SOUTH INDIAN INSCRIPTIONS VOLUME XXIII

⟨SIIv23p0i0001⟩ No. 1. (A.R. No. 1 of 1907.) Tiruviśalūr, Kumbhakonam Taluk, Tanjavur District Śivayōganātha temple—on the south wall of the central shrine Rājēndra-Chōḷa I: year 4: 1016-17 A.D.

This records the gift of a gold fillet for ornament and three silver vessels for holding the offerings to god Mahādēva (in the temple) at Tiruviśalūr in Śōḻamārttāṇḍa-chaturvēdimaṅgalam a brahmadēya village to the east of Vēmbaṟṟūr in Maṇṇināḍu a subdivision of Rājendraśiṅga-vaḷanāḍu on the north bank (of the Kāvēri). The donor was a sēnāpati (military officer) by name Śōlaimāṇikkam also called Śōlai Naralōkasundaraṉ alias Uttamaśōḻa-Mūvēndavēḷān. Rājēndra-siṁha and Śōḻamārttāṇḍa were surnames borne by the king's father Rājarāja I and Uttama-Chōḷa was a title of Rājēndra himself. Two different weights are mentioned in the inscription, one called the kuḍiñaikkal and the other the baṇḍārakkal.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] kōparakēsaripanmarāṉa śrī rājentric[o*]ḻa dēvarkku yāṇṭu 4- āvatu vaṭakarai rājentriciṅkavaḷanāṭṭu

⟨2⟩ maṇṇiṉāṭṭu brahmadēyam vempaṟṟūr[k]kiḻ coḻamāttāṇṭacatur rvē[di*]maṅkalattu tiruvicalūr māhādēvarkku ceṉāpati

⟨3⟩ colaimāṇik[kamāṉa ut]tamacoḻamuventaveḷāṉ uṭaiyārkku cantrirā tittava[l] cāttiaruḷa kuṭutta tiruppaṭṭam oṉṟiṉā-

⟨4⟩ l kuṭiñaikallāl niṟai pon 500 itu dēvarpaṇṭārakkallāl eṭukka vanta pon niṟai 49 nāṟpa-

⟨5⟩ ttoṉpatiṉ kaḻañcu itu panmāhēśvara irakṣ[ai] [||*] yāṇṭu 4- āva tey colai naralōkacuntaraṉāṉa utta-

⟨6⟩ macoḻamuventaveḷāne i tiruvicalūr mahādēvaṟku tiruvamirtu cey taruḷa kuṭutta veḷḷi maṇ-

⟨7⟩ ṭai taṭṭam 1 maṭaloṉṟuṅ kuṭiñaikkallāl niṟai veḷḷi 83sa 73 ivai dēvar paṇṭā[ra]-

⟨8⟩ [k kall]āl niṟai va30sa [||*] ⟨Page 2⟩

⟨SIIv23p0i0002⟩ No. 2. (A.R. No. 2 of 1907.) Tiruviśalūr, Kumbhakonam Taluk, Tanjavur District Śivayōganātha temple—on the same wall Rājarāja I: year 13: 997-98 A.D.

This is engraved below No. 1, and is in faulty and later characters. It is dated in the 13th year of Rājarājakēsarivarman (Rājarāja I) the victor of Kāndaḷūr-śālai, and records a gift of 10 kāśu as endowment for the daily supply of an āḻākku of ghee for burning a lamp in the temple, made by a lady named Atimāndurai a resident of Ilachchikkuḍi alias Vīrāpuram in Miḻalai-nāḍu on the northern bank.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] k[ā*]ntaḷūrcālai kalam aṟutta ko rājarājakecari paṉma[ṟ*]kku yāṇṭu 13- vatu vaṭakaraiy

⟨2⟩ miḻalaināṭṭu ilaccikuṭi[ā]ṉa virāpu[ra*]ttu irukkum peṇṭā[ṭṭi] atimā[ntu]ṟaiy tiruvicalū[r*] dēva[r*]kku can[trā]tita-

⟨3⟩ vaṟ nicatam āḻākku ne[y] eri[ya*]vaitta viḷakku araiyāl vaitta kācu 10 pattu [i]vai paṉmāhe-

⟨4⟩ suvara irakṣ[ai] [||*]

⟨SIIv23p0i0003⟩ No. 3. (A.R. No. 3 of 1907.) Tiruviśalūr, Kumbhakonam Taluk, Tanjavur District Śivayōganātha temple—on the same wall Rājarāja I: year 10: 994-95 A.D.

This records a gift of 20 kāśu made by Nakkaṉ Ilakkuvaṇaṉ the head man of Nenmalippākkam and resident of Perumbākkam in Aga-nāḍu a subdivision of Viḻupparaiya-nāḍu, for burning a lamp in the temple of Tiruviśalūr-Perumāḷ at Avaninārayaṇa-chaturvēdimangalam, a dēvadāna and brahmadēya on the northern bank.

Avaninārāyaṇa was a title of the Pallava king Nandivarman III after whom this village was evidently named. It continued to be known by this name in later inscriptions though perhaps a change was attempted as in No. 1 above.

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⟨1⟩ kāntaḷūrccālai kalamaṟutta ko rājarājakesaripa[rmaṟk]ku yāṇṭu 10 pattāvatu vaṭakarai tevatāṉabra-

⟨2⟩ hmadēyam avaninārāyaṇaśaturvētimaṅ[kala]ttu tiruvicalūrp perumāḷukkuc cantrātit-

⟨3⟩ tavaṟt tirunontāviḷakku 1 oṉṟiṉukku viḻupparaiyanāṭṭu akanāṭṭup perumpāk- ⟨Page 3⟩

⟨4⟩ kattu neṉmalippākkiḻāṉ nakkaṉ ilakkuvaṇaṉ kācu irupatiṉāl cantrādityaval vai-

⟨5⟩ tta [viḷa]kku [oṉ]ṟum panmāhēśvarar rakṣai [||*]

⟨SIIv23p0i0004⟩ No. 4. (A.R. No. 4 of 1907.) Tiruviśalūr, Kumbhakonam Taluk, Tanjavur District Śivayōganātha temple—on the same wall Parakēsarivarman: year 2

Published in S.I.I., Vol. XIX, No. 2.

⟨SIIv23p0i0005⟩ No. 5. (A.R. No. 5 of 1907.) Tiruviśalūr, Kumbhakonam Taluk, Tanjavur District Śivayōganātha temple—on the same wall Rājakēsarivarman: year [2]3

Published in S.I.I., Vol. XIII, No. 300

⟨SIIv23p0i0006⟩ No. 6. (A.R. No. 6 of 1907.) Tiruviśalūr, Kumbhakonam Taluk, Tanjavur District Śivayōganātha temple—on the same wall Parakēsarivarman: year 3

Published in S.I.I., Vol. XIX, No. 42.

⟨SIIv23p0i0007⟩ No. 7. (A.R. No. 7 of 1907.) Tiruviśalūr, Kumbhakonam Taluk, Tanjavur District Śivayōganātha temple—on the same wall Parakēsarivarman: year 4

Published in S.I.I. Vol. XIX, No. 87. ⟨Page 4⟩

⟨SIIv23p0i0008⟩ No. 8. (A.R. No. 8 of 1907.) Tiruviśalūr, Kumbhakonam Taluk, Tanjavur District Śivayōganātha temple—on the same wall Parakēsarivarman: year lost

Published in S.I.I., Vol. XIX, No. 447.

⟨SIIv23p0i0009⟩ No. 9. (A.R. No. 9 of 1907.) Tiruviśalūr, Kumbhakonam Taluk, Tanjavur District Śivayōganātha temple—on the same wall Parakēsarivarman: year 6

Published in S.I.I., Vol. XIX, No. 161

⟨SIIv23p0i0010⟩ No. 10. (A.R. No. 10 of 1907.) Tiruviśalūr, Kumbhakonam Taluk, Tanjavur District Śivayōganātha temple—on the same wall Parakēsarivarman: year 3

Published in S.I.I., Vol. XIX, No. 43

⟨SIIv23p0i0011⟩ No. 11. (A.R. No. 11 of 1907.) Tiruviśalūr, Kumbhakonam Taluk, Tanjavur District Śivayōganātha temple—on the same wall

Vikrama-Chōḷa: year 14: 1131-32 A.D.

This registers an endowment of eight kāśu, made jointly by three residents of Śennimaṅgalam in Tirunaṟaiyūr-nāḍu a subdivision of Kulōttuṅgaśōḻa-vaḷanāḍu, four for the daily supply of two pots of water for the sacred bath of the deity, and four kāśu for growing tumbai flowers for garlands on two kuḻi of land. Maṇṇi-nāḍu is here stated to be a division of Virudarājabhayaṅkara-vaḷanāḍu, so named after a title of Kulōttuṅga-Chōḷa I. ⟨Page 5⟩

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] tribhuvaṉaccakravarttikaḷ śrīvikkirama coḻatevaṟku yāṇṭu pa-

⟨2⟩ tiṉālāvatu virudharājabhayaṅkaravaḷaṉāṭṭu [ma]ṇṇiṉāṭṭu••••• amaṉi-

⟨3⟩ nā[rāya*]ṇaccaruppetimaṅkalattu uṭaiyār tiruvicalūr [uṭaiy]ārkku [ cantr] ā-

⟨4⟩ dittavaṟ palicaicekuttu iraṇṭu tirumañcaṇakkuṭam vaikkavum [iru]kuḻi tumpai

⟨5⟩ tiruppaḷḷittāmam vaikkavum kulottuṅkacoḻa[vaḷa]nāṭṭu tiru naṟaiyūrnāṭṭuc ce-

⟨6⟩ nnimaṅkalattuc cennimaṅkalamuṭaiyāṉ araiyaṉ cā[kara]tevaṉum ā[ti]tta-

⟨7⟩ ṉ [pañca]ṉativāṇanāna vāṉavan viḻupparaiya[num] nārakkantevaṉ

⟨8⟩ •••• āḷuṭaiyān kiramavittaṉum pakkal kācu ṉālu tumpai••••• lūru ṭaiyā-

⟨9⟩ r cipaṇṭārattoṭukkina kācu ṉālu āka kācu eṭṭu itu panmāheśvara [rakṣai] [||*]

⟨SIIv23p0i0012⟩ No. 12. (A.R. No. 12 of 1907.) Tiruviśalūr, Kumbhakonam Taluk, Tanjavur District Śivayōganātha temple—on the same wall

Parāntaka I: year 16: 922-23 A.D.

This records a gift of 180 sheep for burning two perpetual lamps in the temple of Perumāṉaḍigaḷ ‘who was pleased to stay’ at Tiruviśalūr, by one Arikulāntakap-Pallavaraiyaṉ alias Māṟkāḷi the headman of Puliyūr.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī || matiraikoṇṭa

⟨2⟩ kopparakecaripa[r*]mma[ṟ*]kki yā-

⟨3⟩ ṇṭu patiṉāṟāvatu vaṭakarai yi-

⟨4⟩ tevatāṉam amaṉi[nārā]yaṇa-

⟨5⟩ caruppetimaṅkalattu [tiru]vi-

⟨6⟩ calūr iṉit[e]ḻun••••••••

⟨7⟩ māṉṉaṭikaḷukku••••••••

⟨8⟩ [a]rumpuliyūr puliyūrkiḻava-

⟨9⟩ [ṉ]ākiya arikulāntakappa-

⟨10⟩ llavaraiyaṉṉākiya mā-

⟨11⟩ ṟkāḷiyeṉ ti[ru*]vi[ca*]lūrppe-

⟨12⟩ rumāṉaṭikaḷukku cantrāditya[varai*] e-

⟨13⟩ rippatāka vacca viḷakku iraṇ[ṭu] ⟨Page 6⟩

⟨14⟩ iraṇṭukkum vacca āṭu nū[ṟṟe]-

⟨15⟩ ṇpatu vacceṉ kaṇa[ppe]-

⟨16⟩ rumakkaḷum panmāhe[śvara] ra-

⟨17⟩ kṣai ||—

⟨SIIv23p0i0013⟩ No. 13. (A.R. No. 13 of 1907.) Tiruviśalūr, Kumbhakonam Taluk, Tanjavur District Śivayōganātha temple—on the same wall Rājakēsarivarman: year 9

Published in S.I.I., Vol. XIII, No. 193

⟨SIIv23p0i0014⟩ No. 14. (A.R. No. 14 of 1907.) Tiruviśalūr, Kumbhakonam Taluk, Thanjavur District Śivayōganātha temple—on the same wall Kulōttuṅga III: year 18: 1194-95 A.D.

This belongs to the eighteenth regnal year of king Parakēsarivarman alias Tribhuvanachakravartin Kulōttuṅga-Chōḷadēva (III) “who was pleased to take Madurai and the crowned head of the Pāṇḍya”. The introduction commences with the words Puyal vāyppa etc. The details of the date given viz. Kumbha, śu. 3, Saturday, Pūram are however irregular. This registers a sale of 2 mā and odd of land by two brothers by name Vaṅgippuṟattu Tiruviśalūraḍigaḷ-Bhaṭṭa and Aṇḍanāyaka-Bhaṭṭa of Ediriliśōḻa-chaturvēdimangalam in Virudarājabhayaṅkara-vaḷanāḍu to a certain Kuṉikkumpirāṉ Tiruchchiṟṟambalam-Uḍaiyāṉ of Neḍuñjērikkuḍi in Puliyūr-nāḍu a division of Kulōttuṅgaśōḻa-vaḷanāḍu for 280 kāśu. This land was then donated to the temple by the latter for the maintenance of a twilight lamp, with the produce there of after paying the uḷnilavari on the land.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī ||— puyalvā[y*]ppa vaḷamperuka[p poy]yāta nāṉ-

⟨2⟩ maṟaiyiṉ ceyal vāyppa tirumakaḷuñ jayamakaḷuñ ciṟan-

⟨3⟩ tu vāḻa [veṇma]tipol kuṭai viḷaṅka velventa raṭivaṇaṅ-

⟨4⟩ ka••••••••• ḷaṅ kaḷippa ma••••••••• ceṅ-

⟨5⟩ kolu•••••••• ṉattuñ cela••••••••• pacai-

⟨6⟩ ntu ca••••• tu vāṉaveṅkaiyum maṭamāṉum vantoru••• ṟa niruṇ-

⟨7⟩ ṇa koḷ veṅkaik koṭip pāyttu koṟṟavātaṅ [k]oṭi maṉiya

⟨8⟩ cuṅkamillāc coṇāṭeṅkum coṟṟumalai kaṇṭaruḷi teṉṉavaṉ ta- ⟨Page 7⟩

⟨9⟩ nataṭi paṇiya teṉṉilaṅ koḷkaveṉṉa tiraikkaṭalai aṭaikka-

⟨10⟩ veṉ[ṉa] maṉṉu tiruvāṟ paṭaiyāl malaikoṇṭu vaḻipaṭutti ilaṅ-

⟨11⟩ kaiyarkoṉ talai arinta tiruneṭumāliva neṉṉa••• taka miku taṉu-

⟨12⟩ vatiṉāl [a]raṇ uṭaippaṭai viḻutta ceṅkolum pulikkoṭiyum ta-

⟨13⟩ ••••• ṭuñceṟu naṭātti aṅku••••• neṟi aṭai••• ṭi taram kāt-

⟨14⟩ ••• ṉai tiruṉāṉkaiyum ja••• ytu koṭi pāṅki okkavar

⟨15⟩ tirai iṭuvār oru toḻil••••• naṭāttic cempoṟ viraphi-

⟨16⟩ [ṅkā]baṉattu puvaṉamuḻutuṭaiyāḷoṭum viṟṟiruntaruḷiya koppara-

⟨17⟩ kecariparmar[ā]ṉa tiripuvaṉaccakkaravattikaḷ maturaiyum pāṇṭi-

⟨18⟩ yan muṭittalaiyuṅ koṇṭaruḷi[na śrī] ku[lō]ttuṅkacoḻa-

⟨19⟩ tevarkku yāṇṭu patiṉe[ṭ]ṭāvatu kumbhanāyaṟṟu pūrvapakṣattu

⟨20⟩ tritiyaiyum caṉikkiḻamaiyum peṟṟa pūrattunāḷ uṭaiyār irāja-

⟨21⟩ rājiśvaramuṭaiyār tevatāṉam virutarācapayaṅkaravaḷanāṭṭu

⟨22⟩ [maṇṇi]nāṭṭu [vempa]ṟṟūrāṉa etirilicoḻac caruppetimaṅkala-

⟨23⟩ [ttu] puvaṉamuḻutuṭaicceri vaṅ[ki]puṟattu tiruvicalūraṭikaḷ paṭ-

⟨24⟩ ṭaṉum eṉ ta[mpi] aṇṭaṉāyaka paṭṭaṉum ivviruvom nilavi-

⟨25⟩ [laip]piramāṇa [i]caivutiṭṭu kulottuṅkacoḻavaḷanāṭṭu puli-

⟨26⟩ yūrnāṭṭu neṭuñcerik kuṭaiyāṉ kuṉikkumpirāṉ tirucci-

⟨27⟩ ṟṟampalamuṭaiyāṉukku nāṅkaḷ iṟṟaināḷāl viṟṟuk kuṭut-

⟨28⟩ ta kāveri uṭkuṟaip puñcey nilamāvatu ivvūr eṭṭāṅ kaṭ-

⟨29⟩ ṭaḷaik••••• kuṟaiyil eṅkaḷ tamappaṉār apāvattu eṅkaḷ

⟨30⟩ tāy i••• tan••• raṇṭumāc ciṉṉam innilam iraṇṭumācci-

⟨31⟩ ṉṉattukkum kiḻpāṟkellai irācentiracoḻaṉ vāyttalai a-

⟨32⟩ ṭi maṟuvāy ellaikku meṟkum teṉpāṟkellai perāṟṟukku vaṭa-

⟨33⟩ kkum melpā••••• uṭaiyār tiruvicalūruṭaiyār tevatāṉattukku-

⟨34⟩ k kiḻakkum vaṭapāṟ••• ivvāyttalaikku nirpāykiṟa ciṟṟāṟṟukku teṟkum

⟨35⟩ āka ivicainta peru nāṉkellaiyuṉ naṭuvupaṭṭa••• pāya varukiṟa u-

⟨36⟩ ḷarpaṭi puñcainilam iraṇṭumāc ciṉṉamum itanāl vanta pākāciriyaṅ kaḷum itaṉā-

