukku vi[ṟ]

⟨12⟩ [ṟa m*]eṟkāviri nila[t*]til ipperumāḷukku••

⟨13⟩ kkāṭaṉ ṉāc[ca]ṉ vaitta tirunontāvi-

⟨14⟩ [ḷak*]ku 1 o[ṉ*]ṟiṉukku erivatāka vaitta pon

⟨15⟩ [2]5 ivvirupattaiṅkaḻa[ñ]cukkum viṟ[ṟu]

⟨16⟩ [k*]kuṭutta nilam va ikkāṟ ceykku [ki*]ḻpāṟ-

⟨17⟩ k[el*]lai kalaṅk[ā*]nilai uttam[ā*]grattu[k*]ku

⟨18⟩ k[o]ṇṭu vaitta nilattukku meṟkum

⟨19⟩ ipperumāḷ nilattukkey [vaṭa]kku

⟨20⟩ ipperumāḷ nilattukkey kiḻa-

⟨21⟩ [k*]ku [ceri]y e[l*]lai vara[m*]pukku teṟkku-

⟨22⟩ m ivicaitta perunāṉke[l*]lai-

⟨23⟩ yuḷ ḷakappaṭṭa nilam va ikkāṟ c[e]-

⟨24⟩ [y*]yālum nicatam 4 uḻakku neyyāka [o]-

⟨25⟩ •••••nontā[viḷakku] cantrātit[taval e]-

⟨26⟩ ••••• vilaiyāvaṇañ ceytukuṭu[t*]tom kā[ṭa*]ṉāccaṉu-

⟨27⟩ [kku*] mulaparuṭaip perumakkaḷom [paṇiyā]l madhyasthaṉ āyi-

⟨28⟩ [ra]ttu muṉṉūṟṟuva ṉeḻuttu ⟨Page 4⟩

⟨SIIv19p0i0007⟩ No. 7. (A.R. No. 242 of 1911.) ON THE WEST AND SOUTH WALLS OF THE SAME SHRINE.

This records a gift of 90 sheep for burning a perpetual lamp in the temple of Tirukkīḻkōṭṭattu-Paramasvāmi at Tirukkuḍamukkil, a dēvadāna in Pāmbūrnāḍu on the northern bank of the river, by Dēvaṉ Rājādittaṉ (a member) of the Dānatoṅga-teriñja-Kaikkōḷar (regiment), with 7(1/2) nāḻi of ghee supplied every month by two shepherds who received the sheep. Dānatuṅga was a title of king Parāntaka I (M.E.R. 1918, Part II, para 22). This is probably a record of Ariñjaya.

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] kopparakecarivarma[ṟ]ku yāṇ-

⟨2⟩ ṭu 2 āvatu vaṭakaraip pāmpūrnāṭṭu ttēva-

⟨3⟩ tāṉam tirukkuṭamukkil tirukkiḻkoṭṭa[t*]tu

⟨4⟩ paramasv[āmi][k*]ku tirunontāviḷa[k*]ku vaitta uṭai-

⟨5⟩ yār tānatoṅkatteriñca kaikkoḷari[l]

⟨6⟩ [te]van rājādittaṉ vaitta viḷakku onṟu itinā-

⟨7⟩ [lā]ṭu toṇṇūṟu ivvāṭu toṇṇūṟilum

⟨8⟩ ivvūr manṟāṭi [te]vaṭi tiruviyalūrum koṟṟaṉ [ti]ṟalanu-

⟨9⟩ m ivviruvom pāti[pp]āti ney tiṅkaḷ oroto

⟨10⟩ muṉṉāḻi muḻākkāka iruvomāy

⟨11⟩ tiṅkaḷ eḻunāṭuri ne[y*] yaṭṭuva[tāṉom ||*]

⟨SIIv19p0i0008⟩ No. 8. (A.R. No. 251 of 1911.) ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE SAME SHRINE.

This records a gift of 90 sheep by one Kaḍikāvaṉ Kaḷḷāṉ of the Vīraśōḻa-teriñja-Kaikkōḷar (regiment) for burning a perpetual lamp in the temple of Tirukkaḻ kōṭṭattu-Paramasvāmi at Tirukkuḍamukkil. ‘Vīraśōḻa’ was a title of Parāntaka I. This may be a record of Ariñjaya.

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] kopparakēsarivarmaṟku yāṇṭu 2 ā-

⟨2⟩ vatu vaṭakaraip pāmpūrnāṭṭu tevatānam

⟨3⟩ tiru[k*]kuṭamukkil tirukkiḻkoṭṭattu paramasvāmi-

⟨4⟩ kku tirunontāviḷakku vaitta uṭaiyār

⟨5⟩ viracoḻatteriñca kaikkoḷaril kaṭikāvan

⟨6⟩ kaḷḷāṉ candrādityavaṟku vaitta nontā-

⟨7⟩ viḷa[k*]ku[k*]ku vaitta vāṭu toṇṇūṟu it-

⟨8⟩ toṇṇūṟum ivvūr manṟāṭi kaṇṇaṉ manṟa-

⟨9⟩ ṉum caṅkaṉ mātevaṉum vacam vaitta vā-

⟨10⟩ ṭu toṇṇūṟu ivaiyiṟṟiṉāl nicata māḻākkā-

⟨11⟩ ka orontaramun•••• ka iruvarumā•••••••••

⟨12⟩ ḷ eḻunāṭuri ney••••••• ipparitu

⟨13⟩ candrādityavaṟku vaitteṉ kaṭikāvan ka-

⟨14⟩ ḷḷāṉeṉ itu panmāhēśvara ra-

⟨15⟩ [kṣai] [||*] ⟨Page 5⟩

⟨SIIv19p0i0009⟩ No. 9. (A.R. No. 277 of 1911.) TILLAISTHĀNAM, TANJAVUR TALUK, TANJAVUR DISTRICT. ON THE WEST WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, GHṚITASTHĀNĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

This inscription has been surmised to belong to Uttama-Chōḷa. It registers a gift of land for burning a lamp in the temple at Tiruneyttānam by one Koṟṟaṉ Arumoḻi alias Vānavaṉ Pēraraiyaṉ of Āṟṟūr in Māṅgāḍu-nāḍu after purchasing the same for 25 kaḻañju of gold. Mention is also made of a land which had been presented to the same temple by Naṅgai Varaguṇa-Perumānār, wife of the Koḍumbāḷūr chief Parāntaka Iḷaṅgōvēḷār.

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Published in South Indian Inscriptions, Vol. III, No. 127.

⟨SIIv19p0i0010⟩ No. 10. (A.R. No. 537 of 1920.) UḌAIYĀRKUḌI NEAR KĀṬṬUMANNĀRKŌYIL, CHIDAMBARAM TALUK, SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, ANANTĒŚVARASVĀMI TEMPLE.

This might be an inscription of either Ariñjaya or Āditya II, as the date of the gift is given as year 2, Siṁha, uvā (amāvāsya), Monday, Maghā, which gives the equivalent A.D. 958, August 16, f.d.t. 65, f.d.n. ·07. Another but less probable equivalent (for Uttama-Chōḷa) is A.D. 968, July 27. This records a gift of 12(1/2) kaḻañju of gold for (the purchase of) 96 sheep and a ram towards the maintenance of a perpetual lamp in the temple of Tiruvanantēśvarattāḻvār at Śrī-Vīranārāyaṇachaturvēdimaṅgalam, a brahmadēya on the northern bank (of the river), by Nakkaṉ Baṭṭālaki a songstress attached to the periya-vēḷam (royal palace).

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] kopparakecaripaṉmaṟkku yāṇṭu 2 āvatu vaṭaka-

⟨2⟩ rai brahmadēyam śrīviranārāyaṇaccaturvvēdimaṅgalattu

⟨3⟩ tiruvanantēśvarattāḷvārkku periyaveḷattup pāṭum

⟨4⟩ nakkaṉ paṭṭālaki ivvāṭṭaic ciṅkanāyaṟṟu [uvāvum]

⟨5⟩ tiṅkaṭkiḻamaiyum peṟṟa makattiṉāṉṟu cantrādityava-

⟨6⟩ t oru nōntāviḷakkukku kuṭutta poṉ paṉṉirukaḻañ-

⟨7⟩ carai ippoṉṉāl cāvāmuvāpperāṭu 96- m takar 1

⟨8⟩ m koṇṭu nicatam uḻa- 1

⟨SIIv19p0i0011⟩ No. 11. (A.R. No. 540 of 1920.) ON THE SAME WALL.

This records a gift of 96 sheep and a ram for burning a perpetual lamp in the temple of Tiruvanantēśvarattāḻvār at Vīranārāyaṇa-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, by Parāntakaṉ-Mādēvaḍigaḷ alias Śembiyaṉ-Mādēviyār the daughter of Maḻavaraiyar and queen of Gaṇḍarādityadēvar ‘who was pleased to go west’, i.e., was deceased. This is evidently an inscription of Ariñjaya since Gaṇḍarāditya's demise seems to be implied as a recent event. ⟨Page 6⟩

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] kōparakēsarivarmmarkku yāṇṭu 2 āvatu meṟ-

⟨2⟩ keḻuntaruḷiṉa dēvar gaṇḍarādityadēvar dēviyār maḻavarai-

⟨3⟩ yar makaḷār parāntakaṉ mātevaṭikaḷāṉa cempiyaṉmāte-

⟨4⟩ viyār śrīviranārāyaṇa ccaturvvēdimaṅgalattut tiruvanantēśvarattāḷ-

⟨5⟩ vārkku vaiytta nōntāviḷakku 1- kku vaitta vāṭu 96 takar 1 [||*]

⟨SIIv19p0i0012⟩ No. 12. (A.R. No. 541 of 1920.) ON THE SAME WALL.

This is also probably an inscription of Ariñjaya. It records a gift of 12(1/2) kaḻañju of gold for burning a perpetual lamp in the temple, by a servantwoman (of the royal palace) named Dīraṉ Tiṟ[ṟa]li.

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] kopparakecarivaṉmaṟkku yāṇ-

⟨2⟩ ṭu 2- āvatu śrīviranārāyaṇa ccaturvvēdimaṅ-

⟨3⟩ galattu tiruvanantēśvarattāḷvārkku candrādi-

⟨4⟩ tyavat oru nontāviḷakkērippataṟkku peṇṭāṭ-

⟨5⟩ ṭi tiraṉ tiṟ[ṟa]li kuṭutta poṉ paṉṉirukaḻañca-

⟨6⟩ rai [||*]

⟨SIIv19p0i0013⟩ No. 13. (A.R. No. 545 of 1920.) ON THE SAME WALL.

This records a gift of 12(1/2) kaḻañju of gold for burning a perpetual lamp with an uḻakku of ghee every day in the temple, by Dēśavalavaṉ Sūryyaṉ of Vāṉavamaṅgalam in Sindhavāy-nāḍu, a member of the Kōdaṇḍarāma-teriñja-Kaikkōḷar regiment, which was named probably after a surname of Rājāditya. Like No. 10 above this may also be assigned either to Ariñjaya or Āditya II.

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] kopparakecarivarmmarkku yāṇṭu

⟨2⟩ ௳ āvatu śrīviranārāyaṇaccaturvvēdimaṅkala-

⟨3⟩ ttu tiruvanantēśvarat[tu] dēvarkku cantrādityavat oru no-

⟨4⟩ ntāviḷak kerippataṟku kodaṇḍarāmattēriñca

⟨5⟩ kaikkōḷaruḷ cindhavāynāṭṭu vāṉavamaṅkalamuṭaiyā-

⟨6⟩ ṉ tecavalavaṉ sūryyaṉ kuṭutta poṉ paṉṉi-

⟨7⟩ rukaḻañcaraikkum toṇṇū[ṟ*]ṟāṟāṭu takar 1- m ko-

⟨8⟩ ṇṭu nicatam uḻakku ney aṭṭuvatāno maṉṟā-

⟨9⟩ ṭi kalaṉaiyom itu panmā-•••••••

⟨SIIv19p0i0014⟩ No. 14. (A.R. No. 552 of 1920.) ON THE SAME WALL.

This records a similar gift of 12(1/2) kaḻañju of gold deposited with some shepherds, a lamp in the same temple, by Aiyyāṟaṉ Śēndaṉ alias Nikaḷaṅka-Mūvēndavēḷāṉ of Śāttappāḍi in Vēśālippāḍi[nāḍu*]. 96 sheep and a ram are said to have been purchased by the former with this amount for the daily supply of ghee. ⟨Page 7⟩

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] kopparakecaripaṉmaṟku yāṇṭu 2 āvatu

⟨2⟩ śrī viranārāyaṇaccaturvvēdimaṅgalattu tiruvanantē-

⟨3⟩ śvarattāḷvārkku candrādityavat oru nōntāviḷakkeri-

⟨4⟩ ppataṟkku vecālippāṭic cāttappāṭiyuṭaiyāṉ ai-

⟨5⟩ yyāṟaṉ centaṉāṉa nikaḷaṅka muventaveḷāṉ kuṭutta

⟨6⟩ poṉ paṉṉirukaḻañcarai ippoṉ koṇṭu cāvā-

⟨7⟩ muvāpperāṭu 96- m takar 1- m koṇṭu nicatam uḻa-

⟨8⟩ kku ney yaṭṭuvomāṉom maṉṟāṭikaḷom [||*]

⟨SIIv19p0i0015⟩ No. 15. (A.R. No. 555 of 1920.) ON THE SAME WALL.

This records a gift of ten kāśu to provide for (an annual) supply of a pair of cloths with the interest thereon, to the image of Kūttapperumāḷ (Naṭaraja) ‘who is pleased to dance on the south side of the stone temple’, by Araiyaṉ Gēyaviḍaṅgaṉ of the Dānatoṅga-teriñja-Kaikkōḷar (regiment). The donor is stated to have also built shrines to gods Kūttar, Gaṇapatiyār and Pichchadēvar (Bhikshāṭana) in the temple. Dānatuṅga was a title of Parāntaka I (cf. No. 7 above).

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] kopparakecarivarmma[ṟ*]kku

⟨2⟩ yāṇṭu 2 āvatu śrī viranārāya[ṇa]-

⟨3⟩ ccaturvvēdimaṅgalattu tiruvana-

⟨4⟩ ntēśvarattāḷvārkku tirukkaṟṟaḷiyi-

⟨5⟩ ṉ teṉpakkattu āṭiaruḷukiṉṟa kūtta-

⟨6⟩ pperumāḷukku tāṉatoṅkat teriñca kaiyko-

⟨7⟩ ḷaril a[rai]yaṉ keyaviṭaṅkaṉeṉ [cā]ttiyaruḷu-

⟨8⟩ [m pariya]ṭṭattukku vaitta kācu pattu ippattuk [kāciṉ] pali-

⟨9⟩ caiyālum oriṇaip pariyaṭṭam cārttu[vi]ppomā-

⟨10⟩ ṉom tevar paṇṭārattey aṉṟu ci[kāriya]ñ ce-

⟨11⟩ yyum tevarkarmikaḷom ippariyaṭṭam vai-

⟨12⟩ tta araiyaṉ keyaviṭaṅkaṉeṉ kūttar[k*]kum ka-

⟨13⟩ ṇapatiyārk[k*]kum piccatevar[k*]kum śrīkoyi-

⟨14⟩ l eṭuppitteṉ araiyaṉ keyaviṭa-

⟨15⟩ ṅkaṉeṉ ivai panmāhēśvarar rakṣai ||

⟨SIIv19p0i0016⟩ No. 16. (A.R. No. 558 of 1920.) ON THE SAME WALL.

This records a gift of 12(1/2) kaḻañju of gold for a lamp in the temple, left in charge of the mahā-sabhā of the village, by Echchil Śadurākaraṉ alias Teṉṉavaṉ Miṟaināṭṭu-Mūvēndavēḷāṉ of Dēvaṉguḍi in Miṟaikkūṟṟam. The details of the date given viz., Tulā, Sunday, Jyēshṭhā, which would correspond to A.D. 969, October 17, makes the inscription assignable to Uttama-Chōḷa. ⟨Page 8⟩

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] kopparakēsarivarmmarkku yāṇṭu 2 āvatu vaṭakarai

⟨2⟩ śrī viranārāyaṇaccaturvvētimaṅkalattu tiruvaṉantiśvarattu paramasvā-

⟨3⟩ mikku vaṭakarai miṟaikūṟṟattu tevaṉkuṭi tevaṅkuṭaiyāṉ eccil[c] ca-

⟨4⟩ turākaranāṉa teṉṉavaṉ miṟaināṭṭu muventaveḷār candrādittavaṟ

⟨5⟩ eriya vaiyt[ta] tirunontāviḷakku 1- kku vaiytta poṉ 125 paṉṉiru-

⟨6⟩ kaḻaiñcarai ippoṉṉukku ivvāṭṭai tulānāyaṟṟu nāyaṟṟukkiḻa-

⟨7⟩ mai peṟṟa tirukkeṭṭai mutal oru nontāviḷakku erippatāka vaiytta itu

⟨8⟩ mahāsabhai yārrakṣai [||*] ivaṉe kū ttaperumāḷukku cāttina ma0 •••••

⟨SIIv19p0i0017⟩ No. 17. (A.R. No. 574 of 1920.) ON THE WEST WALL OF THE SAME SHRINE.

This is probably an inscription of Ariñjaya like Nos. 11 and 12 above. This records a gift of 12(1/2) kaḻañju of gold for a perpetual lamp in the temple on behalf of Āchchaṉ Baladēvan (perhaps deceased) by members of the regiment Parāntaka-teriñja-Kaikkōḷar.

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] kopparakecaripaṉmaṟkku

⟨2⟩ yāṇṭu 2 āvatu vaṭakarai brahmadēyam viranā-

⟨3⟩ rāyaṇaccaturvvēdimaṅkalattu tiruva-

⟨4⟩ ṉantēśvarattāḷvārkku parāntakat teriñ-

⟨5⟩ ca kaikko[ḷa*]ril āccaṉ palatevaṉu[k]kāka

⟨6⟩ ippaṭaiyār vaitta tirunontāviḷakku 1- kku āca-

⟨7⟩ ntrādityavat vaitta tirunantāviḷakku 1- kku vai-

⟨8⟩ tta poṉ paṉṉiru kaḻañcarai ||

⟨SIIv19p0i0018⟩ No. 18. (A.R. No. 581 of 1920.) ON THE SAME WALL.

This records a similar gift of 12(1/2) kaḻañju of gold with which to by 96 sheep and a ram for burning a lamp in the temple, by Araiyaṉ Vēṅgaḍavaṉ of the Mūttavāḻpeṟṟa-Kaikkōḷar (regiment). The significance of this term is not clear. Probably the regiment was so named for the experience in swordsmanship of its members.

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] kōparakēsarivarmmarkku yāṇṭu 2- āvatu śrī viranārāyaṇaccaturvvēdimaṅgalattu tiruvanantēśvarattāḷvārkku candrādityavat 1 nontāviḷakkerippataṟku muttavāḻ peṟṟa kaikkoḷaril araiyaṉ veṅkaṭavaṉ kuṭut-

⟨2⟩ ta poṉ 12 ippoṉṉāl 96 āṭum takar 1- m koṇṭu nicati uḻakku ney yaṭṭu vomāṉo mivvūr maṉṟāṭikkalaṉaiyom itu panmāhēśvararakṣai ||

⟨SIIv19p0i0019⟩ No. 19. (A.R. No. 584 of 1920.) ON THE NORTH, WEST AND SOUTH WALLS OF THE SAME SHRINE.

This records a similar gift of 12(1/2) kaḻañju of gold for burning a lamp before the image of Chandraśēkhara, by another member of the same regiment by name Dēvaḍi Vidyāparaṉ. ⟨Page 9⟩

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [|*] koparakēsarivarmmarkku yāṇṭu 2 āvatu śrīviranārāyaṇaccaturvvēdimaṅgalattu tiruvanantēśvarattu candraśēkharapperumāḷukku muttavāḻpeṟṟa kaikkoḷaril tevaṭi vidyāparan candrāditya-

⟨2⟩ vat 1 nontāviḷak kerippataṟku kuṭutta poṉ 12 ippoṉṉāl 96 āṭum takar 1- m koṇṭu nicatam uḻakku ney yaṭṭuvomāṉo mivvūr maṉṟāṭikkalaṉaiyom ||

⟨SIIv19p0i0020⟩ No. 20. (A.R. No. 586 of 1920.) ON THE WEST AND SOUTH WALLS OF THE SAME SHRINE.

This is another gift of 12(1/2) kaḻañju of gold for a lamp by Dvēdaigōmapurattu Vāmana-Kramavittaṉ alias Tennavaṉ-Brahmamahārājaṉ of Rājamalla-chaturvēdimaṅgalam a brahmadēya in Veḷā-nāḍu. This village is different from Brahmadēśam in the North Arcot district which was also known by the same name, as the latter was situated in Dāmar-kōṭṭam. Rājamalla must have been a possible of Āditya I or Parantaka I.

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [|*] kōparakēsarivarmmarkku yāṇṭu 2 āvatu vaṭakarai brahmadēyam śrīviranārāyaṇaccaturvvēdimaṅgalattu tiruvanantēśvarattāḷvārkku candrādityavat 1 nontā viḷakkeri-

⟨2⟩ ppata[ṟ]kku veḷānāṭṭu brahmadēyam rājamallaccaturvvēdimaṅgalattu dvētaikomapuṟattu vāmanakramavittaṉāṉa teṉṉavan brahmamahārājan kuṭutta poṉ 12 ippoṉṉāl cāvāmuvā perāṭu 96m ta-

⟨3⟩ •••••koṇṭu candrādityavat nicata muḻakku ney yaṭṭuvomāṉo mivvūr maṉṟāṭi kalaṉaiyom itu panmāhēśvararakṣai |||

⟨SIIv19p0i0021⟩ No. 21. (A.R. No. 590 of 1920.) ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE SAME SHRINE.

A similar gift of 12(1/2) kaḻañju for a lamp by Baladēvaṉ Paṉaiyaṉ a member of the Siṅgaḷāntaka-teriñja-Kaikkōḷar regiment on behalf of Balaḍēvaṉ (mentioned in No. 17 above ?) This is incised in ornate script.

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] kopparakecarivarmarkku yāṇṭu 2-

⟨2⟩ āvatu śrīviranārāyaṇaccaturvvēdimaṅgalattu tiru-

⟨3⟩ vanantēśvarattāḷvārkku candrādityavat oru nontāvi-

⟨4⟩ ḷakkērippataṟkku ciṅkaḷāntakattēriñca kai[k*]koḷaruḷ pa-

⟨5⟩ latevaṉ paṉaiyaṉ palatevaṉukkāka kuṭutta poṉ

⟨6⟩ paṉṉirukaḻañcaraikkum āṭu toṇṇūṟum takar 1 koṇṭu

⟨7⟩ ivvūr maṉṟāṭikalaṉaiyom nicata muḻakku ney aṭṭuvomāṉom [||*]

⟨SIIv19p0i0022⟩ No. 22. (A.R. No. 594 of 1920.) ON THE SAME WALL.

This records a gift of 42(1/2) kaḻañju of gold (tulaippoṉ) deposited with the gaṇapperumakkaḷ of the year, for burning a perpetual lamp in the temple and for the daily mid-day offering to the god, with which a Bhaṭṭa well-versed in the Vēda was to be fed able. The offering comprised rice, kummāyam ⟨Page 10⟩ and three other dishes, ghee, curd, sugar, plantains and betel-nut and leaves. The donor's name is given as Kōyil-Peṟṟāḷ alias Guṇavan-Mādēviyār daughter of Bhūpālaśēkhariyār, on whose behalf the king (dēvar ?) is said to have paid the It is perhaps to be inferred that she was his concubine.

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] kopparakecarivarmmarkku yā-

⟨2⟩ ṇṭu 2 āvatu vaṭakarai brahmadēyam śrīvi-

⟨3⟩ ranāra yaṇaccaturvvēdimaṅgalattu tiruva-

⟨4⟩ nantēśvarattu paramasvāmikku bhūpālaśēkhari-

⟨5⟩ yār makaḷ koyil peṟṟāḷāna [kuṇava]n[mā]-

⟨6⟩ dēviyār ikkoyilile candrādityavat eriya vai-

⟨7⟩ ytta tirunontāviḷa[k*] konṟukkum āḻvār madhyāhna-

⟨8⟩ amutu ceytavāṟey vēdamvallā noru bhaṭṭanaiy

⟨9⟩ avvāṟu āsa[m]sthitiyāka uttamāgrattu oru kalam

⟨10⟩ candrādittavat uṇṇappeṟuvatākavum

⟨11⟩ avvava kalam āḻvārkku śrīkāryyam ce-

⟨12⟩ yvārey ivai iraṇṭukkum dēvastha[la*]tti-

⟨13⟩ le koṇṭu ceyvārākavum ivvāṇṭu

⟨14⟩ śrīkāryyañceykiṉṟa kaṇapperumakkaḷva-

⟨15⟩ camey dēvark kuṭutta poṉ tuḷai ivvū-

⟨16⟩ rkkallāl nāṟppattirukaḻañcarai ip-

⟨17⟩ paṭṭa ṉuṇṇumpaṭiyāvatu paḻavarici ku-

⟨18⟩ tta lirunāḻiyum kummāya muḷḷiṭṭuk ka-

⟨19⟩ ṟi ñālum ney āḻākkum tayir nāḻi-

⟨20⟩ yum caṟkarai vaṭṭiraṇṭum vāḻai-

⟨21⟩ yppaḻa miraṇṭum pākku nālum

⟨22⟩ veṟṟilai pattum ipparicu uṇ-

⟨23⟩ ṇappeṟuvitāka vaiyttatu itu ma-

⟨24⟩ hāsabhaiyār rakṣai [||*]

⟨SIIv19p0i0023⟩ No. 23. (A.R. No. 609 of 1920.) ON THE WALL OF THE SOUTH VERANDAH IN THE PRĀKĀRA, BEHIND THE IMAGE OF GAJA-LAKSHMĪ IN THE SAME TEMPLE.

This registers a gift of 12(1/2) kaḻañju for burning a lamp inside the tiruvuṇṇāḻigai of the temple by Paḻavēṭṭaraiyaṉ Kōdaṇḍaṉ Tappildarmaṉ. The identity of this chief with Tappildarma-Pallavaraiyaṉ figuring in two records of Gaṇḍarāditya has been surmised already (S.I.I. Vol. XIII, Intr. p. IV). The inscription may be one of Ariñjaya.

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī |||| kopparakecarivarmmar-

⟨2⟩ kku yāṇṭu 2 āvatu vaṭakarai brahmadēyam

⟨3⟩ śrī viranārāyaṇaccaturvvēdimaṅgalattu tiruvanantēśva-

⟨4⟩ rattu paramasvāmikkup paḻaveṭṭaraiyan kotaṇṭa-

⟨5⟩ ṉ tappi[l]tarmaṉ tiruvuṇṇāḻikaiyin uḷḷey

⟨6⟩ oru nontāviḷakku cantrādittavat eriyvitā-

⟨7⟩ ka vaiytta viḷakku+ 1- kkup poṉ paṉṉi-

⟨8⟩ rukaḻañcarai viḷakku + avvav āṇṭu śrīkāryyam

⟨9⟩ ārāyvārey eriyppippatāvārāka vaiy-

⟨10⟩ ttār itu mahāsabhaiyār rakṣai ||— ⟨Page 11⟩

⟨SIIv19p0i0024⟩ No. 24. (A.R. No. 274 of 1923.) KŌYIL-TĒVARĀYANPĒṬṬAI NEAR PAṆḌĀRAVĀḌAI, PAPANASAM TALUK, TANJAVUR DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, MATSYAPURĪŚVARA TEMPLE.

This records a gift of 30 kāśu for maintaining a perpetual lamp in the temple of Tiruchchēlūr-Mādēvar at Rājakēsari-chaturvēdimangalam a brahmadēya on the southern bank of the river, by Neḍun[dug]gai Daiśam wife of Tattaṉ Śīlaṉ a merchant of Tribhuvanamādēvi-pēraṅgāḍi at Tañjāvūr. Tribhuvana-Mahādevi was a queen of Rājarāja I and the mother of Rājēndra-Chōḷa I. This inscription may be attributed to the latter.

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] kop-

⟨2⟩ parakecaripanma[ṟ*]kku yā-

⟨3⟩ ṇṭu 2 āvatu teṉ-

⟨4⟩ karai brahmateyam

⟨5⟩ śrī rāja kecarica-

⟨6⟩ turvētimaṅkala-

⟨7⟩ ttu tiruccelūrmāteva-

⟨8⟩ ṟkku tañcāvūr tirupuvaṉamāte-

⟨9⟩ vipperaṅkāṭi viyāpāri vākū-

⟨10⟩ ruṭaiyāṉ tattaṉ cilaṉ bhāriyā neṭun-

⟨11⟩ [tuk]kai taicam [v*]aitta cotiviḷakku 1- ṟum canti-

⟨12⟩ rātittavaṟ [i*]ravum pakalum erivataṟkku

⟨13⟩ vaitta kācu 30 [||*]

⟨SIIv19p0i0025⟩ No. 25. (A.R. No. 135 of 1925.) TIRUVĀḌUTURAI, MAYURAM TALUK, TANJAVUR DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, GŌMUKTĪŚVARA TEMPLE.

This records the sale of 4 mā of tax-free land by the sabhā of Śāttanūr a brahmadēya of Tiraimūr-nāḍu on the southern bank, to Śaṅkayaṉ Oṟṟi a member of the regiment Ādityapanma-terinda-Kaikkōḷar for maintaining a coconut garden (o 1000 trees) belonging to the temple of Tiruvāvaḍutuṟai-Mahādēva and for growink a flower-garden. The yield of 100 palms is said to have been his share for the former work. This might be assigned to Parāntaka I.

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] kopparakesaripanmaṟku yāṇṭu 2 āvatu teṉkarait tiraimurnāṭṭu brahmateyam cāttuṉūr sabhaiyom tiruvāvaṭutuṟai mahādēvaṟku āyiravaṉāḷ teṅkunantavāṉañ ceyta ātittapanmatterinta kaikkoḷaril caṅkayaṉoṟṟikku

⟨2⟩ eṅkaḷur miṟṟalaṅkuṭi eṅkaḷ potunilamāṉa nālmācceyum cantrātittavaṟ ni[ṟ*]kka iṟaiyiḻicci viṟṟukkuṭutta nilattuk kellai uṭciṟuvāykkālukku me[ṟ*]kkum kāmakkāṇi kumaraṉaṅki nilattukku [vaṭa]•••••

⟨3⟩ m pāratāyaṉ nāraṇanaṅki nilattukku teṟkum ivvicaitta iṉṉāṉkellaiyilu makap[pa*]ṭṭa nila[m*] nantavāṉappuṟamāka viṟṟukkuṭuttom sabhaiyom teṅkāyiramum kāccaṉ nūṟu nūṟu teṅkiṉ pokaṅ koṇṭu ō•••••••••

⟨4⟩ piṉ[pic]cey uṇṭu pūnandavāṉañ ceyyavum [v*]aiccatu panmāhēśvararakṣai ||— ⟨Page 12⟩

⟨SIIv19p0i0026⟩ No. 26. (A.R. No. 136 of 1925.) ON THE SAME WALL.

This is built in at the ends of lines. It records a similar sale of 3 mā of land at Kīḻ-Kumāramaṅgalam bythe same assembly, probably to a different person (name lost) for maintaining a flower-garden out of the yield of another coconut garden, and for burning a perpetual lamp in the temple for each of the mā of land.