⟨37⟩ l tiruvulakaḷantaruḷivanta [mi]kai nilamum innilattu menokkiṉa maramum kiṇokkiṉa kiṇa-

⟨38⟩ ṟum maṟṟum epperpaṭṭa urimaikaḷumakappaṭa viṟṟukkuṭuttuk koḷva tāṉa e[m]mi li-

⟨39⟩ cainta vilaipporu ḷaṉ[ṟā]ṭu naṟkācu 280 ikkācu irunūṟṟeṇ patum āvaṇakkaḷiye

⟨40⟩ kāṭṭeṟṟi kaiccelavaṟak koṇṭu viṟ[ṟu] vilaippiramāṇa icaivut tiṭṭuk kuṭuttom i-

⟨41⟩ n neṭuñcerikkuṭaiyāṉ tirucciṟṟampalamuṭaiyāṉukku ivaṅkippuṟattu tiruvicalūra-

⟨42⟩ ṭikaḷpaṭṭaṉum en tampi aṇṭanāyakapaṭṭaṉum ivviruvom iṉṉilat tukku ituve vilai- ⟨Page 8⟩

⟨43⟩ yāvatākavum ituve poru[ḷ*]māvaṟutip poruḷ cilavolaiyāvatāka vum ituvallatu ve-

⟨44⟩ [ṟu] poru[ḷ*]māvaṟuti poruḷc cilavolai kāṭṭak kaṭavatallātatāka vum ippaṭikku

⟨45⟩ ivan veṇṭiṉapote piramāṇam paṇṇikkuṭukka kaṭavomākavum māṭ ṭittilomāki-

⟨46⟩ l ivvicaivu tiṭṭe piramāṇamāvatākavum ippaṭi icaiṉ[tu vilai]kkuṟa viṟṟu po-

⟨47⟩ ruḷaṟak koṇṭu viṟṟu vilaiyāvaṇam ceytu kuṭuttom iṉ neṭuñ cerikkuṭaiyā-

⟨48⟩ ṉ kuṉikkumpirāṉ tirucciṟṟampalamuṭaiyāṉukku vaṅkipuṟattu tiru vicalūraṭikaḷ paṭṭaṉu-

⟨49⟩ m eṉ tampi aṇṭaṉāyakapaṭṭaṉum ivviruvom ivarkaḷ artthikka iṉṉila vilaippiramāṇa i-

⟨50⟩ caivutiṭṭu eḻutiṉeṉ ācūri ci[ri*]nārasiṅhabhaṭṭaneṉ ivai eṉ eḻuttu ippaṭi iṉṉilam iraṇṭu mā-

⟨51⟩ cciṉṉattil eṉṉopāti kācu nūṟṟunāṟpatuṅ kaikkoṇṭeṉ iv vaṅkippuṟattu aṇṭanāyakapaṭṭa-

⟨52⟩ neṉ ivai eṉ eḻuttu innilam iraṇṭu māvil eṉṉopāti viṟṟuk kuṭuttu eṉṉopāti kācu nūṟṟunā[ṟ]-

⟨53⟩ patum kaikkoṇṭeṉ vaṅkippuṟattu tiruvicalūraṭikaḷ paṭṭaṉeṉ ivai eṉ eḻuttu [ippa]-

⟨54⟩ ṭi aṟiveṉ velveṭṭi mātevapaṭṭaṉ eḻuttu ippaṭi aṟiveṉ velveṭṭi tiruviṭai marutuṭai-

⟨55⟩ yāṉpaṭṭaneṉ ippaṭi aṟiveṉ vaṅkippuṟattup piccatevapaṭṭaneṉ ippaṭi aṟiveṉ kala•••••

⟨56⟩ cciṟṟampalamuṭaiyāṉ paṭṭaneṉ ippaṭi aṟiveṉ kirāñci capāpati paṭṭaneṉ ||—iṉṉilam civanāmattukkā-

⟨57⟩ ṇiyāy uḷ nilavari iṟukkumpaṭi iṟuttu mikutiyuḷḷutu cantiviḷakkuk kuṭalāka neṭuñcerikkuṭaiy[ā]-

⟨58⟩ ṉ kuṉikkumpirāṉ tirucciṟṟampala muṭaiyāṉ koṇṭu viṭṭatu itu paṉmāheśvarara kṣai [||*]

⟨SIIv23p0i0015⟩ No. 15. (A.R. No. 15 of 1907.) Tiruviśalūr, Kumbhakonam Taluk, Tanjavur District Śivayōganātha temple—on the same wall Rājēndra-Chōḷa I: year 3: 1015-16 A.D.

This records a gift of 2 kaḻañju and 2 mā of gold made by Baṭṭaṉ Araṅgaṉ alias Śivacharaṇa-toṇḍan ‘a devotee of Tiruviśalūr’ to provide for śidāri incense being waved before (the image of) Pichchadēvar (Bhikshāṭana) during the three services in the temple. ⟨Page 9⟩

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] kopparakeśaripanmarāṉa irājentriracoḻatevarkku yāṇṭu 3- āvatu tiruvicalūr

⟨2⟩ tevaraṭiyāṉ paṭṭaṉ araṅkanāṉa civacaraṇa toṇṭaṉ piccatevarkku cantrirātittavaṟ

⟨3⟩ tiruppukaikku citārikku vicam[ā ka]vaitta poṉ 20 kaḻañcey iraṇṭu māviṉāl itte-

⟨4⟩ var paṇṭārattey mūṉṟu santi[yum] tirupukai kā[ṭ*]ṭuvataṟku avva vāṇṭu śrīkāriyañ ce 1

⟨SIIv23p0i0016⟩ No. 16. (A.R. No. 16 of 1907.) Tiruviśalūr, Kumbhakonam Taluk, Tanjavur District Śivayōganātha temple—on the same wall Parakēsarivarman: year 3

Published in S.I.I., Vol. XIX, No. 44.

⟨SIIv23p0i0017⟩ No. 17. (A.R. No. 17 of 1907.) Tiruviśalūr, Kumbhakonam Taluk, Tanjavur District Śivayōganātha temple—on the same wall Pāṇḍya Varaguṇa-Mahārāja: year 3+1

Published in S.I.I., Vol. XIV No. 24

⟨SIIv23p0i0018⟩ No. 18. (A.R. No. 18 of 1907.) Tiruviśalūr, Kumbhakonam Taluk, Tanjavur District Śivayōganātha temple—on the same wall Parakēsarivarman: year 4

Published in S.I.I., Vol. XIX, No. 88. ⟨Page 10⟩

⟨SIIv23p0i0019⟩ No. 19. (A.R. No. 19 of 1907.) Tiruviśalūr, Kumbhakonam Taluk, Tanjavur District Śivayōganātha temple—on the west wall of the central shrine Rājarāja I: year 5: 989-90 A.D.

This is an inscription of Rājarājakēsarivarman (Rājarāja I) dated in his 5th year of reign. The details of date Dhanus, Sunday Mūla, Pratipad, would give the English equivalent as A.D. 989, December 1; f.d.t. 27. The tithi was śu. 1. This registers an endowment of 100 Īḻakkāśu made by his queen Baṭṭan Dānatoṅgiyār to the temple of Paramasvāmi at Tiruviśalūr in Amaninārāyaṇa-chaturvēdimaṅgalam to provide (with the interest on the amount) for the principal daily offerings to God and to feed therewith five Brāhmaṇas in the temple, and for the supply of paddy for the maintenance of some others (number not clear) well versed in the Vēdas, Vēdārtha and Mantra. The details of the gift are lost in the damaged portions of the record.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] korājarājakecarivarmma[ṟ*]kku yāṇṭu 5- āvatu iv vāṭṭai dhanunāyaṟṟu nāyaṟṟukkiḻamaiyum mūlamum pakka-

⟨2⟩ prathipatamum kūṭiṉa varayōgattiṉpotu vaṭakarait tevatāṉabrahma dēyam amaṉinārāyaṇacatu-

⟨3⟩ rvētimaṅkalattut tiruvicalūr paramasvāmi koyilil śrīrājarājadēvar dēvi yār paṭṭaṉ tāṉatoṅkiyār aiyvar

⟨4⟩ [brāhmaṇa]r uṇpatukku vāci paṭātiṉa nellukkum poṉṉukkuñ celli nūṟu īḻakkācu palicaikkuk kāciṉ-

⟨5⟩ ••••• ṅkaḷ dharmmappalicai kāṇikkācu palicaiyāy ikkācu nūṟukkum tiṅkaḷ oṉṟeykāṟ kācum pali[cai*]yāl

⟨6⟩ orāṇṭaikku vanta palicaikkācu patiṉaintu ikkācu patiṉaintilu[ṅ kāc]oṉṟinukku nelleṟiluñ curuṅki[lum] patiṉ-

⟨7⟩ ka[lavaṇ]ṇamāka ivvūr poṟkālā lāṭṭaivaṭṭam vanta••••• innel nūṟṟaimpatiṉ kalattilu[m ni]cati

⟨8⟩ ••••••••• nāṉṟu••• irutūṇippatakkāka••••• kaḷil••••••••• m perunti-

⟨9⟩ ••••••••• orāṭṭaikku vanta ḷa 1000 innel patiṉkalamuṅ koṇṭu peruntiruvamirtu ceyvippatāvatu ceyyumpaṭiyāvatu•••••••••

⟨10⟩ ••••••••• nellāl tūṇi[ppatakkarici] mukkuṟuṇiyāṟ ṟiruvamirtu [oṉṟu] patakku nāṉāḻi nellālu neyyamirtu ntayiramituṅ ka[ṟi]yamirtum•••••

⟨11⟩ mirutum••••••••• kkumaṟa••• tu tiru[vamu]tukku veṇṭuvatu koṇṭu aṟṟai nāḷkaḷāl vaitikapeṟum uccampoḻtu tiruvamirtu ceyvatāka••••••••

⟨12⟩ nūṟṟunāṟpatiṉ kalamum ivvūr brāhmaṇar vēdamum vē[dā]rthamum aṟivarāy••••• teyvattoṭu•••mandrārttha [ma]ṟivārā yip brāhmaṇarku a•••••••••

⟨13⟩ [ra]k kāṭṭiṉārkku nicatam perā leḻu nāḻiyuriye yiruceviṭaraiyākap perā lāṭṭaivaṭṭam vanta i irupatteṇkalamu[ṅ] kuṭuppatākavum i[varu] idēvar••••••••• ⟨Page 11⟩

⟨14⟩ palicai taṇṭavum iddharmmam ivarkaḷe rakṣik[kakkaṭa]vārākavum ikkācu nūṟum candādittavaṟ••••••••• aḻikkap p[eṟātā]ṟākavu mivarpakkal•••••••• c ceyyil•••••••• vāttu

⟨15⟩ ivarkaḷ••••••••• ḷvatākavum ipparicu 1

⟨SIIv23p0i0020⟩ No. 20. (A.R. No. 20 of 1907.) Tiruviśalūr, Kumbhakonam Taluk, Tanjavur District Śivayōganātha temple—on the same wall Parāntaka I: year 28: 934-35 A.D.

This is an incomplete inscription of Parāntaka I (Madiraikoṇḍa Parakēsarivarman) recording some gift made for burning a lamp in the temple by Śerupadaṉ Subrahmaṇyaṉ a resident of Kuḻittaṇḍalai in Kuṟumbūr-nāḍu. This place is evidently the same as Kuḷittalai near Karur in the Tiruchirappalli district.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] matiraikoṇṭa kopparakecari-

⟨2⟩ paṉmaṟku yāṇṭu 28- āvatu vaṭakarait

⟨3⟩ tevatāṉa brahmadēyam amaṉinārayaṇaccatu

⟨4⟩ rvētimaṅkalattu tiruvicalūr iṉiteḻuntaruḷi irunta

⟨5⟩ perumāṉaṭikaḷukkuk kuṟumpūrnāṭṭuk kuḻittaṇṭilai u-

⟨6⟩ ṭaiyāṉ cerupataṉ subrahmaṇyaṉ vaitta - 2

⟨SIIv23p0i0021⟩ No. 21. (A.R. No. 21 of 1907.) Tiruviśalūr, Kumbhakonam Taluk, Tanjavur District Śivayōganātha temple—on the same wall Parakēsarivarman: year 9

Published in S.I.I., Vol. XIX, No. 221.

⟨SIIv23p0i0022⟩ No. 22. (A.R. No. 22 of 1907.) Tiruviśalūr, Kumbhakonam Taluk, Tanjavur District Śivayōganātha temple—on the same wall Parāntaka I: year 27: 933-34 A.D.

This is damaged. It records a gift of 90 sheep for burning a lamp in the temple by Nakkaṉ Śerumiṟai of Miḻalai-nāḍu. ⟨Page 12⟩

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] matiraiko-

⟨2⟩ ṇṭa kopparakecari panma[ṟ*]kki yāṇṭu [27]- vatu [vaṭaka]-

⟨3⟩ rai tevatāṉa bra••••••••• iṉiteḻu-

⟨4⟩ ntaruḷiiru[nta] perumāṉaṭikaḷukku vaṭakarai miḻa-

⟨5⟩ lai nāṭṭu••••

⟨6⟩ ṭaiyāṉ na-

⟨7⟩ kkaṉ ceru-

⟨8⟩ miṟai cantrā-

⟨9⟩ titaval eri-

⟨10⟩ ya[v*]aitta no-

⟨11⟩ [n*]tāviḷa[k*]ku oṉ-

⟨12⟩ ṟu ita[r*]kku vay-

⟨13⟩ tta [ āṭu 90]

⟨14⟩ toṇ-

⟨15⟩ ṇūṟu it-

⟨16⟩ toṇṇūṟā-

⟨17⟩ ṭṭālum ni

⟨18⟩ •••••••••

⟨19⟩ peru[ṅ]kuṟipperumakkaḷum panmāhēsva[ra*]rum ra[kṣ*]ai [||*]

⟨SIIv23p0i0023⟩ No. 23. (A.R. No. 23 of 1907.) Tiruviśalūr, Kumbhakonam Taluk, Tanjavur District Śivayōganātha temple—on the same wall Parāntaka I: year 41: 947-48 A.D.

This is dated in the reign of Parakēsarivarman ‘who took Madurai and Īḻam.’ It records a gift of 15 kaḻañju of gold by a lady named Kayilāyaṉ Utti the wife of Eḻuvaṉ Piḍavaṉ a merchant of the place, for burning a lamp in the temple. With this amount a piece of land seems to have been purchased by the temple. The details are lost in the damaged portion.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī || 2 matirai[yu]m [ī]ḻamuṅ koṇṭa kopparakesaripaṉmaṟkku yāṇṭu 41- āvatu vaṭa-

⟨2⟩ karait tevatāṉa brahmadēyam ama[ṉinā]rāyaṇaccaturvētimaṅkalattut tiruvicalūrp perumāṉaṭiykaḷukku i-

⟨3⟩ vūr a[ṟu]kaivāṇikaṉ eḻuvaṉ piṭavaṉ maṇa[vā]ṭṭi kayilāyaṉ utti nontāviḷa[kku] cantrādityavaṟ erippata[ṟ]- ⟨Page 13⟩

⟨4⟩ kkuk kuṭutta poṉ 15 kaḻaiñcu ippoṉ kuṭutta•• rappil iṇṭatum daśapaṭṭabhaṭṭaṉiṭai koṇ[ṭu vai]-

⟨5⟩ tta nila 1

⟨SIIv23p0i0024⟩ No. 24. (A.R. No. 24 of 1907.) Tiruviśalūr, Kumbhakonam Taluk, Tanjavur District Śivayōganātha temple—on the same wall Parāntaka I: year 16: 922-23 A.D.

This seems to record a gift for a lamp in the temple by one Amalan Ayyāṟaṉ the headman of Iṟaiyāṉkuḍi in••••ṅgala-kūṟṟam, and also some provision made for the sacred bath (and offerings ?) of the deity on the day of Tiruvādirai (Ārdrā) in Mārgaḻi month.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] matiraik[o]-

⟨2⟩ ṇṭa kopparakecaripa[ra*]m-

⟨3⟩ ma[ṟ*]kki yāṇṭu patināṟā-

⟨4⟩ [va]tu vaṭakarait tevat[ā]-

⟨5⟩ ṉam [ama*]ṉināraṇaccatu-

⟨6⟩ vvetimaṅkalattut

⟨7⟩ tiruvicalūr iṉiteḻun-

⟨8⟩ taruḷi irun[tap]erumāḷu-

⟨9⟩ kku••••• ṅ kalak-

⟨10⟩ kūṟṟattu iṟaiyāṉkuṭi

⟨11⟩ iṟaiyāṉkuṭikiḻava[ṉ a]

⟨12⟩ malan ayyāṟaṉ vait-

⟨13⟩ ta[ṉantā]••••• ki-

⟨14-15⟩ •••••••••

⟨16⟩ pati[ṉo]ṉ•••••

⟨17⟩ māheśva[ra*]rakṣai•••

⟨18⟩ vatta pattā-

⟨19⟩ ṭṭālu[m*] mā-

⟨20⟩ rkaḻittiru-

⟨21⟩ vātiraināṉ-

⟨22⟩ ṟu āṭiaru 2 ⟨Page 14⟩

⟨SIIv23p0i0025⟩ No. 25. (A.R. No. 25 of 1907.) Tiruviśalūr, Kumbhakonam Taluk, Tanjavur District Śivayōganātha temple—on the north wall of the Central Shrine Parakēsarivarman: year 10

Published in S.I.I., Vol. XIX, No. 244

⟨SIIv23p0i0026⟩ No. 26. (A.R. No. 26 of 1907.) Tiruviśalūr, Kumbhakonam Taluk, Tanjavur District Śivayōganātha temple—on the same wall Parakēsarivarman: year 10

Published in S.I.I., Vol. XIX, No. 245

⟨SIIv23p0i0027⟩ No. 27. (A.R. No. 27 of 1907.) Tiruviśalūr, Kumbhakonam Taluk, Tanjavur District Śivayōganātha temple—on the north wall of the central shrine Parāntaka I: year 15: 921-22 A.D.