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] kopparakesaripanmaṟku yāṇṭu 2 āvatu teṉkarai tiraimurnāṭṭu brahmateyañ cāttaṉūr tiruvāvaṭutuṟai mahātevaṟku āyiravaṉāḷ eḻunūṟu teṅku vaitta nanta- vāṉañ ce•••••••••

⟨2⟩ cāttaṉūr sabhaiyom kiḻkkumāramaṅkalattu eṅkaḷ potuni[la*]māṉa muṉṟu māvum viṟṟaṟkellai perāvūr nilattukku me•••••••••

⟨3⟩ puṟamāṉa nilattukku teṟkum ivvicaitta paṉṉāṉ kellai yakappaṭṭa nila muṉṟu māvum cantrādittavaṟ nikki iṟaiyiḻi•••••••••

⟨4⟩ māttāl ōro nontāviḷakkerikkavum cey yuṇṭu pūnantavāṉañ ceyyavum [v*]aiccatu panmāhēśvararakṣai ||—

⟨SIIv19p0i0027⟩ No. 27. (A.R. No. 136 of 1926.) TIRUVIḶAKKUḌI, MAYURAM TALUK, TANJAVUR DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE MAṆAVĀḶĒŚVARA, TEMPLE.

The details of date correspond to A.D. 969, April 12 in the reign of Uttama-Chōḷa. The inscription is built in at the right end. It records the remission of taxes on some plots of land belonging to the temple at Tiruvēḻvikkuḍi by purchase, by the assembly of Veḍēlviḍugudēvi-chaturvēdimaṅgalam a brahmadēya in Kuṟukkai-nāḍu on the northern bank of the river, for a lump-sum of 50 īḻakkāśu received by them from a member of the Karikāla-Chōḷa-teriñja-Kaikkōḷar regiment. This body was evidently named after Āditya II.

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] kopparakesaripanmaṟku yāṇṭu iraṇṭāvatu vaṭa-

⟨2⟩ karaik kuṟukkaiñāṭṭu brahmadēyam veṭelviṭukuteviccaturvētimaṅ-

⟨3⟩ kalattu peruṅkuṟiperumakkaḷom ivvāṭṭai mēṣanāyaṟṟu nāyaṟṟukkiḻamai

⟨4⟩ peṟṟa tiruvoṇattiṉāṉṟu tiruveḻvikkuṭi śrīkoyilile peruṅkuṟi kūṭiiruntu paṇitta••••

⟨4⟩ ḻuttu tiruveḻvikuṭi dvaṇḍēśvarapperumāḷ tirunāmattāl vilaikoṇṭa [nilam]•••••

⟨5⟩ [karu]māṇikkavāy[kkāli]ṉ tenpakkattu kavaṉ••••kovinta••••• nārāṇa•••••••••

⟨6⟩ [ttaṉ]pakkal vilaikoṇṭa nilam āṟumākkāṇiyum itiṉ melaippakkattu itiṉoṭum aṭaiya••••

⟨7⟩ paṉūruṭaiyāṉ koṉ vempaṭikaḷpakkal vilaikoṇṭuṭaiya nila[m*] araikkālum catina ntaṉ•••••••

⟨8⟩ ttu [kū]vaṉṉūr nāraṇakramavittanpakkal vilaikoṇṭuṭaiya nila mākāṇiyum caṇḍēśva- rap-

⟨9⟩ perumāḷ tirunāmattāl vilaikoṇṭuṭaiya pattu mācceykkum kiḻpāṟke-

⟨10⟩ [llai madhya] sdharkaḷ kuḷattukku meṟkum tenpāṟkellai peruvaḻikku vaṭakkum mel•••••

⟨12⟩ ••••••••• kāṇikku kiḻakkum vaṭapāṟkellai•••••

⟨13⟩ ka[ru*]māṇikkavā[ykkā]lukku teṟkum āka ivvicaitta peru nāṉkellaiyilum akappa•••• ⟨Page 13⟩

⟨14⟩ ttuc ceyyālu[m] tara[t]tāl vanta nilam āṟu mākkāṇi araikkāṇi nilamum peruvaḻikku•• •••••

⟨15⟩ irācūrt tāmoti[ra]paṭṭanpakkal caṇḍēśvarapperumāḷ vilaikoṇṭa nilattu•••••

⟨16⟩ pāṟkellai sabhaippotuvukku meṟkum teṉpāṟkellai kāvirimaṅkalattār•••••

⟨17⟩ kku vaṭakku melpāṟkellai tirumañcuṇakkuṟaiyāṉa nilattukkuk kiḻakkum vaṭapāṟkellai •••••

⟨18⟩ ḻikku teṟkum ivvicainta perunāṉkellaiyilum naṭuvupaṭṭa nilam tarattāl va•••••••

⟨19⟩ m iccuṭṭappaṭṭa nilam iṟaiyiliyāk[ka] vitiṉukkuk karikālacoḻatteriñak kaikko•••••

⟨20⟩ ṉa araiyaṉpakkal [īḻa]kkācu aimpatu aimpatu kācu koṇṭu iṉṉilam cantirāti•••••••••

⟨21⟩ yili ceytukuṭut[tom] viṭelviṭukutevi[ ccaturvētimaṅkalattu] sabhaiyō••• •

⟨22⟩ peruṅkuṟi iruntu paṇikka eḻutiṉeṉ ivvūrk kiṭakkai madhyasthaṉ irāmaṉ i•••••

⟨23⟩ tiya brahmapriyanēṉ emperumāṉaṭiyāraṭiyeṉ tiruveḷvikkuṭi tiruveviḷkkuṭi śrīkaraṇattu •••••

⟨24⟩ ppiccaneṉa nāṉ kalluvicca śrīkaraṇapperuviḷākattu nel melvāram tiruccuṟṟum 1 •••••••

⟨25⟩ yum gōpuramum nicati nālāḷukku mukkuṟuṇi nellu••••ḷukku aṭṭavum māṭaiyārkaḷu [c]cey[yi]l pokam•••••

⟨26⟩ ru viḻāppuṟam ponta varici kuṟuṇiyum kuṟavaṟu••••••••• ceyyakkaṭavarākac ceyta

⟨27⟩ iddhanmam śrīkaraṇappaṉmāhēśvararakṣai [||*]

⟨SIIv19p0i0028⟩ No. 28. (A.R. No. 192 of 1927.) KĀVĒRIPURAM, BHAVANI TALUK, COIMBATORE DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE JALAKAṆṬHĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

This records an endowment in gold of 4 kaḻañju per year, a piece of wet land, a house and a garden, made by the Vaḷañjiyar (community) of Tuvaḷai, as jīvita for Araiyaṉ Araiyaṉ and his heirs, for playing on the drum during the śrībali service in the temple of Nāṭṭīśvara built by Śāttaṉ Karuvūr alias Kannaradēva-Māyilaṭṭi a resident of the same place. This might be an inscription of the Koṅgu king Parakēsari Vikrama-Chōḷa whose inscription is also found in the same temple.

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] kopparakecaripaṉmaṟku yāṇṭu iraṇṭāvatu tuvaḷaic cāttaṉ

⟨2⟩ karuvūrāṉa kaṉṉarateva māyilaṭṭi eṭuppitta nāṭṭīśvarattukkut tuvaḷai vaḷañciya-

⟨3⟩ roma vaitta pokam dēvarkku śrīpali koṭṭu muvaccaṉ araiya ṉaraiyaṉukkum makkaḷuk kum

⟨4⟩ vaitta jivitam āṇṭuvarai nāṟkaḻañcum muṉṟokku nilamum maṉaiyun toṭṭamum vai 2

⟨SIIv19p0i0029⟩ No. 29. (A.R. No. 144 of 1928.) TIRUPPAḺANAM, TANJAVUR TALUK, TANJAVUR DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, ĀPATSAHĀYĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

This is very probably an inscription of Rājēndra-Chōḷa I. It is damaged in places. It records an endowment of 5 pieces of land at Pēraṅgālakkuḍi after purchase (from the temple) and reclamation for feeding 4 Brāhmaṇas in the temple of Tiruppaḻanam in Miṟai-kūṟṟam, (after the daily midday offerings), by Kaṟṟaḷi-Baṭṭālakaṉ a member of the regiment Arumoḻidēva-teriñja Kaikkōḷar. ⟨Page 14⟩

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] kopparakesaripaṉmaṟkku yāṇṭu 2 āvatu miṟaikkūṟṟattu dēvatāṉam tiru[ppaḻaṉa]muṭaiyār koyilile nicati nālavar brāhmaṇar

⟨2⟩ candrātitaval uṇṇa ivvūr tevatāṉam peraṅkālakkuṭi eliyūtu puṉcey tiṭal ivā[ti] caṇḍēśva[ra]riṭaiyum patipātamula[t*]tāriṭaiyum u-

⟨3⟩ ṭaiyār arumoḻitevateriñca kaikoḷaril kaṟṟaḷi paṭṭālakaṉ vilaikoṇṭu mayakkiṉa nilattukku kiḻpār[k*]ke[l*]lai peṟṟāṉmayakkalukkum naṅ-

⟨4⟩ kāriymayakkalukku meṟkku teṉpār[k*]ke[l*]lai naṅkārimayakkalukku vaṭakkum melpāṟke[l*]lai mātevimayakkalukku pā[y*]ñca uḷ[ciṟu]vā[y*]kkālukku [kiḻa]-

⟨5⟩ kku kiḻpārkke••••ttiṭalkkā•••• kālukku meṟkkum teṉpār••••vuṭ ciṟuvā[y*]kkālu-

⟨6⟩ kku vaṭakkum melpā[ṟ*]kke••••• kkum vaṭapār[k*]ke[l*]lai cāttimayakkalu•• •••••iv[vicaitta] pe-

⟨7⟩ runāṉkellai••••••• [ṉu]m ivaṉu[k*]ke viṟṟukkuṭutta nilattukku kiḻ pārkke[l]-

⟨8⟩ lai mūṉ•••••••• lai oru māvarai[k*]ku vaṭakkum melpāṟke[l*]lai uḷ ciṟuvāykkā-

⟨9⟩ lukku kiḻakkum vaṭapāṟke[l*]lai nā-

⟨10⟩ ṟṟukālukku teṟkkum ivvicaitta

⟨11⟩ perunāṉke[l*]laiyuḷ akappaṭṭa nila-

⟨12⟩ mum ituva[l*]latu iṉṉum i[va]ṉu[k*]ke viṟṟukkuṭut-

⟨13⟩ ta nilam ki[ḻ*]ppār[k*]ke[l*]lai ki[ḻā]ṉ kāṇikka••••

⟨14⟩ ••y[k]kum meṟkum teṉpār[k*]kellai pa[ḻa]ṅ ceyk-

⟨15⟩ ku vaṭakku melpār[k*]ke[l*]lai toṭi muṉṟumāvukku kiḻakkum vaṭapāṟke[l*]lai oru māvaraik kum tiṭa-

⟨16⟩ [lu]kkum tiruvaṭimayakkalukkum teṟkkum ivvicaitta perunāṉke[l*]laiyuḷ ḷakappaṭṭa nila-

⟨17⟩ mum ituvallatu i[ṉ*]ṉum ivaṉu[k*]key maṇṇilaiyāka

⟨18⟩ viṟṟukkuṭutta puṉcey tiṭal iraṇṭu māvum i- 1

⟨SIIv19p0i0030⟩ No. 30. (A.R. No. 162 of 1928.) ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE SAME SHRINE.

This records an endowment of land (?) for the maintenance of five temple drummers with 30 kalam of paddy each (per annum) by Ādittaṉ Vīmaṉ of Kumārapāḍi in Ma[y*]yūr-nāḍu of Kaḷattūr-kōṭṭam. This has been assigned to Ariñjaya (M.E.R for 1928, Part II, para 3.)

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] kopa-

⟨2⟩ parakecaripanma[r*]-

⟨3⟩ kku yāṇṭu iraṇṭāvatu ka-

⟨4⟩ ḷattūrkoṭṭattu ma[y*]yūrnāṭṭu

⟨5⟩ kumārapāṭiyuṭaiyā ṉātitta- ⟨Page 15⟩

⟨6⟩ ṉ vimaṉ tiru[p*]paḻaṉattu mahā-

⟨7⟩ dēva[r*]kku caṇṭai koṭṭuvā-

⟨8⟩ re aivar[k*]ku perāl muppa-

⟨9⟩ tiṉkalamāka mu[ṉ]ṟu veli-

⟨10⟩ illum po 1

⟨SIIv19p0i0031⟩ No. 31. (A.R. No. 172 of 1928.) ON THE SAME WALL.

This records a gift of land for offerings, with 4 nāḻi of rice daily during the ardhayāma service in the temple of Mahādēva, and for burning a perpetual lamp before the god, by Ādittaṉ Vīmaṉ of Kumārapāḍi (mentioned above in No. 30) the chief of Aṇḍuṟai. The donor is surmised to have been the father of Vīmaṉ Kundavaiyār the queen of Ariñjaya (M.E.R. for 1928, Part II. para 3).

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] koparake-

⟨2⟩ caripanma(ma)[r*]kku yāṇṭu ira-

⟨3⟩ ṇṭāvatu kaḷattūrkoṭṭattu

⟨4⟩ maiyūrunāṭṭu kumārapāṭi ū-

⟨5⟩ ṟu (uṭaiyāṉ ?) aṇṭuṟai araiyaṉ ātitta-

⟨6⟩ ṉ vimaṉ tirupaḻaṉattu mahā-

⟨7⟩ dēvarkku addhayāmattu-

⟨8⟩ p patteṭṭukkuttal nāṉā-

⟨9⟩ ḻi paḻavariciyāṟ ṟiruvamitu

⟨10⟩ ceyivippatākavum nicatam ō

⟨11⟩ ru nontāviḷakku iravum

⟨12⟩ pakalum erippatākavum [pū]-

⟨13⟩ mi ma[yakki]••••ttirutti

⟨14⟩ yiṭa•••• śvara••

⟨15⟩ maḻavāṭi••••[ni]lam kā-

⟨16⟩ ṇiyāka udakapūrva[māka] ce[y*]tukuṭu-

⟨17⟩ ttom patipātamulam uḷḷiṭṭa te-

⟨18⟩ vakaṉmika(ḷ)ḷom mula[t]tica-

⟨19⟩ ṉ vimaṉṉum ivaṉaivom i[ni]-

⟨20⟩ lattukku kiḻpāṟkellai palā-

⟨21⟩ veli vākk[ā*]lukku me[ṟ*]kkiṉṉum vaṭa-

⟨22⟩ pāṟkellai maṇa(l)li eṭṭumācce[y*]-

⟨23⟩ kku teṟkkiṉ[ṉu*]m melpāṟkkellai

⟨24⟩ paḻamacakka(l)lukku kiḻakkiṉ[ṉu*]m

⟨25⟩ teṉpāṟkkellai tiyamukavākkā-

⟨26⟩ lu(lu)kku

⟨27⟩ •••••paṭṭan

⟨28⟩ •••••kuṭutte-

⟨29⟩ •••••panmāhēśvararakṣai [||*] ⟨Page 16⟩

⟨SIIv19p0i0032⟩ No. 32. (A.R. No. 145 of 1931.) TIRUCHCHATTURAI, TANJAVUR TALUK, TANJAVUR DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, ŌDANAVANĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

This registers a gift of 300 sheep left with a local shepherd for the daily supply of three uḻakku of ghee, for burning three (perpetual) lamps in the temple of Agastīśvarattu-Mādēvar at Tiruchchōṟṟuttuṟai, by one Irāmīśvara-Bhaṭārar.

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] koparakecarivaṉma[r*]kku yā-

⟨2⟩ ṇṭu iraṇ(ṭ)ṭāvatu tiruccoṟṟu[t*]tuṟai akasti-

⟨3⟩ śvarattu mātevarkku cantrādittavaṟ muṭṭāme ni-

⟨4⟩ cati muḻākku neyyāl muṉṟu viḷakkerivataṟku

⟨5⟩ ir[ā]miśvarapaṭārar vaitta āṭu 300 ivvā-

⟨6⟩ ṭu munnūṟuṅ koṇṭu tevan nāḻiyoṭokkum

⟨7⟩ uḻakki(ṉ)ṉāl cirikoyi(l)lukke koṇṭu [ne][y*] ya-

⟨8⟩ ṭṭuveṉṉāṉeṉ ivvūr maṉṟāṭi kiḻavaṉ [pā]la-

⟨9⟩ ṉṉeṉ itu patipātamulattārum panmāhēśva-

⟨10⟩ rarum rakṣai [||*]

⟨SIIv19p0i0033⟩ No. 33. (A.R. No. 146 of 1931.) ON THE SAME WALL.

This is engraved in continuation of the above inscription. It records a gift of 90 sheep for a perpetual lamp in the same temple by a certain••••Rudraśingaṉ, who left them in charge of a local shepherd for the daily supply of an uḻakku of ghee.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] koparakecaripanma[r*]kku yāṇṭu

⟨2⟩ iraṇṭāvatu tiruccoṟṟuttuṟai akatti[śvara][t*]tu [mā]-

⟨3⟩ teva[r*]kku cantrādi[tavaṟ] oru nontāviḷakku muṭṭāme

⟨4⟩ nicati u••••••••• ti bha-

⟨5⟩ ṭārar••• rudraciṅkaṉ vaitta cāvāmuvā perā-

⟨6⟩ ṭu [to]••• ivvāṭu 90 koṇṭu ita[ṉ*] palicai

⟨7⟩ ••••• muṭṭāme cikoyilukke ko-

⟨8⟩ •••••ṉṉāy ivvāṭu koṇṭeṉ ma-

⟨9⟩ ••••••••• ṉaṉeṉ itu patipātamulat-

⟨10⟩ ••••••••• śvara rakṣai [||*]

⟨SIIv19p0i0034⟩ No. 34. (A.R. No. 147 of 1931.) ON THE SAME WALL.

This records a gift of 10 kaḻañju of gold deposited with the temple servants (patipādamūlattār) by one Paramaṉ Ādichachapiḍāri of Āyirattaḷi, for burning a perpetual lamp in the temple of Mahādēva at Tiruchchōṟṟuttuṟai with the daily supply of an uḻakku of ghee as interest thereon. ⟨Page 17⟩

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] koparake-

⟨2⟩ caripanma[r*]kku yāṇṭu [i]-

⟨3⟩ [raṇ]ṭāvatu tiruccoṟṟu[t*]-

⟨4⟩ tuṟai mātevaṟku cantrā-

⟨5⟩ tittava[l] loru non-

⟨6⟩ tāviḷak kerivataṟku

⟨7⟩ āyirattaḷi [paramaṉ ā]-

⟨8⟩ ticcapiṭāriyeṉ vaitta

⟨9⟩ poṉ 10 ippoṉ pati[ṉa*]-

⟨10⟩ kaḻañcum koṇṭu itaṉ

⟨11⟩ palicaiyāl nicati uḻak-

⟨12⟩ keṇṇai muṭṭāme tirukko-

⟨13⟩ yilukke koṇṭu ceṉṟu a-

⟨14⟩ ṭṭuvippomāṉom pati-

⟨15⟩ pātamūlattom [||*]

⟨SIIv19p0i0035⟩ No. 35. (A.R. No. 152 of 1931.) ON THE WEST WALL OF THE SAME SHRINE.

This registers a gift of 20 kaḻañju of gold made by (the chief) Tennavaṉ Maḻanāṭṭuvēḷāṉ alias Koṟṟaṉ Māṟaṉ, for burning a perpetual lamp in the temple with an uḻakku of ghee daily, and 20 cows (for ghee) for performing the sacred bath of the god on the day of saṅkrānti in each month. The donor seems to be the same as Śembiyaṉ Maḻanāṭṭuvēḷāṉ mentioned in an inscription attributable to Āditya I (S.I.I. Vol. XIII, No. 313). This may be assigned to Parāntaka I.

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] yāṇṭu parakēsari•••

⟨2⟩ kku 2 iraṇṭeṉṟiṭṭā••• tū-

⟨3⟩ ṇṭoḷi ni[r*]c coṟṟuttuṟai•••

⟨4⟩ [pa]ṇṭi[la]nta ma[ṇṇo]r kutavum

⟨5⟩ maḻanāṭṭuveḷ vaittāṉ viṇ-

⟨6⟩ ṇorkkuṅ kāṭci viḷakku [||*] yā-

⟨7⟩ ṇṭu 2 āvatu kiḻāṟkūṟṟattu teva-

⟨8⟩ tāṉam tiruccoṟṟuttuṟai mahādēvaṟku

⟨9⟩ ira••••• oru n[o]••••••

⟨10⟩ uḻa[k*]keṇṇaiyāl śandrādittavaṟ••••

⟨11⟩ ṟku teṉnavaṉ maḻanāṭṭuveḷānāyiṉa ko-

⟨12⟩ ṟṟaṉ [mā]ṟaṉ vaitta poṉ 20 irupatiṉkaḻai-

⟨13⟩ ñcum koṇṭu itaṉ palicaiyā[l ney mu]-

⟨14⟩ ṭṭāme erippippomānom ivare [tiṅ]-

⟨15⟩ kaḷṭoṟum caṅki[rā]nti ney yāṭiyaruḷa

⟨16⟩ vaitta pacu [20]nāl āṇṭuvarai ne•••

⟨17⟩ 110 itu patipātamulattārum panmā-

⟨18⟩ hēśvararu[m] mirakṣai [||*] ⟨Page 18⟩

⟨SIIv19p0i0036⟩ No. 36. (A.R. No. 159 of 1931.) ON THE SAME WALL.

This is damaged from line 7 to 13. It records some endowment for burning a perpetual lamp in the temple with the daily supply of an uḻakku of ghee, by Tiruvaḍi Pūdi the headman of Kaḍalvāyil of Mīypilāṟu in Poygai-nāḍu.

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] koparakecaripanmaṟkku

⟨2⟩ yāṇṭu iraṇṭāvatu tirucco-

⟨3⟩ ṟṟuttuṟai m(ā)hādēvar[k*]ku poyk[ai]-

⟨4⟩ nāṭṭu miypilāṟṟu kaṭalvāyil ki-

⟨5⟩ ḻān tiruvaṭi pūti nicati uḻakku neyyāl

⟨6⟩ ••••••• [oru noṉtā]••••

⟨7-13⟩ •••••••••

⟨14⟩ laṉṉen itu••••tamu••••

⟨15⟩ m panmāhē[ śvara] ru[m]•••••••

⟨16⟩ kṣittār tiruvaṭi en ta••••

⟨SIIv19p0i0037⟩ No. 37. (A.R. No. 304 of 1904.) TIRUGŌKARṆAM, PUDUKKOTTAI STATE. ON THE SOUTH FACE OF THE FIRST PILLAR (FROM THE RIGHT) IN FRONT OF THE ROCK-CUT CENTRAL SHRINE IN THE GŌKARṆĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

This records the gift of a kaḻañju of gold for burning a lamp during the early morning service, in the temple of Tirugōkarṇattu-Mahādēva in Kaviram (?) a division of Valla-nāḍu by Sāma-Nāyakaṉ Kuḍaiyambaṭāraṉ of Vīraśōḻapuram (No. 39, Pud. Ins., Texts).

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] kopparakecariva-

⟨2⟩ ṉma[r*]kku yāṇṭu 3 ivāṇṭu va-

⟨3⟩ llanāṭṭu kavirapāl tirukkoka-

⟨4⟩ raṇattu māteva[r*]kku viracoḻa[pu]-

⟨5⟩ rattu cāmanāyaka[ṉ] kuṭaiyam-

⟨6⟩ paṭāra[ṉ*] ciṟukālai oru cantiviḷa-

⟨7⟩ kku erikka vaitta [p]ōṉ kaḻa-

⟨8⟩ ñcu ippo[ṉ i]ttaḷip pāratāya-

⟨9⟩ ṉ kāṭam pucaṅkaṉum cāttam

⟨10⟩ puca[ṅ]kaṉu[m*]

⟨11⟩ maḻapāṭi [ni]cca-

⟨12⟩ lum ivvaṉai-

⟨13⟩ vomvacam i-

⟨14⟩ tu cotiviḷakku

⟨15⟩ paṉmāhē-

⟨16⟩ śvararakṣai ca-

⟨17⟩ ntirādittaval e-

⟨18⟩ rippatāka [||*] ⟨Page 19⟩

⟨SIIv19p0i0038⟩ No. 38. (A.R. No. 346 of 1904.) KUḌUMIYĀMALAI, PUDUKKOTTAI STATE. ON THE EAST WALL OF THE ROCK-CUT CENTRAL SHRINE, LEFT OF ENTRANCE, MĒLAIKKŌYIL TEMPLE.

A gift of 7(1/2) kaḻañju (tuḷaippoṉ) of gold for burning a perpetual lamp in the temple of Peṟumānaḍigaḷ at Tirunalakkuṉṟam by one Araṅgaṉ Kaḷvaṉ of Pulivalam in Uṟaiyūr-kūṟṟam.

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] kopparakecaripaṉmaṟkku yāṇṭu [mūṉṟāva]-

⟨2⟩ tu tirunalakkuṉṟattup perumāṉaṭikaḷukku [no]-

⟨3⟩ ntāviḷakkoṉṟukku uṟaiyūrkūṟṟat-

⟨4⟩ tup pulivalattu araṅkaṅ kaḷva-

⟨5⟩ ṉ vaitta tuḷaippoṉ eḻuka-

⟨6⟩ ḻañcarai paṉmāhēśvara-

⟨7⟩ rakṣai |||—

⟨SIIv19p0i0039⟩ No. 39. (A.R. No. 687 of 1904.) TIRUPPĀṞKAḌAL, WALAJAPET TALUK, NORTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, KHARAPURĪŚVARA TEMPLE.

This consists of two portions, one a prose passage and the other a verse, both recording the renovation (probably) of the tiers of the central shrine of the temple of Tirukkarapuram at Kāvidippākkam alias Amanināraṇa-chaturvēdimaṅgalam in Paḍuvūr-kōṭṭam, by Śennippēraraiyaṉ Kāḍamāṉ Dīraṉ of Araśūr in Pāmbuṇi-kūṟṟam. This might be a record of Uttama-Chōḷa.

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] kopparakecarivarmma[r*]kku yāṇṭu mūṉṟāvatu paṭuvūrkkoṭṭattu 1 viti ppākkamākiya [a]maṉi-

⟨2⟩ nāraṇaccaturvvētimaṅka(ka)lattut tirukkarapuramāṉa śrīkoil pāmpaṇikkūṟṟattu aracū •••••

⟨3⟩ yāṉaṉā[ki]ya ceṉṉipperaraiyaṉ kāṭamāṉ tiraṉ putukkuppaṭai yi[ṭi]••••

⟨4⟩ yi[cu]vara irakṣai itu kāttār pātatūḷi eṉṟalaimelaṉa

⟨5⟩ peruku tiṟal ceṉṉipperaraiyaṉ tira[ṉ*] araiceyppirāṉ aḻakar-

⟨6⟩ c ceyta karapurattu maṉṉakkar [a]kku [vaṭaippaṭai] mātevar eṉṉak

⟨7⟩ kumpiṭar 1—

⟨SIIv19p0i0040⟩ No. 40. (A.R. No. 202 of 1906.) PĒRAṄGIYŪR, TIRUKKOYILUR TALUK, SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, RUINED ŚIVA TEMPLE.

This is much damaged and the sense is obscure in places. The date looks like 13 also. This seems to record an endowment of two plots of land, after their purchase of tax-free from the sabhā of the village [Pēriṅgūr] by Rudra-Divākaraṉ a resident of Eṭṭukkūr, for the daily feeding of seven Brāhmaṇas in the temple of Mūlasthānattu-Perumānaḍigaḷ. The management of this gift was vested with the sabhā itself by the donor. This is possibly an inscription of the reign of Uttama-Chōḷa. ⟨Page 20⟩

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] kopparakecaripanma[ṟ]ku yāṇṭu [3] āvatu periṅkū••••• yūrār kūṭṭa[ṅ]••••••• hmadēyam eṭṭukkūr urudradivākaraṉeṉ śrīmūlasthāṉattup perumāṉaṭikaḷukku kāṭṭa••••

⟨2⟩ nāṉāḻippa ṭiyāka••••mutukkum neyyamutukkum āka••••kkāl•••• vaiyūrk kaṇattār[p]paṭṭi eṉṉuṭaiya paṉṉiraṇṭey mukkālum irāyūrppaṭṭikaḷ nāṭṭu •••• tukkāka vaiytta ceṟuvu iraṇṭumāka ittaṉaic ceṟuvu••••

⟨3⟩ ••laiaṟa viṟṟukkuṭuttom iṟaiyiliyāka epperppaṭṭa iṟaiyu[m*] nāṅkaḷe iṟu-

⟨4⟩ ppatāka viṟṟukkuṭuttom sabhaiyom ippaṭi viṟṟu•••• ṟaiyiṉālum vantamai yaṟak koṇṭu

⟨5⟩ nicatippaṭi eḻuvar brāhmaṇarkku nicatam•• nel irunāḻi kuttalariciyum nālu kaṟiyum•••

⟨6⟩ [ḻ]ākkumāka [nicatam] uḻakku neyyum eḻuvarkkumāka aṭṭuviṉa kuṟuṇiyum••• rāyamalai oṉṟum a•••

⟨7⟩ ••••••••• ṅ kuṟuṇiyumāka ippaṭi nicati eḻuvar brāhmaṇar candrādittaval [mu]ṭṭāmai

⟨8⟩ •••• ppeṟ[ṟo]māṉom ūṭṭa [itu] muṭṭil nāṅkaḷiṭṭa bhaikṣam iddharmmañ ce[y*]vitta nakkaṉ vira[toṅka]-

⟨9⟩ •••••••• kuṭuttom innakkaṉ viraṉ ṉākaṉ śrīmūlasthāna[ṅ*][ka]ḷum maṭṭuvatāka•••••

⟨10⟩ yil śrīmūlasthāṉatte[y] ūṭṭuvippomāṉom sabhaiyom sabhaikuṟi[ yuḷḷiruntu eḻutiṉeṉ sa] bhai••••

⟨SIIv19p0i0041⟩ No. 41. (A.R. No. 207 of 1906.) ON THE SAME WALL.

This is damaged. It records a gift of three pieces of land made tax-free by the ūṛāṛ at Pāḷūr, for offerings in the temple of Śrī-Mūla[sthānam uḍai]yar-Perumānaḍigaḷ by one AppiMādēvaṉ of Parakkōvūr in Pēṟiṅgūr-nāḍu.

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] kopparakecari[ panmar] kku yāṇṭu 3 āva[tu] peṟiṅkūrnāṭṭup pa-

⟨2⟩ rakkovuḻ[ā] ṉappi mātevaṉeṉ •••• śrīmūla••••yaperumāṉa-

⟨3⟩ ṭikkup pāḷūrt teṉkāl nāṉuṭaiya puḷiya•••• muṉṟu ceṟuvum

⟨4⟩ tiruvamutukkuk kuṭutte ṉappi mātevaṉeṉ i[v]ai eṉṉeḻuttu icce

⟨5⟩ ṟuvu muṉṟum iṟaiyiliyā[ka] iṟai iḻittuk••••• pāḷūr ūrom [||*]

⟨SIIv19p0i0042⟩ No. 42. (A.R. No. 6 of 1907.) TIRUVIŚALŪR, KUMBHAKONAM TALUK, TANJAVUR DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, ŚIVAYŌGANĀTHASVĀMI TEMPLE.