This records a gift of 90 sheep for burning a lamp in the temple of Tiruviśalūr-Perumāṇaḍigaḷ by one Kavisiyaṉ Mītuṇittañjaṉ of Talaichchaṅgāḍu. The sabhā and the Māhēśvaras were to protect this endowment.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] matiraikoṇṭa koparakesaripanmaṟkku yāṇṭu 15 [vatu]

⟨2⟩ vaṭakarai tevatāṉabrahmateyam amaninārāyaṇa caturvētimaṅka[la]-

⟨3⟩ ttu tiruvicalūr perumāṉaṭikaḷukku talaiccaṅkāṭṭu kaviciyaṉ mituṇi

⟨4⟩ ttañcaṉeṉ vaitta nontāviḷakku 1 āṭu to[ṇ*]ṇūṟu 2 cantrātitta-

⟨5⟩ [va*]l erikka vaitta viḷakku peruṅkuṟiperumakkaḷum panmāheśvara rakṣai ௳

⟨SIIv23p0i0028⟩ No. 28. (A.R. No. 28 of 1907.) Tiruviśalūr, Kumbhakonam Taluk, Tanjavur District Śivayōganātha temple—on the same wall Parak. Gaṇḍarāditya Madhurāntaka

Published in S.I.I., Vol., III, No. 148. ⟨Page 15⟩

⟨SIIv23p0i0029⟩ No. 29. (A.R. No. 29 of 1907.) Tiruviśalūr, Kumbhakonam Taluk, Tanjavur District Śivayōganātha temple—on the same wall Parāntaka I: year 3

Published in S.I.I., Vol. III, No. 107

⟨SIIv23p0i0030⟩ No. 30. (A.R. No. 30 of 1907.) Tiruviśalūr, Kumbhakonam Taluk, Tanjavur District Śivayōganātha temple—on the same wall Parakēsarivarman: year 10

Published in S.I.I., Vol. XIX, No. 246

⟨SIIv23p0i0031⟩ No. 31. (A.R. No. 31 of 1907.) Tiruviśalūr, Kumbhakonam Taluk, Tanjavur District Śivayōganātha temple—on the same wall Parāntaka I: year 22: 928-29 A.D.

This records a gift of 96 sheep for a perpetual lamp in the temple of Tiruviśalūr Perumāṉaḍigaḷ by Pāgaṉ Sarvadēvaṉ the headman of Kiḷinallūr in Kiḻār-kūṟṟam. The Sanskrit portion at the beginning makes mention the gift of a gold fillet to the god by the same donor.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] tējiṣṭhastiśu-

⟨2⟩ viśalūradhīśvarāya prā-

⟨3⟩ dikṣat puramathanā-

⟨4⟩ ya hēmavaṭṭam mē-

⟨5⟩ ṣāṇāntada[nu] samē-

⟨6⟩ tya ṣaṇṇavatyā dipañca

⟨7⟩ vyaracaya dasya sarvadē-

⟨8⟩ vaḥ ||— matirai koṇṭa

⟨9⟩ kopparakesaripanma[r*]kku

⟨10⟩ yāṇṭu 22 āvatu vaṭa- ⟨Page 16⟩

⟨11⟩ karait tevatāṉa brahmadēya-

⟨12⟩ m avaninārāyaṇacca-

⟨13⟩ turvēdimaṅkalattut ti-

⟨14⟩ ruvicalūrp perumāṉaṭi-

⟨15⟩ kaḷukkuk kiḻārkkūṟṟattuk kiḷinal-

⟨16⟩ lūrk kiḷinallūrkkiḻavaṉ pāka-

⟨17⟩ ṉ sarvadēvan toṇṇūṟṟāṟāṭṭā-

⟨18⟩ l vanta neykoṇṭuc candrāditta-

⟨19⟩ vat erivataṟku vaitta nontāviḷakku

⟨20⟩ oṉṟu itu ūrpperuṅkuṟi-

⟨21⟩ perumakkaḷ rakṣai ||| ௳

⟨SIIv23p0i0032⟩ No. 32. (A.R. No. 32 of 1907.) Tiruviśalūr, Kumbhakonam Taluk, Tanjavur District Śivayōganātha temple—on the same wall Parakēsarivarman: year 5

Published in S.I.I., Vol. XIX, No. 122

⟨SIIv23p0i0033⟩ No. 33. (A.R. No. 33 of 1907.) Tiruviśalūr, Kumbhakonam Taluk, Tanjavur District Śivayōganātha temple—on the same wall Parāntaka I: date lost

This records a gift of 90 sheep (to provide ghee) for a perpetual lamp in the temple and another 8 sheep for burning a lamp on special days in a month, by one Nayanavalli wife of a certain Kalikēsari.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] matirai koṇṭa parakesaripanmaṟki yā••••• āvatu vaṭaka-

⟨2⟩ rait tevatāṉa brahmateyam amaninārāyaṇacatu[rvvē]timaṅkalattut tiru-

⟨3⟩ vicalūrp perumāṉaṭika[ḷu]kku karaikka••• māṉār kalikesari maṇa-

⟨4⟩ vāṭṭi ṉayaṉavalli vaitta nontāviḷakku oṉṟukku vaitta vāṭu toṇṇū-

⟨5⟩ ṟu itu paṉmāheśvararakṣai | ivaḷey vait[ta] āṭu 8 māsat teriya vai-

⟨6⟩ tta viḷakku [||*] ⟨Page 17⟩

⟨SIIv23p0i0034⟩ No. 34. (A.R. No. 34 of 1907.) Tiruviśalūr, Kumbhakonam Taluk, Tanjavur District Śivayōganātha temple—on the same wall

Rājakēsarivarman: year 4

Published in S.I.I., Vol. XIII, No. 84

⟨SIIv23p0i0035⟩ No. 35. (A.R. No. 35 of 1907.) Tiruviśalūr, Kumbhakonam Taluk, Tanjavur District Śivayōganātha temple—on the same wall Parāntaka I: year 27: 928-29 A.D.

This records an endowment in land (details not given) made by Pāgaṉ Sarvadēvaṉ (the donor mentioned in No. 31 above) also called Śembiyan Kiḻārnāṭṭukkōṉ, for the maintenance of a person bringing water daily from the Kāvēri for the sacred bath of the god Mādēva-Bhaṭṭārakar of Tiruviśalūr in Vēmbaṟṟūr alias Avaṉinārāyaṇachaturvēdimaṅgalam, during the three services in the temple.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] matirai koṇṭa koparakecariva[ nmaṟku yā]-

⟨2⟩ ṇṭu 27- āvatu kiḻārkūṟṟattuk kiḷina[llū]-

⟨3⟩ r cempiyaṉ kiḻār nāṭṭukkoṉākiya kiḷinal-

⟨4⟩ lūr kiḻavaṉ pākaṉ sarvatevaṉ vaṭakaraitte-

⟨5⟩ vatāṉap piramateya mavaṉi nārāyaṇac caruppetimaṅkala-

⟨6⟩ mākiya vempaṟṟūr tiruvicalūr māteva paṭṭārakarkku k-

⟨7⟩ kāveriyiṉiṉṟu tirumañcaṉanir oruvaṉ koṇṭuvantu muṉṟu sandhiyu-

⟨8⟩ mabhiṣēkañ ceyvippataṟku abhiṣekattiṟku tirumañcaṉanir cumap-

⟨9⟩ pāṉ ṉoruvaṉukku cantirātittaval koṇṭu vaitta nir nilam 1

⟨SIIv23p0i0036⟩ No. 36. (A.R. No. 36 of 1907.) Tiruviśalūr, Kumbhakonam Taluk, Tanjavur District Śivayōganātha temple—on the same wall Parakēsarivarman: year 10

Published in S.I.I., Vol. XIX, No. 247 ⟨Page 18⟩

⟨SIIv23p0i0037⟩ No. 37. (A.R. No. 37 of 1907.) Tiruviśalūr, Kumbhakonam Taluk, Tanjavur District Śivayōganātha temple—on the same wall Rājakēsarivarman: year 12

Published in S.I.I., Vol. XIII, No. 220

⟨SIIv23p0i0038⟩ No. 38. (A.R. No. 38 of 1907.) Tiruviśalūr, Kumbhakonam Taluk, Tanjavur District Śivayōganātha temple—on the same wall

Parāntaka I: year 18: 924-25 A.D.

This records a gift of 90 sheep for a perpetual lamp in the temple by one Araiyaṉ Kumaraṉ of Puduvūr in Tirunaraiyūr-nāḍu.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] matirai koṇṭa koppa-

⟨2⟩ rakeca[ri]paṉmaṟkki [y]āṇṭu 18- āva-

⟨3⟩ tu vaṭakarait tevatāṉa brahmadēya-

⟨4⟩ m amaninārāyaṇaccaturvētimaṅkalat-

⟨5⟩ tu tiruvicalūrp perumāṉaṭikaḷukku

⟨6⟩ tirunaṟaiyūrnāṭṭup putuvūruṭaiyāṉ

⟨7⟩ araiyaṉ kumaraṉ vaitta viḷakkoṉ-

⟨8⟩ ṟu āṭu toṇṇūṟu nicati uḻakkerivataṟkku

⟨9⟩ cantrādittaval eriya vaittatu itu paṉmā-

⟨10⟩ hēśvararakṣai [||*]

⟨SIIv23p0i0039⟩ No. 39. (A.R. No. 39 of 1907.) Tiruviśalūr, Kumbhakonam Taluk, Tanjavur District Śivayōganātha temple—on the same wall Parāntaka I: year 30: 936-37 A.D.

This is left incomplete stopping with the mention of some provision for burning a lamp in the temple of Tiruviśalūr-Perumāṉaḍigaḷ. ⟨Page 19⟩

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] matirai koṇṭa

⟨2⟩ kopparakecaripaṉmaṟ[kku] yāṇṭu 30- āvatu

⟨3⟩ vaṭakarai dēvatāṉap bra(ra)hmadēya[m] a[mani]-

⟨4⟩ nārāyaṇaccaruppetimaṅkalattu tiruvica•••

⟨5⟩ perumāṉaṭikaḷukku [ti]ruviḷak[ku]kku māṟaṉ pa•••

⟨6⟩ ṅkarappāṭiyāriṭai niṉṟu koṇṭu vantu kuṭañ 1

⟨SIIv23p0i0040⟩ No. 40. (A.R. No. 40 of 1907.) Tiruviśalūr, Kumbhakonam Taluk, Tanjavur District Śivayōganātha temple—on the same wall Sundara-Chōḷa: year 5

Published in S.I.I., Vol. III, No. 121

⟨SIIv23p0i0041⟩ No. 41. (A.R. No. 41 of 1907.) Tiruviśalūr, Kumbhakonam Taluk, Tanjavur District Śivayōganātha temple—on the south wall of the maṇḍapa in front of the central shrine Rājarāja I: year 10: 994-95 A.D.

This is dated in the 10th year of Rājarājakēsarivarman (Rājarāja I) ‘the victor of Kāndaḷūr-śālai’, and records an endowment of 140 kāśu by one Tāḻi Pulichchāṉaṉ of Kappalūr in [Uṟa]ttūrkkūṟṟam for feeding two Brāhmaṇas every day in the temple of Tiruviśalūr-Perumāḷ (with the offerings made to God), for anointing the image of the deity with scent (sandal ?) and for waving incense before the god, and for burning a perpetual lamp. With this amount 40 kuḻi of land is said to have been purchased (by the temple authorities as permanent investment).

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] kāntaḷurccālai kalamaṟutta kovirāja irāja[kecari]panmaṟku yāṇṭu 10- āvatu vaṭakarait teva-

⟨2⟩ tānap brahmadēyam amaṉinārāyaṇaśaturvētimaṅkalamuṭaiya [ti]ruvica lūrp perumā-

⟨3⟩ ḷ śrī koyililey uttamāgram cantrirā[di*]ttyaval iruvar brāhmaṇar uṇṇa [uṟa]ttūṟkkūṟṟattuk kappalūru- ⟨Page 20⟩

⟨4⟩ ṭaiyāṉ tāḻi puliccāṉaṉ [v*]aitta kācu 80 ivaṉey uṭaiyārkkut tirumeyp pūccu•cata••• uḻakkuc cā••••kkuḻampu cārc cāttiaruḷa

⟨5⟩ vaitta kācu 15- m ivaṉey nontāviḷakku 1- ṉukku vaitta kācu 25- m ivaṉey tiruppu[kai]kku vaitta kācu 20- m ākak kācu

⟨6⟩ 140 i ṉūṟṟunāṟpatu kācuṅ kuṭuttuk koṇṭa nila nti••••••••• ttu āyiravaṉ kiḻkarai

⟨7⟩ iruṅkaṇṭi muttaṉpaṭṭariṭaik koṇṭa ni[la]m••• ṅ kuḻi nāṟpatuṅ koṇṭatu ivai cantrādittyaval ivai panmāheśvararakṣai [||*]

⟨SIIv23p0i0042⟩ No. 42. (A.R. No. 42 of 1907.) Tiruviśalūr, Kumbhakonam Taluk, Tanjavur District Sivayōganātha temple—on the same wall Rājarāja I: year 29: 1013-14 A.D.

A slight deviation is found in the historical introduction in that it adds the “Twelve Thousand Islands” to the usual list of the king's conquests. The reference is evidently to the Maldives which are said to have been known by that name in ancient tradition, and which the king should have conquered late in his reign. (Prof. K.A.N. Sastri's ‘The Coḷas’. Vol. I, p. 220).

The inscription registers an agreement given by the mahāsabhā of Vēmbaṟṟūr alias Śōḻamārttāṇḍa-chaturvēdimaṅgalam a brahmadēya in Maṇṇi-nāḍu, to the temple of Tiruviśalūr-Mahādēva. A sum of 458 kāśu was endowed to the temple and deposited with the assembly by queen Dantiśaktiviṭaṅkiyār alias Lōkamahādēviyar on the occasion of the performance of tulābhāra by the king and of hiraṇyagarbha by herself in the temple. As interest on this amount they undertook to measure out annually 229 kalam of paddy at the rate of 1 tūṇi and 1 padakku on every kāśu per year, and with this paddy the ūr-vāriyam and kuḍumbu committees of the year were to meet the daily requirements of akkāraḍalai offering to the god, of which the details are given as follows:

Items required Equivalent in paddy

Rice—2 nāḻi .. .. .. .. One kuruṇi and 2 nāḻi

Tūpparuppu (dol)—1 nāḻi .. .. .. 5 nāḻi

Cow's milk—4 nāḻi .. .. .. .. 1 padakku

Ghee—1 uḻakku .. .. .. .. 1 kuṟuṇi

Sugar—12(1/2) palam .. .. .. .. 1 kuṟuṇi and 2 nāḻi

Plantain fruits—20(?) .. .. .. 6 nāḻi

Arecanut .. 10 ... .. .. 2 nāḻi and 1 uri

Betel leaves .. 40 ... .. .. 2 nāḻi and 1 uri

Earthen pot .. .. .. .. 1 nāḻi, 1 uri and 2(3/4) śeviḍu

Firewood .. .. .. .. 1 nāḻi

Remuneration to person preparing the offering .. 1 nāḻi ⟨Page 21⟩

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] tirumakaḷpola perunilaccelviyum tanakke urimai pūṇṭamai maṉa-

⟨2⟩ kkoḷak kāntaḷurccālai kala maṟuttaruḷi veṅkaināṭum kaṅkapāṭiyum nuḷampa

⟨3⟩ [pā]ṭiyum taṭikaipāṭiyum kuṭamalaināṭum kollamum kaliṅkamum muraṭ ṭo[ḻi*]ṟ ciṅkaḷar īḻa-

⟨4⟩ maṇṭalamum iraṭṭapāṭi eḻarai ilakkamum muṉṉirp paḻantivu paṉṉi rāyi[ra*]mum tiṇṭiṟa[l ve]ṉṟi-

⟨5⟩ t taṇṭāṟk koṇṭa taṉneḻil vaḷar ūḻiyuḷ ḷellāyāṇṭu ntōḻutaka viḷaṅku[m*] yāṇṭe ceḻiyarai

⟨6⟩ tecukoḷ śrī kovirājarājakeśarivanmarāṉa śrī [rājarā]jatevaṟkku yāṇṭu irupattoṉpatāvatu irāje-

⟨7⟩ ntraciṅkavaḷanāṭṭu maṇṇināṭṭu brahmadēya[m] vempaṟṟūrākiya coḻa māttāṇṭa catur-

⟨8⟩ vetimaṅkalattu mahāsabhaiyom kaiyeḻuttu [||*] nammai uṭaiya cakkira vartti uṭaiyār śrīrājarā-

⟨9⟩ jadēvar ivvūr tiruvicalūr māhādēvar śrīkoyililey tulāpāram pukkaruḷiṉa aṉṟu nampirā-

⟨10⟩ ṭṭiyār tanticattiviṭaṅkiyārāṉa ulokamādēviyār iraṇyagarbham puk karuḷi ittiruvicalūr māhadēvarkku

⟨11⟩ akkāraṭalai amutukku veṇṭum nivantaṅkaḷuk••••• cu 4[5]8 [i]kkācu ṉā[ṉū*]ṟṟu[aimpa]t-

⟨12⟩ teṭṭum ittiruvicalūr mahādēvar sēnāpatikaḷ mulabhṛtya[rā]ṉa caṇḍaṭeśvarad[ē]varpakkal mā[hāsa]bhai-

⟨13⟩ yom koṇṭa ikkācu nāṉūṟṟu aimpatteṭṭum koṇṭu kaṭavom koṇṭa paricāvatu••••• cittirai-

⟨14⟩ mutal kācu 1- kku palicai āṭṭaiviṭṭaṉ nellu tūṇipatakkāka ikkā-

⟨15⟩ cukku orāṭṭaip palicaiyāl vanta nellu 229 iṉ nellu iru nūṟṟiru-

⟨16⟩ (iru)pattu oṉpatiṉ kalattukkum ivakkāra[ṭa]lai amutukku veṇṭum

⟨17⟩ nivantam maṟupaṭāc cen[ṉ]el arici irunāḻiyiṉukku nellu ai[ñ] ñāḻikku pari-

⟨18⟩ iraṭṭi nellu kuṟuṇi irunāḻiyum tuparuppu nāḻiyiṉukku nittam nellu aiññāḻiyum

⟨19⟩ pacuviṉpāl ṉāṉāḻikku nitta[m*] nellu patakkum naṟuney uḻakkinukku nittam••••• ṟu-

⟨20⟩ ṇiyum caṟkkarai paṉṉirupalavaraikku nittam nellu kuṟuṇi iruṉā[ḻi] yum vāḻaip••••• tinuk-

⟨21⟩ ku nittam nellu aṟuṉāḻiyum [aṭai]kkāyamutukku veṟuṅkāy pattukkum ilaiamutukku [ko]ve-

⟨22⟩ ṟṟilai ṉāṟppatiṉukkumāka nitta••••• irunāḻi uriyum tiruvamutu aṭa kucak kalam putuppā[ṉai]kkum

⟨23⟩ nemikkumāka kucavaṉukku nittam nellu nāṭuriyey iraṇṭemukkāl ceviṭum tiruvamutu aṭa veṇṭum viṟa- ⟨Page 22⟩

⟨24⟩ kukku nittam nellu nāḻiyum akkāraṭalait tiruvamutu aṭum māṇikku nittam nellu nāḻiyummāka nit-

⟨25⟩ tam nellu••••• eḻukuṟuṇi aiññāḻiyum iraṇṭemukkālc ceviṭāka orāṭṭainā-

⟨26⟩ ḷaikku nellu••••• irunūṟṟirupattoṉpatiṉ kalamum cantirā(ta)tittavaṟ

⟨27⟩ ivva••••• ṇam palicai aṭ[ṭi] nimantam celut[ta]kkaṭa-

⟨28⟩ vomākavum nimantam celuttum paricu āṭṭaiviṭ-

⟨29⟩ ṭaṉu[m*] avv[ā]ṇṭu ūrvāriyañ ceyvārum

⟨30⟩ kuṭumpu ceyvāru••••• variiley nilavaca-

⟨31⟩ m vari koṇṭu inel[lu] taṇṭuvittu [tu]ka[ṟ]patar cettal 1

⟨SIIv23p0i0043⟩ No. 43. (A.R. No. 43 of 1907.) Tiruviśalūr, Kumbhakonam Taluk, Tanjavur District Śivayōganātha temple—on the west wall of the maṇḍapa in front of the central shrine Rājarāja I: year 24: 1008-09 A.D.

This records the purchase of a quarter (vēli?) of land situated to the south of the temple by the temple authorities, which was set apart for the daily supply of four nāḻi of rice (or paddy ?) for offerings to the god Pichchadēvar (Bhikshāṭana) during the two services.

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] tirumakaḷpolap perunilaccelviyum taṉakke urimai pūṇṭamai maṉak

⟨2⟩ koḷak kāntaḷūrccālai kalamaṟuttaruḷi veṅkai nā••••• ṭiyum [nuḷa]mpapā-

⟨3⟩ ṭiyum taṭikaipāṭiyum kuṭamalaināṭum kollamum kaliṅkamu••••• [pu]kaḻtara īḻama-

⟨4⟩ ṇṭalamum iraṭṭapāṭi eḻaraiilakkamum tiṇṭiṟal veṉṟi taṇṭāṟk •••••••• naḻilvaḷar

⟨5⟩ ūḻiuḷ ellāyāṇṭu[m*] toḻutaku viḷaṅkum yāṇṭe ceḻiyarait te••••• jarāja[kē]sariva-

⟨6⟩ nmarāṉa śrīrājarāja(ra)dēvarkku yāṇṭu 24- āvatu vaṭakarai rājēntrasiṅha vaḷanāṭṭu maṇṇina••••••••brahmadēyam avaṉinā-

⟨7⟩ raṇa ccaturvētimaṅkalattu tiruvicalūruṭaiyār koyiliṉ tenpa[k*] kattu eḻu[nta]ruḷi niṟkkum picca dēvarkku [oru] santi iru-

⟨8⟩ nāḻiyāka iraṇṭu santikkum tiruvamutāka caṇḍēśvaradēvar koṇṭu vaip picca ce[y*]yāvatu tirukkoyilin teṟkil kāl cey

⟨9⟩ itu panmāhēśvararirakṣai || 1—

In continuation is the following

⟨10⟩ iraṇṭu santiviḷakkummāka caṅkarapuḷin teṟki[l*] kā[ṟ]cey— ⟨Page 23⟩

⟨SIIv23p0i0044⟩ No. 44. (A.R. No. 44 of 1907.) Tiruviśalūr, Kumbhakonam Taluk, Tanjavur District Śivayōganātha temple—on the same wall Rājarāja I: year 26: 1010-11 A.D.

This refers to the quarter vēli of land previously set apart by the temple authorities for offerings to god Pichchadēvar in the temple, and records an addition of a mā and half of land and ten kāśu besides, obtained as gift for providing for offerings and for burning a lamp during three services to the god instead of the old two. The transactions of the temple, it may be noted, are said to be carried on by Chaṇḍēśvara acting as agent on behalf of the god. Reference is made to the revenue survey by which probably the addition of the land was possible.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] tirumakaḷpola perunilacelviyum

⟨2⟩ taṉakke urimaipūṇṭamai maṉakkoḷak kāntaḷūrccālaik kalamaṟuttaruḷi veṅkaināṭum kaṅkapāṭiyum nuḷampāṭiyu-

⟨3⟩ [m] taṭikaipāṭiyum kuṭamalaināṭum kollamum kaliṅkamum eṇṭicai pukaḻtara īḻamaṇṭalamum iraṭṭapā-

⟨4⟩ ṭi eḻarai i[la]kkamum tiṇṭiṟal veṉṟi taṇṭāṟk koṇṭa taṉ neḻil va[ḷa]r ūḻiuḷ ellā yāṇṭum

⟨5⟩ [to]ḻutakaiviḷaṅkum yāṇṭe ceḻiñarait tecukoḷ śrīkōpirāja rājakēsari panmarāna śrī rājarājadēvarkku

⟨6⟩ [yā]ṇṭu 2[6]- vatu vaṭakarai rājēntrasiṅhavaḷanāṭṭu maṇṇināṭṭu dēvadāṉa brahmēdēya[m*] avaṉi nārāyaṇacatu-

⟨7⟩ [rvēdi]maṅkalattu tiruvicalūr ruṭaiyār koyiliṉ teṉpa[k*]kattu eḻuntaruḷiniṟkum piccadēvarkku śrīdaṇḍēśvaradēvarē ippiccadēvarkku

⟨8⟩ tiruamitukku koṇṭa nilam orumāvaraiyum munpu kalveṭṭuppaṭi kāl ceyum āka nilam paḻampaṭi aṟumāvaraiyum itiṉnāl u-

⟨9⟩ lakaḷantun teṟina nilam muṉṟu cantikkum tiruvamutum mu[ṉ*]ṟusantikkum cantiviḷakkum idēvarkke śiva•••••

⟨10⟩ caṇḍēśvaradēvarvaśaṅ kuṭutta kācu 10- ttu kācillum palicaicekuttu ipiccadēvarkku muṉṟu cantikkum kaṟiya•••••

⟨11⟩ y amitum tayir(r)amitum aṭaikkā[y*]amitum aṉṟu śrīkārya[m*] ce[y*]vāre ikkācil palicai cekuttu anṟu śrīkārya[m*] ceyvā-

⟨12⟩ re kuṟaivaṟukka[kka*]ṭavar idēvare iṟai iṟu[t*]tu inivantapaṭi ce[y*] vikkakaṭavār dēvakanmikaḷ ivai panmāheśvararakṣai ||—

Below this is a single line of the historical introduction of Rājādhirāja I.

⟨1⟩ [sva]stīśrī [||*] tiṅkaḷertaru tanṟoṅkal veṇkuṭaikiḻ nilamakaḷ nilava malarmakaḷ ⟨Page 24⟩

⟨SIIv23p0i0045⟩ No. 45. (A.R. No. 45 of 1907.) Tiruviśalūr, Kumbhakonam Taluk, Tanjavur District Śivayōganātha temple—on the north wall of the same maṇḍapa Rājēndra-Chōḷa I: year 3: 1014-15 A.D.

This records a gift of 53 kāśu by a woman servant of the royal household by name Āyiravaṉ Kaṟṟaḷi, for burning a perpetual lamp and a twilight lamp in the temple respectively for the merit of her brother Vichchādiran Kuñjiramallan and mother Kārōgi. Out of this amount 3 mā and 3 kāṇi of land was purchased for 45 kāśu, the balance of 8 kāśu being deposited (for interest) with the dēvakanmis. Tiruviśalūr is here referred to as situated in Vēmbaṟṟūr alias Śōḻamārttāṇḍa-chaturvēdimaṅgalam.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] kopparakecaripanmarāṉa śrīirājentrira coḻatevarkku yāṇṭu 3- āvatu vaṭakarai irājentri ciṅkava-

⟨2⟩ ḷanāṭṭu maṇṇināṭṭu brahmadēyam vempaṟṟūrākiya śrīcoḻamāttāṇṭa caturvetimaṅkalattu tiruvicalūr mā-

⟨3⟩ tevarkku āḻvār veḷattu peṇṭāṭṭi āyiravaṉ kaṟṟaḷi taṉṉuṭap piṟanta viccātiraṉ kuñciramallaṉukkā[ka*] oru tirunnāntā-

⟨4⟩ [viḷa]kku erikkavum eṉṉuṭaiya tāy kārokikku irā tirunontā viḷakku eri[ya] vaitta viḷakku 5- kum nilam ivūrile idēvar mula-

⟨5⟩ brathya caṇṭeśvaradēvar perāle nilam vilaikoṇṭu cantrā(ra)tittaval eriya vaitta tirunontāviḷakku 1 iviḷakkoṉṟiṉukku kācu 35-

⟨6⟩ m viḷakku 5- ṉukku kācu 18- m [ā]ka varakkāṭṭiṉa kācu 53 ikācu 53ṟilum ivūr jaṉanātacceri kaviciyaṉ coḻaṉ nārāyaṇaṉ pakkal

⟨7⟩ vilaikoṇṭa nilamāvatu ivū[r m]e[l]piṭākai śrījaṉanātavatikku kiḻakku migariaḻakiya coḻavāykkālukku teṟkku 3- āṅ kaṇṇāṟṟu [yi]-

⟨8⟩ raṇṭāñcaturattu koṇṭa pa[ḻam]paṭi nila[m] muṉṟumāmukkāṇi[yi] ṉukku vilaikuṭutta kācu nāṟppattaiñcu nikki ivaḷ vaitta viḷakku oṉṟaraiyiṉukku

⟨9⟩ ••••• m koḷḷa te[var]kaṉmikaḷva[cam] kuṭutta kācu eṭṭu ipparicu cantrā(ā) [di*]ttaval viḷakkoṉṟaraiyum tevarkaṉmikaḷe eriyppikka [kka*] ṭavarkaḷ[||*]

⟨SIIv23p0i0046⟩ No. 46. (A.R. No. 46 of 1907.) Tiruviśalūr, Kumbhakonam Taluk, Tanjavur District Śivayōganātha temple—on the same wall Rājēndra-Chōḷa I: year 3: 1014-15 A.D.

This is a damaged and incomplete record. It registers the gift of a gold necklace containing the tāli (auspicious ornament) set with precious stones and other parts (for ⟨Page 25⟩ the image of the goddess), to the temple of god Tiruviśalūr-Mahādēva, by Atiyirāmaṉ Kundappāvaiyār the queen of Pāṇḍya Śrīvalluvar (Śrīvallabha) and daughter of a chief of Paṅgaḷa-nāḍu (name not given). Mention is also made of a certain Sundaraśōḻaṉ (as donor) along with the queen. The gift by a Pāṇḍya queen to a temple in the Chōḷa territory at this period is noteworthy, as indicating friendly relations between the two kings. Śrīvallabha must have been occupying quite a subordinate position under the Chōḷa since the latter's father Rājarāja I is known (from the Tiruvālaṅgāḍu Plates) to have seized the Pāṇḍya king Amarabhujaṅga, and Rājēndra himself set up his son under the title Chōḷa-Pāṇḍya as his viceroy in the Pāṇḍya country.

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⟨1⟩ svastīśrī [||*] kopparakeśaripanmarāṉa śrīirājēntriracoḻatevarkku yāṇṭu 3- āvatu vaṭakarai irājentrasi havaḷanāṭ-

⟨2⟩ ṭu maṇṇināṭṭu brahmadēyam ve[mpaṟ]ṟūrākiya coḻamāttāṇṭa catu rvētimaṅkalattu tiruvicalūrmahāte-

⟨3⟩ varkku pāṇṭiyaṉ śrīvalluvar teviyār paṅkaḷanāṭuṭaiyār maka(ḷ)ḷār atiyirāmaṉ kuntappāvaiyār varakkā[ṭ]ṭiṉa

⟨4⟩ tirumālaiyil tāli 41 nā[ṟ*]ppattoṉṟum kaṭaippalakai iraṇṭum paṭu kaṇ 2- ṇṭum āṇi 2- ṇṭu-

⟨5⟩ m taṭavikkaṭṭiṉa kallu 42 nāṟppatti[ra*]ṇṭum pa[lakai] 39 muppat tonpatum muttu 52 ai[m]pattiraṇṭum

⟨6⟩ arakku nūlum uḷpaṭa dēvar paṇṭārakkal[lāl] niṟai pon 30••••• ndha muppatiṉ kaḻañcey mukk[ā]-

⟨7⟩ le nālumañcāṭiyum eḻumāvum iva(r)re varakkāṭṭina [ma]ñcirāk kal••••••••• niṟai 35 samuppat-

⟨8⟩ taiyṅ kaḻañceymukkālum cuntiracoḻaṉ va•••••••• mukkaḻañce mu[kkā]-

⟨9⟩ le iraṇṭu mañcāṭiyum iraṇṭu māvum i(ā)vare varakkāṭṭiṉa muttu vāḷi itil muttu 1 •••••

⟨SIIv23p0i0047⟩ No. 47. (A.R. No. 47 of 1907.) Tiruviśalūr, Kumbhakonam Taluk, Tanjavur District Śivayōganātha temple—on the same wall

This inscription does not refer itself to the reign of any king. We can assign it however to the twelfth century A.D. It mentions a maṭha called the Nāṟpatteṇṇāyiravar-tirumaḍam on the north bank of the tank, in the precincts of the temple of Tiruviśalūr-Mahādēva at Śōḻamārttāṇḍa-chaturvēdimaṅgalam in Maṇṇi-nāḍu a division of Virudarāja-bhayaṅkara-vaḷanāḍu, built by Aravindaṉ Uttamāṇḍiyār and his son Nīṟaṇindāṉ Poṟkōyil Aṇukkanambi, and an endowment made by them in money for feeding the several temple servants therein, in addition to meeting the charges of the tirumandirappōnagam for the god. It refers to some inaccuracies in a stone record engraved previously in the Tiruchchiṟṟambalam-Uḍaiyār temple and sets forth to rectify them now. It gives a lengthy list of the several individuals who were the recipients of money, but it is not clear from whom and on what account it was. ⟨Page 26⟩

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] virutarājabhayaṅkaravaḷanāṭṭu maṇṇināṭṭu coḻamāt tāṇṭa caruppeti-

⟨2⟩ maṅkalamuṭaiya tiruvicalūruṭaiya mahātevar koyilil coḻakonār muppiyā-

⟨3⟩ r aravintan uttamāṇṭiyār makan niṟaṇintān poṟkoyil aṇukka nampiyum ittevar

⟨4⟩ tirukkuḷattil vaṭakuḷaṅkaraiyil iva[r*]kaḷ eṭuppitta nāṟpatteṇṇā yiravar tirumaṭattu-

⟨5⟩ kku tevaraṭiyārai amutuceyvikkaikkum āḷuṭai[yārk]ku tirumantirap ponakattukkum

⟨6⟩ ittevar śrī paṇṭārattu nāṅkaḷ oṭukkukoṇṭu palicaik[ku kāṭṭiya] kaiypiḻaipāṭum pe-

⟨7⟩ [rā]ṟṟā ṉiḻiccappaṭṭa[tu] nāḷum ipporuḷukku munpu tiricci[ṟ*]ṟam palamuṭaiyār koyililum munpi-

⟨8⟩ l copānattilum veṭṭina kalveṭṭup piḻaiyātanmaiyilum puravacam kācukoṇṭa-

⟨9⟩ paṭi ikkoyilil kāṇiyuṭaiya civabrāhmaṇa[n p]āratāya[n] tiruvicalūr ceḻumāṇikkam tan nāḷu-

⟨10⟩ kkum tampi tiruvicalūr eṇṇariy[ān*] nāḷukkum piccan tiruvicalūr nāḷukkum āka ceḻumāṇikka-