This is engraved in continuation of No. 5 of 1907 (S.I.I., Vol. XIII No. 300). which is assignable to Āditya I and is in the same script. Probably it is a record of Parāntaka's reign, and it registers an endowment of a quarter śēy of land at Tiruviśalūr, by Perumāṉ Sōmāśiyār a Śeṭṭi of Aḷḷūr, to provide for the sacred bath of the god Tiruviśalūr Perumaṉaḍigaḷ.

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] kopparakesarivanma[r*]kku [yāṇ]ṭu mūṉṟāvatu tiruvica(l)lūr

⟨2⟩ perumāṉaṭika(ḷ)ḷukku tirumañcaṉappaṟṟuvataṟku aḷḷūr ceṭṭi perumāṉ comāci[yā]-

⟨3⟩ r tiruvica(l)lūriṉ teṉpakkame kāl cey kuṭu[t*]tār [||*] ⟨Page 21⟩

⟨SIIv19p0i0043⟩ No. 43. (A.R. No. 10 of 1907.) ON THE SAME WALL.

This is damaged at the end. It records an endowment of 10(1/2) kaḻañju of gold for a perpetual lamp in the temple of Tiruviśalūr-Perumāṉ at Amaninārāyaṇachaturvēdimaṅgalam, a dēvadāna and brahmadēya village on the northern bank of the river, by Rājēndraśōḻa-Mūvēnda[vēḷār] of Miḻalai-kūṟṟam, probably an officer of Rājēndra-Chōḷa I.

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*]

⟨2⟩ kopparake-

⟨3⟩ saripaṉ-

⟨4⟩ maṟku yāṇṭu

⟨5⟩ 3vatu vaṭa-

⟨6⟩ karai teva-

⟨7⟩ tāna brahma-

⟨8⟩ dēyam a-

⟨9⟩ maninārā-

⟨10⟩ yaṇacca-

⟨11⟩ turvvētima-

⟨12⟩ ṅkalat-

⟨13⟩ tu tiruvi-

⟨14⟩ calūrp pe-

⟨15⟩ rumāṉukku

⟨16⟩ cantrātitta-

⟨17⟩ vaṟ oru no-

⟨18⟩ ntāviḷa-

⟨19⟩ kku eriya

⟨20⟩ 10

⟨21⟩ poṉ

⟨22⟩ vait-

⟨23⟩ teṉ

⟨24⟩ miḻalai-

⟨25⟩ kkūṟṟa-

⟨26⟩ t[tu] nā-

⟨27⟩ ••••

⟨28⟩ vaṉ [i]rā-

⟨29⟩ centraco[ḻa]-

⟨30⟩ muventa

⟨31⟩ •••••

⟨SIIv19p0i0044⟩ No. 44. (A.R. No. 16 of 1907.) ON THE SAME WALL.

This seems to register an endowment to Tiruviśalūr-Perumāṉaḍigaḷ, of 160 kuḻi of land to the south of Pāśi-vāykkāl (channel) and north-west of Avaninārāyaṇachaturvēdimaṅgalam, by one Māḍalaṉ Śēndaṉ a resident of the place.

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] kopparakesa-

⟨2⟩ ripanma[r*]kku yāṇṭu muṉṟāva-

⟨3⟩ tu tiruvica(l)lūr perumā(ṉ)-

⟨4⟩ ṉaṭika(ḷ)ḷukku māṭalaṉ 1 ce-

⟨5⟩ ntaṉ tiruvica(l)lūraṉ kuṭut-

⟨6⟩ ta cey [avaṉinārāyaṇa] 1 catu-

⟨7⟩ rvvētimaṅkala[t*]tiṉ vaṭamel

⟨8⟩ koṭi pācivā[y*]kkā(l)liṉ teṟku

⟨9⟩ nūṟṟa(a)ṟupatu kuḻiyil pā-

⟨10⟩ • yam mu[ṉṟu]mā mukkāṇiyu 2 ⟨Page 22⟩

⟨SIIv19p0i0045⟩ No. 45. (A.R. No. 247 of 1907.) TIRUVIḌAIMARUDŪR, KUMBHAKONAM TALUK, TANJAVUR DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, MAHĀLIṄGASVĀMI TEMPLE.

This records a gift of a silver pot weighing about 144 (kaḻañju) to the temple, by a native of Pāṇḍi-[nāḍu].

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] kopparakesaripanma[r*]kku yāṇṭu [3]āvatu ḷ 197- ṉāl uṭaiyā[r*]kku •••• pāṇṭi••••

⟨2⟩ laippirāṉ iṭṭa veḷḷikkalacam 1 niṟai 144 itu panmāhēśvararakṣai |—

⟨SIIv19p0i0046⟩ No. 46. (A.R. No. 439 of 1908.) TIRUVIḺIMILALAI, NANNILAM TALUK, TANJAVUR DISTRICT. ON A PILLAR IN THE SUNDARAKUCHĀMBĀḶ SHRINE IN THE VIḶINĀTHASVĀMI TEMPLE.

This records the gift of a silver dish weighing 240 kaḻañju to hold the daily śrībali offerings to God Paramēśvara-Bhaṭāra of Tiruviḻimiḻalai by Uḍaiyār Tāntōṉri. Tanichchēvagar, by which is perhaps meant the king himself as the ‘devoted servant’ of God Tāntōṉṟi. Tiruviḻimiḻalai is said to have been a muṟṟūṭṭu-dēvadāṉa of (god) Veṇṇāṭṭu-Perumāṉār. This is engraved immediately below No. 438 of 1908 mentioning one Arikulakēsari-Viḻupparaiyaṉ. This might be assigned to Ariñjaya, instead of to Vijayālaya as is surmised in M.E.R. for 1909. Part II, para 35.

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] koppa[ra*]kesaripa-

⟨2⟩ nmarkku yāṇṭu 2 āvatiṉ e-

⟨3⟩ tirāmāṇṭu mēṣanāyaṟṟu ve-

⟨4⟩ ṇṇā[ṭṭu]p perumāṉār muṟṟū-

⟨5⟩ ṭṭut tevatāṉan tirumaḻalai-

⟨6⟩ t tiruviḻimiḻalai uṭaiya paramē-

⟨7⟩ śvarabhaṭṭāra[r*]kku śrīpali koṇ-

⟨8⟩ ṭeḻuntaruḷa

⟨9⟩ śrīpalittāla-

⟨10⟩ māka uṭaiyār

⟨11⟩ tāṉtoṉṟi tta-

⟨12⟩ (ta)ṉiccevaka-

⟨13⟩ r iṭṭa śrīpali-

⟨14⟩ ttālam veḷ-

⟨15⟩ ḷḷi niṟai iru-

⟨16⟩ nūṟṟu nāṟpa-

⟨17⟩ tiṉ kaḻaiñcu

⟨18⟩ itu panmāhē-

⟨19⟩ śvararakṣai || ⟨Page 23⟩

⟨SIIv19p0i0047⟩ No. 47. (A.R. No. 377 of 1909.) SIDDHALIṄGAMAḌAM, TIRUKKOYILUR TALUK, SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE MAṆḌAPA IN FRONT OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, VYĀGHRAPĀDĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

The inscription is left incomplete. It records an endowment of land at Vilivalam to provide for offerings, etc. and for burning a perpetual lamp in the temple of Tiruppulippagavar at Śiṟṟiṅgūr a brahmadēya in Kurukkai-kūṟṟam a subdivision of Milāḍu. The donor's name is lost.

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] kopparakecaripanmarkku yāṇṭu mūnṟāvatu malāṭṭuk kuṟukkaikkūṟṟattu brahmadēyam ciṟṟiṅkūr uṭaiyār tiruppulipakavarkku tiruvamutupaṭi uḷḷiṭṭiṉattukku vili valamāṉa uḷḷūrkku

⟨2⟩ ellai kiḻpā[r*]kku[el]lai koṭiyūr e[l*]laikkum kuṇa[malai]pāṭi e[l*]laikkum meṟkkum tenpār[k*]ke[l*]lai keṭila[t*]tukku vaṭakkum melpār[k*]ke[l*]lai malaiyanūr e[l*]laikku kiḻakkum vaṭapārkke[l*]lai

⟨3⟩ koṭiyūrellaikku teṟkum āka ivvicainta nāṟperellaiyu ḷakappaṭṭa ṉilam tirununtā viḷakkoṉṟukkum tiruvamutupaṭi uḷḷiṭṭinattukkum u-

⟨4⟩ dakapūrvam pa[ṇ*]ṇik••••••

⟨SIIv19p0i0048⟩ No. 48. (A.R. No. 720 of 1909.) ĀLAMBĀKKAM, LALGUDI TALUK, TIRUCHIRAPALLI DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, KAILĀSANĀTHA TEMPLE.

This records an endowment of land made by the sabhā of Dantipanmamaṅgalam a brahmadēya on the northern bank of the river, to provide for the (daily) procession of the god within the prākāra, in the temple of Amarēśvara-Perumāḷ of their village. The inscription seems to be assignable to Parāntaka I.

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] kopparakesarivarma[r*]kku yāṇṭu 3- āvatu vaṭakarai brahma-

⟨2⟩ teya dantipaṉmamaṅkalattu sabhaiyom emmur amareśvaraperu-

⟨3⟩ māḷukku cennaṭaikku yāṅkaḷ paṇittukkuṭutta nilamāvatu ki-

⟨4⟩ ḻaikkaṭai vāyilniṉṟu kiḻakkunokkip poṉa peruvaḻikku vaṭakku ce-

⟨5⟩ ntaṉvā[y*]kku me[ṟ*]kku tevarkuḷattukkut teṟkkum matiḷukku kiḻakkum ivvi-

⟨6⟩ caitta perunāṉkellaiyil uḷppaṭa nilam uṇṇilamoḻiviṉṟi

⟨7⟩ cennaṭaikkup paṇittukkuṭuttom sabhaiyom ||

⟨SIIv19p0i0049⟩ No. 49. (A.R. No. 81 of 1910.) TIRUVEḶḶAṞAI, LALGUDI TALUK, TIRUCHIRAPALLI DISTRICT. ON THE ROCK IN FRONT OF THE JAMBUNĀTHASVĀMI TEMPLE.

This is possibly an inscription of Parāntaka I. It seems to record a gift of land after purchase at Nṛipatuṅga-maṅgalam a brahmadēya village, by a private individual for worship and offerings to the god within the main shrine as uṇṇāḻigaippuṟam in the temple of Tiruvānaikkal-Perumāṉaḍigaḷ at Tiruveḷḷaṟai. ⟨Page 24⟩

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] kopparakecaripaṉma[r*]

⟨2⟩ ku yāṇṭu 3 āvatu tiruveḷḷa-

⟨3⟩ ṟait tiruvāṉaikkalp perumā-

⟨4⟩ ṉaṭikaḷukkup piramateyam ni-

⟨5⟩ rupatoṅkamaṅkalattu mi-

⟨6⟩ yūrvāyttalaiyiṉ mel-

⟨7⟩ pakkattāl kāl cey uṇṇāḻikaip-

⟨8⟩ [puṟa]māka 1 •••••

⟨9⟩ vaṉ vilaikoṇṭu•••••

⟨10⟩ ttā•••••••••

⟨SIIv19p0i0050⟩ No. 50. (A.R. No. 248 of 1911.) KUMBHAKŌṆAM, KUMBHAKONAM TALUK, TANJAVUR DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, NĀGĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

This records a gift of a quarter (vēli) of land after its purchase for 25 kaḻañju of gold, by Pūvaṉ Kaṇṇaṉ of Neḍumpuṟaiyār in Malai-nāḍu, for burning a perpetual lamp in the temple of Tirukkīḻkōṭṭattu-Paramasvāmi at Tirukkuḍamukkil. The writing is similar to that of No. 96 below. This is probably assignable to Parāntaka I.

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] koppara-

⟨2⟩ kecaripa[nma]ṟku yāṇṭu

⟨3⟩ 3 āvatu vaṭakaraip pā-

⟨4⟩ mpūrnāṭṭut tevatāṉa-

⟨5⟩ n tirukkuṭamukkil tiruk-

⟨6⟩ kiḻkoṭṭattu parama-

⟨7⟩ svāmikku malaināṭṭu

⟨8⟩ neṭumpuṟaiyūrp pūvaṅ-

⟨9⟩ kaṇṇaṉ vaitta n[o]-

⟨10⟩ ntāviḷakku oṉṟu[k*]ku [vai*]-

⟨11⟩ tta poṉ 25••

⟨12⟩ p poṉṉukku

⟨13⟩ nilamāṟāka eḻuti

⟨14⟩ kuṭutta nilam k[āl]

⟨15⟩ yi[ni*]lam cakkaṟa cuṟṟil

⟨16⟩ kāṟṟe[y*]yuṅ koṇṭu i-

⟨17⟩ vviḷakku cantrātita[val*]

⟨18⟩ erippomāṉom [teva*]-

⟨19⟩ [ka]ṉmikaḷom [||*] ⟨Page 25⟩

⟨SIIv19p0i0051⟩ No. 51. (A.R. No. 276 of 1916.) TIRAKKŌL, WANDIWASH TALUK, NORTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON THE EAST FACE OF THE BOULDER CONTAINING JAINA IMAGES.

This is partly damaged. It seems to record some provision including (?) a gift of 200 sheep for the daily supply of 2 nāḻi of ghee and 10 nāḻi of oil to the Jaina temple•• Maiśitta-Perumbaḷḷi at Śrī-Daṇḍapuram in Poṉṉūr-nāḍu a subdivision of Veṇkuṉṟa-kōṭṭam, by one Eṟa-Nandi alias Naratoṅga-Pallavaraiyaṉ of Nelvēli in Nelvēli-nāḍu of Paṉaiyūr-nāḍu a division of Chōḷa-nāḍu. This Nelvēli is probably the same as one of the two villages of the name Nemmēli in the Nannilam and the Nagapattinam talukas of the Tanjavur district.

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī(ri) [||*] [kopparakecaripa]-

⟨2⟩ [ṉma][ṟ*]kku yāṇṭu muṉṟāvatu coḻanāṭṭu-

⟨3⟩ t teṉkaraip paṉaiyūrnāṭṭu nelvelināṭṭu

⟨4⟩ nelveliyuṭaiyāṉ eṟaṉantiyākiya naratoṅka-

⟨5⟩ ppallavaraiyaṉ veṇkuṉṟakkoṭṭattu-

⟨6⟩ p poṉṉūrnāṭṭu śrītaṇṭapurattu

⟨7⟩ ••• [m]aicitta perumpaḷḷi irukkuṅ kura••• ṉārkku cantirāti-

⟨8⟩ ttaruḷḷayaḷavun nicatippaṭi aṭṭu••• ney irunāḻiyum

⟨9⟩ eṇṇai patiṉāḻiyum nicatippaṭi••• ṭuvatāka vai-

⟨10⟩ ttāṉ itu muṭṭāme aṭṭuvippa••• runūṟu āṭu-

⟨11⟩ m koṇṭu aṭṭuvippāṉṉāṉā••• itu mu-

⟨12⟩ ṭṭuvatāyil ippaḷ-

⟨13⟩ ḷikku miccavaiyārk-

⟨14⟩ kum piḻaittārāvār

⟨15⟩ ippaḷḷiyāḷar ||

⟨SIIv19p0i0052⟩ No. 52. (A.R. No. 952 of 1918.) PAḺŪR, TIRUCHIRAPALLI TALUK, TIRUCHIRAPALLI DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, SUNDARĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

This records the re-allotment in certain proportions, to the deities in three shrines, of 10(1/2) mā of the old dēvadāna land belonging to the temple of Nakkar Paramēśvarar of Paḻuvūr in Viḷattūr-nāḍu, and originally intended for the daily supply of 6 nāḻi of rice for offerings to the god in the main shrine (tiruvuṇṇāḻigai).

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] kopparakecaripaṉmaṟku yāṇṭu 3- ṟāvatu viḷattūrnāṭṭup paḻuvūr nakkar koyil parameśvarar paḻan tevatāṉam paṭi yeḻutiyatu tiruvuṇṇāḻikaippuṟam tiruvamu-

⟨2⟩ tukku nicati arici patteṭṭukkuttal aṟunāḻippaṭiyāka ceyta nilam teṉtirukkoyil muṉṟumāvum itaṉ vaṭavāy iraṇṭumāvum [ittiru]kkoyil araikkālum-

⟨3⟩ māka nilam eṟṟi araiye araimā [||*] ⟨Page 26⟩

⟨SIIv19p0i0053⟩ No. 53. (A.R. No. 355 of 1918.) ON THE SAME WALL.

Like the inscription No. 52 above, this also re-records (from an older document) the ownership by the temple of three pieces of land which had been granted to it as archanābhōga (for worship).

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] kopparakecaripaṉmaṟku

⟨2⟩ yāṇṭu 3- ṟāvatu viḷattūrnāṭṭup

⟨3⟩ paḻuvūr parameśvarar paḻaṉtevatānam paṭi

⟨4⟩ yeḻutiyatu māṇi iraṇṭu niyatiyum muṭṭāma-

⟨5⟩ ṟ ceyvatāka ceytukuṭu[t*]ta nilam aricciṉāpo-

⟨6⟩ kam puṉkorumāvaraiyum kaṇavatiyu muḷḷiṭṭu ni-

⟨7⟩ laṉ nālu mākkāṇiyum itaṉ kiḻai mukkāṇiyu-

⟨8⟩ m panañcey [||*]

⟨SIIv19p0i0054⟩ No. 54. (A.R. No. 358 of 1918.) ON THE SAME WALL.

This registers an endowment of land tax-free, for the (maintenance of the) priests performing worship in the temple of Paramēśvara at Tiruppaḻūr, by Araṅgaṉ Veṇṇāval of Kāraikkuḍi in Viḷattūr-nāḍu. The land seems to have needed some improvement which was left to be effected by the beneficiary.

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] kopparakecaripaṉma[ṟ*]kku yāṇṭu 3-

⟨2⟩ āvatu viḷattūrnāṭṭu kāraikkuṭi kāraikkuṭāṉ araṅka-

⟨3⟩ ṉ veṇṇāvaleṉ tiruppaḻūr parameśvararai tiruvārā-

⟨4⟩ tiṉai ceyvārkku caṉtirātittavaṟku nilkka cey[ta] nilamāva-

⟨5⟩ tu vaṭapālkellai pāḷurvayakkalukku teṟkum kiḻpā-

⟨6⟩ ṟkellai kalkuṭiellaikku me[ṟ*]kkum teṉpāṟkellai

⟨7⟩ maṇalorumāvarai kotta[t*]tukku kiḻakkum pa[ḷi]ce[y*]kku va-

⟨8⟩ ṭakkum nilimukkāṇikku kiḻakkum aṅkeya teṉ va•• ḻikaṟai-

⟨9⟩ kku kiḻakkum aṅkey tevatāṉattukkuk kiḻakkum•••••

⟨10⟩ •••••• akappaṭṭa•••••• ḻiviṉṟi [u]-

⟨11⟩ •••• kku iṟaiyum eccoṟum iṟātitākavum veṭṭi vetiṉai

⟨12⟩ •••• tatākavum ikkaṟai tevare kalli (v)eyakkikoḷvatākavum

⟨13⟩ [ip]paricu tevatāṉam yokiyārkku ce[y*]tukuṭutteṉ kāraikkuṭi

⟨14⟩ ••ṭaiyeṉ araṅka veṇṇāvaleṉ itu paṉmāheśvara rakṣai [||*]

⟨SIIv19p0i0055⟩ No. 55. (A.R. No. 19 of 1929.) TIRUMAḺAVĀḌI, UDAIYARPALAYAM TALUK, TIRUCHIRAPALLI DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, VAIDYANĀTHA TEMPLE.

This registers a gift of 4 mā of land at Tennūr in Kalaiyamaṅgalam a brahma dāya and dēvadāna of Kīḻpilāṟu, a sub-division of Poygai-nāḍu, for maintaining a petual lamp in the temple of Tirumaḻuvādi-Mahādēva, by Ariñjigai Kēṇi the ⟨Page 27⟩ daughter of Mūtta-Uḍaiyār [the elder lord ?]. She is stated to have purchased it for 20 kaḻañju of gold including the cost of tax-exemption, while the kīḻ-mudal right over the land had been already gifted away to the temple by one Guṇāṟṟiyaṉ (Guṇāḍhya) T[r*]iyambakaṉ of Kalaiyamaṅgalam.

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] kopparakecaripanmarkku yāṇṭu 3āvatu tirumaḻuvāṭi mahādēvarkku nicatam uḻakku ne[y*]yāl oru nontāviḷa-

⟨2⟩ kku erippataṟku mut[ta] uṭaiyār makaḷār aṟiñcik[ai] keṇiyen po[y*]kaināṭṭu kiḻpilāṟṟu tevatāna bra[hma*]dēya-

⟨3⟩ m ka[lai]ya[ma]ṅkalattu [kuṇā]ṟṟiyan tiyampakan tevan tirumaḻa[pā]ṭi mahādēvarkku kiḻmutal tā[nam] aṭṭina nilam

⟨4⟩ kalai[yamaṅkalat]tu tennūr nālmāceykku ellai kiḻpāṟ[k]kellai [ciṟuvaṇṭur na]tta[t*]tukku meṟkum tenpāṟ-

⟨5⟩ kellai uḷciṟuvāykkālukku vaṭakkum melpālkellai oḻukkaikku kiḻakkum vaṭapāṟkellai tevarorumāvukku teṟkkum ivvicaitta perunānkellaiyilu-

⟨6⟩ m akappaṭṭa nilam ūril vāypaṭai nānkum[āc]cey uḷḷa kalam uṭaiya veḷḷāḷan aruḷan pakaiyaṉai conṟa pon patinaiṅkaḻañcu patinaiṅkaḻañcum ūriṭu varippā-

⟨7⟩ ṭṭāl vanta iṟai eppeṟpaṭṭutukkum paliceyālk kuṭutta pon aiṅkaḻañcu aiṅkaḻañcum āka pon irupatiṉkaḻañcum kuṭuttu cey koṇṭu kuṭutten aṟiñcikai keṇiyen itu cantrā- ti[c*]ca-

⟨8⟩ val itu panmāhēśvararakṣai |—

⟨SIIv19p0i0056⟩ No. 56. (A.R. No. 12 of 1920.) ON THE WEST WALL OF THE SAME SHRINE.

This records a gift of 10 kaḻañju of gold by one Vai[va]ḻippākkam-uḍaiyāṉ Perumānandi of Vēśālippāḍi, which was left in charge of the sabhā of Kalaiyamaṅgalam who were to measure 2 nāḻi of rice for offering to the god on the days of Tiruvādirai (every month), and to feed five persons in the temple with this consecrated food.

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] kopparakecari-

⟨2⟩ panmarkku yāṇṭu 3- āvatu tiru-

⟨3⟩ maḻuvāṭi panmanāvabhaṭṭariṭaikku

⟨4⟩ prameyanti[ru]vecālippāṭi vai-

⟨5⟩ [va]ḻipākkamuṭaiyān perum[ā*]nanti ta-

⟨6⟩ n dhanmamāka kalaiyamaṅkalattu sabhaiyārkku dānamāka taṅkaḷ sabhaiypālā[ka] taṅkaḷ tiruvā[ti]rainānṟu pe-

⟨7⟩ rumānaṭikaḷukku tiruvamutu arici irunāḻi kuṭuttu anṟu tāṅkaḷ aiyvar śrīkoyi[li]ley uṇpatāka-

⟨8⟩ vum koṇṭa pon patiṉkaḻañcu itu cantirātittaval panmāhēśvararakṣai [||*]

⟨SIIv19p0i0057⟩ No. 57. (A.R. No. 107 of 1920.) ĀDIGUḌI, LALGUDI TALUK, TIRUCHIRAPALLI DISTRICT. ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE DOORWAY LEADING TO THE CENTRAL SHRINE, AṄKURĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

This registers an endowment of land by Bālāśriyan Āṉai Pūdi and Āṉai Śiva-Baṭṭālakaṉ two residents of Tiruvādikuḍi a brahmadēya in Kīḻ-kūṟu of Kalārkkūṟṟam a subdivision of Maḻa-nāḍu on the northern bank of the river, for feeding ⟨Page 28⟩ 25 Brāhmaṇas on each of the 7 days of festival in the month of Māśi in the temple of Īśvara-Bhaṭṭāraka, and for a special offering to the god on the last day [tiruvēṭṭaināṉṟu], when the god was taken out in procession ‘for hunting’. This is probably an inscription of Parāntaka I.

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] kop-

⟨2⟩ parakesari parmmaṟku

⟨3⟩ yāṇṭu 3- vatu va-

⟨4⟩ ṭakarai maḻanāṭṭu

⟨5⟩ kalārkkūṟṟattu-

⟨6⟩ k kiḻkūṟṟu brahma-

⟨7⟩ teyan tiruvā-

⟨8⟩ tikuṭi raśvarabhaṭṭā-

⟨9⟩ [ra*]kaṟku mācit tiruvi-

⟨10⟩ ḻā veḻu nāḷum ni-

⟨11⟩ catam 25 brāha-

⟨12⟩ ṇa ruṇṇavum

⟨13⟩ tiruveṭṭainā[ṉ]-

⟨14⟩ [ṟu] peruntiruvami-

⟨15⟩ rtukkumāka ivvū-

⟨16⟩ r pālāṣriya ṉāṉai

⟨17⟩ pūtiyu māṉai śiva-

⟨18⟩ paṭṭālakaṉu mivvi-

⟨19⟩ ru vome••••[i]-

⟨20⟩ kkuṭutta kaṭuka••••

⟨21⟩ ṭittiṭalukkuk ki-

⟨22⟩ ḻpāṟkellai i-

⟨23⟩ ttevar nilat-

⟨24⟩ tukku meṟkum te-

⟨25⟩ ṟkellai ūrni-

⟨26⟩ lamāṉa kāṟcey-

⟨27⟩ kku miruvacavaiya-

⟨28⟩ raiykkālukku vaṭa-

⟨29⟩ kku meṟkellai [pa]-

⟨30⟩ ṟattuṭavaiykku

⟨31⟩ [mi]ṭaiykkaṟai muk-

⟨32⟩ kāṇikku kiḻakkum

⟨33⟩ vaṭakkellai vaṭa-

⟨34⟩ koṭi orumāvaraiy-

⟨35⟩ kku teṟku mivvicai-

⟨36⟩ tta ellaiyu ḷakap-

⟨37⟩ paṭṭa nilam••• mā

⟨38⟩ ic ••••• *39 ñ candrādityavaṟ

⟨40⟩ ceytu kuṭutto-

⟨41⟩ mivviruvom i-

⟨42⟩ nnilam kalliṉā-

⟨43⟩ ṉ appi kiḻavan

⟨44⟩ itu panmāhē-

⟨45⟩ śvararakṣai [||*]

⟨SIIv19p0i0058⟩ No. 58. (A.R. No. 556 of 1920.) UḌAIYARKUḌI NEAR KĀṬṬUMANNĀRKŌYIL, CHIDAMBARAM TALUK, SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, ANANTĪŚVARA TEMPLE.

This records a gift of 13(1/2) kaḻañju of gold (for the purchase of 96 sheep) deposited with the maṉṟāḍikkalanai (assembly) including the vāriyaṉ (executive ?) of Vīranārāyaṇa-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, for burning a perpetual lamp in the temple of Tiruvanantīśvarattu-Paramasvāmi, by Kāṭṭukuṟi Yajña-Kramavittaṉ a resident of Paṇḍitavatsala-chēri a quarter of the village. This might be assigned to Uttama-Chōḷa in whose 3rd year the details Makā1ra, Thursday, Aviṭṭam corresponded to A.D. 972, January 18, f.d.n. 86. Paṇḍitavatsala was a surname of Parāntaka I.

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [|*] kopparakecaripaṉmaṟku yāṇṭu 3- āvatu vaṭakaraip piramate-

⟨2⟩ cam śrīviranārāyaṇacaturvvētimaṅkalattu vāriyaṉuḷḷiṭṭa maṉṟā-

⟨3⟩ ṭikkalaṉaiyom ivūr tiruvaṉantiśvarattu paramasvāmi[k*]ku oṭṭi śilā[lēkhai]

⟨4⟩ ceytukuṭutta paricāvatu [|*] ivvūr śrī paṇṭitavatsalacceri kāṭṭukkuṟi yañña-

⟨5⟩ kramavittaṉ ivvāṭṭai makaranāyaṟṟu(nāyaṟṟu) vicāḻakkiḻamai peṟṟa aviṭṭa mu- ⟨Page 29⟩

⟨6⟩ talāka cantrādityavat oru nontāviḷak kiravum pakalu merivataṟku kuṭutta po-

⟨7⟩ •••• poṉ patiṉmukkaḻañcarai poṉṉuṅ koṇṭu toṇ[ṇūṟā]ṭṭāl nicati uḻakku neyya-

⟨8⟩ ṭṭakaṭavomāka veṭṭi śilālēkhai (v)airaiyntukuṭuttom vāriyaṉ uḷḷiṭṭa

⟨9⟩ maṉṟāṭikkalaṉaiyom idharma-

⟨10⟩ m rakṣippār muvāyirattaṟunū-

⟨11⟩ ṟu tiruvaṭiiṉuṭaiya rakṣai [||*]

⟨SIIv19p0i0059⟩ No. 59. (A.R. No. 559 of 1920.) ON THE SAME WALL.

This is also probably a record of Uttama-Chōḷa and registers a similar gift by Śōlaipirāṉ-Kramavittaṉ of the gōṭṭam (gōshṭha-assembly) of Paṇḍitavatsalachchēri, who left it in charge of the maṉṟāḍikkalanai for burning a perpetual lamp.

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [|*] kopparakecaripaṉmar[k*]ku yāṇṭu muṉṟāvatu vaṭakarai brahmadēyam śrīviranārāyaṇaccaturvvēdimaṅka-

⟨2⟩ lattu vāriyaṉuḷḷiṭṭa maṉṟāṭikalaṉaiyom ivvūrt tiruvaṉantiśvarattu paramasvāmikku oṭṭi [śi]lālē-

⟨3⟩ khai ceytukuṭutta paricāvatu ivvūr śrīpaṇḍitavatsalaceri gōṭṭattu colaipirāṉ kramavitta ṉi-

⟨4⟩ tteva[ṟ]ku cantrādityava[t] oru nontāviḷakkerivataṟku vaitta poṉ 13 ippatiṉmukkaḻañ-

⟨5⟩ carai poṉṉum ivvāṭṭai ṛṣabhanāyaṟṟu cev[vāyk]kiḻamai••••••• koṇṭu

⟨6⟩ koṇṭa vāṭu toṇṇuṟṟāṟu ittoṇṇū-•••••••••

⟨7⟩ kku oṉṟu [ candrā] ditavat aṭṭi tirunontāviḷak kerippataṟku śilālēkhai ceytu kuṭuttom vāriyaṉuḷḷi-

⟨8⟩ ṭṭa maṉṟāṭikkalaṉaiyom idharmma•••••••••

⟨SIIv19p0i0060⟩ No. 60. (A.R. No. 582 of 1920.) ON THE WEST WALL OF THE SAME SHRINE.

This is incomplete. It registers an endowment of land made after purchase ing the same from the sabhā of the eastern portion (kīḻai-kaṇḍam) of Parakēsarichchēri, by Mūttaṉ Kāmaṉ alias Nārā[ya*]ṇa-Viḻuppērarayaṉ for the daily offering of a sweet dish called akkāraḍiyal to the god. The ingredients for this preparation are given as follows: rice-4 nāḻi: dol-2 nāḻi: milk-4 nāḻi: ripe plantains-10: sugar-14 palam: and ghee-1 uḻakku.

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] kopparakecaripaṉmaṟku yāṇṭu 3 āvatu vaṭakarai brahmadēyam śrīviranārā yaṇaccaturvvēdimaṅgalattu tiruvanantēśvarattu bha[ṭṭā]rakarai candrādityavat niyatam akkāraṭiyallamutu ceyvataṟku mūttaṉ kāmaṉāṉa nārāyaṇaviḻupperāyaṉ ivvūr parakēsaricceri kiḻaikaṇ-

⟨2⟩ ṭattu sabhai yārpakkal vilaikoṇṭu kuṭutta nilattāl nittam nāṉāḻi yariciyum parup pirunāḻiyum pāl nāṉāḻiyum vāḻaippaḻam pattum carkkarai [14]palam ney uḻa kk um [o]rumaiyuḷ akkāraṭalaikku nikkiniṉṟa••••• iraṇṭu nontā viḷakk u1 iṉṉilam viranārāyaṇacceri kurovi nārāyaṇakramavi- ⟨Page 30⟩

⟨SIIv19p0i0061⟩ No. 61. (A.R. No. 602 of 1920.) ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE SAME SHRINE.

This records a gift of 12(1/2) kaḻañju of gold for burning a perpetual lamp before the image of Chandraśēkhara-Perumāḷ in the temple, by Pañchavanmādēvi the consort (araiśi) of Araiyaṉ Mahimālayaṉ alias Parāntaka-Muttaraiyaṉ. The maṉṟāḍikkalanai of the place received the amount and agreed to supply an uḻakku of ghee daily for the purpose. This is probably an inscription of Uttama-Chōḷa.

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] kopparakecaripaṉmaṟkku yāṇṭu 3- āvatu vaṭakarai brahmadēyam śrīviranārāyaṇa- ccaturvvēdimaṅgalattu tiruvanantēśvarattu candraśēkharapperumāḷukku araiyaṉ mahimālayaṉāṉa [ parānta] kamuttaraiyaṉ araici[yāṉa] pañcavaṉmātevi ca-

⟨2⟩ ndrādityavat oru nontāviḷakkiṉukkuk kuṭutta poṉ 12 ippoṉ paṉṉirukaḻañ caraiyum koṇṭu ivvūr maṉṟāṭikkalaṉaiyom nitta muḻakku ney yaṭṭuvomāṉom ||

⟨SIIv19p0i0062⟩ No. 62. (A.R. No. 605 of 1920.) ON THE SAME WALL.

This is incomplete. It records an allotment of lands belonging to the temple, among the members of the establishment in certain proportions according to the emoluments they were till now receiving (in cash), made by Kaṇḍiyūr Dēvaṉ-Dēvaṉ of Bhuvanachūḷāmaṇichchēri the managing officer of the temple (śrīkāryam tiruttugiṉṟa), on an order received from three madhyasthas representing the wards Tribhuvanamahādēvichchēri, Kōdaṇḍarāmachchēri and Vīraśrīkāmukachchēri in the assembly of 120 members holding office of the grāma-kāryam for the year beginning with the Ṛishabha month. This transaction was also ordered to be engraved on the walls of the śrīvimāna. To the names of two madhyasthas is added the expression Peruṅkāvidi indicative of some title which seems to have carried with it the grant of a free-hold land, as seen in the word kāvidikkāṇi found in No. 63 below. This is probably an inscription of Uttama-Chōḷa.

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] kopparakesarivarmmarkku yāṇṭu 3- āvatu vaṭakarai brahmadēyam śrīviranārā yaṇaccaturvvēdimaṅgalattu tiruvanantēśvarattu paramasvāmi śrīkāryyantiruttukiṉṟa • bhuvanacūḷāmaṇicceri kaṇṭiyūr tevaṉ [t*]ev(ā)ṉeṉ eṉṉai ivvāṇṭu ṛṣabhanāyaṟumutal samvatsaram grāmakāryyantiruttukiṉṟa 120var perumakkaḷi[l*] paramasvāmiyai abhiṣēkañ ceyvārkkum paricarikkum māṇikaḷukkum istānamuṭaiya śivabrāhmaṇar- kkum śrībalikoṭṭu muvaccarkkum tirumeykāppārkkun tiruvalakiṭṭu tirumeḻukkiṭuvārkkum tirunantavāṉa miṟaikkuṅ kuṭikaḷukkum maṟṟu mepperppaṭṭārum vevveṟu vaccaṟpaṭi peṟa uṭaiyārkku avvavar peṟum paṭikkut takkavāṟu dēvaruṭaiya nilaṅkaḷile-

⟨2⟩ y tribhuvanamahādēviccer madhyasthan tiruveḷḷaṟaip peruṅkāvitiyum śrīkodaṇḍarāmacceri madhyasthan vāṉavaṉmahādēvip peruṅ(ruṅ)kāvitiyum eḻuttiṉāl nilanivantamaṭaittu candrādityavat niṟpataṟku śilālēkhaiyāka śrīvimānattiley veṭṭuvittuk kāṇi ceytukuṭukkaveṉṟu viraśrīkāmukacceri madhyasthan alaṅkārottamaṉākiya kūttaṉeḻut tiṉāl śrīmukantara nāṉiśrīmukappaṭi tiruveḷḷaṟaip peruṅkāvitiyaiyum vāṉavaṉ mātevip peruṅkāvitiyaiyum vaiyttivarkaḷ eḻuttiṉāl dēvar nilaṅkaḷil nilanivanta maṭaittuk kāṇiyākak kallil veṭṭiṉapaṭi sthānamuṭaiya śivabrahmaṇar kauśikaṉ sarvvānmaśivar makaṉ aiññūṟṟuvabhaṭṭaṉākiya jñānaśivabhaṭṭa(rā)ṉ māsamprati uṭaiya nāḷ 7- m mivaṉ ṟampi viranāraṇapaṭṭaṉuṭaiya ⟨Page 31⟩

⟨3⟩ nāḷ 5- m kāśyapa ṉbhṛkupri yaṉ śrīkaṇṭaṉuṭaiya nāḷ9 m kauśikaṉ kūttaṉ centaṉuntampimārumuṭaiya nāḷ32 mbhāradvāji iḷaiyāṉ paramēśvara ṉstrīdhana- muṭaiya nāḷ 32 m kāppiyaṉ tiruvāḷaṉ paṭṭālakaṉuṭaiya nāḷ12 māka ivarkaḷip paricuṭaiya nāḷāliśrīkoyil kūttapperumāḷaiyumṛṣabhavāha napperumāḷaiyum mutalāka maṟṟumuḷḷa tirumeṉikaḷaiyellāmarcci ppāṉoruvaṉu mivva[k*]ai paricarippā ṉoruvaṉum ••• taṭuvā ṉoruvaṉum••••ttu tiruvamitu kāṭṭuvā ṉoruvaṉumśrībali kku viḷakkumdhū pamum piṭippā ṉoruvaṉum parikalaṅkaḷ māṟṟip pūcakkaṭavā ṉoruvaṉumāka ippaṇikaḷ ceytuṭaiyā raṟuvarkku makappaṭa mutaleṟṟi nicata morottarkku ākiccaṟpaṭi1- māka tu * •••••

⟨SIIv19p0i0063⟩ No. 63. (A.R. No. 549 of 1921.) PUḶḶAMAṄGAI NEAR PAŚUPATIKŌYIL, PAPANASAM TALUK, TANJAVUR DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, BRAHMAPURĪŚVARA TEMPLE.

The details of the date given in the inscription correspond to A.D. 973, March 13, in the reign of Uttama-Chōḷa. The record states that the mahāsabhā of Puḷḷamaṅgalam a brahmadēya village in Kiḻār-kūṟṟam, which met together after beat of drum in the court-yard in front of the temple of Tiruvālandurai, sold tax-free a land 1(1/2) mā in extent, situated in Kaṇḍamaṅgalam (another brahmadēya village) to the temple of Kāḷāpiḍāri in the centre of their village, for 25 Īḻakkāśu received from the karaṇattār of that locality. This land is stated to have been confiscated out of the 3 mā belonging as kāvidikkāṇi to Tiruveṇkāṭṭaḍigaḷ alias Eḻunūṟṟaimbattunālvaṉ the madhyastha of the village and his brothers, as the former failed to render account for the money and paddy left in his charge for disbursement to certain Veḷḷāḷas and Brāhmaṇas.

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] kopparakecaripaṉma-

⟨2⟩ ṟki yāṇṭu 2 āvatiṉ etirāmā-

⟨3⟩ ṇṭu kiḻāṟkūṟṟattu brahmadēya-

⟨4⟩ m puḷḷamaṅkalattu mahāsabhai-

⟨5⟩ yom ivvāṇṭu miṉanāyaṟṟu-

⟨6⟩ c cevvāykkiḻamai peṟṟa aviṭ[ṭa]-

⟨7⟩ ttiṉāṉṟu paṟaiya[ṟ*]aintu tiruvā-

⟨8⟩ lantuṟai mu[ṉpil]vācal [māṭa]-

⟨9⟩ tte kūṭiyiruntu sabhaiyom

⟨10⟩ viṟṟukkuṭutta nilam vilaiyā-

⟨11⟩ vaṇam ivvūr naṭuviṟceri tiruma-

⟨12⟩ ṇimaṇṭakamuṭaiya kāḷāpiṭā[ rikku] nā-

⟨13⟩ ṅkaḷ viṟṟukkuṭutta nilamāvatu ivvū-

⟨14⟩ r•••• brahmadēyam śrīkaṇṭamaṅkala-

⟨15⟩ ttu nāṅkaḷ viṟṟa nilattukkuk kiḻpāṟke-

⟨16⟩ llai vaṭukaṉvāykku me[ṟ*]kkum kaṇṇāṟṟu-

⟨17⟩ kku vaṭakkum āritaṉ kovaṉ paṟpanāpaṉ

⟨18⟩ nilattukku kiḻakkum••••paṟpanā-

⟨19⟩ pa nilattukkum kāppiyaṉ cerntaṉ mā-

⟨20⟩ teva ṉilattukku teṟku••••••• ⟨Page 32⟩

⟨21⟩ immūṉṟu māvil ivvūr madhyasta••

⟨22⟩ tiruveṇkāṭṭaṭikaḷāṉa 754vaṉu-

⟨23⟩ m tampimārum kāvitikkāṇiyāl piṟantuṭai-

⟨24⟩ ya immūṉṟu māvile mma4 ceyyum ip-

⟨25⟩ piṭāriyārkku viṟṟukkuṭutta paricāvatu i-

⟨26⟩ v veḻunūṟṟaimpattunālvaṉ itaṉ muṉ-

⟨27⟩ ṉai••••ivvūrkkaṇakkuc ceyvān••• cun-

⟨28⟩ taracoḻamu[tta]raiyarāna pirāntakamuttarai[yar*]kku

⟨29⟩ ••••••••• ṟṟukkala nellu ivvūr mel-

⟨30⟩ ṭuttuva[rum] ṉellil āyirattirunūṟṟa-

⟨31⟩ mpatin kala nellukku sabhai-

⟨32⟩ yom paṇittu kkuṭuttava-

⟨33⟩ [rai]yum maṟṟum ūril veḷḷā-

⟨34⟩ ḷaraiyum brāhmaṇaraiyuṅ

⟨35⟩ kkāṭṭi iṭuvicca kācum paya-

⟨36⟩ ṟum ippayaṟum nellum

⟨37⟩ kācum mutale kilavu kāṭṭu-

⟨38⟩ kaveṉṟu ntaṉṉai aḻaippittu-

⟨39⟩ c cellakkāṭṭa tāṉ vantu ka-

⟨40⟩ ṇakkuk kāṭṭāviṭṭa kuṟṟattā-

⟨41⟩ lum nampimārmuṉ ṉiṉṟu

⟨42⟩ paṇiceyya viṭṭa kuṟṟattā-

⟨43⟩ lum taṅkaḷ 34 cceyyum

⟨44⟩ 25 īḻakkācukku kiḻu miṟaiyī-

⟨45⟩ li ātaṉmaiyil melu miṟai-

⟨46⟩ yiliāka viṟṟukkuṭuttom ma-

⟨47⟩ hāsabhaiyom iṉṉila-

⟨48⟩ ttukku ituve āvaṇamum

⟨49⟩ poruḷmāvaṟitip poruḷccila-

⟨50⟩ volai[yu*] mituve āka natuvi[ṟ*]cce-

⟨51⟩ ri karaṇattāriṭai ivvirupattañcu

⟨52⟩ kācuṅ koṇṭu ivvorumā-

⟨53⟩ varaic ceyyum viṟṟukku-

⟨54⟩ ṭuttom bhiṭāriyārkku mahāsabhai-

⟨55⟩ yom paṇiyāl madhyastaṉ kki-

⟨56⟩ ntāyaṉāṉa 700vaṉeḻuttu

⟨57⟩ ippaṭi yaṟiveṉ kālāyaṉ

⟨58⟩ vaṭukan tāyaṉeṉ ippaṭi ya-

⟨59⟩ ṟive nāritaṉ patpanābhaṉ ma-

⟨60⟩ •••••••••

⟨61⟩ ippaṭi a-

⟨62⟩ ṟiveṉ vā-

⟨63⟩ rakkiyaṉ pā-

⟨64⟩ ṇṭaṉ ke-

⟨65⟩ cuvaṉeṉ

⟨66⟩ ippaṭi a- ⟨Page 33⟩

⟨67⟩ ṟiveṉ kā-

⟨68⟩ ppiyaṉ

⟨69⟩ cerntaṉ

⟨70⟩ comaṉeṉ

⟨71⟩ ippaṭi a-

⟨72⟩ ṟiveṉ cāvā-

⟨73⟩ nti nārāya-

⟨74⟩ ṇaṉ māṟa-

⟨75⟩ ṉeṉ ip-

⟨76⟩ paṭi aṟive

⟨77⟩ ṉ cāvān-

⟨78⟩ tibhaṭṭaṉ śrī-

⟨79⟩ dharaṉ tat-

⟨80⟩ taṉeṉ [||*]

⟨SIIv19p0i0064⟩ No. 64. (A.R. No. 478 of 1922.) ARAYAPURAM (NEAR PĀPANĀŚAM), PAPANASAM TALUK, TANJAVUR DISTRICT. ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ENTRANCE INTO THE CENTRAL SHRINE, RĀMALIṄGASVĀMI TEMPLE.

This is engraved in peculiar characters and the meaning is obscure. It purports to be a document (sādanam) with a duplicate in copper-plate (?), issued by the nagarattār and the padi assembled together, making a grant of a thousand kalam of paddy “to this god”.

Text.

⟨1⟩ kopparake-

⟨2⟩ caripanmaṟku

⟨3⟩ yā[ṇṭu]••

⟨4⟩ ppari••

⟨5⟩ ṅkaṇa-

⟨6⟩ vallava-

⟨7⟩ raiyaṉ parina-

⟨8⟩ yi nakara[t]tāmu

⟨9⟩ patiyu kūṭi iru-

⟨10⟩ ntu iteva-

⟨11⟩ r cātaṉam

⟨12⟩ ceppeṭu •

⟨13⟩ cu epe•••

⟨14⟩ āyirakalan

⟨15⟩ cātanamu a••

⟨16⟩ [ti]laiyu kāma-

⟨17⟩ kāṇi kova•••

⟨18⟩ n pālaiyu••

⟨19⟩ tiranakari śa••

⟨20⟩ raṅke ko•••

⟨21⟩ ivai 1 ⟨Page 34⟩

⟨SIIv19p0i0065⟩ No. 65. (A.R. No. 242 of 1923.) KŌYIL-TĒVARĀYANPĒṬṬAI NEAR PAṆḌĀRAVĀḌAI, SAME TALUK. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, MATSYAPURĪŚVARA TEMPLE.

This is unfinished and stops with the mention of Tiruchcheyalūr-Perumā[ḷ] in Rājakēsari-chaturvēdimaṅgalam a brahmadēya on the southern bank.

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] kopparakeśarivarmaṟkku yāṇṭu 3- ṟāvatu teṉkarai brahmateyam śrī rāśakecariccaturvēti-

⟨2⟩ maṅkalattu tirucceyalūr perumā

⟨SIIv19p0i0066⟩ No. 66. (A.R. No. 252 of 1923.) ON THE WEST WALL OF THE SAME SHRINE.

This is very probably an inscription of Parāntaka I. It records an endowment of 4 mā of land for the maintenance of a Brāhmana versed in the Vēdas who was to perform worship to god Tiruchcheyalūr-Perumāḷ at Rājakēsari-chaturvēdimaṅgalam a brahmadēya on the southern bank of the river, by one Kāri Kaḍaikuṟichchi, a native of Ēṟaṅguḍi in Kīḻvēmbai-nāḍu a subdivision of Pāṇḍi-nāḍu. Among the boundaries of the land are mentioned Śōḻachūḷāmaṇi-vāykkāl and Kōdaṇḍarāmavāykkāl. Kōdaṇḍarāma is a well-known surname of Āditya I (Trav. Arch. Series, III, p, 109), and it is possible he also bore the title Śōḻachūḷāmaṇi.

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] kopparake-

⟨2⟩ śaripanma[r*]kku yāṇṭu [3] (teṅ)-

⟨3⟩ vatu te

⟨4⟩ [ṉ*]karai brahmateya-

⟨5⟩ m śrī[rā]cakeśarica-

⟨6⟩ turvētimaṅka-

⟨7⟩ lattu tiru-

⟨8⟩ cceya[lū][r*]p

⟨9⟩ perumāḷai

⟨10⟩ tiruvārā-

⟨11⟩ taṉai

⟨12⟩ ce[y*]yum brā-

⟨13⟩ hmaṇa-

⟨14⟩ ṉ ve-

⟨15⟩ tamval

⟨16⟩ lārkku

⟨17⟩ pāṇṭi-

⟨18⟩ nāṭṭu

⟨19⟩ kiḻve-

⟨20⟩ mpai-

⟨21⟩ nāṭṭu e-

⟨22⟩ ṟaṅkuṭi eṟa-

⟨23⟩ ṅkuṭaiyā- ⟨Page 35⟩

⟨24⟩ ṉ kāri kaṭaiku-

⟨25⟩ ṟicci koṇṭu

⟨26⟩ kuṭutta nila[mā]-

⟨27⟩ vatu ivvūr ca-

⟨28⟩ ṇṭacaṇṭavati-

⟨29⟩ kku meṟkku 8- kaṇ-

⟨30⟩ ṇāṟṟu coḻacūḷā-

⟨31⟩ (m) maṇivāykkālu-

⟨32⟩ kku teṟkku 3- ṟāñcatira-

⟨33⟩ ttu meṟkkaṭainta

⟨34⟩ māvu[m*] mātevava-

⟨35⟩ tikku kiḻakku [9]- kaṇṇāṟ-

⟨36⟩ ṟu kotaṇṭarāmavāykkā-

⟨37⟩ lukku vaṭakku mutaṟcatira[t*]tu

⟨38⟩ teṉmeṟkkaṭaiya māvi-

⟨39⟩ l teṟkkaṭaiya va vumāka

⟨40⟩ [||*]

⟨SIIv19p0i0067⟩ No. 67. (A.R. No. 92 of 1925.) KĪḺAIYŪR, MAYURAM TALUK, TANJAVUR DISTRICT. ON A PILLAR IN THE CENTRAL SHRINE, VĒDAPURĪŚVARA TEMPLE.

This inscription belongs to a Vishṇu temple dedicated to Tirukkadavuḍaiya Niṉṟa-Nārāyaṇa-Perumāḷ, to which a certain Tūppil Chaṭṭikumāra-Baṭṭaṉ residing at Śrī Vīranārāyaṇa-chaturvēdimaṅgalam on the north bank, is stated to have made a gift of 5 kaḻañju of gold in the third year of the king. This grew to 8 kaḻañju in the 7th year, when the assembly of Tiruvaḻundūr took it over from the temple and agreed to supply for offerings to the god, 2 nāḻi of ghee on every amāvāsyā day of the month, out of the annual interest thereon of 2 mañjāḍi.

Text.

⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] ko-

⟨2⟩ pparakesarivarma[ṟ*]kku yāṇ-

⟨3⟩ ṭu 3- ṟāvatu tiruvaḻuntūrnāṭṭu

⟨4⟩ brahmadēyam tiruvaḻuntūr ti-

⟨5⟩ rukkatavuṭaiya emperumānukku

⟨6⟩ candrātittaval neyyamutu ce-

⟨7⟩ vippataṟku vaṭakarai śrīviranārāyaṇa-

⟨8⟩ cca[tu*]ppetimaṅkalattu śrīviranārāya-

⟨9⟩ ṇaceri emperumānṉaṭiyāna tū-

⟨10⟩ ppil [ca]ṭṭikumārapaṭṭaṉ av[va] āṇ-

⟨11⟩ ṭil māsattu amāvāsaitoṟum iru-

⟨12⟩ nāḻi neyyamutu cevippataṟku iccaṭṭiku-

⟨13⟩ mārapaṭṭaṉ vaitta poṉ aiñkaḻañcil vo-

⟨14⟩ tta poṉ eṇkaḻañ[cu] eṇkaḻañcum

⟨15⟩ vāṅki śrīpaṇṭāram pukka[m*]aiyāl i[p*]poṉṉukku ⟨Page 36⟩

⟨16⟩ tiṅkaḷ kaḻaiñciṉvāy palicai poṉ••••vāka

⟨17⟩ vaṉta po[n*] iraṇṭu mañcāṭiyālum tiṅkaḷ irunā-

⟨18⟩ ḻi ney eḻāvatu āṇṭu śrīkāra••••

⟨19⟩ vāre tirukkatavu[ṭai*]ya niṉṟanārāyaṇasva-

⟨20⟩ mija ne[y*]yamutu cevippatāka paṇittu kuṭuttom

⟨21⟩ mahāsabhayom itu śrīvaiṣṇavar rakṣai [||*]

⟨SIIv19p0i0068⟩ No. 68. (A.R. No. 107 of 1925.) TIRUVĀḌUTURAI, MAYURAM TALUK, TANJAVUR DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, GŌMUKTĪŚVARA TEMPLE.

The inscription is not correctly engraved. It is also unfinished. It seems to record a purchase of some land from the sabhā of Śiṟupuliyūr by the ūrār of Karainalūr in Pērāvūr-nāḍu for gift to god Kavaiyāḷvār (?).

Text.

⟨1⟩ kopparakecaripanmark[ku]

⟨2⟩ yāṇṭu 3- āvatu perā-

⟨3⟩ vūrnāṭṭuk karainalūrū-

⟨4⟩ rom ciṟupuliyūr sabhai-

⟨5⟩ yāriṭai vilaiko-

⟨6⟩ [ṇ*]ṭa kavaiyāḷvārkku ce[y]-

⟨7⟩ ki[ṉṟa] ūr••••••• ceyta nat

⟨8⟩ tukellai

⟨SIIv19p0i0069⟩ No. 69. (A.R. No. 139 of 1925.) ON THE EAST WALL OF THE SAME SHRINE.

This records an allotment of 6 mā of land to the person singing the Tiruppadiyam (hymns), a quarter śey (i.e. 5 mā) to those supplying water for the sacred bath of the god, and another quarter to the uvachchar (of the temple) out of the land purchased at Śiṟṟānaichchūr by Kaṟṟaḷippichchaṉ of Tiruvāḍutuṟai. This donor figures in a few inscriptions of Parāntaka I, in one of which dated in his 25th year (M.E.R. No. 126 of 1925) he is stated to have built the temple. This may therefore be assigned to a successor of Parāntaka, probably Uttama-Chōḷa.

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] kopparakesari-

⟨2⟩ panmakki yāṇṭu 3 āva-

⟨3⟩ tu tiruvāṭutuṟaik kaṟ-

⟨4⟩ ṟaḷip piccaneṉ ciṟṟā-

⟨5⟩ ṉaiccūr ṉāṉ vilaik-

⟨6⟩ [kaṟa]k koṇṭa meṟpula-

⟨7⟩ [ttu] vaṭakkaṭaiyat tirup-

⟨8⟩ patiyam pāṭuvā roruvaṟ-

⟨9⟩ [ku] aṟumāvum itaṉ te-

⟨10⟩ ṟ[kaṭai]yak kāṟcey tiru-

⟨11⟩ mañcaṉa maṭṭuvārkku kālu- ⟨Page 37⟩

⟨12⟩ m itaṉ teṟkaṭaiyat tiru-

⟨13⟩ uvaccakaḷukku tāraṇipaṭakattukku

⟨14⟩ kālum āka ṉivantañ cey-

⟨15⟩ tukuṭutteṉ kaṟṟaḷīppi-

⟨16⟩ ccanen itu panmāhē-

⟨17⟩ śvararakṣai [||*]

⟨SIIv19p0i0070⟩ No. 70. (A.R. No. 165 of 1928.) TIRUPPAḺANAM, TANJAVUR TALUK, TANJAVUR DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, ĀPATSAHĀYĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

This records a gift of 30 kaḻañju of gold left in charge of the nagarattār (guild) of Tiruppaḻanam for the maintenance of a perpetual lamp in the temple of Mahādēva with the interest thereon, by Nakkaṉ A[ri]ñjigai alias Parāntaka-Pallava[raiyaṉ]. This is probably a record of Uttama-Chōḷa.

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] kopparakecaripaṉmaṟku yāṇṭu mūṉṟāvatu tiruppaḻa[ṉa*]ttu mahā-

⟨2⟩ dēvaṟku nicati••••ḻākku neyyāl••• noṉtāviḷak kerivataṟkku nakkaṉ a[ṟi]-

⟨3⟩ ñcikaiyāyiṉa [parān]takappallava••••• vatta poṉ 30 ippoṉ muppa-

⟨4⟩ tiṉkaḻañcum koṇṭu itaṉ palicaiyāl [cantrādi]ttaval lerippomāṉom

⟨5⟩ tiruppaḻaṉattu nakarattom itu panm[āhē*]śvararakṣai [||*]

⟨SIIv19p0i0071⟩ No. 71. (A.R. No. 136 of 1929.) LĀLGUḌI, LALGUDI TALUK, TIRUCHIRAPPALLI DISTRICT. ON THE OUTER NORTH WALL OF THE AMMAṈ SHRINE, SAPTAṚISHIŚVARA TEMPLE.

This records a gift of 32 kaḻañju of gold deposited with the assembly of Maṇaṟkāl, by Māṟṟukaḷvi daughter of Kaḍambaṉ Māṟaṉ of Nallamaṅgalam a brahmadēya in Iḍaiyāṟṟu-nāḍu, for maintaining with the interest thereon, a perpetual lamp in the temple of Tirunachchiyūr-Perumāḷ situated on the east side of the village. The assembly is stated to have utilised this amount towards the exemption of taxes on six plots of wet land and three of dry land belonging to the temple, measuring nine mā and one mundirigai in all. The contents of this inscription make it evident that it belonged to another temple, situated at Maṇaṟkāl, of which the inscribed stones should have been utilised in the construction of the shrine at this place.

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] kopparakesaripanma[ṟ*]kku yāṇṭu 3- ṟāvatu maṇaṟkkāl

⟨2⟩ sabhaiyom ivvūr kiḻai tirunacciyūr perumāḷukku iravum pakalum

⟨3⟩ oru nontāviḷak kerippataṟkku iṭaiyāṟṟu nāṭṭu brahmadēyam nallima-

⟨4⟩ ṅkalattu koyilāṉ kaṭampaṉ māṟaṉ makaḷ māṟṟukaḷvi vaitta poṉ

⟨5⟩ 32 immuppattirukaḻañcu poṉṉum koṇṭu i[p*]poṉṉukku

⟨6⟩ palicaiyāl iravum pakalum cantrādityaval oru nontāviḷakku erippa-

⟨7⟩ tāka ittevar nilam iṟaiyiḻicca nilamāvaṉ kiḻpula[t*]tu neṭuṅka-

⟨8⟩ rai araimāvum ippula[t*]te mukkāṇiyum ippula[t*]te naṭuviṟkka[rai] nāṉmā-

⟨9⟩ vum [kāṭu]pokkil araimāvum kāṭukāḷvāttu araimāvum itaṉ kiḻai arai- ⟨Page 38⟩

⟨10⟩ māvum āka nilam kāle mukkāṇi araikkāṇiyum puṉcey tirumañcuṇat-

⟨11⟩ tuṟaiyiṉ mel mākāṇiyum vaṭavaḻi toṭṭa[t*]tu nayantāṅki viṇṇakar pe-

⟨12⟩ rumāḷ muṉ[ṟu]māviṉ melatu vaṭakkaṭaiya araimāvum tiruttava[t*]tuṟaiyaṭikaḷ a[m*]-

⟨13⟩ pala[t*]tiṉ teṉvāy araimā muntirikaiyum āka puṉcey iraṇṭu mākkāṇi munti-

⟨14⟩ rikaiyum eṟṟi puṉceyu meṉceyumāka oṉpatumā muntirikai nilamum iṟaiyiḻi-

⟨15⟩ ttu kuṭu[t*]tu imāṟṟukalvi vaitta nilaiviḷakkile erippatā-

⟨16⟩ kavum idēvar nilam eppe(o)ṟpaṭṭatu[m]••••kuṭutto[m*] sabhaiyom itu pan[mā*]hēśvarar rakṣai [||*]

⟨SIIv19p0i0072⟩ No. 72. (A.R. No. 33 of 1931.) TIRUKKŌḌIKĀVAL, KUMBHAKONAM TALUK, TANJAVUR DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, TIRUKKŌṬĪŚVARA TEMPLE.

This is stated to be a copy of an old stone inscription engraved on a loose slab, which was now consequently of no use and hence cancelled. It registers a gift of 96 sheep made by one Vēmbaṉ Kaliyōṭṭi of Pādūr in Iruṅgōḷappāḍi, during the management of Pichchadēvar for burning a perpetual lamp in the temple of Mahādēva at Tirukkōḍikāval in Nallāṟṟūr-nāḍu on the northern bank of the river.

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] ituvum moru paḻaṅkaṟpaṭi [||*] kopparakecaripanmaṟkku yāṇṭu 3 āvatu vaṭakarai nallāṟṟūrnāṭṭu tirukko-

⟨2⟩ ṭikāvil mahādēvaṟkku piccatevar ā[r]ācciyil iruṅkoḷappāṭi pātūruṭaiyāṉ [ve] mpaṉ kaliyoṭṭi vaiytta nontāviḷakku 1- kkum vaitta āṭu toṇṇūṟ[ṟu*]āṟu ca(n)ntrātittaval itu paḻaṅkaṟpaṭi i(n)nta śrīvimāṉattile eṟa veṭṭiṉamaiyil muṉṉivājakam veṭṭikkiṭanta taṉikkallāl ubhaiyokam illā(m)maiyil atu tavir[n*]tatu paṉmāyeśvara[r*] paṭaikkuṭṭa peṟṟār [||*]

⟨SIIv19p0i0073⟩ No. 73. (A.R. No. 90 of 1931.) TIRUPPŪNDURUTTI, TANJAVUR TALUK, TANJAVUR DISTRICT. ON THE WEST WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, PUSHPAVANĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

This is damaged. It records a gift of 25 kaḻañju of gold for burning a perpetual lamp in the temple of Mahādēva at Tirutturutti by Vānavaṉ Pēraraiyaṉ alias Koṟṟaṉ Aru[moḻi] a resident of Āmaṇśāḍu of Mīykūṟu. A garden land seems to have been purchased out of this amount.