⟨11⟩ m koṇṭa kācu patināṟu itil mantirapponakam celutta kāciraṇṭarai nikki maṭattukku pa-

⟨12⟩ licaikku koṇṭa kācu patinmunṟarai āritan••••• kālukkum ivan māman

⟨13⟩ civapaṭṭāla[kar*]kku ci••••• mukkālukku[m] maṟaikkāṭa[n] koṇṭa kācu••• ••• mukkā-

⟨14⟩ ṇi iti[l] mantirapponakattukku niṅkuṅ kācu arai pāratāyan tiruvica lūr kaṅkaikoṇṭān tan

⟨15⟩ nāḷukkum tiruvicalūr eṇṇariyā[ṉ*] nā[ḷu]kkum uṭaiyava[ṉ*] nāḷuk kum piccan tiruvicalūr nāḷukkum muṭiko-

⟨16⟩ ṇṭān picca[n*] nāḷukkum tirukkaḻippālai uṭaiyār koyil kāṇi uṭaiya jeyatarabrahmarāyar koṇ-

⟨17⟩ ṭa kācu iraṇṭaraiyum āka nān koṇṭa kācu irupattāṟekālum••••• uḷpaṭa itil mantirapo-

⟨18⟩ nakattāl niṅkuṅ kācu nālarai maṭattukku kācu [irupat]tonṟe muk kālum••••• n caṅkaran civaco[ki] munpi-

⟨19⟩ l kalveṭṭuḷpaṭa nāḷopātikku koṇṭa kācu [patiṉeṭṭu] mantira ponakattukku [ni]ṅkuṅ kācu iraṇṭum

⟨20⟩ maṭattukku niṅkuṅ kācu

⟨21⟩ kūttan piccanum

⟨22⟩ pāratāyan arumoḻi[c] cū[ri] yan en n[ā]ḷukku koṇṭa kācu eḻarai itil mantira[po] nakattukku

⟨23⟩ niṅkuṅ kācu onṟarai nikki maṭattukku kācu āṟu ukaccan vikkavināyakan piccan maṭattukku koṇ- ⟨Page 27⟩

⟨24⟩ ṭa kāciraṇṭarai pāratāyan arumoḻi īcānapaṭṭanum ivan makan uyyak koṇṭānum kūtta-

⟨25⟩ n picca[ṉ*] nāḷukkum nān koṇṭa kācu pattu itil mantirappona kattukku niṅkuṅ kācu onṟemukkāl

⟨26⟩ nikki maṭattukku kācu eṭṭekāl ikkoyil kucakkāṇiyāḷarom caṇṭesuran cuntaranum aṭi-

⟨27⟩ kaḷ cuppiramaṇṇiyanum picca nuṭaiyanum piccan tiriṉampiyum uḷḷiṭṭa kucavaro[m*] maṭattu-

⟨28⟩ kku koṇṭa kācu onṟu uvaccan āṭava[l*]lān cirāḷan koṇṭa kācu iraṇṭarai maṭattukku palicaikku

⟨29⟩ ciṅkamāṇi ponnan tirumeykāval paṅkukku koṇṭa kācu onṟu tillai vanamuṭaiyān ānantavār-

⟨30⟩ kaḻal tirumeykāval paṅkukku koṇṭa kācu onṟu pāratāyan kaṅkai koṇṭān ceyya pātatten en

⟨31⟩ nāḷukku koṇṭa kāciraṇṭum maṭattukku palicai aḷakka kaliyarāman piccanāna munaippāṭi nāṭṭu veḷār ma-

⟨32⟩ kannāna kāḷi[yiṭai]yānpakkal koṇṭa nāḷaraikkum celvan picca[n*] nāḷaraikkum

⟨33⟩ nampi āḷkoṇṭa nāyakan nāḷ mukkālukku[m] āka koṇṭa kācu iraṇṭemukkāle araikkāl

⟨34⟩ itil mantiraponakattukku niṅkuṅ kācu āka kāleyaraikkālu[m*] maṭat tukku palicaikku koṇṭa k[ā]-

⟨35⟩ cu [ira]ṇṭu iraṇṭām vicai pāratāyan tiruvicalūr [ce]ḻumāṇikka[m*] maṭattukku koṇṭa kācu onṟarai

⟨36⟩ aṇṭanāyakar aṭaippukku tāṅkoṇṭa k[ā*]cu onṟu [ivar] makan tevāṇṭān paṅkukku koṇṭa k[ā]cu oṉṟu

⟨37⟩ ivan makan piccāṇṭār pa[ṅ*]kukku koṇṭa kācu onṟu ivan makan nampi paṅkukku koṇṭa kācu onṟu tirune[y*]ttānappi-

⟨38⟩ ccan paṅkukku koṇṭa kācu onṟu tirunaṭṭappiccan paṅkukku koṇṭa kācu onṟu tillai muvāyirap piccan paṅ-

⟨39⟩ kukku koṇṭa kācu onṟu āḷkoṇṭanāyakap piccar aṭaippu t[ā*]ṅ koṇṭa kācu onṟu•••••

⟨40⟩ paṅku••••• va nāṭ[ṭu] marutāntakan paṅkukku koṇṭa kācu onṟu ivan tampi civakaliyāṇappic-

⟨41⟩ can paṅkukku koṇṭa kācu onṟu varakuṇappiccan paṅkukku koṇṭa kācu onṟu ivan makan paṭampakkanāyakan paṅkukku

⟨42⟩ koṇṭa kācu onṟu iṣapavāhanap piccan paṅkukku koṇṭa kācu onṟu māṇikkan āṭavalā[ṉ*] nāḷukku paḷḷikoṇ-

⟨43⟩ ṭānpaṭṭan koṇṭa kācu iraṇṭarai mantiraponakattukku niṅkuṅ kācu arai maṭattukku palicaikku kācu ira-

⟨44⟩ ṇṭu pāratāyan mātavan oḷipalaviḷakku mācilāmaṇi mahātevar koyil kāṇikku maṭattukku koṇṭa kācu onṟu

⟨45⟩ pāratāyan tiruvicalūr civapaṭṭālakan tan nāḷukku koṇṭa kācu añcu itil mantiraponakat-

⟨46⟩ tukku kācu onṟu maṭattukku kācu nālu āritanampan [ā]ṇṭanāyakan tan nāḷukku koṇṭa kācu onṟe- ⟨Page 28⟩

⟨47⟩ mukkāle oru māvarai muntirikai itil mantiraponakattukku kācu kāl maṭattukku kācu onṟaraiye oru mā-

⟨48⟩ var[ai] muntirikai [kācipa]n paḷḷikoṇṭān tiruvicalūr nāḷukku koṇṭa kācu munṟu mantiraponakattukku kācu a-

⟨49⟩ rai maṭattuk[ku kācu ira]ṇṭarai ikkoyil kāṇiyuṭai[yā] ṉakkan paṟpanāpan periyān maṭattukku koṇ-

⟨50⟩ ṭa kācu••••• vac[ca]n perumān eṇṇā••••• k koṇṭa kācu munṟu [pū]vac can viccātiran uṭaiyā na[m]-

⟨51⟩ ••••• koṇṭa kā[cu iraṇṭarai]••••• ppi iṭaiyan aṭaippup pa[ṅ]kukku koṇṭa kācu iraṇṭu ivan ta•••••

⟨52⟩ ••• koyil piccan paṅkukku koṇṭa kācu onṟu ivan maru[maka]n vānama (mana?)nāyakap piccan paṅkukku koṇṭa kācu onṟu

⟨53⟩ ivan makan civalokanāyakap piccan paṅkukku koṇṭa kācu onṟu ivan makan piccāṇṭār paṅkukku koṇṭa kācu onṟu civanpo-

⟨54⟩ n [cu]ntarappiccan paṅkukku koṇṭa kācu onṟu ivan makan tillai nāyakap piccan paṅkukku koṇṭa kācu oṉṟu ceḻumāṇikkap

⟨55⟩ picca raṭaippu ta[m] paṅkukku koṇṭa kāconṟu ivan makan nāṟpat teṇṇāyirap piccan paṅkukku koṇṭa kācu onṟu

⟨56⟩ ālālacuntarap piccan paṅkukku koṇṭa kācu onṟu veḷḷaivāraṇap piccan paṅkukku koṇṭa kācu onṟu arumaruntup pic-

⟨57⟩ can paṅkukku koṇṭa kācu onṟu aṇ[ṭa*]nāyakap piccan paṅkukku koṇṭa kācu onṟu marutamāṇik-

⟨58⟩ kap piccan paṅkukku koṇṭa kācu onṟu ikkoyilil kāṇiyuṭaiya nāḷ cekallum(?) tiruvirā-

⟨59⟩ jē[ntra]coḻapaṭṭan maṭattukku palicaikku koṇṭa kācu arai ittiru maṭattukku āṇṭā-

⟨60⟩ ṉ amutu ceykaikku [itil]••••• ṇṭārattu civabrāhmaṇarpakkal oṭuk kina a•••••

⟨61⟩ ni••••• irupatinālu••••• āḷuṭaiyār amutu ceytu•••••

⟨62⟩ ••• onṟinālum••• kkuṟikkāl••••• m āṟu••• ṭai nūṟṟeḻupatinpalam ārita nampi-

⟨63⟩ kkā••• n piccan iraṇṭām vicai maṭattukku koṇṭa kācu [oṉṟu] pāratāyan kaṅkaiko-

⟨64⟩ ṇṭa••••• teva nā[ḷu]kku maṭattukku koṇṭa kācu onṟemukkāle araikkāṇi muntiri ṭhe inscription stops here.

⟨SIIv23p0i0048⟩ No. 48. (A.R. No. 48 of 1907.) Tiruviśalūr, Kumbakonam Taluk, Tanjavur District Śivayōganātha temple—on the same wall Konērinmaikōṇḍāṉ ⟨Page 29⟩

This registers a royal order issued in the 30th year and 110th day of the king's reign from his palace at Kāñchīpuram, to the nāṭṭār (assembly) of Maṇṇi-nāḍu a division of Rājēndraśiṅga-vaḷanāḍu, the elders of the brahmadēya and the several residents of the village who had the rights of vēḷāṉvagai, dēvadāna, paḷḷichchanda and kaṇimuṟṟūṭṭu. Being incomplete the object of the inscription is not clear. It mentions the purchase from the sabhā of Tiruviśalūr of a block of wet land measuring 24(3/4) and odd vēli by the chief Araiyaṉ Rājarājaṉ alias Madhurāntaka-Iḷaṅgōvēḷāṉ. Its produce as estimated and settled by the assembly is given as 1181 kalam and odd of paddy. Reference is made to a revenue survey of the lands, as a result of which this land is said to have accrued to the assembly and was probably endowed to the temple by the chief, after its purchase. The title of the chief who was evidently of the Koḍumbāḷūr family seems to indicate that the king was Rājēndra-Chōḷa I.

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⟨1⟩ ||| svastī śrī [||*] koneriṉmaikoṇṭāṉ rājēntraciṅkavaḷanāṭṭu maṇṇi nāṭṭu nāṭṭār[k*]kum brahmate-

⟨2⟩ yakkiḻavaṟkum veḷḷānvakaiyum tevatāṉam paḷḷiccantak kaṇimuṟ ṟūṭṭu veṭṭappeṟu paḻavaṟac cālāpo-

⟨3⟩ kam uḷḷiṭṭa ūrkaḷilār[k*]kum namakku yāṇṭu muppatāvatu nāḷ nūṟṟorupatināl kāñcipurattu nam viṭṭil uḷḷāl cit-

⟨4⟩ tiramaṇṭapattu rājēntracoḻabrahmādhirāja nil nām uṇṇuviruntu rājentira ciṅkavaḷanāṭṭu maṇṇināṭṭu coḻamāttāṇṭa-

⟨5⟩ c caruppetimaṅkalattu aḷantapaṭi niṅkal niṅkal nikki nirnilattil oru pakkam aṭaiya ivvūr cavaiyārpakkal arai-

⟨6⟩ yaṉ rājarājanāṉa maturāntaka iḷaṅkoveḷāṉ vilaikkuk koṇṭu ṭaiya nirni[la*]m irupattu nālemukkāle

⟨7⟩ muṉṟu mākkāṇi muntirikaik kiḻkāle muntirikaik kiḻ muṉṟu mākā ṇiyum innilattāl ivvūr cavaiyār taramiṭṭa taravopāti vanta nel-

⟨8⟩ lu āyirattu nūṟṟeṇpattoru kalane irutūṇippatak korunāḻi uriyum ivvūril yāṇṭu 30- āvatu mutal tarukkive 1

⟨SIIv23p0i0049⟩ No. 49. (A.R. No. 49 of 1907.) Tiruviśalūr, Kumbhakonam Taluk, Tanjavur District Śivayōganātha temple—on the same wall

This is an inscription of the 5th year of Kulōttuṅga-Chōḷadēva (II?), recording an endowment of three plots of land after purchase at Ediriliśōḻamaṅgalam a dēvadāna village to (the temple of) Tiruviśalūr-Uḍaiyār, by a lady by name Śiriyāṇḍāḷ Sāni the wife of one Kurōvi Ātkoṇḍān-Bhaṭṭan, for the maintenance of a perpetual lamp in the temple with the produce thereof after paying the taxes due on the lands. Edirilichōḷa and Virudarāja-bhayaṅkara are known to have been the titles of king Kulōttuṅga-Chōḷa I. ⟨Page 30⟩

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⟨1⟩ svastī śrī [||*] viru[ta*]rājabha[ya*]ṅkaravaḷanāṭṭu maṇṇināṭṭu uṭai yār tiruvicalū[r ruṭ]aiyā[ṟ*]kku eti[ri]-

⟨2⟩ licoḻa[catu]rvētimaṅkalattu śrī kulottuṅkacoḻatevarkku y[ā*] ṇṭu añcāvatu kurovi āṭkoṇ-

⟨3⟩ ṭāṉ paṭṭaṉ brāhmaṇi ciṟiyāṇṭāḷ [c]āṉi ittevar tevatāṉam [etiri]licoḻamaṅkalattu vi-

⟨4⟩ rutarājapayaṅkaravatikku kiḻakku śrītevi[n]ārāyattukku teṟkku 4 kūṟṟu 3- ñ catirattu nilam 353

⟨5⟩ teṉ[kū]ṟṟu 3- ñcatirattu nilam 24ṛ āka nilam varu paḻampaṭi nilam kāle arai māvum ittevar-

⟨6⟩ kku nellukku nellum antarāyamum ūrmā[vi]ntapaṭi i[ṟu]ttu i[ti]l iṟaimikiti uḷḷutu ittevar-

⟨7⟩ kku tirunu[ntā]viḷakku oṉṟukku uṭalāka koḷkaikku iṉṉilam kāṇi āḷar pakkale ivar kāṇiyāka koṇṭu viṭṭamaikku paṉmāye śvara rakṣai [||*]

⟨SIIv23p0i0050⟩ No. 50. (A.R. No. 50 of 1907.) Tiruviśalūr, Kumbhakonam Taluk, Tanjavur District Śivayōganātha temple—on the north wall of the shrine in the southern side

The inscription states that this maṇḍapa was the gift of one [Panaikka]li-Aḍigaḷ alias Anantaśivaṉ of Muḻaiyūr. Close to this is cut the figure of a person evidently representing the donor. The writing seems to be of about the 11th century A.D.

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⟨1⟩ svastī śrī [||*] paṭaikoḷ kuñcirākkāy imaṇṭaka-

⟨2⟩ [ñ cey]vitta muḻaiyūruṭaiyāṉ pa[ṉaikka]li aṭikaḷākiya aṉantacivaṉ

⟨SIIv23p0i0051⟩ No. 51. (A.R. No. 51 of 1907.) Tiruviśalūr, Kumbhakonam Taluk, Tanjavur District Śivayōganātha temple—on the same wall Āditya II Karikāla: year 5: A.D. 969-70

This is dated in the 5th year of Parakēsarivarman ‘who took the head of the Pāṇḍya’ i.e. of Vīra-Pāṇḍya. This is the Chōḷa king Āditya II Karikāla the elder brother of Rājarāja I, whose earliest inscription mentioning this exploit is dated in his 2nd year (A.R. No. 472 of 1908), which should have corresponded with the 20th and last year of reign of his adversary. As this has been fixed at A.D. 966 Āditya's accession should have taken place in A.D. 965 (Ep. Ind. Vol. XXV, p. 37). From the ⟨Page 31⟩ Leyden Grant and the Tiruvālaṅgāḍu Plates it is known that Āditya distinguished himself even as a boy in his father Sundara-Chōḷa's battles against the Pāṇḍya. He must have been appointed co-regent by the latter even in his life-time, but was not destined to live long. The date given in the present inscription is the latest regnal year known for him so far.

The record registers a gift of 15 kaḻañju of gold made by one Śiṅgaṉ Kēśavaṉ of Nelvēli in Puṉṟiṟ-kūṟṟam for burning a perpetual lamp in the temple of Tiruviśalūr-Perumānaḍigaḷ, with 4 uḻakku of ghee per day accruing as interest on the amount endowed. A similar gift was also made by his wife (māmagaḷ) Rāmaṉ Peṟṟāḷ for another lamp.