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⟨1⟩ [svastiśrī] [||*] [ko]pparakecariparumaṟku yāṇṭu 3 āvatu tevatāṉa-

⟨2⟩ ṉ tirutturutti mah[ā*]dēvarkku miykūṟ ṟāmaṇcāṭṭu naṭṭu

⟨3⟩ ••• [rāṉaṭiyāna] vāṉavaṉ peraraiyaṉāyiṉa koṟṟaṉ aru-

⟨4⟩ [moḻi]••••nantāviḷakkiṉukku vaicca poṉ 2[5] irupattaiṅ-

⟨5⟩ •••••[k]oṇṭu iravum pakalu[m*] oru nontāviḷakku erippataṟkku

⟨6⟩ ••••• ṉ ṟeruvil periya t[o]ṭṭattil me[r*]kkaṭaiya [ni]cati uḻakku ne[y*]kku

⟨7⟩ ••••••••• tirutturutti sa••••

⟨8⟩ •••••māhē[śvararakṣai] [||*] ⟨Page 39⟩

⟨SIIv19p0i0074⟩ No. 74. (A.R. No. 107 of 1931.) ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE SAME SHRINE.

This records a gift of 30 kaḻañju of gold for a perpetual lamp in the temple to be maintained by the sabhā of Tirutturutti, by Muḷḷūr-Naṅgaiyār the mother of the Chōḷa queen (Sōḻamādēviyār) the consort of Parakēsarivarman. This donor is already known from Nos. 45 and 125 of 1895 (See Instroduction.)

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] kopparakesariparmmaṟku yāṇṭu 3 āvatu ārkkāṭṭuk kūṟṟattut teva tāṉan tirut-

⟨2⟩ turutti mahādēvarkku iravum pakalum oru nontāviḷakku erippatukku parakesarivarmma[r*] dēviyār coḻamāte-

⟨3⟩ viyār tāyār muḷḷūr naṅkaiyār vaitta poṉ muppatiṉkaḻañcu ippoṉṉiṉ palicai yāl cantrādittaval oru no-

⟨4⟩ ntāviḷak kerippomānom tirutturutti sabhaiyom itu panmāhēśvararakṣai [||*]

⟨SIIv19p0i0075⟩ No. 75. (A.R. No. 151 of 1931.) TIRUCHCHATTURAI, TANJAVUR TALUK, TANJAVUR DISTRICT. ON THE WEST WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, ŌDANAVANĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

This records a gift of 30 kaḻañju of gold for a perpetual lamp in the temple and also of a gold-handled fly-whisk for waving before the god, by Parāntaka-Pallavadiyaraiyaṉ. Mention is also made of a purchase of 6(1/2) mā of land by the donor (for gift), probably in addition to the amount donated.

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] ko-

⟨2⟩ parakecaripanma[r*]kku yā[ṇ]-

⟨3⟩ ṭu 3 āvatu tiruccoṟṟu-

⟨4⟩ [tuṟai māt]evarkku [ni]-

⟨5⟩ cati uḻakku••••

⟨6-8⟩ ••••••••

⟨9⟩ ••••• parānta-

⟨10⟩ kap pallavatiyaraiyaṉ

⟨11⟩ vaicca poṉ 30 ip-

⟨12⟩ poṉ muppati[ṉka]ḻañ[cu]-

⟨13⟩ m koṇṭu ita[ṉ] palicai[yā]-

⟨14⟩ l muṭṭāmey yerippi[p*]po-

⟨15⟩ māṉom[p] patipātamulat-

⟨16⟩ tom ivare vaitta veṇ-

⟨17⟩ cāmarai kaipoṉ ivvū[r] n[ā*]-

⟨18⟩ [ṉ] vilaikoṇṭa maya[k*]kal

⟨19⟩ aṟumāvarai [||*]

⟨SIIv19p0i0076⟩ No. 76. (A.R. No. 166 of 1931.) ON THE WEST AND SOUTH WALLS OF THE SAME SHRINE.

This is damaged and is built in at the right end. It records a gift of 5 poṉ to provide for offerings on certain festival days in the temple of Tiruchchōṟṟuttuṟai-Āḷvār by [Ū]raṉ Pullā••• a Vellāḷa resident of the village. ⟨Page 40⟩

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] kopparakecaripaṉmaṟkku yāṇṭu 3 tiruccoṟṟuttuṟai āḷvārkku ivūr veḷḷā[ḷa*]ṉ [ū]raṉ pullāṟ••••• m nāṉṟu maṇavāḷatoḻa raṭi va[ḷa]tta tiru[nāḷu]kku•••••••••

⟨2⟩ la tevakaḷḷukku uṭaiyār[k*]ku tiruvamirtukku vaiytta poṉ [ru] itaṉ palicai[yāl] tiruvamitu kā••••••••• paṉmāhēśvara[rakṣai] [||*]

⟨SIIv19p0i0077⟩ No. 77. (A.R. No. 169 of 1931.) ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE SAME SHRINE.

This records a gift of 30 kaḻañju of gold for a perpetual lamp in the temple of Mahādēva at Tiruchchōṟṟuttuṟai in Kiḻār-kūṟṟam by Muḷḷūr-Naṅgaiyār the mother of Śōḻamahādēvīyār. The same donor has figured in No. 74 above from Tiruppūndurutti.

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] [kopara]kecarivaṉma[r*]kku y[ā]ṇṭu mūṉṟāvatu kiḻāṟkūṟṟattu tiru [c*]coṟṟu[t*]tuṟai mahādēvaṟkku

⟨2⟩ iravum [pakalu]m oru nontāviḷakku nicati uḻakkeṇṇaiyāl cantrādittaval leriva ta[r*]kku

⟨3⟩ para•••••••• viyār coḻamahādēviyār tāyār muḷḷūr naṅkaiyār vaitta poṉ

⟨4⟩ 30 [ippoṉ] muppatiṉkaḻañcum koṇṭu itaṉ palicaiyāl muṭṭāme erippi[p*] pomā[ṉo]m [ ivvūr sabhaiyom ||*]

⟨SIIv19p0i0078⟩ No. 78. (A.R. No. 183 of 1931.) ON THE SAME WALL.

This records an agreement given by the temple servants (patipādamūlattār) to burn a perpetual lamp in the temple, for 25 kaḻañju of pure tested gold received by them from Śēkkiḻāṉ Sattimalaiyaṉ alias Śōḻamuttaraiyaṉ of Kāvanur in Mēlūr-kōṭṭam.

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] koparakeśaripanmaṟ-

⟨2⟩ [kku] yāṇṭu 3 āvatu kiḻāṟkū-

⟨3⟩ [ṟṟattut tevatāṉam tiruccoṟ]-

⟨4⟩ ṟuttuṟai mahādēva••• [oru] nantāviḷakke-

⟨5⟩ [riva]taṟkku ittaḷi patipātamulattom melūrk-

⟨6⟩ koṭṭattut taṉ kūṟṟu kāvaṉūr cekkiḻāṉ cattimalai-

⟨7⟩ yaṉākiya coḻamuttaraiyaṉpakkal cantirātittaval itta-

⟨8⟩ ḷi mahādēvaṟkku oru nuntāviḷakkiṉukku poṉ ṉūṟkkaṟcem-

⟨9⟩ [m]ai irupattaiṅkaḻaiñcu poṉ ko••••••

⟨10⟩ ṉāṟ palicai nārācattoṭokkum••••• śrī-

⟨11⟩ koyilukke koṇṭu ceṉṟu•••• muḻ[ā]kke-

⟨12⟩ ṇṇaiyuñ cantrāti[tta]vaṟ nicati••••[ku]m

⟨13⟩ [a]ṭṭuvomāṉom meṟco•••••••• ttaḷi-

⟨14⟩ p patipātamulattom itu pa•••••

⟨15⟩ rara[kṣai] [||*] ⟨Page 41⟩

⟨SIIv19p0i0079⟩ No. 79. (A.R. No. 40 of 1933.) PĀLŪR, CHINGLEPUT TALUK, CHINGLEPUT DISTRICT. ON A STONE PUT UP ACROSS THE WELL IN THE PATAṄGĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

The top and the bottom of the stone are both built in. This records some provision made for burning a perpetual lamp in the temple of Mahādēvar Tiruppanaṅgāḍ-Uḍaiyār at Perumpālaiyūr in Perumpālaiyūr-nāḍu, a sub-division of Ūṛṛukkāṭṭu-kōṭṭam, by Kāḍavi [daughter of] Tiruppālaiyūr-Kiḻavaṉ a resident of the village.

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⟨1⟩ •••••

⟨2⟩ para[ke*]caripa-

⟨3⟩ nmaṟki yā-

⟨4⟩ ṇṭu 3- ā-

⟨5⟩ vatu ū-

⟨6⟩ ṟṟukkāṭṭu-

⟨7⟩ kkoṭṭa-

⟨8⟩ ttup

⟨9⟩ perumpā-

⟨10⟩ laiyūrnāṭṭu-

⟨11⟩ p perumpā-

⟨12⟩ laiyūr mā-

⟨13⟩ hādēvar

⟨14⟩ tiruppaṉaṅ-

⟨15⟩ kāṭuṭaiyār-

⟨16⟩ kku ivvūr-

⟨17⟩ t tiruppālai-

⟨18⟩ yūr kiḻavan

⟨19⟩ [makaḷ] kāṭali

⟨20⟩ v[aitta] nan-

⟨21⟩ tāvi[ ḷakku]

⟨22⟩ Next few lines built in

⟨23⟩ ñ ca-

⟨24⟩ nti-

⟨25⟩ rā-

⟨26⟩ ti-

⟨27⟩ t-

⟨28⟩ ta-

⟨29⟩ ru-

⟨30⟩ ḷ-

⟨31⟩ ḷa-

⟨32⟩ ṉa-

⟨33⟩ vu-

⟨34⟩ [m]

⟨35⟩ vai-

⟨36⟩ tta-

⟨37⟩ [tu] [||*]

⟨SIIv19p0i0080⟩ No. 80. (A.R. No. 83 of 1935.) TOṆḌŪR, GINGEE TALUK, SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON A BOULDER NEAR THE chēri OF THE VILLAGE.

This records an endowment of the villages Guṇaneṟimaṅgalam alias Vaḻuvāmoḻi-Ārāndamaṅgalam and the hamlets Paḷḷiyuḍaiyāṉ-viḷāgam and Perumbaḷḷi-viḷāgam together with two garden-lands with wells at Toṇḍūr, as paḷḷichchandam to the Jaina teacher Vachchiraśiṅga-Iḷamperumānaḍigaḷ at Parambūr and his disciples in perpetuity, by the chief Viṇṇakōvaraiyaṉ Vayiri Malaiyaṉ.

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] koparakecaripanmaṟku yā[ṇ*]ṭu 3- vatu viṇṇako-

⟨2⟩ varaiyaṉ vayiri malaiyaṉeṉ eṉṉāṭṭuk kuṇaneṟimaṅ-

⟨3⟩ kalamākiya vaḻuvā[mo]ḻi [ā]rāntamaṅkalamu-

⟨4⟩ m toṇṭurp paḷḷiyūṭaiyāṉviḷākamu maṭai-

⟨5⟩ cceṟuvukku melpāl attimoṭṭaik kiṇaṟu-

⟨6⟩ n toṭṭamun toṇṭūrt teṟkilvācalil vaḻik-

⟨7⟩ kuk kiḻpāl vaṭapāl kiṇaṟun toṭṭamu mivaḻiyiṉ ⟨Page 42⟩

⟨8⟩ melvaḻi vaḻuvāmoḻip perumpaḷḷiviḷākamu-

⟨9⟩ m ivai yaṉaittum paṟampūr vacciraciṅka [i]ḷa-

⟨10⟩ mperumāṉaṭikaḷukku mivarvaḻi māṇākkaṟku muri-

⟨11⟩ ttākap paḷḷiccantamākat tāraiyaṭṭic ce[y*]tukuṭut-

⟨12⟩ teṉ viṇ•••••• yaṉ vayiri malaiyaṉeṉ

⟨13⟩ ivai•••••• ṭaik kumariyiṭai

⟨14⟩ ••••••••• ce[y*]ta puṇṇiyam peṟuvār [||*]

⟨SIIv19p0i0081⟩ No. 81. (A.R. No. 84 of 1935.) ON THE SAME BOULDER.

This seems to record the levy of a cess at one nāḻi on every kāḍi of paddy grown in the village, for the proper upkeep of the local (irrigation) tank by the same chief Viṇṇakōvaraiyaṉ Vayiri Malaiyaṉ of Viṇṇakōvaraiyar-nāḍu a sub-division of Śiṅgapura-nāḍu, with the consent of the residents of the nāḍu.

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] kopparakecaripaṉmaṟku yā-

⟨2⟩ ṇṭu 3- āvatu ciṅkapuranāṭṭuk karai-

⟨3⟩ vaḻi viṇṇakovaraiyarn[ā*]ṭṭu viṇ-

⟨4⟩ ṇakovaraiyaṉ vayiri malaiyaṉ tāṉu-

⟨5⟩ m taṉ ṉāṭumāyiruntu i[n*]nāṭṭu erikku

⟨6⟩ kāṭivāy nāḻi vaiyttaṉa iṟakku-

⟨7⟩ vāṉ keṅkaiyiṭai kumariiṭai-

⟨8⟩ c ceytāṉ ce[y*]ta pāvaṅ koḷvā-

⟨9⟩ ṉ ivai rakṣippāṉ aṭi eṉ ṟa-

⟨10⟩ laimelaṉa [||*]

⟨SIIv19p0i0082⟩ No. 82. (A.R. No. 309 of 1904.) TIRUGŌKARṆAM, PUDUKKOTTAI STATE, TIRUCHIRAPALLI DISTRICT. ON THE FOURTH PILLAR (FROM THE RIGHT) IN FRONT OF THE ROCK-CUT CENTRAL SHRINE, GŌKARṆĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

This is damaged at the end. It records a gift of 15 kaḻañju of gold for burning a perpetual lamp in the temple of Gōkarṇattu-Mahādēva at Tiruvēḷpūr in Kavira-nāḍu (?) a subdivision of Valla-nāḍu (No. 41, Pud. Ins., Texts). This donor (name not clear) seems to have been a resident of Śiṟukuḷattūr.

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] kopparake-

⟨2⟩ caripaṉma[r*]kku yāṇṭu 4 ā-

⟨3⟩ vatu ivvāṇṭu valla-

⟨4⟩ nāṭṭu kavi[ra]pāl tiru-

⟨5⟩ veḻpūr te-

⟨6⟩ vatāṉam

⟨7⟩ kokarṇat-

⟨8⟩ tu mahādē-

⟨9⟩ varkku it-

⟨10⟩ [ta*]ḷi upāsakar-

⟨11⟩ (vakar)vacam i-

⟨12⟩ rāvum pakalum

⟨13⟩ nontāviḷakki-

⟨14⟩ ṉukku vaitta poṉ

⟨15⟩ 15 patiṉaṉṟu(cu)

⟨16⟩ kaḻañcum ciṟuku-

⟨17⟩ ḷattūr [bha]ṭṭā••

⟨18⟩ irukkum••••ṉpū-

⟨19⟩ ci•••••• mukku

⟨20⟩ •••••• ni[maṉa]ñ ce- ⟨Page 43⟩

⟨SIIv19p0i0083⟩ No. 83. (A.R. No. 448 of 1904.) VĒDĀRAṆYAM, TIRUTTURAIPUNDI TALUK, TANJAVUR DISTRICT. ON A PILLAR IN THE MAṆḌAPA IN FRONT OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, VĒDĀRAṆYĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

This records a gift of 90 sheep for burning a perpetual lamp in the temple of Mahādēva at Tirumaṟaikkāḍu, by a certain Śiṟiyāṉ Kuvāvaṉ alias Uttuṅgatuṅga-Pallavaraiyaṉ of Kōṭṭūr in Nenmali-nāḍu. The donor was probably a chief who got his designation after the title Uttuṅgatuṅga of his overlord the king.

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] kopparake-

⟨2⟩ caripanma[r*]kku yāṇṭu [4]- ā-

⟨3⟩ vatu tirumaṟaikkāṭṭu ma-

⟨4⟩ hādēvaṟku nenmalinā-

⟨5⟩ ṭṭuk koṭṭūr ciṟiyāṉ

⟨6⟩ kuvāvaṉākiya uttu-

⟨7⟩ ṅkatuṅkappallava-

⟨8⟩ raiya[n] vaitta non-

⟨9⟩ tāviḷakku oṉṟukku ā-

⟨10⟩ ṭu toṇṇūṟuṅ kai-

⟨11⟩ koṇṭu nicatam uḻakku

⟨12⟩ ney aṭṭuvomāṉo-

⟨13⟩ m tevar iṭaiyarom

⟨14⟩ cantirātittavaṟ-

⟨15⟩ itu panmāhēśva-

⟨16⟩ rarakṣai [||*]

⟨SIIv19p0i0084⟩ No. 84. (A.R. No. 689 of 1904.) TIRUPPĀṞKAḌAL, WALAJAPET TALUK, NORTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, KHARAPURĪŚVARA TEMPLE.

This records an agreement given by the ēri-vāriyam (tank supervision committee) of the mahāsabhā of Kāvidippākkam alias Amaninārāyaṇa-chaturvēdimaṅgalam in Paḍuvūr-kōṭṭam, to burn 2 perpetual lamps in the temple of Mūlasthānattu-Perumānaḍigaḷ at Tirukkarapuram with the interest on 30 and 3/4 kaḻañju of gold deposited with them by Śōḻakōṉ alias Arudiyarmaṉ a native of Pāṇḍi-nāḍu. This assembly is stated have comprised other committees besides; viz. ūr-vāriyam, udāsīna-vāriyam, kaḻani-vāriyam, the Two hundred elders, bhaṭṭas and viśishṭhas.

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] kopparakecarivaṟmaṟku yāṇṭu nālāvatu paṭuvūrkkoṭṭattuk kāvatippākkamākiya amaṉi nārāyaṇaccaturvvētimaṅkalat tivvāṭṭai ūrvāriyap perumakkaḷum udāsiṉavāriyap perumakkaḷum [e]rivāriyap perumakkaḷum kaḻanivāriyap perumakkaḷum irunūṟṟuvap perumakkaḷum bhaṭṭarkaḷum viśiṣṭarkaḷum uḷḷiṭṭa mahāsabhaiyom e[m*]murt tirukkarapurattu

⟨2⟩ mulastānattup perumāṉaṭikaḷukkup pāṇṭināṭṭu veṇpaikkuṭināṭṭu [nākappaṭṭina]c coḻa koṉākiya [a]ṟutiyarmaṉ candr[ā*]dittaru[ḷ*]ḷaḷavum tirukkarapurattupperumāṉaṭikaḷukkuiraṇṭu nantāviḷak kerippatāka emmur erivāriyap perumakkaḷvaḻi muppattiṉkaḻañce mukkāl poṉ koṇṭu [im]muppatiṉkaḻañce mukkāṟp poṉ(ṉā)ṉālum vanta pṛddhiyiṉāl ivvi-

⟨3⟩ raṇṭu nāṭāviḷak kiravum pakalum erippatākavum [||*] ⟨Page 44⟩

⟨SIIv19p0i0085⟩ No. 85. (A.R. No. 672 of 1905.) TĪRTHAMALAI, UTTANGARAI TALUK, SALEM DISTRICT. ON THE ROCK TO THE WEST OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, TĪRTHAGIRĪŚVARA TEMPLE ON THE HILL.

This is much damaged. It records a gift of gold for burning a perpetual land in the temple of Kūḍal-Āḻvār by a queen of Mummuḍichchōḻa-Perumāḷ, whose name cannot be properly made out. This is evidently an inscription of Rājēndra-Chōḷa I.

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] kopparake-

⟨2⟩ caripaṉmaṟku [y]āṇṭu nāṉkāvatu mummu-

⟨3⟩ ṭicc[o]ḻa[pperumāḷ te]var tevi[yār]-

⟨4⟩ ••• ṭṭaṉāṉa••• cavaka[n māte]•••

⟨5⟩ ṉṉi [i]kkūṭal āḻvārkku can-

⟨6⟩ tirātittavaṟ eriya vaitta no-

⟨7⟩ ntāviḷakku oṉṟiṉukku vay-

⟨8⟩ [tta poṉ] kaḻai[ñ*]cu itu paṉmāhe[ śvararakṣai] [||*]

⟨SIIv19p0i0086⟩ No. 86. (A.R. No. 673 of 1905.) ON THE SAME ROCK.

This records a similar gift of gold for burning a lamp in the Kūḍal-Āḻvār temple by Aiyyaṉ Vīramādēviyār of Pūṅguṉṟam (another) queen of Mummuḍichchōḻa-Perumāḷ. It is quite likely that this donor was the same as Vīramādēviyār a queen of Rājēndra-Chōḷa. (M.E.R. No. 260 of 1915).

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

⟨2⟩ ṟku yāṇṭu nāṉkāvatu

⟨3⟩ mummuṭiccoḻapperumāḷ

⟨4⟩ teviyār pūkuṉṟamuṭaiya [ai]y-

⟨5⟩ [ya]ṉ viramāteviyār i[vāṭṭai]

⟨6⟩ kūṭal āḻvārkku vaytta no-

⟨7⟩ ntāviḷakku oṉṟinukku canti-

⟨8⟩ rātittavaṟ erikka vayitta poṉ••

⟨9⟩ kaḻañcu itu paṉmāye••••

⟨SIIv19p0i0087⟩ No. 87. (A.R. No. 7 of 1907.) TIRUVĪŚALŪR, KUMBHAKONAM TALUK, TANJAVUR DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, ŚIVAYŌGANĀTHASVĀMI TEMPLE.

The inscription is built in at the right end. It records a gift of 180 sheep by a private person (name lost) for burning two perpetual lamps in the temple of [Tiruviśa]lūr-Perumānaḍigaḷ at Avaninārāyaṇa-chaturvēdimaṅgalam a dēvadāna and a brahmadēya village. ⟨Page 45⟩

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] kopparakesaripanma[r*]kku yāṇṭu nāṉ(k)kāva••••

⟨2⟩ tāṉa piramateyam avaṉinārāyaṇacaruppetimaṅkalat••••

⟨3⟩ lūr peru(m)māṉaṭika(ḷ)ḷukku nontāviḷakku erippatā••••

⟨4⟩ neyyāl muṭṭāmai iraṇṭu nilaiviḷakku erivataṟku nakkaṉ••••

⟨5⟩ tta āṭu nūṟṟeṇpatu [||*]

⟨SIIv19p0i0088⟩ No. 88. (A.R. No. 18 of 1907.) ON THE SAME WALL.

This records a similar gift of 100 sheep for a perpetual lamp in the same temple by Nakkaṉ Aṟiñjigai alias Pirāntaka-Pallavaraiyaṉ, a chief evidently called after Parāntaka I (Vide No. 70 above). The assembly of the village (peruṅguṟi-perumakkaḷ) agreed to maintain this gift.

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] kopparakesaripanma[r*]kku yāṇṭu nāṉkāvatu vaṭakarai tevatāṉa[pi]-

⟨2⟩ ramateyam amaṉinārāyaṇacaturvētimaṅkalattu tiruvica(l)lūr perumāṉa-

⟨3⟩ ṭikaḷḷukku cantrādittaval liravum paka(l)lum muṭṭāme oru nilaiviḷakku e-

⟨4⟩ rivata[r*]kku nakkaṉ ṉaṟiñcikai(y)ākiya pirāntakappallavaraiyaṉ kuṭutta ā-

⟨5⟩ ṭu nūṟu ivai peruṅkuṟi perumakkaḷo[mu*]m panmāhēśvararum rakṣai [||*]

⟨SIIv19p0i0089⟩ No. 89. (A.R. No. 66 of 1907.) TIRUMALAI, POLUR TALUK, NORTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON A ROCK TO THE LEFT OF THE PAINTED CAVE.

This has been published in S.I.I. Vol. III, as No. 97. But the reading of lines 4-6 which has now been slightly altered by a re-examination of the record, seems to indicate that the two donors Viṟchēvagaṉ Piḍāraṉ Būttugaṉ and Viṟchamanāyakaṉ Śandayaṉ Āyiravaṉ were members of two different regiments of the king, called respectively Irumaḍiśōḻa-Kannāḍaga-Kaḍuttalai and Madhurāntaka-Karunāḍaga-Kaḍuttalai and recruited from the Karunāṭaka country, rather than that they were natives of a place called Kaḍuttalai. These two persons made a gift of gold for the daily offerings to Paḷḷiyāḷvār (Jaina Tīrthaṅkara) and for feeding there with a devotee in the paḷḷi at Tirumalai near Vaigāvūr in Paṅgaḷa-nāḍu a sub-division of Palkuṉṟakōṭṭam.

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] kopparakecaripaṉmarkki yāṇṭu nālā-

⟨2⟩ vatu palkuṉṟakkoṭṭattup paṅkaḷanāṭṭu vai-

⟨3⟩ ykāvūrt [ti]rumalaip paḷḷiyil nicatamoru aṭikaḷmārkku-

⟨4⟩ c coṟu vaittār irumaṭiccoḻak kaṉṉāṭakak kaṭuttalai viṟa-

⟨5⟩ c[e]vakaṉ piṭāraṉ pūttukaṉum maturāntakak karunāṭakak

⟨6⟩ kaṭuttalai viṟccamanāyakaṉ cantaya ṉāyiravaṉu mivvi-

⟨7⟩ ruvoñ cantirātitta ruḷḷaḷavum niṟka vaitto mita-

⟨8⟩ ṉukku nāṟkkaḻañcu poṉṉāl vanta palicaiyyālp pa-

⟨9⟩ ḷḷiyāḷvārai ūṭṭuvikka vaittom [||*] ⟨Page 46⟩

⟨SIIv19p0i0090⟩ No. 90. (A.R. No. 198 of 1907.) TIRUVIḌAIMARUDŪR, KUMBHAKONAM TALUK, TANJAVUR DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, MAHĀLIṄGASVĀMI TEMPLE.

This records the gift of a golden hand-plate weighing 3(1/4) kaḻañju and set with precious stones worth 2 kāśu and 2 akkam, for being worn (on the palm) by the image of Āḍalviḍaṅgadēvar (Naṭarāja) in the temple at Tiruviḍaimarudil, made by a merchant of the place by name Kaḷari Tōṉṟi.

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*]

⟨2⟩ kopparakecari pa[nma]-

⟨3⟩ ṟki yāṇṭu 4- āva-

⟨4⟩ tu teṉkarait ti-

⟨5⟩ raimurnāṭṭut tiruvi-

⟨6⟩ ṭaimarutil vyāpāri-

⟨7⟩ y kaḷariy toṉṟiy

⟨8⟩ [tiruvi]ṭaimarutil āṭalviṭaṅkateva[r*]kku tirukkaikkuc cāttiaruḷa iṭṭa hasta[m*] 1

⟨9⟩ [po]ṉ mukkaḻañceykāl itil eṟiṉa kallukku vilai kācu iraṇṭu akkam iraṇṭu

⟨10⟩ tiruviṭaimarutuṭaiyār paṇṭāram pukkamaiyil itu panmāhēśvararakṣai [||*]

⟨SIIv19p0i0091⟩ No. 91. (A.R. No. 199 of 1907.) ON THE SAME WALL.

This inscription has been published in S.I.I. Vol. III. This is stated to be a record of all the gifts of gold made in earlier times for lamps to the temple, which were now re-engraved on renovation from stones kept underground. The inscription is however left incomplete after the 4th line. Only one such item finds mention here viz., a gift made by Kāḍupaṭṭigaḷ Nandippōttaraiyar, obviously Pallava Nandivarman III (and not Pallavamalla as supposed), for burning a lamp (after his surname) Kumaramārttāṇḍa. The authorities responsible for this reengraving viz. the assembly of Tiraimūr, the nagarattār of Tiruviḍaimarudil, the temple executives, the accountant and the manager are said to have met for their deliberation in the theatre hall of the temple. This early reference to the theatre in temples is noteworthy.

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Published in South Indian Inscriptions. Vol. III, No. 124.

⟨SIIv19p0i0092⟩ No. 92. (A.R. No. 213 of 1907.) ON THE SAME WALL.

The inscription is damaged and incomplete. It gives a list of the presents of gold made to the temple of Mūlasthānattu-Perumānaḍigaḷ at [Tiruvi]ḍaimarudil in Tiraimūr-nāḍu on the south bank of the river by several individual donors, each specifying the purpose of the gift, thus; a gift of 22 kaḻañju and odd of gold made in company with others by Madhurāntaka-Mūvēndavēḷāṉ the adhikāri administering the śrīkāryam of the temple, which was utilised for (the purchase of) some vessels for ⟨Page 47⟩ the sacred bath of the deity: a gift of 20 kaḻañju by a lady named Guṇavaḍigaḷ for burning two perpetual lamps; a gift of 10 kaḻañju by one Tiruviḍaippichchi for two day-lamps; a gift of 25 kaḻañju by Vīramādēviyār (mentioned in No. 86 above ?) for a persetual lamp: and 20 kaḻañju by another lady named Oṟṟiyūr••••••••• for a perpetual lamp. Items 2 to 4 were entrusted to the owners of an oil-mill of the place, the sabhā of Tiraimūr and the nagarattār of Tiruviḍaimarudil.

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⟨1⟩ ••• kopparakecaripanmaṟki yāṇṭu 4- āvatu teṉkarai tiraimurnāṭṭu [tiruvi]ṭai marutil [śrīmūlasthā]nattu perumāṉaṭikaḷ teva••••tiraimur sabhaiyārum tiruviṭaima[rutil]••••• rutuṭaiyār śrīkāryam ārāykiṉṟa atikāri kaḷ maturāntaka muventaveḷār[k*]kāy ittevar śrīkārya-

⟨2⟩ ••• [mu]ṭaiyāṉ paṭṭaṉ kaṇṇaṉāṉa iṅkaṇāṭṭup pallavaraiyaṉ ta•••••• ••• ku ilakṣaṇattāl pokaṭava nākaṉpāṭiuṭaiyāṉ centaṉ taṭ[ai]yaṉ••• •••••• taṉā[ka]ṉum ceta takavari payi•• kaiccuṭar umaiyāḷ peraṉum bhattacaṉaṅkaḷ ciṟappu iṭṭa poṟpūvuñ ciṟukka••••ya-

⟨3⟩ ••• [k]aiyālum poṉ irupattu irukaḻañcey eṭṭumañcāṭiyuṅ•••• poṉ ko[ṇṭu tiru]viṭaima[ru]til āḷvāṉey abhiṣē•• ceyya••••••• yāḷi••••••••• aṟukaḻañcum••••••••• ṇṭikai oṉṟiṉāl poṉ patiṉ kaḻañcum i[n]nāḷ••••••••• ••••••••• ceṭṭi [i]kkuṇṭikaiyil

⟨4⟩ ••• ṉār makaḷ kuṇavaṭikaḷ oru nontāviḷakkiṉukku vaicca poṉ••••• ippoṉ irupatiṉ kaḻaiñcum koṇṭu tiraimur cavaiyā raṭṭakkaṭava eṇṇai uḻakkiṉāl viḷakku•••• ••• ppomāṉār nantāviḷakkiṉṉukku••••••• parut••••ttār koṇṭa poṉ 102m āka••••ṇṭu ti••••ttārumāy nicati uḻakkāka aṭṭakkaṭava eṇṇai u••••l viḷakkukku 4 •••• perumāṉār••••

⟨5⟩ ••• viṭai marutilc cekkālaicceri irupatiṉkaḻaiñcu poṉ kuṭut••••mākac ce kiṭṭu kuṭuttu nicatam uḻakkāka aṭṭakkaṭava eṇṇaiyāl nontāviḷakku 1 tiruviṭaippicciyār pakalviḷakkiṉukku vaicca poṉ••••• ṉil tiraimurac cavaiyāk koṇṭa poṉ 5 ippoṉ ṉaiṅkaḻañcum koṇṭu•••• ṇṇai oru piṭiyum itaṉil tiruviṭaimarutil nakarattār koṇṭa poṉ [ṉai*]ṅkaḻaiñcu ippoṉ5 ••••• r aṭṭakkaṭava eṇṇai••• cum oru piṭiyummāka ira-

⟨6⟩ ••••• pakalviḷakku 1—2m viramāteviyār nontāviḷakkiṉukku••••• poṉ 25 ippo[ṉ*] ṉirupattai ṅkaḻaiñcum koṇṭu ti[ruviṭaima]rutil nakarattār aṭṭakkaṭava eṇṇai nicatam••••••••• tevaṉār makaḷ oṟṟiyūr ppe••••••• tiruviḷakkiṉukku vai[c*]ca poṉ 20 ippoṉ irupatiṉkaḻaiñcum tiruviṭai••••• ṭakkaṭava eṇṇai••••kiṉāl viḷakku 2m 1

First fragment (on the upper tier)

⟨1⟩ ••••••••• viṭaimaru••••• uḷḷiṭṭa••••[ūro]m o••••ṉṟa••••••• yili mutalum paḻaviṟaiyum tavirntu arcca••••••• coḻamuventaveḷānukku ja[nma]k kāṇiyāy ivvūr••••vaṇṭuvarai••••• paṅkil nila••• nūṟṟuk•••• ṉal iv•••••••••

⟨2⟩ ••••••••• puravuvari••••••••• cempiyaṉ utta[ra mantiri]yum [mi]vvūr kiḻavaṉnaṭikaḷ na[nti nampi ya]raicūruṭaiyāṉ••••••••• luṭaiyāṉ [ceū]raṉ kaṟpakamāṉa•••• ṇamuventaveḷān ma•• kke[ḷ]viyālum keṭṭu nam olai eḻutum amaṇāṉūṭaiyāṉ uttaramantari paṭṭālakam eḻuttinālume olaināyaka[ṉ] cikkaruṭai [yāṉ na]kkaṉ kaṇiccaṉ nāṉa coḻamuventaveḷā[ṉ]•••••• mpakka••••••••• leṭutta••••

⟨3⟩ ••• ṟṟukkala nellu eṇṇā[ḻi]ka••••••••• nāṉ iṟaiyili••• variyil iṭṭuk kuṭutta [taṅkaḷ]••••• tu piṭākai naṭappippatāka nakkaṉkuṭi kiḻavaṉ ka[ṇṇuṭaip perumān]āṉa utaiyamārttāṇṭa muventaveḷāṉaiyum puravuvari iṟaiyāṉkuṭi•••• •••• maka[ṉ] taṇṭi pūtiyāṉa cempiyaṉ uttaramantiri••••••••• timaṅkalattu kuravaceri ke••• ntapurapaṭṭaṉaiyum••••• ntūr••• tāṅkaḷum ivarkaḷḷoṭu niṉṟu••••• ⟨Page 48⟩

Second fragment (middle tier). [in different and thinner script]

⟨1⟩ ••immuṭṭiyālum va••••••••• paṅku 6 ivveṇṇai paṅku āṟi••••••• makaṉ nakkaṉ ila••

⟨2⟩ ••li oru paṅkā l•• aṭṭakkaṭava eṇṇai tiṅkaḷ nāḻi••••••••• makaṉ na[kkaṉāṉa]••••likku••••••••• kkāli oru paṅku•••••• ṇṭu koṇṭu tiṅkaḷ[ā la]ṭṭak kaṭava eṇṇai nāḻiyum [mi]ttaḷit te-

⟨3⟩ •••• aṭṭakkaṭava eṇṇai tiṅkaḷ nāḻiyum••••••••• ttaḷi tevaṉār makaḷ nakkaṉācci naṅkai[āṉa iraṇ]ṭāyirat talaikkoliyār mā-

Third fragment (lower tier).

⟨1⟩ svasti••••••••• paramācāryaṉ kāṭaṉ paṭṭaṉ tiruviṭaimarutuṭai••••• tāviḷakkukku vaitta poṉ patiṉaiṅkaḻañcu ippoṉ

⟨2⟩ koṇṭu••••••••• yāka aṭṭakkaṭava neyyāl [nontāviḷak]ku oṉṟu [||*]

⟨SIIv19p0i0093⟩ No. 93. (A.R. No. 237 of 1907.) ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE SAME SHRINE.

This is damaged. It seems to state that the temple authorities received only 10 kāsu out of 50 promised by Śōḻakōṉāṟ for the improvement of a temple land (?) called Irumuḍis11ōḻa-perumas11akkal for the maintenance of a lamp, and this amount was found insufficient for the purpose. Further details are lost. Irumuḍi-Chōḷa was a probably surname of Parāntaka I. It was also a title conferred by Rājēndradēva on his uncle Gaṅgaikoṇḍa (S.I.I. Vol. III, No 58.)

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] kopparakecari

⟨2⟩ [pa]nma[r*]kki yāṇṭu 4 āvatu iru-

⟨3⟩ muṭicoḻap perumacakkal

⟨4⟩ •••• ka[l]li viḷainilamā-

⟨5⟩ ••kallit tirukkoyiluṭaiyā-

⟨6⟩ r coḻakoṉāriṭai viḷakku erikka koṇṭa kā-

⟨7⟩ cu aiñpatu ikkācil ivarkaḷ koṇṭa kācu

⟨8⟩ pattu ivarkaḷukku itu paṟṟāmaiyi[l] ik-

⟨9⟩ kācu koṇṭu ivviḷakku erippāri[l] pāri

⟨10⟩ ••••• rivarka•• ṉā

⟨11⟩ •••••••••

⟨SIIv19p0i0094⟩ No. 94. (A.R. No. 374 of 1909.) SIDDHALIṄGAMAḌAM, TIRUKKOYILUR TALUK, SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE maṇḍapa IN FRONT OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, VYĀCHRAPĀDĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

This records an endowment of land for mantra-pōnagam offerings to god Tiruppulippagavar-Dēvar in the temple at Śiṟṟiṅgūr by the Malāḍu chief Rājamahēndraṉ Rājēndra-Śōḻaṉ. Kulōttuṅga I in whose reign this temple is said to have been renovated of stone (M.E.R. for 1910, Part II, para. 24) was also called Rājēndra-Chōḷa and the donor might have been known after the surname of his over-lord. ⟨Page 49⟩

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] kopparakecaripatma[r*]kku yāṇṭu nālāvatu malātāṉa jaṉanātavaḷanāṭṭuk kuṟukkaik kūṟṟattu brahmadēyañ ciṟṟiṅkūr uṭaiyār tiruppulippakavardēvarkku iv vūr••••••

⟨2⟩ •••••• innilaṅ koṇṭu ittevarkku mandrapponakammutu ceyvikkakkaṭavarka ḷākap paṇṇikkuṭutteṉ ma[lāṭu]ṭaiyāṉ rājamahēndraṉ rājendracoḻaneṉ itu panmāhēśva[rar]ra[kṣai] [||*]

⟨SIIv19p0i0095⟩ No. 95. (A.R. No. 245 of 1911.) KUMBHAKŌṆAM, KUMBHAKONAM TALUK, TANJAVUR DISTRICT. ON THE WEST AND SOUTH WALLS OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, NĀGĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

The details of the date given correspond to Thursday, 22nd April, A.D. 975. The first four lines of this inscription have been published in S.I.I., Vol. III (No. 129), where it has been assigned to Uttama-Chōḷa. The continuation has now been traced in situ and the full text is given below. It registers a sale of land by the mūlaparaḍai-perumakkaḷ of Tirukkuḍamukkil in Pāmbūr-nāḍu to the temple of Tirukkīkōṭṭattu-Paramasvāmi, for 25 kaḻañju which was the amount endowed to the temple for a perpetual lamp by Kaṟṟaḷippirāṭṭi Aṟivāḷaṉ Amittiravalli of Tañjāvūr, on behalf of her son Kāri Koḻambaṉ of the Gaṇḍarāditta-teriñja-Kaikkōḷa (regiment). The land sold which was a quarter (vēli) extent, is said to have been the abhishēka-dakshiṇai received by the assembly evidently on the occasion of the king's coronation.

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⟨1⟩ kopparakeśaripatmaṟkku yāṇṭu 4- āvatu vaṭakaraip pām-

⟨2⟩ pūrnāṭṭu tevatāṉa[m*] tirukkuṭamukkil [mu]laparaṭai perumakkaḷom iyāṇṭu mēṣaṉāyaṟṟū viyāḻakkiḻamaiyūm navamiyūm peṟṟa makattiṉṉāṉṟu tirukkuṭamukkil mulaparaṭaip perumak[ka*]ḷom tañcāvūrkkūṟṟattu tañcāvūrk kaṟṟaḷippirāṭṭi••

⟨3⟩ aṟivāḷa ṉamittiravalli taṉ [ma]kaṉ kaṇṭarātittat teriñ[ca*] k[ai]ykkoḷaril kāri koḻam paṉaic cāttit tirukkiḻkkoṭṭattup paramasvāmikku vaiytta tirunontāviḷakku oṉṟi ṉukku ivaḷukku viṟṟukkuṭutta nilamāvatu••

⟨4⟩ ṣekadakṣaṇai peṟṟa caṉṉa••••meṟkāviri••• ttirukkiḻkkoṭṭattu paramasvāmikku viṟṟukkuṭutta nilattil aḷantu mekāṟcey viṟṟukkuṭuttataṟ kellai iddēvar nilattukkey meṟkun teṉpāṟkellai paḷḷikoṇṭaruḷukiṉṟa paramasvāmi nilattukku vaṭakku me[lpāṟk]kellai [i]nnilattukku pāyūm vāykkālukkuk kiḻakkum vaṭapāṟ kellai ipperumāḷ nilattukkey teṟkumāka iv••••••••

⟨5⟩ ṭṭa nilam aḷantu va kāṟce••••k kuṭuttu ikkāṟceyyiṉ bhōgane[l] koṇṭu cantrādittaval i••• n[on]tāviḷakku erippatāka ivaḷiṭaik koṇṭa poṉ 25 ippoṉ irupattaiyṅkaḻaiñcu āvaṇakkaḷatte kaiccellak koṇṭu ippoṉ irupattaiyṅkaḻaiñcum emp[erumā]ṉ śrībhaṇṭārat•••• ppittu ittirunontāviḷakku oṉṟum avvav āṇṭu śrīkāryyañce••••••

⟨6⟩ ppakkaṭavarākavum ipparicup paṇitto mulaparaṭaipperumakkaḷom mula••••peru makkaḷ paṇiyāl i••••ṉeṉ ivvūrt taccaṉ pirāntakaṉ ari•••• ṉeṉ ivai [eṉ*] eḻuttu [||*]

⟨SIIv19p0i0096⟩ No. 96. (A.R. No. 247 of 1911.) ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE SAME SHRINE.

The alphabet seems to be early, but the inscription is carelessly engraved. It records an endowment of 6(1/2) mā of land after purchase by Eḻuvaṉ Mādēvaṉ a merchant of Nandipuram, for feeding a Brāhmaṇa in the temple of Tirukkīḻkōṭṭam at Tirukkudamukkil after the daily mid-day service to the god. ⟨Page 50⟩

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] kop[para]-

⟨2⟩ [k]ecaripa[ṉ]ma[r*]kki yāṇ-

⟨3⟩ ṭu 4 āvatu vaṭakaraip

⟨4⟩ pāmpūrnāṭṭut teva-

⟨5⟩ tāṉan tirukkuṭamukki-

⟨6⟩ l tirukkiḻkoṭṭattu o-

⟨7⟩ ru brāhmaṇa ṉuccam-

⟨8⟩ potuṇṇa nantipu-

⟨9⟩ rattu vyāpāri yeḻuva-

⟨10⟩ ṉa mātevaṉeṉ

⟨11⟩ vaitta nilam n[ā]-

⟨12⟩ ṉ māṭilaṉ teva-

⟨13⟩ ṉ pāṇṭaṉu[m] ta-

⟨14⟩ mpimārumiṭai vilai-

⟨15⟩ koṇṭu uṭaiya [ni]-

⟨16⟩ lam pāmpūrnāṭṭu pu-

⟨17⟩ ñcai nālumāvuṅ

⟨18⟩ kaḻaṉi[yi]l ko-

⟨19⟩ ḻaic-

⟨20⟩ ceyc-

⟨21⟩ cāṟṟāt-

⟨22⟩ teṟkiṉā-

⟨23⟩ laraikkā-

⟨24⟩ lum nā-

⟨25⟩ ṉ 34

⟨26⟩ po[ṉ*]ṉukku

⟨27⟩ vilaiko-

⟨28⟩ ṇṭuṭai-

⟨29⟩ yaparice-

⟨30⟩ y ivva-

⟨31⟩ ṟumāva-

⟨32⟩ raic ce[yā]-

⟨33⟩ [lu]m va-

⟨34⟩ nta po-

⟨35⟩ kaṅ ko- *

⟨SIIv19p0i0097⟩ No. 97. (A.R. No. 317 of 1911.) VĒḶACHCHĒRI, SAIDAPET TALUK, CHINGLEPUT DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE ŚELLIYAMMAṈ TEMPLE.

This records a gift of land as mañjikkam by the sabhā of Veḷichchēri in Puliyūrkōṭṭam for the maintenance of a perpetual lamp and for offerings during the two services in the temple of Kāḷā-Bhaṭāri. This is left incomplete.

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] kopparakesaripanma[r*]kku yāṇṭu nāṉkāvatu puliyūrkkōṭṭat-

⟨2⟩ tu veḷicceri sabhaiyom emmurk kāḷābhaṭārikku cantrādi-

⟨3⟩ ttaval loru nantāviḷakkum iraṇṭu tiruvamirtukkum āka vaitta

⟨4⟩ mañcikkam teṉkaḻa(ṉ)nikkiḻ kaḻikkāṭṭubhūmikku kiḻpāṟkel-

⟨5⟩ laiy ceruppaḷḷi nārāyaṇabhaṭṭaṉum kulaputti nāraṇakkiramavi-

⟨6⟩ [t]tanum uṭaiya bhūmiyiṉ meṟkkum

⟨7⟩ teṉpāṟkellai kuṭṭimañcurac caṭṭaya[ vikrama] canmanum ivaṉ tampiyum uṭai[ya]

⟨8⟩ bhūmiyiṉ vaṭakkum me[l*]pāṟkellai kāliṉ kiḻakkum vaṭapāṟkellaiva e *

⟨SIIv19p0i0098⟩ No. 98. (A.R. No. 11 of 1914.) TIRUMAṆAÑJĒRI, MAYURAM TALUK, TANJAVUR DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, UDVĀHANĀTHASVĀMI TEMPLE.

This records a gift of 96 sheep for burning a perpetual lamp in the temple of Paramasvāmi at Tirumaṇañjēri by a kitchen-maid (of the palace) at Tañjāvūr by name Baladēvaṉ Kiḍāsānai. ⟨Page 51⟩

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] kopparakeca-

⟨2⟩ ripanma[ṟ*]kku yāṇṭu 4 āvatu tirumaṇa-

⟨3⟩ ñceri paramasvāmikku tañcāvūr ma-

⟨4⟩ ṭaippaḷḷip peṇṭāṭṭi palateva

⟨5⟩ ••ṅkiṭācāṉai vaitta no-

⟨6⟩ ntāviḷakku 1 itu erikka ni-

⟨7⟩ laiviḷakku 1 cāvāmuvāpperā-

⟨8⟩ ṭu toṇṇūṟṟāṟu ivai ve-

⟨9⟩ ṭṭiṉa kallu 1 cantirā[ti*]ttavar-

⟨10⟩ [ai]paṉmāheśvarar irakṣai ||—

⟨SIIv19p0i0099⟩ No. 99. (A.R. No. 14 of 1914.) ON THE SAME WALL.

This records the gift of a plate, a trumpet, a hanging lamp and a bell and also an image of worship used during the śrībali offering, to the temple of Paramasvāmi at Tirumaṇañjēri by a Śōḻiya-vāṇiyaṉ (merchant) named Muṇḍaṉ Araṅgaṉ alias Nāṟpatteṇṇāyira-Māyilaṭṭi. This might be an inscription of Parāntaka I, the writing being early.

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] kopparakecaripanma[ṟ*]kku [yāṇṭu] 4- āvatu panmāhēśva-

⟨2⟩ [rara]kṣaiyāka tirumaṇañceri paramasvāmikku coḻiya-

⟨3⟩ [v]āṇiyanāṉa mu[ṇṭa]ṉaraṅkanākiya tirumaṇañceri nāṟpat-

⟨4⟩ teṇṇāyira panmāhēśvara māyilaṭṭiyār [v*]aicca palit-

⟨5⟩ [tālam] 1 niṟai 38 kāḷaḷa niṟai 40 tūṅkuviḷakku 1 ivve-

⟨6⟩ ••••••••• ivaney [v*]ai[ttatu] tirumaṇañceri parama[svā]-

⟨7⟩ [mikku panmāhē] śvara māyilaṭṭiyār•••••••••

⟨8⟩ panmāhēśvarara[kṣ*]aiyāka tiruvaraṅkaṉ kūttaṉ••

⟨9⟩ ṉūṟṟai[m*]patināl eṟimaṇi 1 tiruvaṭinilai yi[ru]-

⟨10⟩ patiṉpalattāl oraṇaiyum śrīpali e[ ḻuntaruḷu]-

⟨11⟩ m tirumeniyum ivveṭṭina ikkallu mivaṉvaca[m]

⟨12⟩ ivai cantirātittaval panmāhēśvararakṣai ||

⟨SIIv19p0i0100⟩ No. 100. (A.R. No. 231 of 1915.) BRAHMADĒŚAM, CHEYYAR TALUK, NORTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, CHANDRAMAUḶĪŚVARA TEMPLE.

This is damaged. It seems to record a gift of 15 kaḻañju of gold for a perpetual lamp, and 75 kaḻañju for some purpose the nature of which is not known, in the temple at Rājamalla-chaturvēdimaṅgalam.

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] koparakecaripanmaṟku yāṇṭu ṉālāvatu irājamallaccaturvvē•••••••

⟨2⟩ rimallaṉ vacca dharmmamāvatu oru naṉtāviḷakkukku patiṉaiñka•••••

⟨3⟩ taiñkaḻañcumāka ūrkkaṟcemmai toṇṇūṟṟukkaḻañca itaṉāl vaṉta•••• ⟨Page 52⟩

⟨SIIv19p0i0101⟩ No. 101. (A.R. No. 232 of 1915.) ON THE SAME WALL.

This records a gift of 15 kaḻañju of tested gold (ūrkaṟ-chemmai) for a perpetual lamp in the temple by Niṉṟayil Irushikēśuvaṉ of Kuṇḍina-gōtra a resident of Vāyiṉānallūr in Puliyūr-kōṭṭam.

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] koparakesaripanmaṟku yāṇṭu ṉāṉkāvatu irājamallaccaturvvētimaṅkalattu •••••pperumāṉaṭikaḷ śrīkoyilil puliyū-

⟨2⟩ rkkoṭṭattu vāyiṉāṉallūr kuṇḍiṉa(r)kottirattu niṉṟayil iruṣikeśuva••••• tivi[ḷa*]kkukku vaitta poṉ ūrkkal-

⟨3⟩ cemmai patiṉaiñkaḻañcu itaṉāl vaṉta palicaiyāl candrādityaruḷḷa[ḷa*]va••••• iruṣikeśu- vaṉeṉ ||—

⟨SIIv19p0i0102⟩ No. 102. (A.R. No. 495 of 1918.) TIRUVEṆKĀḌU, SIRGALI TALUK, TANJAVUR DISTRICT. ON THE WEST INNER gōpura, ŚVĒTĀRAṆYĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

This is damaged. It seems to record a gift of some gold ornaments for the image of Naṭarāja (Āḍi-aruḷugiṉṟa-dēvar) in the temple at Tiruveṇkāḍu, by a kaikkōḷa. Below this is the latter portion of another inscription, which seems to register the leasing out of a temple land to a resident of Nallāvūr, who was to reclaim the land for cultivation and supply paddy to the temple every year at the rate of a kuṟuni per day for offerings.

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] kopparakecari-[pa]-

⟨2⟩ nmaṟku yāṇṭu nā[ṉ]kāvatu [it]-

⟨3⟩ [tiruve]ṇ kāṭṭāṭiaruḷuki[nṟa]-

⟨4⟩ tevarkku iraṉṉam caṭṭi••

⟨5⟩ ṭiyum iraṉṉam kaṭṭina••

⟨6⟩ ālaiyil••••ip pon••

⟨7⟩ na alaiyil añcum kuṭutt[āṉ]

⟨8⟩ ālamattānāna kaliyuga••

⟨9⟩ śva ran ivaṉ kaikkoḷan1 [||*]

⟨1⟩ iṉnilam kalli ti[ru]tti aṭai koṇṭu

⟨2⟩ mel eṟṟaṭaiyāl panta nellu ivanikko[yi]-

⟨3⟩ lile tanmañ ceyyappeṟuvānāka [paṇi]-

⟨4⟩ ttu kuṭuttom tevarkaṉmikaḷom iva-

⟨5⟩ n innilam aḻakitākak kallit tiritti mu-

⟨6⟩ nnaṭai mel ivan eṟṟamāka aṭutta [ne]

⟨7⟩ llu muppatin kalamum tā naṭaikoṇ[ṭu]

⟨8⟩ aḷakkakaṭava nellu nālkalane tū[ṇiyu]-

⟨9⟩ m āka nellu muppattu nāṟkalane tū[ṇi]-

⟨10⟩ yum rājakesariyāṟ aḷakka ittevar••••

⟨11⟩ [ṭu] kecanukku candrādittavaṟ nallāvūr āntai

⟨12⟩ aṭuttuk kuṭutta[m*]aiyil ivvaṭaippaṭi ne-

⟨13⟩ llu uṭaiyār paṇṭāratte aḷantu ivan [v*]aic-

⟨14⟩ ca caṭṭiccoṟu caṭṭi onṟukku rājakesariyāṟ ne-

⟨15⟩ llu nānāḻiyāka caṭṭicoṟu iraṇṭukku nellu-

⟨16⟩ kuṟuṇiyāka nāḷ munnūṟṟaṟupatinukku ne-

⟨17⟩ llu muppatin kalamum āṭṭāṇṭutoṟum koṇṭu-

⟨18⟩ candrātittavaṟ inni[van]tam celuttakkaṭavo-

⟨19⟩ mānom [it]tevarkanmikaḷom ivai talaicca-

⟨20⟩ ṅkāṭṭu karaṇattān paṟaṭaikāviti kalamanen neḻut-

⟨21⟩ tu nāṅkūr karaṇattān kaṭaṟ neḻuttu [||*] ⟨Page 53⟩

⟨SIIv19p0i0103⟩ No. 103. (A.R. Nos. 9 of 1920.) TIRUMAḺAVĀḌI, UDAIYARPALAYAM TALUK, TIRUCHIRAPALLI DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, VAIDYANĀTHA TEMPLE.

This records a gift of 45 sheep and one ram for burning a lamp throughout the day-time in the temple of Mahadēva at Tirumaḻavāḍi, by one Kaṇḍaṉ Maḻapādi of Pu[du*]kkuḍi in Kīḻśeṅgiḷi-nāḍu.

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] kopparakecaripanma[ṟ*]kki yāṇṭu 4- [ā]vatu kiḻceṅkiḷināṭṭu pu[tu*]kkuṭi kaṇṭan maḻapāṭi tirumaḻavāṭi ma[h*]ādēvarkku nittam pakalnontāviḷakkunukku vaitta cāvāmuvāperāṭu nāṟpat-

⟨2⟩ taiñcu nā[ṟ*]pattaiñcum viccukiṭāy 1- m cantirātittaval pa[nm]āyēśvararakṣai [||*]

⟨SIIv19p0i0104⟩ No. 104. (A.R. No. 250 of 1921.1) TAKKŌLAM, ARKONAM TALUK, NORTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON THE WEST WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, JALANĀTHĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

This records a gift of sheep for a perpetual lamp in the temple of Tiruvūṟal-Mahādēva, by one Naran Tuṅgappēraraiyaṉ of Puliyūr in Vaṇḍāḻai Vēḷūr-kūṟṟam a subdivision of Śōḻa-nāḍu. This is probably a record of Parāntaka I.

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] kopparakecaripaṉmaṟku yāṇṭu nālāva-

⟨2⟩ tu coḻanāṭṭu vaṇṭāḻai veḷūrkkūṟṟattu puli[yū]-

⟨3⟩ r puliyūruṭaiyāṉ nārantuṅkapperaraiyaṉ tiruvū-

⟨4⟩ ṟal mahādēvarkku oru noṉtāviḷakku erippataṟ-

⟨5⟩ kku vaitta [ā]ṭu••••

⟨SIIv19p0i0105⟩ No. 105. (A.R. No. 373 of 1924.) MĒLAPPAḺUVŪR, UDAIYARPALAYAM TALUK, TIRUCHIRAPALLI DISTRICT. ON THE EAST WALL OF THE maṇḍapa IN FRONT OF THE AGASTYĒŚVARA SHRINE, AGASTYĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

This is much damaged. It seems to record a gift of 10 kaḻañju of gold for a perpetual lamp in the temple of Mahādēva of Avanigandarva-Īśvara-gṛiham in Kuṉṟak-kūṟṟam by one Atiśūraṉ••••••• of Maḻapāḍi in [Vā]ṇagappāḍi, who had deposited the amount with two nagarattār. The inscription also refers to a later order (the nature of which is not known) of Aḍigaḷ Paḻavēṭṭaraiyar Kaṇḍan [Amuda]nār, made in the 16th year of Uttamasōḻadēvar Parakēsarivarman, evidently about the utilisation of this amount.

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] kopparakecaripaṉma[ṟ*]kki [yāṇ]-

⟨2⟩ ṭu 4 āvatu kuṉṟakūṟṟattu tevatāṉam•••••

⟨3⟩ avaṉi••••pa īśvaragṛhattu mahādēvar••••

⟨4⟩ ••••• tu perumpaḻuvūr••••• ⟨Page 54⟩

⟨5⟩ koppāṭi maḻapāṭi aticūraṉ na••• tiruno-

⟨6⟩ ṉtāviḷakku cantrātittavalam i[ravu]m pakalum nitta-

⟨7⟩ muḻakku ney erikka vaitta poṉ [pa]ttu ippoṉ

⟨8⟩ [pat]tilum ivvūr iraṇṭu nakarattārum koṇṭu kaṭa[vatā]ṉa poṉ 5cum ko-

⟨9⟩ ṇṭu palicai i ṭu v[ā*]rāniṟkka śrī uttamacoḻa[teva]r kopparakecaripa-

⟨10⟩ ṉma[ṟ*]kku yāṇṭu 19- āvatu aṭikaḷ paḻu••••rayar kaṇṭaṉ

⟨11⟩ [amuta]ṉār aruḷucce••••• vaṭṭam••••lattu-

⟨12⟩ •••••••••

⟨13⟩ •••••cantrātittavar

⟨14⟩ ••••• nom ittaḷip paṭṭuṭai-

⟨15⟩ ••••• itu panmāhēśvararakṣai [||*]

⟨SIIv19p0i0106⟩ No. 106. (A.R. No. 266 of 1925.) TIRUVIḌAIKKAḺI, MAYURAM TALUK, TANJAVUR DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE maṇḍapa IN FRONT OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, SUBRAHMAṆYA TEMPLE.

This is fragmentary and also damaged.

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⟨1⟩ [svasti] śrī

⟨2⟩ svasti śrī [||*]

⟨3⟩ kopparake-

⟨4⟩ cari[pa*][nma][ṟ*]kki-

⟨5⟩ yāṇṭu 4- ā-

⟨6⟩ va•••••••

⟨7⟩ •••••••••

⟨SIIv19p0i0107⟩ No. 107. (A.R. No. 114 of 1926.) TIRVIḶAKKUḌI, MAYURAM TALUK, TANJAVUR DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, MAṆAVĀḶĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

This records a gift of a silver plate weighing 400 kaḻañju by the ūrkkal for keeping the offerings to god Tiruvēḻvikkuḍi-Mahādēva, by Ayyaṉ Māraśiṅgaṉ alias Vīraśēkhara-Mūvēndavēḷāṉ of Guṇamalappāḍi in Nallāṟṟūr-nāḍu. The name of the village is reminiscent of a vēḷvi or sacrifice having been performed at the place.

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⟨1⟩ kopparakesaripanmaṟku yāṇṭu 4- vatu

⟨2⟩ vaṭakarai nallāṟṟūrnāṭṭu kuṇamala-

⟨3⟩ ppāṭiuṭaiyāṉ ayyaṉ mā-

⟨4⟩ raciṅkanāṉa viracekaramuventaveḷā

⟨5⟩ neṉ tiruveḻvikkuṭi mahādēvarkku

⟨6⟩ candrādityava[ṟ] amutuceyya vaitta

⟨7⟩ veḷḷittaḷikai niṟai ūrkkallāl

⟨8⟩ nāṉūṟṟukkaḻaiñcu itu śrīkaraṇattār ra-

⟨9⟩ kṣai [||*] ⟨Page 55⟩

⟨SIIv19p0i0108⟩ No. 108. (A.R. No. 124 of 1926.) ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE SAME SHRINE.

This records a gift of 36 sheep for a lamp in the temple by Koṟṟaṉ Kūttaṉ alias Śembiyaṉ Ārkkāṭṭuvēḷāṉ of Ārkkāḍu in Ārkkāṭṭu-kūṟṟam.

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⟨1⟩ kopparakesarivapanmaṟku yā-

⟨2⟩ ṇṭu 4- vatu ārkāṭṭukkūṟ[ṟa*]t-

⟨3⟩ tu āṟkāṭṭukiḻāṉ koṟṟaṉ

⟨4⟩ kūttanāṉa cempiyaṉ ā-

⟨5⟩ rkkāṭṭuve[ḷā]neṉ tiruve-

⟨6⟩ ḻ vikkuṭi uṭaiyārkku candrāditya-

⟨7⟩ vaṟ vaitta tirunontāviḷa-

⟨8⟩ kku 6 āṭu 36 | itu śrīka-

⟨9⟩ raṇattār rakṣai |—

⟨SIIv19p0i0109⟩ No. 109. (A.R. No. 222 of 1926.) KĪḺAPPAḺUVŪR, UDAIYARPALAYAM TALUK, TIRUCHIRAPALLI DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, PAŚUPATIŚVARA TEMPLE.

This is much damaged, some portions having peeled off. It seems to record an endowment for a perpetual lamp in the temple of Maravan-Īśvara-griham at Śiṟu-Paḻuvūr by the wife of a Paḻavēṭṭaraiyar chief (names lost).

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] kopparakecaripaṉmaṟku yāṇṭu nāṉkā-

⟨2⟩ [va]tu ivvā[ṇṭ]aiṇa••••••••• piramateyam ci-

⟨3⟩ [ṟupaḻu]vūr maravaṉīśvaragrahat••••••••• veṭṭarai

⟨4⟩ ••••••• teviyār ke••••• varaiyar makaḷā-

⟨5⟩ ••••••••• kalum oru nuntāviḷak-

⟨6⟩ •••••••••

⟨SIIv19p0i0110⟩ No. 110. (A.R. No. 228 of 1926.) ON THE WEST WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, VAṬAMŪLĒŚVARA TEMPLE IN THE SAME VILLAGE.