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⟨1⟩ svastī śrī [||*] pāṇṭiyaṉt talaikoṇṭa kopparakeśaripaṉmarkku yāṇṭu 5- āvatu vaṭakarait tevatāṉa brahma teyam amaṉinārā-

⟨2⟩ yaṇac caturvētimaṅkalattu tiruvicalūrp perumāṉaṭikaḷukku puṉṟiṟ kūṟṟattu nelveliyuṭai-

⟨3⟩ yāṉ ciṅkaṉ kēśavaṉ cantirātittaval erivatāka vaitta tirunontā viḷakku 1- oṉṟukku vaitta

⟨4⟩ poṉ kaḻañcu perttatu dharumaeṉāl vanta palicai nicatam 4 uḻakkāka eriya vaittatu [||*] svastī śrī [||*] ivaṉ mā

⟨5⟩ makaḷ irāmaṉ peṟṟāḷ tiruvicalūr perumāḷukku cantirātittaval eriya vaitta tirunon-

⟨6⟩ tāviḷakku 1 oṉṟukkum vaitta kaḻañcil pertta tuḷai 14eṉāl vanta palicai nicatam uḻak-

⟨7⟩ kāka eriya vaittatu cantiviḷakku iraṇṭum paṉmāhēśvararakṣai itdharma [m*] vaḷa[rp*]pār śrīpā-

⟨8⟩ tam eṅkaḷ talaimeliṉa ||௳

⟨SIIv23p0i0052⟩ No. 52. (A.R. No. 52 of 1907.) Tiruviśalūr, Kumbhakonam Taluk, Tanjavur District Śivayōganātha temple—on the wall of the inner gōpura, right of entrance

This states that the gōpura on which the inscription is engraved and the enclosed verandah all round the prākāra were built by (king) Vikrama-Chōḷa.

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⟨1⟩ svastī śrī [||*] ittirukko-

⟨2⟩ puramum ittiruccuṟṟumāḷi-

⟨3⟩ kaiyum vikkiramacoḻaṉ [||*] ⟨Page 32⟩

⟨SIIv23p0i0053⟩ No. 53. (A.R. No. 53 of 1907.) Pūtalapaṭṭu, Chittoor Taluk, Chittoor District On the north wall of the maṇḍapa in the Śiva temple Kṛishṇadēvarāya: Śaka 1438: 1516-17 A.D.

This is dated in Śaka 1438, Īśvara, Tulā, śu. 14, Monday, probably corresponding to A.D. 1517, September 28. Details are irregular. It registers an agreement among the merchants (Ayyāvaḷi Pekkaṇḍār) and sundry tradesmen from several places carrying on their profession in the Nāvalan-perunteruvu (street) at Puttalaippaṭṭu in Paḷuvūrkōṭṭam, a division of Toṇḍaimaṇḍalam, fixing the rate of magamai impost payable by them to the temple of Bhīmīśvaram-uḍaiya-Nāyanār at the place, on the different articles of merchandise. These are specified as follows: cattle, cotton yarn, cotton cloth, cotton wool, areca-nut, pepper, silk yarn, oil, cummin seed, sesamum, jaggery, salt, turmeric, sugar, ghee, buffalo, rice and ginger.

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⟨1⟩ svastī [||*] śrīmanmahāmaṇḍalēśvara bhā-

⟨2⟩ ṣaikkut tappuva ir[āyar*] kaṇṭa muvarā-

⟨3⟩ yarkaṇḍa pūrvapa(pa)ccima uttara te[kṣa]ṇa

⟨4⟩ samutturātibhati śrīvirapratāva ki[ru]ṣṇa-

⟨5⟩ tevamahārāyar piṟativirā-

⟨6⟩ cciyam paṇṇiaruḷāniṉṟa śa-

⟨7⟩ kāttam 1438- mel cellā-

⟨8⟩ niṉṟa īśvarasamvassarattu tulānāyaṟṟu

⟨9⟩ purvapakṣattil catudēśiyum catu da-

⟨10⟩ śiyum peṟṟa sōmavāranāḷ nāvalanpe-

⟨11⟩ run[t*]e[ru*]vil nān[ā*]tecattil añvattāṟu tecatti-

⟨12⟩ l a[y*]yāvaḷi [c]ālumūlai pekkaṇṭā-

⟨13⟩ rum palapaṭṭaṭaiyārum puttalaippaṭṭu

⟨14⟩ (ṭa) toṇṭaimaṇṭalattu paḷuvūṟkoṭṭattu

⟨15⟩ bhimiśvaramuṭaiya nayināṟku makamaikuṭuttom in-

⟨16⟩ ta mukarappaṟṟil tuṟaiyil ātimāṟkam taṭakkum

⟨17⟩ carakku pañcu malavai aṟtamāṉiyam viṭṭut taril(kkāl ?)-

⟨18⟩ naṭai añcukku ṭṭaka ṉūl poti oṉṟukku ṭṭa ve

⟨19⟩ ṉūl mārāppu oṉṟukku [98] piṭavai poti 1- kku ṭṭava

⟨20⟩ parutti malavai 1- kku 94 piṭavai cumai 1- kku 94

⟨21⟩ pākku poti oṉṟukku ṭṭava cillaṟai [pa]caṟai pa[ca]vai••

⟨22⟩ pākku mārāppu 1- kku 94 pācilaikāy poti 1- kku ṭṭava•••

⟨23⟩ miḷaku poti 1- kku ṭṭava pa[ṭ]ṭu[ṉū]l poti 1- kku ṭṭava cumaikku ṭṭava

⟨24⟩ miḷaku mārāppu 1- kku 94 eṇṇai poti 1- kku ṭṭava cumaikku 9

⟨25⟩ ciraka[m*] poti 1- kku ṭṭava mārāppu 1- kku 98 eḷḷu potikku 94 ⟨Page 33⟩

⟨26⟩ vella[m*] poti 1- kku 94 mārāppu 1- kku 98 uppu potikku 9va

⟨27⟩ mañcaḷ poti 1- kku 94 mārāppu 1- kku 98 uppu poti 94

⟨28⟩ carkkarai poti 1- kku ṭṭava ney cumaikku 94 nellu

⟨29⟩ carkkarai mārāppu 1- kku 96 erumai-kku ṭṭañca arici 9va

⟨30⟩ iñci poti 1- kku 95 cukkuppoti 1- kku ṭṭañca mārāppu-kku 9jha

⟨31⟩ immaritāti piṟakārattile makamai cantiṟātittavarai uṭai-

⟨32⟩ yāṟku naṭakkumpaṭi nāṅkaḷ tārāpūṟuvam paṇṇi-

⟨33⟩ kkuṭuttom inta [ta]rmmattai yātoruttar akitam pa-

⟨34⟩ ṇṇinārkaḷ keṅkai karaiyil kārāmpacuvaik

⟨35⟩ koṉti pāvattil pokakkaṭavaṉṉākavum ippaṭikku-

⟨36⟩ ccam[ma]tittu bhi[mi*]śvaramuṭaiya nayināṟkut tanmma cātaṉam pa 1

⟨SIIv23p0i0054⟩ No. 54. (A.R. No. 54 of 1907.) Pūtalapaṭṭu, Chittoor Taluk, Chittoor District Varadarāja-Perumāḷ temple—on the south wall of the central shrine Sadāśivarāya: Śaka 1471

This is dated in Śaka 1471, Saumya,••• chaturdaśi, Friday, Anusham, corresponding to A.D. 1549, but not verifiable. The later portion of the record is much damaged. The inscription mentions Daḷavāy Timmarāja-Ayyaṉ the agent of Mahāmaṇḍalēśvara Rāmarāja Timmayadēva-Mahārājar and a certain Deṇṇāchāri Rāmaya who seems to have held some jīvita under the former. This probably registers some provision made by this Rāmaya for worship in the (Vishṇu) temple at Pūttilaippaṭṭu.

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⟨1⟩ śubhamastu [||*] śrīmanmahāmaṇḍaleśvaran śrīvi[rapirat]ābha śrīvira catāciva tevamahārāyar virutuvirājya-

⟨2⟩ m paṇṇiyaruḷā niṉṟa cahāttam cata47[1] itaṉmelc cellāniṉṟa cavumiya camvatcaram•••••

⟨3⟩ caturteciyum cukkiravāramu[m*] [anu]ṣanakṣatramum peṟṟa yiṟṟaiṉāḷ śrīmanmahāmaṇḍalecura rāma[rāca ci]ṉṉa[ti]mmayate-

⟨4⟩ vamahārājayar kāriyattukkuk kaṟtarāṉa taḷavāyi timmarācu ayya[ṉ] makaṉār••••• [ti]mmaṉāyakkarum kāñci-

⟨5⟩ puram ayyaṉār kuru•••• m pūttilaippaṭṭu••••• tāṉattār palappaṭṭa [ṭai]muṉṉāka mahā[rāca]rkku

⟨6⟩ [teṇāccāri] rāmaiyaṉuḷḷiṭṭa••••• śrīpali[yum] ṉāṭṭuvārkaḷ teṇāc cāri••••• uḷḷiṭ[ṭāṟku] civitakkuṭikaḷum ta-

⟨7⟩ ṅkaḷ••••• uṭaiya nayiṉār•••••

⟨8⟩ •••••••••

⟨9⟩ ••••••••• ivarkaḷ civitatti[l] ṉāṅkaḷum

⟨10-11⟩ ••••••••• ⟨Page 34⟩

⟨SIIv23p0i0055⟩ No. 55. (A.R. No. 55 of 1907.) Pūtalapaṭṭu, Chittoor Taluk, Chittoor District Varadarāja-Perumāḷ temple—on the same wall

This inscription is also much damaged. It is dated in Śaka 1467, Viśvāvasu (A.D. 1546-47) in the reign of the same king (Sadāśiva) and refers to Pūttalaippaṭṭu as situated in Veṅgaḷappaṟṟu-śīrmai a southern division of Tiruvēṅgaḍak-kōṭṭam in Peruṅgoṇḍai-(Penukoṇḍa)-rājyam. It seems to record a gift of land to the temple of Perumāḷ in the village.

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⟨1⟩ śadhāśivadēvamahārāyar pṛthivirājyampaṇṇiaruḷāniṉṟa cahāttam cata467- nmel cellā niṉṟa viśvā[va*]śu[śa]ṅgvakṣarattu ciṅka-

⟨2⟩ ••• coḻamaṇṭalattu vaṭapāl peru[ṅ]koṇṭairā[jya]ttil tiruveṅ kaṭakkoṭṭattu teṉpāl [veṅ]kaḷappaṟṟuccīrmaiyil pūttalaip paṭṭu perumāḷ•••••

⟨3⟩ •••••••• toṇṇappadēva•••makārājāvin•••••••• padēvamahā•••carum paṇṇik kuṭutta [ taṉmaśāsa] nam•••••

⟨4⟩ nāṭṭu polakkaranā•••••••• māvaṭai maravaṭai••••••••

⟨5-7⟩ •••••••••

⟨SIIv23p0i0056⟩ No. 56. (A.R. No. 56 of 1907.) Pūtalapaṭṭu, Chittoor Taluk, Chittoor District Varadarāja temple—south wall of the first prākāra

Portion to the right of the inscription is lost and lines 5 to 8 are seriously damaged. This is a record of the Vijayanagara king Dēvarāya whose name is not however clear. The date portion is also imperfect, the words clearly readable being śu. 8, Śravaṇa, Friday. It seems to mention the nāyakattana of some chief (mahāmaṇḍalēśvara) who is said to be of the Atri-gōtra and Āpastamba-sūtra and some gift for offerings in the temple.

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⟨1⟩ śubhamastu svastī [||*] śrīmaṉmahāmaṇḍalēśvaraṉ•••••miśvara[kaṇṭaṉ] śrī[vi]rapra tāpa [te]varā•••••

⟨2⟩ ••• [sattu pūṟuva] pakṣattu aṣṭamiyum cirāvaṇiyum cukkiṟavāramum peṟṟa iṟṟaiṉāḷ jayaṅkoṇṭa coḻa•••••••

⟨3⟩ •••••••• p perumāḷukku••• mavaṅkiṣattu a[ttiri]gōtrattu āpastampasū trattu śrīman mahā[ma]ṇḍalēśva•••••

⟨4⟩ •••••••• nāyakkattanamākap pāttaruḷiṉa•••••••• ippaṭi••••• ttoṟuvil•••••

⟨5⟩ •••••••••

⟨6⟩ •••••••• aṭaikkāy amutum•••••••• ⟨Page 35⟩

⟨SIIv23p0i0057⟩ No. 57. (A.R. No. 57 of 1907.) Kāṇippākkam, Chittoor Taluk, Chittoor District Maṇikaṇṭhēśvara temple—on the east wall of the central shrine

This is dated in the 8th year of the Chōḷa king Vīrarājēndra-Chōḷadēva (Kulōttuṅga III) and in Śaka 1108 (A.D. 1186-87), Paṅguni. It is built in in the middle. It records a gift of a kaḻañju of gold for burning a twilight lamp in the temple of Maṇikaṇṭhēśvaram-Uḍaiyār by one Ilāṟaiyan Sagararājaṉ Śīyagaṅgaṉ. The donor was evidently a member of the Gaṅga family of chiefs of Kolar who were subordinate to the Chōḷas and should have been related to, if not identical with, Amarābharaṇan Śīyagaṅgan figuring in No. 10 of 1893 and No. 195 of 1892 (An. Rept. for 1893, para 8), and also in a Tiruvallam inscription (S.I.I. Vol. III, p. 122) as a feudatory of Kulōttuṅga, and who was the patron of Pavaṇandi the author of the Tamil grammar Naṉṉūl.

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⟨1⟩ svastī śrī [||*] cakaraiyāṇṭu āyirattu oru nūṟṟeṭṭil paṅkunimācattu ilāṟaiyaṉ cakararācaṉ ciyakaṅkaṉ maṇikaṇṭīccuramuṭaiya••••• nti viḷakku oṉṟukkum naṟpoṉ kaḻaiñcu koṇṭu nāḷtoṟum anti paṭṭu eḻarai nāḻikaippotu viḷakkerikkakaṭa-

⟨2⟩ vomākac cammatittuk kaikkoṇṭom ikkoyil kāṇi uṭaiya śivappirāmaṇaṉ kāśyapagōtrattu tirukkāḷatti••• celvapaṭṭaṉum cūranāyakapaṭṭaṉum ||[svastī] śrīvirarācentiracoḻatevaṟku yāṇṭu eṭṭāvatu || naṉṟāka || hara||—

⟨SIIv23p0i0058⟩ No. 58. (A.R. No. 58 of 1907.) Kāṇippākkam, Chittoor Taluk, Chittoor District Maṇikaṇṭhēśvara temple—on the south wall of the same shrine

This is dated in the 1[9]th year of a Pāṇḍya king Sundara-Pāṇḍyadeva, probably Jaṭāvarman Sundara-Pāṇḍya (acc. A.D. 1251.). It registers an endowment of some pieces of land as dēvadāna by the Nāṭṭavar (assembly) of Tūy-nāḍu, for the celebration of a festival in honour of the Nāyanmārs in both the temples of Pṛithvīśvaram-uḍaiya-Nāyaṉār and Maṇivarṇīśuram-uḍaiya-Nāyaṉār at Kāvaṇippākkam, and for the expenses of a service called Pallavarāyaṉ-śandi in the latter temple.

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⟨1⟩ [śrīmaṟkirttikkumel śrīcuntarapā]ṇṭiyatevaṟku yāṇṭu 1[9]vatu kāvaṇippākkattu uṭaiyār prathiviśvaram u-

⟨2⟩ [ṭaiyanāyaṉārkoyil e]ḻuntaruḷun nāya[ṉ*]mārāy uṭaiyār maṇi va[r*]ṇicuramuṭaiya nāyaṉār koyilil eḻuntaruḷiirukki[ṟa] ivar-

⟨3⟩ kaḷ tirunāḷ eḻuntaruḷavum pallavarāyaṉ cantikkum palapaṭinimantat tukkum ivvūril t[e]vatāṉamāyc cellakkiṭanta maṇiva[r*]ṇa eriyu- ⟨Page 36⟩

⟨4⟩ m erikiḻ nilamum catumukappūṭṭai iraṇṭum meṉokkiṉa maramuṅ kīḻ••••• ṇaṟum tevatāṉamāka viṭṭon tūynāṭṭu

⟨5⟩ nāṭavarom itukku ilaṅkaṉam coṉṉārk keṅkaikaraiyil kurālpacu koṉṟāṉ pāpam koḷvāṉ [||*]

⟨SIIv23p0i0059⟩ No. 59. (A.R. No. 59 of 1907.) Kāṇippākkam, Chittoor Taluk, Chittoor District Manikaṇṭhēśvara temple—on the same wall

This inscription records the remission of some taxes due on the dēvadāna lands, and also the gift of the incomes like āyam, āḷamañji etc. on the same by the chief Śiṟaimīṭṭa-Perumāḷ Śīyagaṅgar in favour of the temple of Maṇivaṇḍīśvaram-Uḍaiyār at Kāvaṇippākkam. Śiṟaimīṭṭa-Perumāḷ which means “the Lord who freed from imprisonment” as applied to this chief should have some significance. It is possible that this Śīyagaṅga was a son of Amarābharaṇa mentioned in No. 57 above and a feudatory of Rājarāja III on whose behalf he might have fought against Kō-Peruñjiṅga when he was imprisoned by the latter at Śēndamaṅgalam.

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⟨1⟩ svastīśrī [||*] kāvaṇippākkattu āḷuṭaiya nāyaṉār

⟨2⟩ maṇivaṇṭiśvaramuṭaiyār tevatāṉan••• ciṟai

⟨3⟩ miṭṭaperumāḷāṉa ciyakaṅkar eppeṟpaṭṭa varikaḷum

⟨4⟩ āyaṅkaḷu[m*] āḷamañci maṟṟu māṭṭum maṇivaṇṭiśvara

⟨5⟩ muṭaiyāṟke vi[ṭṭeṉ]neṉṟu tirumukaṅ kuṭuttaru

⟨6⟩ ḷukaiyiṉāl nām mu••• tai ceṭṭiyeṉ nānum ti-

⟨7⟩ rumukappaṭiye viṭṭeṉ ittai iyiṟakkuvāṉ

⟨8⟩ keṅkaikaraiyiṟ kurāṟpacuvaik koṉṟāṉ pā-

⟨9⟩ vatti[ṟ*]p paṭuvāṉ [||*]

Facing this inscription is an animal looking like a cow.

⟨SIIv23p0i0060⟩ No. 60. (A.R. No. 60 of 1907.) Kāṇippākkam, Chittoor Taluk, Chittoor District On the north wall of the same shrine

This is an incomplete inscription dated in the 12th regnal year of Kulōttuṅga-Chōḷa III and in Śaka 1102 corresponding to A.D. 1180. Since Kulōttuṅga is known to have ascended the throne in Śaka 1100 the regnal year 12 must correspond to Śaka 1112 and not to Śaka 1102. The details of date given in the record viz. Uttarāyaṇa-Śankrama, Monday, Pushya would then give the equivalent A.D. 1189, December 25. ⟨Page 37⟩ The inscription stops with the mention of Veḷḷāḷan Teṅgūruḍai[yān*] an officer under Sūranāyakan Sīyagaṅgaṉ ‘the lord of Kuvaḷālapura born in the family of the Gaṅga’. The reference is very probably to Sagararājan of No. 57 above.

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] kulottuṅkacoḻatevaṟku yāṇṭu paṉṉiraṇṭāvatukkuc cakarai yāṇṭu āyirat torunūṟṟiraṇṭil uttarāyanasaṅkramattaṉṟu tiṅkaḷkiḻamaiyum pūcamum peṟṟanāḷ kuvalālapuraparameśvaraṉ kaṅkaku loṟpavaṉ cūranāyakanāṉa ciyakaṅkaṉ atikāri veḷḷāḷaṉ teṅ kūruṭai

⟨SIIv23p0i0061⟩ No. 61. (A.R. No. 61 of 1907.) Kaṭṭamañchi, Chittoor Taluk, Chittoor District On a rock in a garden known as Navābu-tōpu Parāntaka I: year 31: 937-38 A.D.

This is dated in the 31st year of Madiraikoṇḍa Parakēsarivarman (Parāntaka I) and registers the sale of some land under the tank free of all taxes, and also of another plot irrigated by means of water lift in the village Kīḻai-Kaṭṭamachchi in Tūynāḍu, to a resident of the village by the ūrār (assembly) of the place.

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⟨1⟩ [svastī] śrī [||*] [matirai]koṇṭa koparakecaripaṉmaṟki yāṇṭu muppat-

⟨2⟩ t[oṉṟā]vatu tū[ynāṭ]ṭuk kiḻaikkaṭṭamacci ūro mivvūr veṇ-

⟨3⟩ ṇā••• kaṇṭaṉār makaṉ paṟipperumāṉukku oṭṭi viṟṟuk

⟨4⟩ kuṭutta paricāvatu etta[t*]tālum erikiḻppaṭṭiyopātiyālum moṭ ṭiṉa

⟨5⟩ paricāvatu maṇavāṭṭic cūṭu ettattāṟ patiṉaintūmpu nellukkum

⟨6⟩ erikiḻkaḷil paṭṭiopātiyāṟ patiṉaintūmpu nellukkuc cūṭuṅ kā-

⟨7⟩ rpicāṉam muṭṭuvatākavum mivvūr nālopāti maṉṟāṭṭum ivaṉukku āca-

⟨8⟩ ntrakālamum mivaṉukku mivaṉ makkaḷvaḻi āṇṭuṇpatākavum

⟨9⟩ parihārammākak kuṭuttom mitaṟṟirampiṟ ṟi[ru]vāṇai va•••

⟨10⟩ lintār paṭun taṇṭap paṭuvo-

⟨11⟩ māṉom mittaṇ-

⟨12⟩ ṭappaṭ[ṭu]m mikka-

⟨13⟩ ṉmel lēkhit-

⟨14⟩ taparice ūṭṭuvomā-

⟨15⟩ ṉoṅ kiḻaikkaṭṭamacci ūrom

⟨16⟩ ūrār colla eḻutiṉeṉ ṉi-

⟨17⟩ vvūr śivabrāhmaṇaṉ vināya

⟨18⟩ kaṉeṉ ||— ⟨Page 38⟩

⟨SIIv23p0i0062⟩ No. 62.

This is a badly damaged Telugu inscription dated merely in the (cyclic) year Khara, Chaitra, ba. 10. It seems to record the grant of a village near Tēnēpalle to a certain••••• Gāvuṇḍa by an agent of Timmarāja the son of Mahāmaṇḍalēśvara-Tirumalarāja.

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⟨1⟩ kharasaṁvacara caitra bahula 10

⟨2⟩ śrīmanmahāmaṁḍalēśvara tirumalarā[ja]—

⟨3⟩ ya komāra • • • • • • • • • • [ti kātuva] tiṁmarāja

⟨4⟩ vāri kāreyyaka¨rtulaina • • • • • • • • • • yalūra • • • • • • • • • •

⟨5⟩ gāru tēnēpalli mūḍa • • • • • • • • • • pa grāmamaṁdu • • • • • • • • • • gāvuṇḍalagutaṁ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨6⟩ • • • • • • • • • • pālaṁga • • • • • • • • • • gānu ·ācaṁdra ·a¨rkasthā-

⟨7⟩ yi • • • • • • • • • •

⟨8⟩ • • • • • • • • • • grāva yiccinadi • • • • • • • • • • duru • • • • • • • • • •

⟨9⟩ • • • • • • • • • • svadattaṁ dviguṇaṁ

⟨10⟩ puṇyaṁ paratattānupālanaṁ | paratatta ·hārēṇa svata—

⟨11⟩ ttaṁ niṣpalaṁ bhavētaṁ | svadattaṁ paradattaṁ vā yō harēta

⟨12⟩ (ta) vasuṁdarāṁ | ṣaṣṭi¨rva¨rṣa sahasrāni vi-

⟨13⟩ ṣṭāyāṁ bāyatē krimiḥ śrī [||*]

⟨SIIv23p0i0063⟩ No. 63. (A.R. No. 63 of 1907.) Rangampeṭṭai-Chittoor Taluk, Chittoor District On a stone lying in a field near the village Sadāśivarāya: Śaka 1490

This is dated Śaka 1490, Prabhava, Āvaṇi 2[6*]•• saptami, Rōhiṇī, Tuesday, probably equivalent to A.D. 1567, August 26; f.d.n. 14. It is damaged in portions. It mentions one Dakshiṇāmūrtti-Pichchaṉ the maṇiyakāraṉ of Nalla Bommu-Nāyaka of Vēlūr, and seems to register a gift of land for the maintenance of a Vināyaka shrine and a water-shed.

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⟨1⟩ śubhamastu svastīśrī [||*] śrīmanmahā-

⟨2⟩ maṇḍaleśvara rācātirāca

⟨3⟩ rācaparameśvaran śrīvirappiṟa-

⟨4⟩ [tāpa] śrīviracatācivateva ma[hā]

⟨5⟩ rāyar piṟitiviracciyam [pa]- ⟨Page 39⟩

⟨6⟩ ṇṇiaruḷāniṉṟa ca-

⟨7⟩ kāttam cata 490- ṉme-

⟨8⟩ lcellāniṉṟa piṟapava

⟨9⟩ varuṣam āvaṇimātam 2[6*]

⟨10⟩ cattamiyum rohiṇi na-

⟨11⟩ kṣatramum cevvāyk-

⟨12⟩ kiḻamaināḷ velūr na-

⟨13⟩ llapommuṉāyakkar a-

⟨14⟩ yyaṉ maṇiyakāṟaṉ [da]-

⟨15⟩ kṣiṇāmutti [pic]caṉ [ivūr]

⟨16⟩ pākkam kācili[ṅ*]kamuṭaiya-

⟨17⟩ yārum••••• yanāṭṭa-

⟨18⟩ varum ṉāṭṭukkaṇakka-

⟨19⟩ ppiḷḷai [marumalaiyu]-

⟨20⟩ ṭaiyārum teraiya[pa]-

⟨21⟩ ḷḷi āṟṟukku meṟ[ku]

⟨22⟩ [p*]oyyāta [vi]nāyakka-

⟨23⟩ rum [ta]ṇṇir panta[lukku]-

⟨24⟩ m viṭṭa ta[ṟ]mam•••

⟨25⟩ pūṭṭai ne ṉotacali ka[lam]

⟨26⟩ 20 mukacālai pūṭṭaikku

⟨27⟩ meṟku kollaiyil pā-

⟨28⟩ tikku ceṉṉi[nāya]kkaṉ-

⟨29⟩ kollaiyum•••••

⟨30⟩ kāl naraciṅka•••••

⟨31⟩ yavace•••••

⟨32⟩ kkal erukkalam [||*]

⟨SIIv23p0i0064⟩ No. 64. (A.R. No. 64 of 1907.) Tēnēpalli, Chittoor Taluk, Chittoor District On the south wall of the Dakshiṇāmūrti shrine in the ruins of the Śiva Temple Achchutayyadēva-Mahārāya

This is dated in Śaka 1462, Śārvari, Siṁha, [ba.] 14, Monday, Pushya, Śivarātri, probably corresponding to A.D. 1540, August 1, the week day being Sunday. It seems to register the gift of magamai impost on articles of merchandise by the tradesmen from various places to meet the expenses of worship and offerings in the temples of ⟨Page 40⟩ Mallikārjuna-liṅgam and Varadarāja-Perumāḷ at Tēṉiyappaḷḷi in Tiruvēṅgaḍakōṭṭam (a division) of Peruṅgoṇḍai-rājyam of Jayaṅkoṇḍa-maṇḍalam.

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⟨1⟩ śubhamastu [||*] svastī śrīmaṉmahāmaṇḍalēśvara śrīmahārājādhirāja paramēśvara śrīvira prathābha accu[ta]-

⟨2⟩ yyadēvamahārāyar pṛthivirājyam vaṇṇiaruḷāniṉṟa cakāttam cata4[6]2ṉ mel cellāni-

⟨3⟩ ṉṟa cāṟuvaricaṅvarsarattu ciṅkanāyaṟṟu [apa]rapakṣatucaturdēśiyum coma vāramum pū[ca] nakṣatramum

⟨4⟩ civarātriyum peṟṟa yiṟṟaināḷ ceyaṅkoṇṭamaṇṭalattu peruṅ koṇṭarājya[ttu]

⟨5⟩ tiruveṅkaṭakkoṭṭattu [teṉpāl teṟkuppaṟṟil] teṉiyappaḷḷiyil mallikā-

⟨6⟩ ṟcuṉaliṅkattu[kku]m varatarācapperumā[ḷukkum]•••••nāmāḷuvarāhala•••

⟨7⟩ sa•••••••••ṭaivarāgavu••••••••

⟨8⟩ yāva•••• tirumalarāyarum tribhā••••••••

⟨9⟩ āva••••••••• karaṇamallanāyakarkku•••••sādamu••• yiruvārappaṟṟukkaḷ

⟨10⟩ emmi•••••••• ātimāṟattil kāti taṇṭalamāka••••••••samatittu••• poti-

⟨11⟩ k[ku]••• vitta makamaikku••• yintappiṟakāram makamaiyāka kuṭut[tu] naṭattakkaṭa vomāka[ vum] naṭak-

⟨12⟩ kumiṭattu••••• uṭaiya māttāl mallikāṟcuṉaliṅkattu••• paṭi[ye] varata rā[ja]p perumāḷu-

⟨13⟩ kku••••• ney••••• tāṅkaḷ naṭatta••••• m niṉṟa••••••••

⟨14⟩ ••••• ttakkaṭavarā••••• mi taṉmam nālurājya(ya)ttu aṉpattāṟu te[śa]ttu ve••••••••

⟨15⟩ ••••• paṇṇittu ittaṉma cātanam [||*] yinta taṉmakattukku iyātoruttar akitam paṇṇiṉāl ke-

⟨16⟩ ṅkaikkaraiyil ghōpirāmaṇaraik koṉṟa pāvattile pokakkaṭavarāka vum yinta tam-

⟨17⟩ mam cantāṉa paramparai cantiṟātittiyavaraiyum naṭattakkaṭavomākavum [||*] cutattāg viguṇam pu-

⟨18⟩ ṇyam paratattāṉupālanam [paratattā*]bha hāreṇa śutattan niṣpalam pave[t*] yinta cil[ā*] [ sāta] nam eḻuti-

⟨19⟩ ṉom nūṟ••••• vapi••• rom ||—

⟨SIIv23p0i0065⟩ No. 65. (A.R. No. 65 of 1907.) Tirumalai, Polur Taluk, North Arcot District On a rock to the left of the painted cave Rāshṭrakūṭa Kṛishṇa III: year 19: 958-59 A.D.

This is an inscription of the Rāshṭrakūṭa king Kṛishṇa III-‘Kannaradēva who took Kachchi and Tañjai’. It records some provision made for burning a perpetual ⟨Page 41⟩ lamp before (the image of) Yaksha-Bhaṭāra at Tirumalai in Vaigāvūr by one Peṟṟāḷ Naṅgaiyār the wife of a servant of Gaṅgamādēviyār the consort of Kannaradēva Prithi[vī*] gaṅgaraiyar. This is the same as Hastimalla who figures in No. 346 of 1901 dated in Śaka 875 (A.D. 953) from Śōḻapuram near Vellore, as an independent chief without the mention of any overlord.

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⟨1⟩ svastriśrīkacciyun tañcaiyuṅkoṇṭa śrīkaṉ-

⟨2⟩ ṉara tevarkku yāṇṭu pattoṉpatāvatu

⟨3⟩ kaṉṉarateva pṛti[vi*] kaṅkarayar teviyār kaṅkamātevi-

⟨4⟩ yār kaṉmi pokkiliru piritiyaṅkaraiyar maṇa-

⟨5⟩ vāṭṭiyār peṟṟāḷ naṅkaiyār vai-

⟨6⟩ kāvūrt tirumalai yakṣabhaṭārark-

⟨7⟩ kut tuñcāviḷakkoṉṟu canti-

⟨8⟩ rātitta ruḷḷavaḷavum vaittār [||*]

⟨SIIv23p0i0066⟩ No. 66. (A.R. No. 66 of 1907.) Tirumalai, Polur Taluk, North Arcot District Painted cave—on the same rock Parakēsarivarman: year 4

Published in S.I.I., Vol. XIX, No. 89.

⟨SIIv23p0i0067⟩ No. 67. (A.R. No. 67 of 1907.) Tirumalai, Polur Taluk, North Arcot District Śikhāmaṇinātha temple—on a pillar set up in front of the temple

This is dated in Śaka 1373, Prajāpati, Mīna, ba. 9, Thursday, Śravaṇa (A.D. 1452, March 16=ba. 10) in the reign of the Vijayanagara king Pratāpa Immaḍidēva-Mahārāya ‘who witnessed the elephant hunt’. He has been identified with Mallikārjuna Immaḍi Prauḍhabhūpa of C.P. No. 5 of 1907-08, the son of Dēvarāya II (A.R. for 1908, para 81). It records a gift of 19 poṉ and 3 paṇam by a daṇḍanāyaka (name not clear) of the king, for the expenses of worship and offerings to the deity Vallabha-Perumāḷ (?) in the (Jaina) temple at Tirumalai in Maṇḍaikuḷa-nāḍu, a division of Murugamaṅgalappaṟṟu in Palkuṉṟa-kōṭṭam of Jayankoṇḍaśōḷa-maṇḍalam, for the merit of his overlord.

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⟨1⟩ śubhamastu

⟨2⟩ svasti [||*] śrīmaṉma-

⟨3⟩ hāmaṇṭale-

⟨4⟩ [cu]raṉ hariya- ⟨Page 42⟩

⟨5⟩ r[ā]ya vipāṭaṉ

⟨6⟩ pāṣaikku

⟨7⟩ tappuvarāyarkaṇ-

⟨8⟩ ṭaṉ muvarāyarka-

⟨9⟩ ṇṭaṉ kaṇṭa nā-

⟨10⟩ ṭu[koṇṭu*] koṇṭa nā-

⟨11⟩ ṭu koṭātā-

⟨12⟩ ṉ inturāyacu-

⟨13⟩ rattāṉa irācā-

⟨14⟩ tirācaṉ irācapa-

⟨15⟩ ramecuraṉ pūṟu-

⟨16⟩ vadakṣiṇapac-

⟨17⟩ cima uttara camu-

⟨18⟩ ttirātipati śrī-

⟨19⟩ vira keṭa(ja)veṭṭai

⟨20⟩ kaṇṭaruḷiya piṟa-

⟨21⟩ tāpa immaṭiteva

⟨22⟩ rāya mahārāyarpṛ-

⟨23⟩ ti[vi*] irācciyam paṇṇi-

⟨24⟩ aruḷāniṉṟa cakāt-

⟨25⟩ tam 13[7]3- n

⟨26⟩ mel cellāni-

⟨27⟩ ṉṟa praśāpativaruṣamṣa-

⟨28⟩ ttu miṉanāyaṟṟu

⟨29⟩ amarapakṣattu

⟨30⟩ navamiyum viyā-

⟨31⟩ ḻakki[ḻam]aiyu[m]

⟨32⟩ peṟṟa tiruvo-

⟨33⟩ ṇattunāḷ ja-

⟨34⟩ yaṅkoṇṭa-

⟨35⟩ coḻamaṇṭala-

⟨36⟩ ttup palkuṉṟak-

⟨37⟩ koṭṭattu mu-

⟨38⟩ rukamaṅkalappaṟ-

⟨39⟩ ṟu maṇṭaikuḷa-

⟨40⟩ [nā]ṭṭu tirumalai-

⟨41⟩ •••••••••

⟨42⟩ ••••• tevar

⟨43⟩ vallavap pe[ru]-

⟨44⟩ māḷ•••••

⟨45⟩ ••• tāṉ caṇa-

⟨46⟩ ppaṇa(caṇṭapa ?) teṇṇā[ya]

⟨47⟩ kka uṭai[y]ār ta-

⟨48⟩ rmma[m] kāttukku-

⟨49⟩ ṭutta taṉmacāta-

⟨50⟩ ṉappaṭṭaiya-

⟨51⟩ m iṉṉā[yaṉā*]rkku

⟨52⟩ aṅkaraṅka[vai]