This records a gift of 90 sheep for burning a perpetual lamp in the temple of Tiruvālanduṟai-Mahādēva at Śiṟu-Paḻuvūr in Kuṉṟa-kūṟṟam, by Nilaiyaṉ Vēmbaṉ a resident of the village.

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⟨1⟩ svasti

⟨2⟩ śrī [||*] kop-

⟨3⟩ parakesaripa-

⟨4⟩ nmaṟku yāṇ-

⟨5⟩ ṭu 4 āvatu ku-

⟨6⟩ ṉṟakkū[ṟṟa*]ttu bra-

⟨7⟩ hmadēyam ciṟu-

⟨8⟩ paḻavūrt tiru-

⟨9⟩ vālantu-

⟨10⟩ ṟai mahādēva-

⟨11⟩ rkku ivvūr maṉ-

⟨12⟩ ṟāṭi nilaiyaṉ

⟨13⟩ vempaṉ candrā-

⟨14⟩ ditya[va*]l oru tiruvi-

⟨15⟩ ḷak keriya nicata[m*]

⟨16⟩ nārāyattāl

⟨17⟩ uḻakku neykku

⟨18⟩ vaitta cāvāmu-

⟨19⟩ vāpperāṭu 90

⟨20⟩ itu panmāhē-

⟨21⟩ śvararakṣai [||*] ⟨Page 56⟩

⟨SIIv19p0i0111⟩ No. 111. (A.R. No. 159 of 1928.) TIRUPPAḺANAM, TANJAVUR TALUK, TANJAVUR DISTRICT. ON THE WEST WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, ĀPATSAHĀYĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

This records a gift of 90 sheep for a lamp in the temple of Mahādēva at Tiruppaḻanam in Viṟai-kūṟṟam by Pāṇḍan Kaṇṭābaraṇaṉ alias Vāṉa••••••••• of Puṟakkiḷiyur-nāḍu.

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] kopparakecaripaṉmaṟku yāṇṭu [4] āvatu viṟaikkūṟṟattu te-

⟨2⟩ vatānam tiruppaḻaṉattu māhādēvar[ kku] oru naṉtāviḷakku [iravu]-

⟨3⟩ m pakalum cantrātittaval lerivataṟku puṟa[kki]ḷiyūrnāṭṭu••••

⟨4⟩ ṭaiyāṉ pāṇṭaṉ kaṇṭāparaṇan[āyiṉa] vāṉa••••••• vai[tta]

⟨5⟩ cāvāmuvāpperāṭu toṇṇūṟu itu panmāhēśvararakṣai [||*]

⟨SIIv19p0i0112⟩ No. 112. (A.R. No. 102 of 1929.) LĀLGUḌI, LALGUDI TALUK, TIRUCHIRAPALLI DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, SAPTARISHĪŚVARA TEMPLE.

This records a gift of 15 kaḻañju of gold with which were purchased 90 sheep, for a perpetual lamp in the temple of Mahādēva at Tiruttavattuṟai in Iḍaiyāṟṟu-nāḍu, by Araiyaṉ Ayyāṟṟaḍigaḷ of Ovaichchēri a hamlet of Brahmapurinallūr in Maḻanāḍu on behalf (in memery) of his parents Śūlapāṇi Ōvaraiyar and Kuvāvaṉ Tiruvaḍi. This is probably an inscription of Parāntaka I.

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] kopparakecaripaṉmaṟku yāṇ[ṭu*] 4- lāvatu iṭaiyāṟṟunāṭṭu tiru-

⟨2⟩ ttavattuṟai mahādēvark[ku] ṉicatappaṭi iravum pakalum tiruṉoṉtātiruviḷak keriva tāka maḻanā-

⟨3⟩ ṭṭup•• piramapurinallūrk kaṇṭattu ovaicceri [yo]varaiya ṉayyāṟṟaṭikaḷeṉ eṅkaṇa-

⟨4⟩ ••••• ccūlapāṇi [yo]varaiyākkum eṅkaḷammai kuvāvaṉ ṟiruvaṭi [y*]aiyuñ cātti vaitta ṉo-

⟨5⟩ ntāviḷakkiṉukku vaitta poṉ patiṉaiṅkaḻañcu ippoṉ patiṉaiṅkaḻañcuṅ kuṭuttu koṇ

⟨6⟩ ṭacāvāmuvāp perāṭuāka vaitta āṭu toṇṇūṟu ivvāṭṭāl nicata uḻakku [ney]

⟨7⟩ cantirātittava lerivatāka [vaitteṉ] araiya[ṉai]yyāṟṟaṭikaḷeṉ itu paṉmāhēśvararakṣai ||—

⟨SIIv19p0i0113⟩ No. 113. (A.R. No. 123 of 1929.) ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE SAME SHRINE.

This records an endowment of two plots of land measuring 4 mā and 3 kāṇi respectively, by Kumārandai Kāri Ādittaṉ of Parāntakapuram in Iḍaiyāṟṟu-nāḍu for maintaining a perpetual lamp in the temple of Īśvara-Bhaṭṭāraka at Tiruttavattuṟai in the same nāḍu. The former situated in Teṅgaṅkuḍi a brahmadēya in Brahmapurinallūr in Maḻa-nāḍu, is said to have been originally purchased from the sabhā of that village by one Kaṇḍaṉ Tiruvaruḷi of Pāaiyūr a merchant of Irāyaripuram, and then to have passed on from his sons as strīdhanam to Kumārandai Kāri Maḻapāḍi who in turn sold it to the donor. The other land was ⟨Page 57⟩ also purchased by the donor (evidently from the assembly), the price paid being 20 kaḻañju for both. An equal amount made up of 13 kaḻañju received from the donor and 7 from the temple funds, was paid to the assembly, towards the exemption of the taxes iṟai, echchōṟu, veṭṭi, vēdinai, śennīr-veṭṭi etc.

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] kopparakesariparmmaṟku yāṇṭu 4- āvatu iṭaiyāṟṟunāṭṭut tiruttavat tuṟai īśvarabhaṭṭārakaṟku

⟨2⟩ innāṭṭu parāntakapurattu kumārantai kāri ātittaneṉ candrādityavaṟ iravum pakalum moru nontāviḷakke-

⟨3⟩ rivataṟku vaitta nilamāvatu maḻanāṭṭu piramapuri nallūrk kaṇṭattu brahmateyaṅ teṅkaṅ kuṭi sabhaiyā-

⟨4⟩ riṭai irāyaripurattu vyāpāri pālaiyūruṭaiyāṉ kaṇṭan tiruvaruḷi vilaikoṇṭuṭaiyaṉā yi-

⟨5⟩ van makkaḷpakkal kumārantai kāri maḻapāṭi stridhana-

⟨6⟩ m peṟṟuṭaiyaṉā[y*] ivaṉpakkal kumārantai kāri

⟨7⟩ ātittaneṉ vilaikoṇṭuṭaiya teṅkaṅkuṭi

⟨8⟩ nāṉmāvinukku kiḻpāṟkellai mokiliya-

⟨9⟩ ṉ ceṭṭi nārāyaṇaṉ nilattukkum rāyidharan kṛ-

⟨10⟩ ṣṇa ṉūraṉāḷkiṉṟa nilattukku me[ṟ*]kkun ten-

⟨11⟩ pāṟkellai vāykkālukku vaṭakkum melpāṟ kellai

⟨12⟩ ūrellaikkuk kiḻakkum vaṭapāṟkellai kālāpan tattanā-

⟨13⟩ rāyaṇa[ṉ*] nilattukkum kṛṣṇan tāya[ṉ*] nilattukkut teṟkuṅ kiḻak-

⟨14⟩ kum teṅkaṅkuṭit tevar nilattukkut teṟkum ivvicaitta

⟨15⟩ perunāṉkellaiyu ḷakappaṭṭa nilam nāṉmāvum mukkāṇikku ki-

⟨16⟩ ḻpāṟkellai pilāṟṟukku meṟkkun tenpāṟkellai kṛṣṇan centa

⟨17⟩ nilattukku vaṭakkum melpāṟkellai kāccuva nārāyaṇan kecuvaṉum moki-

⟨18⟩ liyaṉ nārāyaṇan māṟaṉum nārāyaṇan mātevaṉum nilattukku kiḻakkum va-

⟨19⟩ ṭapāṟkellai kāccuva[ṉ] cerumaṉ pāṇṭa nilattukkut teṟkum ivvicaitta

⟨20⟩ perunāṉkellaiyu ḷakappaṭṭa nila[m*] mukkāṇiyumākat taṭi iraṇṭāy nāṉkumā muk-

⟨21⟩ kāṇikkum vilaiyāka kāri ātittan kuṭutta poṉ 20 ivaṉe yiṟaikāvalākak kuṭutta

⟨22⟩ poṉ 13 ittevar kuṭutta poṉ 7 ākap poṉ nāṟpatiṉkaḻañcuṅ koṇ ṭinnila-

⟨23⟩ m iṟaiyu meccoṟum veṭṭiyum vetiṉaiyuñ cennirveṭṭiyuṭpaṭa maṟṟeppeṟap paṭṭatuṅ kāṭ-

⟨24⟩ ṭātomāy innilam iṟaiyiliyāka viṟṟukkuṭuttom teṅkaṅkuṭi sabhaiyom itaṟ ṟiṟampil mu-

⟨25⟩ ṟpaṭṭa panmāhēśvarare dhanmādhaṉattu sabhaiyākavum taṉittākavum muṉpu niṟkilum nil-

⟨26⟩ lāviṭilum taṇṭamiṭ ṭiṟuppittum piṉṉaiyum innilattu bhōkame koṇṭu viḷak kerippa-

⟨27⟩ tāka oṭṭik kuṭutton teṅkaṅkuṭi sabhaiyom itu panmāhēśvararirakṣai |||—

⟨SIIv19p0i0114⟩ No. 114. (A.R. No. 9 of 1931.) TIRUKKŌḌIKĀVAL, KUMBHAKONAM TALUK, TANJAVUR DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, TIRUKKŌṬĪŚVARA TEMPLE.

This inscription is slightly damaged. It registers a sale of ten śey of land situated at Kaḷakkuḍi and belonging to the sabhā of Mahēndravarma-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, ⟨Page 58⟩ to the temple at Tirukkōḍikāval after making it tax-free. The sabhā gave facilities for irrigating the land by permitting the damming of the channel near the village before its conflunence with the river. This is stated to be a copy of an old document incised on a loose stone slab which, being of no further use, was destroyed.

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] ituvum moru paḻaṅkalpaṭi [||*] kopparakecaripanmaṟku yāṇṭu 4- kāvatu vaṭakarai••••nāṭṭu brahmadēyam mahēntrapanmaścaturvētimaṅkala[t*]tu sabhaiyom iṉṉāṭṭu

⟨2⟩ [tiruk]koṭikāvil śaṇḍēśvarapperumāḷukku immahēntrapanmaścaturvēti[ma*]ṅkalattu kaḷakku [ṭi]••••• teṉvā••••sabhaiyom potunilam pattuc ceyyum ca(n)ntrātittaval iṟaiyi-

⟨3⟩ liyāka viṟṟukkuṭuttatukku kiḻpāṟkellai ākkimutta••••• ttan nilattukku meṟkkum [i]va[ṉ nilattuk]key teṟkum vai••••saṉ nārāyaṇan tevan nilattukku meṟkkum aiyakki irāmatevaṉum tampiyu-

⟨4⟩ m nilattukku meṟkkum iva[r*]kaḷ nilattukku vaṭakkum kuravaca••••• [ta]maṉ [ni]lattukku me••••••••• ke[llai] co[ḻavatikkum pa]••••nilattukku vaṭakkum melpāṟkellai ākki śrīkumāraṉum kuṭiyūr periyaca-

⟨5⟩ ṉmaṉum ikkuṭi aṭikaḷ nampa nilattukkum kiḻakkum vaṭapāṟkellai kaḷakkuṭi vāyk kālukkut teṟkkum [i]ṉṉāṉkellaiyilum uṭpaṭṭa nilam pattuc ceyyum uṇṇila moḻiviṉṟi mikutikuṟai-

⟨6⟩ mai yuḷḷaṭaṅka viṟṟukkuṭuttom kulaikkiḻ vāy[k*]kālniṉṟum cāmantiyil mel pāṭu ka[rai]koḷḷa kalattāl vāy[k*]kāl p[e]ṟṟu vaṭakkunokkic ceṉṟu pāyappeṟuvitākavum kaḷakkuṭi v[ā*]y[k*]kā lāṟu[ṟupā]-

⟨7⟩ yavum nirvāravum peṟuvitākavum vāykkālkaḷ aṭaittu vāykkālāṟey aṭaittup pāyttap peṟuvatākavum i[dra]vyam aṟa koṇṭu viṟṟukkuṭuttom mahēntrapanmaccaturvēti- maṅkalattu sabhaiyom itu paḻaya ka[lpa]-

⟨8⟩ ṭi inta śrīvimānattile eṟa veṭṭiṉamaiyil muṉṉivājagam veṭṭikkiṭanta taṉikkallāl ubhaiyokam illāmaiyil atu tavirntatu itu panmāyēśvararakṣai ||—

⟨SIIv19p0i0115⟩ No. 115. (A.R. No. 20 of 1931.) ON THE WEST WALL OF THE SAME SHRINE.

This is also stated to be a copy from an old inscription on a slab which latter was consequently cancelled. It records a gift of 13 kaḻañju of gold by one Paramayōgi a resident of Maṇimaṅgalam, for burning a perpetual lamp in the temple of Mahādēva at Tirukkōḍikāval, with the interest thereon.

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⟨1⟩ svasti-

⟨2⟩ śrī [||*] ituvu-

⟨3⟩ m moru pa-

⟨4⟩ ḻaṅkaṟpaṭi [||*] ko-

⟨5⟩ pparakecaripanmaṟkku

⟨6⟩ yāṇṭu 4- āvatu tiru-

⟨7⟩ kkoṭik[ā*]vil mah[ā*]dē-

⟨8⟩ vaṟkku maṇimaṅka[la*]-

⟨9⟩ muṭaiyāṉ ceri parama-

⟨10⟩ yoki oru nontāvi-

⟨11⟩ ḷakkiṉukku kuṭutta-

⟨12⟩ poṉ 13 ippoṉ

⟨13⟩ koṇṭu itaṉ palicai

⟨14⟩ yāl cantr[ā*]tittaval

⟨15⟩ oru nont[ā*]viḷak ke-

⟨16⟩ rippomāṉom ittiruk-

⟨17⟩ koyiluṭaiyom i-

⟨18⟩ tu paḻaṅ[kaṟpaṭi] i(n)-

⟨19⟩ nta śrīvimāṉattile e-

⟨20⟩ [ṟa] veṭṭiṉamai[yil*] muṉṉi-

⟨21⟩ [vā]jakam veṭṭikkiṭanta ta-

⟨22⟩ [ṉi]kkallā[l*] ubhaiyoka-

⟨23⟩ m illāmaiyil atu

⟨24⟩ tavir[n*]tatu paṉmāye-

⟨25⟩ śvararakṣai [||*] ⟨Page 59⟩

⟨SIIv19p0i0116⟩ No. 116. (A.R. No. 76 of 1931.) TIRUPPŪNDURUTTI, TANJAVUR TALUK, TANJAVUR DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, PUSHPAVANĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

This records a gift of 96 sheep made by Piśaṅgaṉ Koṟṟaṉ Ārkkāṭṭuvēḷāṉ a resident of Nānāndur in Ārkkāṭṭu-kūṟṟam, to the temple of Mahādēva at Tirutturutti, for burning a perpetual lamp in the shrine of the goddess and for worship during a service therein called the śānti-viḻā. The sabhā of Tirutturutti made themselves responsible for the maintenance of this service by collecting 7 nāḻi and an uri of ghee every month from two shepherds with whom the sheep were left.

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] kopparakecaripanma[r*]kku yāṇṭu [nā]lāvatu āṟkkāṭṭuk kūṟṟattu teva-

⟨2⟩ tāṉam tirutturutti mahādēvarkku ikkūṟṟattu nānāntūr nānāntū-

⟨3⟩ ruṭaiyān picaṅkaṉ koṟṟaṉ [na]•• te[va]ṉ ārkkāṭṭuveḷāṉ oru

⟨4⟩ nontāviḷakkiṟkku vaicca āṭu [9]6 āṭuñ cāvāmuvāpperāṭāka eriyū-

⟨5⟩ rn[ā*]ṭṭuk kaḷakkuṭi maṉṟāṭi kaṇi[c*]caṉ teṟṟi ivūr maṉṟāṭiy turutti centaṉai

⟨6⟩ puṇaiyākak kuṭuttu ivvāṇṭu paṅkuṉi mutalāka koṇṭu tiṅkaḷ eḻu nā-

⟨7⟩ ḻi u[ri] neyyum [pi]rāṭṭiyār c[ā]ntiviḻāvukku mūṭṭi i[raṇṭu ku]••

⟨8⟩ ṉṉum cantirāti[t*]taval neyyum kaṭā••• ṭaṉum iṭuvomāno-

⟨9⟩ m kaṇiccaṉ teṟṟiyum ivaṉukkup puṉaippaṭṭa turutti centaṉum i-

⟨10⟩ vviruvaraiyum tiṅkaḷtoṟum ta[ṇṭi] aṭṭuviccu tiruviḷakku erippippomā-

⟨11⟩ nom tirutturutti sabhaiyom itu paṉmāyēśvararakṣai [||*]

⟨SIIv19p0i0117⟩ No. 117. (A.R. No. 91 of 1931.) ON THE WEST WALL OF THE SAME SHRINE.

This records a gift of 30 kaḻañju of gold for burning a perpetual lamp in the temple of Mahādēva at Tirutturutti by Sōmaṉ Eṭṭi of Nānāndūr. The sabhā of the place received the amount and agreed to maintain the lamp with an uḻakku of ghee daily.

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⟨1⟩ [svastiśrī] [||*] kopparakesaripanma[ṟ*]ku yāṇṭu 4- āvatu ārkkāṭṭukkūṟṟattu teva-

⟨2⟩ [tāṉa]m tirutturutti mahādēvarkku oru ṉontāviḷak keri[va]taṟku i[ṉṉā]ṭṭu ṉāṉāntū-

⟨3⟩ r ṉāṉāntūruṭaiyāṉ comaṉeṭṭi vaitta poṉ 30 ippoṉ muppatiṉ kaḻañcu-

⟨4⟩ [m] koṇṭu ṉiyatam uḻakku ṉeyyāla iravum pakalum oru ṉontāviḷakku can-

⟨5⟩ tirāti[tta*]val erippomāṉom tirutturutti sabhaiyom itu panmāhēśvararakṣai [||*]

⟨SIIv19p0i0118⟩ No. 118. (A.R. No. 67 of 1933.) TIRUKKACHCHIYŪR, CHINGLEPUT TALUK, CHINGLEPUT DISTRICT. ON A SLAB BUILT INTO THE PAVEMENT OF THE SECOND prākāra, KACHCHHAPĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

This records an endowment of 2 plots of land made tax-free after purchase, by Mūvēnda-Pallavaraiyar of Nalvayal in Śeṅguṉṟa-nāḍu for the daily offerings to the god in the temple of Tiruvālakkōyil-Perumāḷ at Kachchūr in the same nāḍu, which was a subdivision of Kalattūr-kōttam. ⟨Page 60⟩

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⟨1⟩ [svastiśrī] [||*] kopa[rake]-

⟨2⟩ [caripa]nma[ṟ*]kku yāṇṭu 4- ā-

⟨3⟩ vatu kaḷattūrkkoṭṭattu [c*]eṅku-

⟨4⟩ ṉṟanāṭṭu kaccūr tiruvālakkoyi[l]-

⟨5⟩ [p]erumāḷukku [c]eṅkuṉ[ṟa*]nāṭṭu

⟨6⟩ nalvayal nalvayaluṭaiya

⟨7⟩ muventappalla[varai]yar nica-

⟨8⟩ tam nāḷ tiru[va*]mitukku vaicca cey i-

⟨9⟩ raṇ[ṭu ce]yu miṉ makkaḷ paṭṭiyum ivvi-

⟨10⟩ [ra]ṇṭu vilai aṟuti koṇṭu [v*]aicceṉ iv-

⟨11⟩ viraṇṭu miṟai iḻiccikkuṭuttom ūrom i-

⟨12⟩ ttanmam iṟakkuvār keṅkaiiṭai kuma-

⟨13⟩ riyiṭai ceytār ceyta pā-

⟨14⟩ vam koḷvār [||*]-

⟨SIIv19p0i0119⟩ No. 119. (A.R. No. 459 of 1904.) VĒDĀRAṆYAM, TIRUTTURAIPUNDI TALUK, TANJAVUR DISTRICT. ON A PILLAR IN THE maṇḍapa IN FRONT OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE. VĒDĀRAṆYĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

This records a gift of 90 sheep for burning a perpetual lamp in the temple of Mādēvar at Tirumaṟaikkāḍu by one Mādēvaṉ. An uḻakku of ghee was to be supplied daily for the purpose by the shepherds who received the sheep. Mention is made of the liquid measure kāṇa-nāḻi.

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⟨1⟩ [svastiśrī] [||*]

⟨2⟩ [ko]pparakeca-

⟨3⟩ ripaṟma[r*]kku

⟨4⟩ [yāṇṭu] 5-

⟨5⟩ āvatu [ti]-

⟨6⟩ rumaṟai[kkāṭ]ṭu

⟨7⟩ [māte]varkku mātevaṉ

⟨8⟩ [v]aicca nontā-

⟨9⟩ viḷakku oṉṟu••••

⟨10⟩ āṭu toṇṇuṟuṅ ko-

⟨11⟩ ṇṭu cantirātittaval

⟨12⟩ nittam uḻakku ney ya-

⟨13⟩ ṭṭuvomāṉoṅ kāṇa-

⟨14⟩ nāḻiyāl ivvūr yi-

⟨15⟩ ṭaic cāṉṟom [pa]-

⟨16⟩ nmāhēśvararakṣai [||*]

⟨SIIv19p0i0120⟩ No. 120. (A.R. No. 468A of 1904.) ON THE FOURTH PILLAR IN THE maṇḍapa IN FRONT OF TYĀGARĀJA SHRINE IN THE SAME TEMPLE.

This is much worn out. It records some provision (gift of sheep) for burning a perpetual lamp in the temple by one Pālai Ēṟkuṭṭi a merchant of Tāmaraippūṇḍi a dēvadāna in Umbaḷa-nāḍu. Tirumaṛaikkāḍu was also in the same nāḍu. ⟨Page 61⟩

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] koppa-

⟨2⟩ rakecaripaṉmaṟku

⟨3⟩ yāṇṭu 5- āva-

⟨4⟩ tu umpaḷanā-

⟨5⟩ ṭṭup perunte-

⟨6⟩ vatāṉam tiru-

⟨7⟩ maṟaikkāṭṭu

⟨8⟩ mātevarkku i-

⟨9⟩ nāṭṭu [m]aiṟṟuṉi-

⟨10⟩ t tevatāṉam tā-

⟨11⟩ ma[rai]yppūṇṭi

⟨12⟩ viyāpāri pālai

⟨13⟩ eṟkuṭṭi vaicca

⟨14⟩ no[n*]tā viḷakku••

⟨15⟩ kku•••••

⟨16⟩ •••••••••

⟨17⟩ ṭu koṇṭu

⟨18⟩ •••• ḻakku

⟨19⟩ ne[y*] yaṭṭu[vomā]-

⟨20⟩ [n]om•••••

⟨SIIv19p0i0121⟩ No. 121. (A.R. No. 686 of 1904.) TIRUPPĀṞKAḌAL, WALAJAPET TALUK, NORTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, KHARAPURĪŚVARA TEMPLE.

This is built in the middle. This records an agreement by the mahā-sabhā of Kāvidippākkam alias Amaninārāyaṇa-chaturvēdimaṅgalam in Paḍuvūr-kōṭṭam through their Tank Supervision Committee to burn a perpetual lamp in the local temple of Tirukkarapurattu-Perumānaḍigaḷ and in that of Tiruvagattīśvarattu-Perumānaḍigaḷ at Pākkam. For the former they received a piece of garden-land endowed by one Śivapūdi Āchchanādaṉ son of Mahāsēna-Kramavittar, and for the latter, a gift of 50 (kāśu) of pure gold from Śembiyaṉ Iḷaṅgōvēḷār Pūdi Ādittar. This donor was evidently a Koḍumbāḷūr chieftain. Mention is made of certain aṅgamaṇi-dravya (cash realised by sale of ornaments) which was the property of the donor's (deceased) mother, out of which he is said to have purchased the land endowed. An executive official servant of the sabhā called the Śiṟṟūrāṭchikoḷvāṉ who was appointed for the year, was to look after the maintenence of the gift.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] koparakecariparmmaṟku yāṇṭu aiñcāvatu paṭuvūrkoṭṭattu kāvatipākkamākiya amaṉiṉārāyaṇaccaturvvētimaṅkala[ttu]••••••• perumakkaḷum [bhaṭṭa]rkaḷum viśiṣṭarkaḷu[m*] uḷḷiṭṭa mahāsabhaiyom emmur aṇaikkiḻ•••••••••

⟨2⟩ [k]aiyār makaṉār mahāsēnakkiramavittar muttanaṅkaiyār makaṉār civapūti [ā]ccaṉāta[ṉu]kku mutukaṇṇāka••••• ṉār mahāsēnakramavi•••••••••ṉarudrarkittikramavittarpakkal tam tāyār koḷḷakka(ṭ)aiva a[ṅka]maṇi dravya[vṛtthi]kkuk cilavākak kū••••••••• ṭṭut toṭṭam ce[y]tu nūṟṟumuppat-

⟨3⟩ to[ṉṟa]rai kuḻiyum koṇṭu emmur tirukkarapurattu perumāṉaṭikaḷukku oru nandāviḷakkum emmur pāk[ka]ttu tiruvakattiśvarattu perumāṉaṭika•••••••••

⟨4⟩ paṇiyāl iyyāṭṭai erivāriyapperumakkaḷom cempiyaṉ iḷaṅkoveḷār pūti ātittarpak kal oṉpatarai māṟi niṟai aympatiṉ•••••••••

⟨5⟩ vāṭṭai erivāriyapperumakkaḷe muṭṭāme kuṭuppārākavum innandāviḷakkukku avvavāṇṭu ciṟṟūrāṭcikoḷvāṉaiye koṇṭu nicati••••••••• ṉuṅ koḷḷappiṟātār [||*]

⟨SIIv19p0i0122⟩ No. 122. (A.R. No. 32 of 1907.) TIRUVIŚALŪR, KUMBHAKONAM TALUK, TANJAVUR DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, ŚIVAYŌGANĀTHASVĀMI TEMPLE.

This is an unfinished record which stops with the mention of Kirāñji Tiruveṇkāḍa-Kramavitta-Sōmāśi (Sōmayāji) a member of the āḷuṅgaṇam (administrative body or committee) of the assembly of Amaninārāyaṇa-chaturvēdimaṅgalam. ⟨Page 62⟩

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] kopparakesariparmarkku yāṇṭu [5]- āvatu vaṭakarai tevatāṉam

⟨2⟩ ramateyam amaṉinārāyaṇaccaturvvēdimaṅka••••••••• [y]āḷuṅkaṇattā-

⟨3⟩ ruḷ kirāñcit tiruveṇkāṭa kramavit[ta*] comāciya••••••••• 1

⟨SIIv19p0i0123⟩ No. 123. (A.R. No. 147 of 1907.) PŪVĀLAIKKUḌI, PUDUKKOTTAI STATE, TIRUCHIRAPALLI DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE maṇḍapa IN FRONT OF THE ROCK-CUT CAVE.

This inscription states that the maṇḍapa in the temple of Paramēśvara at Pūvālaikkuḍi was built by one Vāduḷi Ūraṉ Tuṟṟiṉṉai. This is assignable probably to Uttama-Chōḷa.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] kopparakecaripaṉma[r*]kku

⟨2⟩ yāṇṭu 5- āvatu pūvālaikkuṭi paramē-

⟨3⟩ śvara[r*] koyil maṇṭakam me[ṭu]-

⟨4⟩ ppiccāṉ ivūr śrīkoyi(l)luṭai[yā]-

⟨5⟩ ṉ vātuḷi ūraṉ tuṟṟi[ṉ]ṉai itu

⟨6⟩ panmāhēśvararakṣai [||*]

⟨SIIv19p0i0124⟩ No. 124. (A.R. No. 318 of 1907.)

(This is the same as No. 122 above).

⟨SIIv19p0i0125⟩ No. 125. (A.R. No. 324 of 1907.) TIRUVIŚALŪR, KUMBHAKONAM TALUK, TANJAVUR DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, ŚIVAYŌGANATHASVĀMI TEMPLE.

This is incomplete. It records a gift for burning a perpetual lamp in the temple of Perumānaḍigaḷ at Tiruviśalūr.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] kop-

⟨2⟩ parakesaripanma[ṟku*] yā-

⟨3⟩ ṇṭu 5- āvatu

⟨4⟩ ••tta••••

⟨5⟩ •••• piramateyam

⟨6⟩ āmani nārāya-

⟨7⟩ ṇaccaturvētima-

⟨8⟩ ṅkalattu tiruvi-

⟨9⟩ calūrp perumānaṭi-

⟨10⟩ kaḷukku candrāditya-

⟨11⟩ vat oru nōntā

⟨12⟩ viḷakku 1

⟨SIIv19p0i0126⟩ No. 126. (A.R. No. 384 of 1909.) SIDDHALIṄGAMAḌAM, TIRUKKOYILUR TALUK, SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE maṇḍapa IN FRONT OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, VYĀGHRAPĀDĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

This records a gift of 10 kaḻañju of gold for burning a perpetual lamp in the temple of Tiruppulippagavar at Śiṟṟiṅgūr a brahmadēya in Kuṟukkaikkūṟṟam a subdivision of Milāḍu, by Kāḷi Sōmāśi the wife of Ātraiyaṉ Kēśavaṉ Māṟaṉ. ⟨Page 63⟩

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⟨1⟩ —|||—svasti śrī [||*] kopparakecaripanma[r*]kku yāṇṭu añcāvatu malāṭṭuk kuṟukkaikkūṟṟattu brahmadēyañ ciṟṟiṅkūrtiruppulippakavadēvarkku tirunantāviḷakku oṉṟukku ātrai- yaṉ kecuvaṉ māṟaṉ brāhmaṇi kāḷi comāciyiṭai ivvūrt tirukkoyiluṭaiyom ivaḷiṭaiyil candrādityavaṟ erikkak koṇṭa poṉ patiṉkaḻañcuṅ koṇṭu iraṇṭu (?) tirunantāviḷakku erikkakkaṭavomānom ittirukkoyiluṭaiyom itu paṉmāhēśvararakṣai [||*]

⟨SIIv19p0i0127⟩ No. 127. (A.R. No. 715 of 1909.) ĀLAMBĀKKAM, LALGUDI TALUK, TIRUCHIRAPALLI DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, KAILĀSANĀTHA TEMPLE.

This registers the sale, free of taxes, of a land held in common by the sabhā of Dantivarmamangalam a brahmadēya on the northern bank of the river, to the temple of Amarēśvara-Perumāḷ for 16 kaḻañju of gold which had been endowed to the temple for a perpetual lamp by a member for the āḷuṅgaṇa (name lost) of the sabhā.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] [kopparakecariva]nmaṟku yāṇṭu 5- āvatu vaṭakaraip piramateyam dantivarma-

⟨2⟩ maṅkalattu sabhaiyom viṟṟukkuṭutta nilavilaiyāvaṇam ivvūr amarē-

⟨3⟩ śvarapperumāḷukku viṟṟukkuṭutta nilamāvatu ivvūr māṟpiṭukerikki-

⟨4⟩ ḻk kaliṅkaloṭaiyiṉ melait teṟkuṉokkip poṉa uḷvāykkālukku

⟨5⟩ me[ṟ*]kkum teṟkum sabhaivilai viṟṟa nilattukku vaṭakkum māṟpiṭukerikkaraikku

⟨6⟩ t teṟkum ko••••• yum vantavāṟṟāl sabhaiyom potunilammāṉa

⟨7⟩ nilattu iraṇ••••cceyyum iṟaiyiliyā[ka] viṟṟukkuṭuttuk koṇṭa vi-

⟨8⟩ laipporuḷāvatu ivvūr yāḷuṅka•••••••••

⟨9⟩ amarēśvara perumāḷukku nontāviḷakkiṉukkuk kuṭutta poṉ 15 patiṉaiyṅkaḻañcu

⟨10⟩ poṉṉuṅ kaiyyiley aṟakkoṇṭu ippoṉṉāl innilam nontāviḷakkiṉikku-

⟨11⟩ āka innilam epperppaṭṭa iṟaiyum eccoṟum iṟukka[ka*]ṭavataṉṟāka oṭṭi viṟ

⟨12⟩ ṟu vilaiyāvaṇañ ceytukuṭuttom na(da)ntivarma maṅkalattusabhai yom |||1 pārateya-

⟨13⟩ ṉ viramalaṉ pirāntakaneṉ uṭummait tiruvekampaṉ

⟨14⟩ vaitta viḷakkil pāti poṉ koṇṭeṉ nicatam āḻākku ney

⟨15⟩ itu panm[ā*]-

⟨16⟩ hēyē-

⟨17⟩ śvarara-

⟨18⟩ kṣai ||—

⟨SIIv19p0i0128⟩ No. 128. (A.R. No. 44 of 1910.) TIRUKKARUGĀVŪR (TIRUKKAḶĀVŪR), SIRGALI TALUK, TANJAVUR DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, MADHUVANĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

This gives a list of the lands, 3 vēli in all, which had been endowed to the temple of Mahādēva by several persons, and which were now exempted from taxes by order of the king (Uḍaiyār). The writing seems to be of the time of Rājēndra-Chōḷa I. ⟨Page 64⟩

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] kopparakecaripanmaṟkki yāṇṭu 5- āvatu

⟨2⟩ immahādēvaṟkku uṭaiyār riṟaiyiḻicciṉa nilam

⟨3⟩ muveliyilum caṇṭai iraṇṭum ti•••••

⟨4⟩ lai oṉṟukkum kai[y]mmaṇi oṉṟuk•••••

⟨5⟩ kkum āka nila••••• m••••tukuṭutta

⟨6⟩ nilam āvatu kāvukuḷattin

⟨7⟩ tenvāy mummāvaraiyum ko-

⟨8⟩ ṟṟaṅkuṭaiyāṉ araṅkaṉ ku-

⟨9⟩ ñci[ra]mallaṉ aṭṭikkuṭutta nilam

⟨10⟩ kuṭakku veli muṉṟumākkāṇi pāratāyaṉ cu-

⟨11⟩ varaṉ tirumāl [ku]ṭuttanilam kāṇi araiykkā-

⟨12⟩ ṇiyum pāratā(yā)yaṉ tāmotiraṉ nārāya[ṇa]-

⟨13⟩ ṉ ṉaṭṭiṉa nilam kovaṉ kāñcāṉ kāle araimāvi-

⟨14⟩ l mākāṇiyum kāliti nārāyaṇaṉ āyiravaṉ aṭṭi-

⟨15⟩ kkuṭutta nilam paḷaṅkaṟāy muṉṟumāvum pā[ra]tā-

⟨16⟩ yaṉ nakkaṉ centaṉ aṭṭikkuṭutta nilaṅ kaṟpāṭ-

⟨17⟩ [ṭāṟu] māvuṅ kiḻppakal iṟaiiliyā[ka*] varukiṟa nilam

⟨18⟩ •••• tiṉneḻāva••••• māvum itu panmā-

⟨19⟩ [hē*]śvararirakṣai [||*]

⟨SIIv19p0i0129⟩ No. 129. (A.R. No. 45 of 1910.) ON THE SAME WALL.

This is much damaged. This seems to register the sale of some land belonging to four persons by virture of their right of worship in the temple of Tirukkarugāvūr-Āḷvār for 24 days in the month, which they had purchased from certain individuals previously, and which they now disposed of to the temple for 20 Īḻakkāśu.

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⟨1⟩ •••• [ko]pparakesaripaṉma [r*]kku yāṇṭu 5- āvatu va-

⟨2⟩ •••• [mparnā]ṭṭut tevatāṉan ti-

⟨3⟩ •••• kiṟpāl karukāvūr tinakko••••

⟨4⟩ yiluṭaiy[āṉ] kauśiyaṉ picuṇi pā••••

⟨5⟩ yiravan māṟanum ivaṉ ma••••

⟨6⟩ ṉca•• kaṉum ivan tampi••••• ṉ kulatipa••••

⟨7⟩ •••• ya māṟaṉ koṟṟaṉum ivaṉ vā••••

⟨8⟩ •••••••••

⟨9⟩ vatu ittirukkarukāvūr āḷvārkku nāṅkaḷ i••••

⟨10⟩ nāḷ [pa]ttum ivvūrt tirukkoyiluṭai••••

⟨11⟩ ••••• yom yokipakkal vilaiykoṇṭuṭai••••

⟨12⟩ ••••• ṭaṉ māṟaṉpakkal vilai•••••

⟨13⟩ •••• nāḷ nālum vaṭukaṉ picaṅkaṉpakkal vilaiy•••••

⟨14⟩ ṭaya nāḷ nālum pic[ca]mātevaṉpakkal vilai•••••

⟨15⟩ ya[nāḷ] i[ra]ṇṭum āka nāṅkaḷ piṟanta•••••

⟨16⟩ raṇṭuṭaitum ākat tiṅkaḷ irupattunālu••••• ⟨Page 65⟩

⟨17⟩ tiruvuṇ[n]āḻiyai [pu]ṟattāl vanta nilamum pu••••

⟨18⟩ ṉaiyum•••••• viyum acci•••••••••

⟨19⟩ kaiyavar••••• koyilkaḷum pi•••••••••

⟨20⟩ m ivvūr••••• cuṭṭiyyep•••••••••

⟨21⟩ śvarapperumāḷukku viṟṟukkuṭuttu koṇṭa vilai••••

⟨22⟩ ṉ īḻakkācu paḻavaravu irupatu ivvirupatu[m] āvaṇa••••

⟨23⟩ caṟak koṇṭu viṟṟukkuṭuttom āyiravaṉ mā••••

⟨24⟩ •••• ṟaṉ caṅkanum māṟaṉ kulatipanum māṟaṉ••••

⟨25⟩ [nu]m ivvaṉaiyvom śaṇṭeśvarape••••

⟨26⟩ •••• ṭu itu panmāhēśvara[ra*]kṣai [||*] innilam•••••

⟨27⟩ ṉ nilam munṟumā nikkiy niṉṟa nilam••••

⟨SIIv19p0i0130⟩ No. 130. (A.R. No. 46 of 1910.) ON THE SAME WALL.

This records an endowment of 3 vēli of land (by the king) at the request of Śiṅgaṉ Kaliyaṉ alias Uttamaśōḻa-Mūvēndavēḷāṉ of Kommaipākkam with its annual produce of 710 kalam of paddy specifically allotted for the various requirements of worship in the temple of Tirukkarugāvūr-Mahādēvar. This apportionment was made through the officers Kōyil-Mayilai alias Madhurāntaka-Mūvēndavēḷāṉ of Śiṟṟiṅgaṇ and Śāttaṉ Paśupati alias Kaliyaṉ Taṇḍēśvaraṉ. The and is said to have adjoined a bigger plot of 40 vēli endowed to the temple at Tiruvalañjuḻi, from which it seems to have been separated as being in excess of the needs of that temple. This is evidently an inscription of Uttama-Chōḷa.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] kopparakesaripaṉmaṟku yāṇṭu 5-

⟨2⟩ āvatu tirukkarukāvūr mah[ā*]dēvar ittirukka-

⟨3⟩ rukāvūr pottaka••••• ttuva •

⟨4⟩ runilam nāṟpati[ṉv]elikkiḻ i-

⟨5⟩ •••• i[ṉi]laṉ [mu]veli [mu]veliyum

⟨6⟩ uṭaiyār tiru[vala]ñcuḻi śrīkoyi••••

⟨7⟩ ••vaittu ayppikai viṣu saṅki-

⟨8⟩ rānti yelvaiyiṟ tāṉañ ceyyāvi-

⟨9⟩ ••kkommaipākkamuṭaiyāṉ ciṅkaṉ

⟨10⟩ kaliyaṉāṉa uttamacoḻamuventaveḷāṉ [viṇ]-

⟨11⟩ ṇappattāl yā[ṇ]ṭu 5- āvatumutal iṟaiyiliyāka-

⟨12⟩ k kuṭutta nilaṉ muveliyiṉā laṭaippaṭi n[e]llu

⟨13⟩ ūṟk[ā]lāl eḻunūṟṟorupatiṉkalamum atikā[rikaḷ]

⟨14⟩ •••• ṟṟiṅka[ṇuṭaiyā]ṉ koyilmayilaiyāṉa mati [r]ān-

⟨15⟩ takamuv[en]taveḷāṉum cāttaṉ pacuvatiyāṉa kaliya-

⟨16⟩ n taṇ[ṭe]śvaraṉum panmāhēśvararum mulaparuṭaiyā-

⟨17⟩ rum••••āḷvārkku veṇṭu nivanta maṭaittapaṭi ā-

⟨18⟩ •••• amitu ceyya nittaṅ kuṟuṇi nāṉāḻi yariciyuṅ kuṟu-

⟨19⟩ ••••• yuṭpaṭa nitta [nel]lu tūṇiyāka [o]rāṭṭaikku

⟨20⟩ nellu••••••••• ḷakku pattiṉu-

⟨21⟩ kku nittam nellu iru••••••••• ṭainā-

⟨22⟩ ḷaikku nellu muṉṉūṟṟukku••••••••• viḷakke-

⟨23⟩ ṇṇaikku nellu pati••••••• pā riruvark-

⟨24⟩ ku kappaṭamutaluṭpaṭa orāṭṭaikku nellu eḻupatiṉka- ⟨Page 66⟩

⟨25⟩ lam tiruccantaṇam nicatam [oru] pala māka orāṭṭaikku ne-

⟨26⟩ llu muppatiṉkalaṅ kuṅkilipattukku orāṭṭaikku

⟨27⟩ nellu patiṉkalaṅ karumāṇikkatevarkku tiruvamirtukku

⟨28⟩ nicatam nellu patakkāka orāṭṭaikku nellu aṟupa-

⟨29⟩ tiṉ kala mittevarkku nontāviḷak koṉṟiṉukku nel-

⟨30⟩ lu mup[pa] tiṉkalaṅ kaṇavatiyār••••mirtukku nicatane-

⟨31⟩ llu aññāḻiyāka orāṭṭaikku nellu••••patiṉeṇkalaṉeyi

⟨32⟩ ru tūṇik[ku]ṟuṇi itu panmāhēśvararakṣai [||*]

⟨SIIv19p0i0131⟩ No. 131. (A.R. No. 234A of 1911.) KUMBHAKŌṆAM, KUMBHAKONAM TALUK, TANJAVUR DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH AND WEST WALLS OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, NĀGĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

The details of the date given in this inscription viz. 5th year, Āṉi, [śu.] 5, Mūla, Friday correspond to A.D. 975, June 16, ·85, but with two corrections: weekday being Wednesday and nakshatra Maghā.

This records a sale of land a quarter vēli in extent made by the Mūlaparuḍaipperumakkaḷ of Tirukkuḍamukkil to Mādēvan Kaṇḍi a servant-woman attached to the Kaṟṟaḷippirāṭṭiyār-Vēḷam at Tañjāvūr for 20 kāṣu which was endowed by her for the maintenance of a person who was to supply a pot of water from the Kāvēri river thrice every day for the sacred bath of the god. Kaṟṟaḷippirāṭṭiyār seems to be the same as the donor figuring in No. 95 above and probably diflerent from her namesake who was the wife of the Koḍumbāḷūr chief Bhūti-Vikramakēsari the subordinate of Sundara-Chōḷa Parāntaka II.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī— kopparakesaripanma[r*]kku yāṇṭu 5- āvatu ivvāṇṭānittiṅkaḷ mati nāṭapakkam pañcami nāḷ mūlattu kiḻa[m]ai veḷḷi poḻutu muṉcoṟkuṟi ituvāṇṭitu tiṅkaḷitu pakkam titu poḻu tituparuvamāka vaṭakaraip pāmpūrnāṭṭut tevatāṉan tirukkuṭa mukkil mulaparaṭaipperumakkaḷoṅ keṭṭa nilavilaiyāva[ṇan*] tanta ivvūrk kuṟṟattut tañcārūrk ka-

⟨2⟩ ṟṟaḷippirāṭṭiyār veḷattup peṇṭāṭṭi mātevan(ṅ) kaṇṭi tirukkiḻkkoṭṭat tup paramasvāmikku vaitta tirum(ā)ñcuṇattukku ivaḷiṭaik koṇṭa kācu 20 ikkācu irupatuṅ koṇṭu emperumāṉukkuk kāviriyiṉiṉṟum potu kala nir koṇṭu muṉṟu sandhi [yu]n tirumañ[ca]ṉa niraṭṭuvāṉukku bhōgamāka āvaṇañ ceytu kuṭutta nilamāvatu kaḻaniyil ariyalūp patiṟṟuveli-

⟨3⟩ yil nāṉmāk kūṟiṭṭil aḷantu kāṟ cey viṟ[ṟukkuṭut]tataṟ kellai kiḻpār[k*]kellai i[ppara]masvāmi nilattukkey mē[ṟ*]kkun [teṉpāṟ]kkellai••••••• ṟukkey vaṭakku[m me]lpārkkellaiyum parama••tta••••• ḻa[k*]ku••••••••• llaiyum paramasvāmik•• ••teṟkumāka i••••tta perunāṉke[l*]laiyuḷḷaka••••• aḷantuvantapaṭi kāṟ ceyyum viṟṟu vilai••••

⟨4⟩ ñ ceytukuṭuttu ik kācirupatu māvaṇakkaḷatte••••cellap poruḷaṟak koṇṭu cantādittaval tirumañcaṉa muṭṭāme tiru••••••• ikkācu irupatum emperumāṉ śrībhaṇḍara ttey vait••••••••• poṉta svāmibhōgamñ tirumañcana ni[raṭṭu]vāṉukkuk kappaṭattukkuṅ ko••••kumāka in nilaṅ kālum āvaṇañ ceytu vi•••••

⟨5⟩ kkuṭuttom meṟcollappaṭṭa kaṟṟaḷippirāṭṭiyār veḷattup peṇṭāṭṭi•••• ṇṭikku mūlaparaṭaipperumakkaḷom••••••••• tuḷ ḷāvaṇakkiḻapu(va)ruḷ mulaparaṭaip perumakkaḷ paṇiyāl in nilavilaiyāvaṇa meḻutiṉeṉ ivvūr ūrkkaṇakkuc ceykinṟa 1 ⟨Page 67⟩

⟨SIIv19p0i0132⟩ No. 132. (A.R. No. 243 of 1911.) ON THE WEST AND SOUTH WALLS OF THE SAME SHRINE.

This inscription is damaged. It seems to record the distribution of the sheep which had been presented to the temple of Tirukkīḻkōṭṭattu-Paramasvāmi at Tirukkuḍamukkil in Pāmbūr-nāḍu, among several individuals for the supply of the necessary ghee by them for burning three perpetual lamps in the temple. The writing closely resembles that of No. 7. This is probably assignable to Uttama-Chōḷa.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] kopparakecari

⟨2⟩ [pa]nmaṟku yāṇṭu 5- āvatu vaṭa-

⟨3⟩ karaip pāmpūr nāṭṭut teva-

⟨4⟩ tāṉan tirukkuṭamukkil tiru-

⟨5⟩ [k]kiḻkoṭṭattup parama-

⟨6⟩ svāmikku tirunontāvi-

⟨7⟩ ḷakkukku maṉṟāṭi cātta-

⟨8⟩ ṉ māteva [ṉiṭai] viḷakku mu-

⟨9⟩ ṉ•••••••

⟨10⟩ nanti•••••

⟨11⟩ āvatā••••• ṟum āka

⟨12⟩ viḷakku•••••••

⟨13⟩ ṟil ivaṉiṭaiyil niṉṟu

⟨14⟩ vāṅki aṭutta āṭu maṉ-

⟨15⟩ ṟāṭi kāri••••tta

⟨16⟩ āṭu 32 maṉṟāṭi ciṅkaṉ•••••

⟨17⟩ ṉmel aṭutta ivvā[ṭu]

⟨18⟩ āṭu 32 maṉṟāṭi cāttaṉ [a]-

⟨19⟩ calañci melaṭutta āṭu 32 ma-

⟨20⟩ ṉṟāṭi acalañci puttaṉ mela-

⟨21⟩ ṭutta āṭu 32 maṉṟāṭi pukaḻa ṉā-

⟨22⟩ cca[ṉu]m tampimār melaṭutta

⟨23⟩ āṭu 32 maṉṟāṭi celvaṉ te-

⟨24⟩ vaṉmel aṭutta āṭu [32]

⟨25⟩ maṉṟāṭiy pālai nārāyaṇa[ṉ]

⟨26⟩ melaṭutta āṭu [8] maṉṟāṭi

⟨27⟩ [nallūr nā]rāyaṇaṉ me-

⟨28⟩ [la]ṭutta āṭu 8 āka ā-

⟨29⟩ ṭu••••••••• 1

⟨SIIv19p0i0133⟩ No. 133. (A.R. No. 244 of 1911.) ON THE SAME WALLS.

This is also probably a record of Uttama-Chōḷa. It records a gift of 97 sheep for burning a perpetual lamp in the temple of Tirukkīḻkōṭṭattu-Mahādēva by a maṉṟāḍi (shepherd) of the place named Dēvan Nakkaṉ.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] kopparakecaripaṉmaṟku yāṇṭu [5]- āvatu

⟨2⟩ tirukkiḻk koṭṭattu mah[ā*]dēvarkku maṉṟāṭi

⟨3⟩ tevaṉ nakkaṉ vaitta tiru nontā viḷakku

⟨4⟩ oṉṟerikka kuṭutta āṭu 9[7] toṇṇū-

⟨5⟩ ṟṟeḻu itu canti[rāti]ttaval panmāhēśva[ra*]-

⟨6⟩ rakṣai ||—

⟨SIIv19p0i0134⟩ No. 134. (A.R. No. 60 of 1913.) TIRUCHCHEṄGĀṬṬĀṄGUḌI, NANNILAM TALUK, TANJAVUR DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE GAṆAPATĪŚVARA SHRINE, UTTARĀPATĪŚVARA TEMPLE.

This registers a sale of two pieces of land tax-free by the sabhā of Marugal in Tirumarugal-nāḍu, to the temple of Paramēśvara at Tiruchcheṅgāṭṭāṅguḍi for the gold received by them from the temple and from an officer (or chief) named Gōdukulavaṉ Vīraśōḻaṉ alias Uttamaśōḻa-Nenmalināṭṭu-Mūvēndavēḷāṉ, to provide for the maintenance of two perpetual lamps in the temple. The surname of the latter suggests that the inscription may be assigned to Uttama-Chōḷa. ⟨Page 68⟩

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

⟨2⟩ ṟku yāṇṭu 5- āvatu tirumarukal-

⟨3⟩ nāṭṭu marukal sabhaiyom tirucceṅ-

⟨4⟩ kāṭṭaṅkuṭi paramēśvaraṟku nāṅkaḷ

⟨5⟩ poṉ koṇṭu iṟaiyiliyāka can-

⟨6⟩ tirātittaval viṟṟu iṟaiyili cey-

⟨7⟩ tukuṭutta nilamāvatu melūr nāṅka-

⟨8⟩ ḷ viṟṟu iṟaiyili ceytu kuṭutta nila-

⟨9⟩ m 5va añce yaṟumāvukku kiḻ-

⟨10⟩ pāṟkellai eṅkaṇilattu-

⟨11⟩ kku meṟkum teṉpāṟkellai

⟨12⟩ eṅkaṇilattukkey vaṭakkum me-

⟨13⟩ lpāṟkellai tirucceṅkāṭṭa-

⟨14⟩ ṅkuṭi paramēśvara nilattukku ki-

⟨15⟩ ḻakkum vaṭapāṟkellai eṅkaṇi-

⟨16⟩ lattukkey teṟkum iccatu-

⟨17⟩ kaiyāṉa

⟨18⟩ k[o]tukulava-

⟨19⟩ ṉ [vira]coḻanā-

⟨20⟩ kiya uttama-

⟨21⟩ coḻa neṉma-

⟨22⟩ lināṭṭu muve-

⟨23⟩ ntaveḷāni-

⟨24⟩ ṭai nāṅkaḷ

⟨25⟩ poṉ koṇ-

⟨26⟩ ṭu iṟaiyiliyā-

⟨27⟩ kac cantirātit-

⟨28⟩ taval niṟka vi-

⟨29⟩ ṟṟu iṟaiyili

⟨30⟩ ceytukuṭut-

⟨31⟩ ta nilaṉ eṅ-

⟨32⟩ kaḷūr melūr

⟨33⟩ muḻaiyūrvā-

⟨34⟩ yt teṉka-

⟨35⟩ rai eṟukāl mu-

⟨36⟩ kattiṉ teṟ-

⟨37⟩ kil vati nāṅka-

⟨38⟩ [ḷ] poṉko-

⟨39⟩ [ṇ]ṭu viṟṟu i-

⟨40⟩ ṟ[aiyi]li ceytuku-

⟨41⟩ [ṭut]ta nilattu-

⟨42⟩ [kk]ellai iṟaiyā-

⟨43⟩ [ṉ]kuṭi nilattu-

⟨44⟩ [kku] meṟkun te-

⟨45⟩ [ṉ]pārkkellai ti-

⟨46⟩ rucceṅkāṭṭa-

⟨47⟩ ṅkuṭi nilattu-

⟨48⟩ kku vaṭakku me-

⟨49⟩ [lp]āṟkellai

⟨50-55⟩ •••••••••

⟨56⟩ kellai

⟨57⟩ eṅka-

⟨58⟩ ḷaṟukā-

⟨59⟩ mukattu-

⟨60⟩ kku teṟkum

⟨61⟩ cantra[cekara]-

⟨62⟩ vati••••

⟨63-67⟩ •••••••••

⟨68⟩ ḷaṭaṅka

⟨69⟩ ••••

⟨70⟩ m iṭṭa [pa]-

⟨71⟩ ricut tiru-

⟨72⟩ nontāvi-

⟨73⟩ ḷakku ira

⟨74⟩ ṇṭukkuñ

⟨75⟩ cantirāti-

⟨76⟩ ttaval

⟨77⟩ ceytu ku-

⟨78⟩ ṭuttom

⟨79⟩ sabhai-

⟨80⟩ [yom] [||*]

⟨SIIv19p0i0135⟩ No. 135. (A.R. No. 389 of 1913.) EṞUMBŪR, CHIDAMBARAM TALUK, SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON THE WEST WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, KADAMBAVANĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

This records a gift of 90 sheep for burning a perpetual lamp in the temple of Śiṟu-Tirukkōyil-Bhaṭāraka at Uṟumūr, a dēvadāna village of Na[l*]vayalūr-kūṟṟam on the north bank of the river, by Āridaṉ Kaṇṇaṉ a resident of the village. The gift was left in charge of the local assembly. ⟨Page 69⟩

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] kopparakesaripanmarkki yāṇṭu 5- cāvatu vaṭa-

⟨2⟩ karai na[l*]vayalūrkkūṟṟattu tevatāṉam uṟumurc ciṟuttirukko-

⟨3⟩ yil bhaṭāraka[r*]kku ivvūr āritaṉ kaṇṇaṉ (kaṇṇat) tevarkkuk kuṭu[t]ta

⟨4⟩ āṭu toṇṇūṟu ivvāṭu koṇṭu nittam uḻakku neyyāl oru nantāviḷa-

⟨5⟩ kku cantrādityavaṟ erippi[p*]pomāṉom uṟu[mu]r sabhaiyom itu panmāhēśvarar [ rakṣai ||*]

⟨SIIv19p0i0136⟩ No. 136. (A.R. No. 239 of 1914.) TIRUVĒṄGAVĀŚAL, PUDUKKOTTAI STATE, TIRUCHIRAPALLI DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE maṇḍapa IN FRONT OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, VYĀGHRAPURĪŚVARA TEMPLE.

This is a verse which records the gift of a perpetual lamp for the goddess (?) in the temple of Tiruveṅgaivāyil-Śivar by the chief of Maḻa-nāḍu.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] parakecari ceṅkol paṟṟiya vāṇṭañcil tiruveṅkaivāyilcivarkku vi[ḷa]marmelmātar-

⟨2⟩ kku nātaṉ maḻanāṭṭuveḷ vaiccāṉ metakka nontāviḷakku ||||—

⟨SIIv19p0i0137⟩ No. 137. (A.R. No. 3 of 1920.) TIRUMAḺAVĀḌI, UDAIYARPALAYAM TALUK, TIRUCHIRAPALLI DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, VAIDYANĀTHA TEMPLE.

This records a gift of 90 sheep for burning a perpetual lamp in the temple of Mahādēva at Tirumaḻapāḍi a dēvadāna in Poygai-nāḍu, by Nakkaṉ Kāñjaṉ of Tañjāvūr in Tañjāvūr-kūṟṟam.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] koppa(ra)-

⟨2⟩ rakecaripanma[ṟ*]ki yāṇṭu 5- āvatu poy-

⟨3⟩ kaināṭṭu tevatānam tirumaḻapāṭi ma-

⟨4⟩ hādēvarkku tañcāvūrkūṟṟattu ta-

⟨5⟩ ñcāvūr nakkan kāñcan nittam uḻakku

⟨6⟩ neyyāl tirunontāviḷakku erippa-

⟨7⟩ [taṟkku] vaitta cāvāmu[vā*] perā[ṭu] toṇṇū-

⟨8⟩ ṟu ivvāṭu toṇṇūṟuṅ koṇṭu

⟨9⟩ [cantirā] titaval oru nontāviḷakku iravum pakalum erippomānom tirumaḻavāṭi dēvarkanmikaḷom ivviḷakku eriya vaitta

⟨10⟩ kuttiviḷakku 1 tarāvāl itu panmāhēśvararakṣai [||*]

⟨SIIv19p0i0138⟩ No. 138. (A.R. No. 546 of 1921.) PUḶḶAMAṄGAI NEAR PAŚUPATIKŌYIL, PAPANASAM TALUK, TANJAVUR DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, BRAHMAPURĪŚVARA TEMPLE.

This records a grant of land for burning a perpetual lamp in the temple of Tiruvālanduṟai-Mahādēva at Puḷḷamaṅgalam a brahmadēya in Kiḻār-kūṟṟam, made by one Māḍalaṉ Nakkaṉ Śāmi. ⟨Page 70⟩

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] kopparakecari panma[r*]kku yāṇṭu añcāvatu kiḻārkūṟṟat-

⟨2⟩ ••hmadēyam puḷḷa[ma]ṅkalattu tiruvālantuṟai mah[ād]ē[var*]kku ṉittam uḻa-

⟨3⟩ ••ṇṇaiyāl iravum pakallum oru ṉontā viḷakku cantrādic-

⟨4⟩ ••l erivat[ā]ka māṭala ṉakkañcāmi kuṭutta nilam [pa]ṉṟikuḻi iraṇ-

⟨5⟩ ••mukkāṇikku ellai uṭciṟuvā[y*]kkālukku me[ṟ*]kkum kaviciyāṉa-

⟨6⟩ ••[ṭ]āṉ paṭaiy[ā]ṉ nilattukku vaṭakkum tānaṉ nilattukku kiḻak-

⟨7⟩ ••vā[y*]kkālukku te[ṟ*]kkum āka ivicaitta peru[nā*]ṉkellaik 1-

⟨SIIv19p0i0139⟩ No. 139. (A.R. No. 259 of 1923.) KŌYIL-TĒVARĀYANPĒṬṬAI (NEAR PAṄḌĀRAVĀḌAI), PAPANASAM TALUK, TANJAVUR DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, MATSYAPURĪŚVARA TEMPLE.

This gives the extent and boundaries of three pieces of land (including one given in exchange for a flower-garden) which were endowed after purchase from several persons, by one Tiruvaḍigaḷ Aiyanaḍi of Śiṟuvēlūr in Iḷaiyūr-nāḍu on the southern bank of the river, for the maintenance of a perpetual lamp, and for offerings during the morning and mid-day services in the temple of Tiruchchēlūr-Mahādēva at Rājakēsari-chaturvēdimaṅgalam. The mention of the village called after Vīranārāyaṇa (Parāntaka I) and the reference to a previous gift made in the 8th year of Rājakēsarivarman (evidently Gaṇḍarāditya) makes the record assignable to the reign of Uttama-Chōḷa.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] kopparakesaripanmaṟki yāṇṭu 5 āvatu teṉkarai brahmadēyam śrīrājakēsaricaturvētimaṅgalattu

⟨2⟩ tiruccelūr mahādēvarkku vecālippāṭit teṉkarai iḷaiyūrnāṭṭuc ciṟuvelūrc ciṟu velūruṭaiyāṉ tiruvaṭikaḷ aiyyaṉaṭi

⟨3⟩ tirunontāviḷakku [ 1- ṟu] kku cantirātittavaṟ nittam uriy eṇṇaikkum ciṟukālaittiruvamutu nānāḻiyaricikkum uccam[po]tu nānāḻikkum neyyamutukkum ta-

⟨4⟩ yiramutum kaṟiyamutum aṭaikkāyamutukkumāka ivvirājakēsariccaturvēdimaṅkalattu maṉoramac ceri aruvalattu vārakkiyaṉ ī-

⟨5⟩ śvaraṉ centaṉum ivaṉ tampi īśvaraṉ nakkaṉum icceri ātaṉūr pālāciriyaṉ nārāyaṇaṉ tattaṉum ivaṉ tampi nārā-

⟨6⟩ yaṇaṉ kāṭaṉum marutūr pālāciriyaṉ tāyaṉ k[ā*]ḷiyum ivvaṉaivarpakkalum nāṉ vilai koṇṭuṭaiya nilam kāmatevavati-

⟨7⟩ kkuk kiḻakku iraṇṭāṅ kaṇṇāṟṟu maṉoramavāykkālukku vaṭakku muta[l*]catirattu īśvaraṉ centaṉ tattapirāṉbhaṭṭarpakka-

⟨8⟩ lum ivvaṉaivarpakkalumāka vilai 4vum kovirājakesaripanma[r*]kku yāṇṭu 8 vaṭakarai brahmadēyam śrī viranārāyaṇacca[tu*]rvētimaṅka-