⟨53⟩ pokam amutu

⟨54⟩ paṭinaive-

⟨55⟩ ttiyattukkum

⟨56⟩ i[ mmaṭi] tevarāya-

⟨57⟩ mahārāyaṟku ta-

⟨58⟩ rmmamākak ku•••

⟨59⟩ •••••••••

⟨60⟩ tāṉattu•••

⟨61⟩ kku••••••••

⟨62⟩ maṅkalap pa-

⟨63⟩ ṟṟil tirumalai ja-

⟨64⟩ yiṉa[sth]āṉat

⟨65⟩ [tu] coṭikula-

⟨66⟩ vaḻiyum va•••

⟨67⟩ upātiyum

⟨68⟩ uṭpaṭa po-

⟨69⟩ ṉ 19[ mṭṭa3]

⟨70⟩ ippoṉ pa-

⟨71⟩ ttoṉpatu

⟨72⟩ poṉṉum

⟨73⟩ mūṉṟu paṇa-

⟨74⟩ mum ivvaru-

⟨75⟩ ṣam kāttik[ai]

⟨76⟩ cutta ārāppi-

⟨77⟩ ya mutalāka sa-

⟨78⟩ rpamāṉiyamā-

⟨79⟩ ka cantiṟātit

⟨80⟩ tavaṟ•••••

⟨81⟩ rpamāṉiyamākak ku-

⟨82⟩ ṭutta aḷavukku••• ⟨Page 43⟩

⟨83⟩ caiyṉa [ sthānam]•••

⟨84⟩ ••• m tirunā-

⟨85⟩ ḷ tiruppaṇikā-

⟨86⟩ ṟavaṟku••• kavum

⟨87⟩ inta taṉmattu-

⟨88⟩ tma akitam

⟨89⟩ paṇṇina-

⟨90⟩ varkaḷ keṅ-

⟨91⟩ kaik karaiyi-

⟨92⟩ l kār[ā*]mpacu-

⟨93⟩ vaik ko-

⟨94⟩ ṉṟa pāvatti-

⟨95⟩ l pokakka-

⟨96⟩ ṭavarāka[vum] [||*]

⟨SIIv23p0i0068⟩ No. 68. (A.R. No. 68 of 1907.) Tirumalai, Polur Taluk, North Arcot District Śikhāmaṇinātha temple—on nine detached stones lying in the courtyard

These are disconnected fragments which might have formed part of one inscription, dated in the 23rd year and 175th day of some king whose name is lost. The object of the record seems to be the grant of exemption from taxes on a land belonging to the Jaina temple at Tirumalai in consideration of a lump-sum payment of money. The names are given of several persons who were probably officers of the tax department. The designations of two of these viz. Brahmārāyan Jananāthanār alias Rājēndraśōḻa-Brahmā[rāyaṉ] and Rājēndraśōḻa-Māvali-Vā[ṇādarāyaṉ?] seem to indicate that the king should have been Rājēndra-Chōḷa I.

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Pieces A and B

⟨1⟩ kuṭuppatākavum āka ivvūrkke yāṇṭu irupattiraṇṭāvatu mutal vev ve[ṟu]—amutu•••••••• vaik[āvūr] tirumalaimel

⟨2⟩ tūruṭaiyār poṟkāṭaṉ maturāntakanārum kṣatriyacikāmaṇivaḷanāṭṭu marukalnāṭṭuc coḻakeraḷa na•••••••• tevaṉāccapiṭāranāruṅ kaḷat tūruṭaiyār tum

⟨3⟩ ttamur apaṇṭampākkiḻāṉ aṭikaḷ••• kāḷiyumiruntu yāṇṭu 23- āvatu nāḷ nūṟṟeḻupattaiñciṉāl variyiliṭṭatu ivai puravuvari tiṇai

Piece C

⟨1⟩ ṇa••• kalamuṭaiyā[ṉ] nāṟpatiṉ kaḻañcu••• kka•••

⟨2⟩ nārkku [bra]hmārāyaṉ jananātaṉārāṉa rājendraracoḻabrahma

⟨3⟩ murkiḻāṉ putta nāḻiyum varippottakanāyakam u[y*]yak ko

Piece D

⟨1⟩ nāṟkaḻañce muṉṟu mañcāṭiyu[m] nāṉmāvum•••••

⟨2⟩ ppeṟūr nāṭṭup peṟūr neṟkuṉṟa[ṅkiḻā]•••••

⟨3⟩ triyacikāmaṇivaḷanāṭṭu tirunaṟaiyūrnāṭṭu maturāntaka nallūrkiḻ ⟨Page 44⟩

Piece E

⟨1⟩ jantracoḻamāvaliva••••••••• ṉum

⟨2⟩ ṉāta vaḷanāṭṭu kāntāranāṭṭu kkōṉūru••••• kāl

Piece F

⟨1⟩ ṉāta•••••••••

⟨2⟩ pāṇṭikulācaṉivaḷanāṭ••••••••

Piece G

⟨1⟩ ••• mañcāṭiyum nālumāvum

⟨2⟩ ••• vaḷanāṭṭu rājentracoḻa

Piece H

⟨1⟩ •••••••• lattakkeri•••

⟨2⟩ naṉpakalāṉa [ku]ṟimaṅkala

Piece I

⟨1⟩ yū[r] kkōṭṭattup pākūrnāṭṭu ukkaluṭaiyāṉ paṉṟu kāṭaṉ cūṟṟiyum ūṟṟu[kāṭṭu]koṭṭattu nirveḷūrnāṭṭu co[ḻati]vākaranallūrt tā

⟨SIIv23p0i0069⟩ No. 69. (A.R. No. 69 of 1907.) Tirumalai, Polur Taluk, North Arcot District On a boulder in the tank Dēvarāya II: year Krōdhana

This is dated in the reign of the Vijayanagara king Vīrapratāpa Dēvarāya-Mahārāya (II) ‘who witnessed the elephant hunt’, and in the cyclic year Krōdhana (Kārttika 6) corresponding to Śaka 1367 and A.D. 1445. It records a decision by Tipparaiśa-Nāyakkar the agent (of the king), the Tāṉattār and the Māhēśvaras and also the residents of Paḍaivīḍu, setting apart the money received as income from the fishing lease in the tank (ērippāśi ?) from four specified tanks in the tirunāmattukkāṇi of Tirumalai, for (removing the silt and) deepening those tanks every year, and the amount of the vāśalkuḻippaṇam(?) from the paḷḷichchandam to deepen another tank.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] śrīmaṉ makāmaṇṭalecuraṉ kecaveṭṭai ka-

⟨2⟩ ṇṭaruḷi[ya] virapiṟatāpa tevarāya mak[ā*]rāyar cakāṟttu

⟨3⟩ ••••• kaiyil kāriyattukku kaṭava tipparai[ca nāya]kkarum

⟨4⟩ tāṉattār māyecurarum kalveṭṭikkuṭutta

⟨5⟩ śubhamastu 2 kuṟotaṉavaruṣam kāttikaiṭṭa 6-ti[yil] ⟨Page 45⟩

⟨6⟩ paṭaiviṭu uṭaiyārom ṉā••• vanayiṉār[r] tirunāmattukkāṇi

⟨7⟩ tirumalaiyil pe[ṟakkaṭava] poṉ aṇi[ka]lat[tu]āl ental

⟨8⟩ kal ental nantipparaiyaṉ ental cilatoṅkaṉ inta erikaḷil

⟨9⟩ erippāciyil vilaiyil paṇam uḷḷatu varuṣa varuṣatoṟum

⟨10⟩ inta erikaḷile kuḻiveṭṭakkaṭavatu ākavum vācal kuḻippaṇam

⟨11⟩ uḷḷatu paḷḷiccantam vācal kuḻippaṇam uya eriyile kuḻive[ṭṭak]-

⟨12⟩ kaṭavatu ākavum inta taṉmattukku akutam paṇṇiṉa-

⟨13⟩ varkaḷ kaṅkaikaraiyil kārāmpacuvaik koṉṟa

⟨14⟩ pāvattile pokakkaṭavarkaḷākavum ivai tipparai[ca*] nāyakkar eḻuttu

⟨15⟩ ivai cūriyapaṭṭar āḻvār eḻuttu ivai vaṇi•••••

⟨16⟩ [ḻumalai n]āyaṉ eḻuttu poṉ-

⟨17⟩ ṉampala rācāḻvi eḻuttu [||*]

⟨SIIv23p0i0070⟩ No. 70. (A.R. No. 70 of 1907.) Ambāsamudram, Ambasamudram Taluk, Tirunelveli District Tirumūlanāthasvāmi temple—on the south wall of the central shrine Jat. Sundara-Chōḷa-Pāṇḍya: year 6

Published in S.I.I., Vol. XIV, No. 134

⟨SIIv23p0i0071⟩ No. 71. (A.R. No. 71 of 1907.) Ambāsamudram, Ambasamudram Taluk, Tirunelveli District Tirumūlanāthasvāmi temple—on the same wall

This is a mutilated and unfinished inscription of Parakēsarivarman Rājēndra-Chōḷadēva (I) giving only his praśasti-historical introduction-and stopping with the mention of his 8th regnal year.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] tirumaṉṉi vaḷara iru nilamaṭantaiyum cirttaṉic celviyum poṟceyappāvaiyum••••••• tuṭarvaṉavelip paṭar vaṉavāciyum cuḷḷic cūḻmati-

⟨2⟩ l koḷḷippākkaiyum naṇṇaṟkarumuraṇ maṇṇaik kaṭakkamum porukaṭali ••••• muṭiyu māṅkavar tevi[ya*]r roṅkeḻil muṭiyum muṉṉavarpakkaṟ ṟeṉṉavan vaitta•••••••••

⟨3⟩ ṭiyum tāṉam teṇṭirai īḻamaṇṭala muḻuvatum eṟipaṭaikke•••••••• cūṭuṅ kula taṉamākiya palar pukaḻ muṭiyu[ñ] ceṅkatir mālai[yum caṅkatir]ve- ⟨Page 46⟩

⟨4⟩ laittolperum kāval palapaḻantivum ceruviṟciṉavi irupatto••••••••• kaṭṭa paracurāmaṉ melvaruñ cāntimattivaraṇ karuti iruttiya cem poṟṟiru••••••••

⟨5⟩ muṭiyum māpporu taṇṭāṟ koṇṭa kopparakecari paṉmarāṉa śrīrāj[ē] ••••• rkku yāṇṭu 8- āvatu 1

⟨SIIv23p0i0072⟩ No. 72. (A.R. No. 72 of 1907.) Ambāsamudram, Ambasamudram Taluk, Tirunelveli District Tirumūlanāthasvāmi temple—on the same wall * * * Chōḷa-Pāṇḍya: year 17

Published in S.I.I., Vol. XIV, No. 156

⟨SIIv23p0i0073⟩ No. 73. (A.R. No. 73 of 1907.) Ambāsamudram, Ambasamudram Taluk, Tirunelveli District Tirumūlanāthasvāmi temple—on the same wall Rājēndra-Chōḷa I: year 8: 1019-20 A.D.

This is built in in the middle and is incomplete towards the end. It records a gift of sheep for burning a lamp (in the temple) by a lady named Dēvaṉ Śōlai residing at Rāyaśikhāmaṇi a quarter of Rājarāja-chaturvēdimaṅgalam (Ambāsamudram) a brahmadēya in Muḷḷi-nāḍu a division of Rājarāja-maṇḍalam.

Text.

⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] tirumaṉṉivarai•••••••• celvi••••••••• tuṭarvaṉa velippaṭar vaṉa vāciyum cuḷḷiccūḻmatiḷ koḷḷippākkamum naṇṇaṟ karumuraṇ maṇṇai-

⟨2⟩ kkaṭakkamum porukaṭaliḻattaraicar•••••••• var pakkal•••••••• kkeraḷar muṟai maiyiṟ cūṭiya kulataṉamākiya [palarpukaḻ] muṭiyum caṅkatir velaic [c]e ṅkatir mālai[yum] to-

⟨3⟩ l peruṅkāvalp palapaḻa•••••••• patto••••••••• yum māpporu taṇṭālk koṇṭa kopparakecarivanmarākiya śrīrājēntracoḻadēvarkku yāṇṭu 8- āvatu

⟨4⟩ ivvāṇṭu rājarājamaṇṭalattu muḷḷināṭṭu brahmadēyam śrīrāja••••••• ••••• ḻ piṭākai irāyacikāmaṇi irukkum peṇṭāṭṭi ⟨Page 47⟩

⟨5⟩ tevaṉ colai vaicca tarānilaiviḷakkile aṭṭi erikkakaṭava ney a •••••••••ntil ivaṉukku (1/2) ney āḻ[ā*]kkum aṭṭuvat[ā*]ka puṇaipa-

⟨6⟩ ṭṭāṉ eṉāti payināṉi itteva[r*]kku irājentra coḻapurattirukku••••• ••••• vāpperāṭu 25 itteva[r*] vaicca eṟi[maṇi] 1- ṉāl ivvā 1

⟨SIIv23p0i0074⟩ No. 74. (A.R. No. 74 of 1907.) Ambāsamudram, Ambasamudram Taluk, Tirunelveli District Tirumūlanāthasvāmi temple—on the west wall of the central shrine Rājēndra-Chōḷa I: year 8: 1019-20 A.D.

This records a gift of 50 sheep by one Kaṇṇaṉ Rājarājaṉ a merchant of [Ā]lattūr in Śōṇādu (Chōḷa-nāḍu) for burning a perpetual lamp in the temple of Tiruchchālatturai-Āḻvār at Iḷaṅgōkkuḍi a quarter of Rājarāja-chaturvēdimaṅgalam in Muḷḷi-nāḍu.

Text.

⟨1⟩ ••••• yum taṉ peruntēviyarāki iṉpuṟa neṭituvāti uḻiyuḷ ḷiṭaituṟai ṉāṭum tuṭar vaṉavelippaṭara [va]ṉavāciyum cuḷḷiccūḻmatiḷk koḷḷip pākkaiyum naṇṇaṟ-

⟨2⟩ karumura[ṇ]•••• mum pe•••• tavacai cāta••••keḻil muṭiyum muṉṉava[ṉpak] kal teṉṉavaṉ vaicca cuntaramuṭiyum in[titi]ṉāramum teṇṭirai īḻa maṇṭala muḻuvatum eṟipaṭaikkera[ḷa]ṉ

⟨3⟩ muṟaimaiyiṟ cūṭuṅ kulataṉamākiya palar pukaḻ muṭiyum ce•••• laittol peruṅkāvil palapaḻan[ti]vum ceruviṟ ciṉavil irupattorukāl araicu kaḷai kaṭṭa paracurāmaṉ melvaruñ cāntimattivaraṇ karuti iruttiya cem•••

⟨4⟩ tiruttakumuṭiyum māppe[ru]ntaṇṭā[ṟ] koṇṭa ko[ppara]kecaripa[n] marāṉa śrī irācentiracoḻatevarkku yāṇ[ṭu] 8- āvatu irājarāja maṇṭalattu muḷḷināṭṭu brahmateyam śrī rājarā[ja*]caturrvē timaṅ kalattu piṭākai iḷaṅkokkuṭi tiru-

⟨5⟩ [c]cālattuṟai āḻvārkku coṇāṭṭu brahmateya••••• lattūr irukkum viyāpāri kaṇṇa[ṉ*] irājarāja[n*]eṉ•• tirun[o]ṉ tāviḷakku 1- ṟu-

⟨6⟩ kkum aṭṭuvatāyiṉe cāttaṉ muṭukkaṉe cāttaṉ muṭukkaṉ•••• m cāttaṉ ceṉtil puṇaiyum āka āṭu aim••••va[c*]ceṉ kaṇṇaṉ irājarāja [ṉe]ṉ [||*]

⟨SIIv23p0i0075⟩ No. 75. (A.R. No. 75 of 1907.) Ambāsamudram, Ambasamudram Taluk, Tirunelveli District Tirumūlanāthasvāmi temple—on the same wall Jat. Sundara-Chōḷa-Pāṇḍya: year 14 ⟨Page 48⟩

This is an inscription of Jaṭāvarman Śundara-Chōḷa-Pāṇḍyadēva, who, it is learnt from No. 112 of 1905 found at Mannārkōyil near Ambāsamudram, was a son of Rājēndra-Chōḷa I. He was evidently appointed by the latter as his viceroy over the Pāṇḍya country after its reannexation to his kingdom (An. Rept. for 1905, para 25). According to that inscription the 15th year of Sundara-Chōḷa-Pāṇḍya corresponded to the 24th year of Rājēndra-Chōḷa (acc. A.D. 1012). Hence the date of the present record would be about A.D. 1036.

It registers a gift of a perpetual lamp in the temple of Tiruchchālattuṟai-uḍaiya-Bhaṭāra by a resident of the place by name Vāsudēva-Kramavittaṉ. Muḷḷi-nāḍu is here stated to have formed a division of Muḍigoṇḍaśōḻa-vaḷanāḍu in Rājarājamaṇḍalam.

Text.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] koccaṭaiyavarmarāṉa śrī cuntaracoḷapāṇṭiya dēvarkku yāṇṭu patunālāvatu śrī rāja[rāja]maṇṭala[ttu*] mu-

⟨2⟩ ṭikoṇṭa coḷavaḷanāṭṭu mu[ḷ*]ḷināṭṭu bramadēyam śrīrājarājacatu rvētimaṅkalattu tiruccā[lat*]tuṟai śrī••• ṉa uṭai-

⟨3⟩ yār bhaṭāraparamecura[r*]kku iv[vū]r śrī pañcavaṉmātevi[c*]ceri āli koṉṟai śrīvāsudē[va*]kiramavit••• ntāviḷa-

⟨4⟩ tma[kku]••••••••

Published in S.I.I., Vol. XIV, No. 149

⟨SIIv23p0i0076⟩ No. 76. (A.R. No. 76 of 1907.) Ambāsamudram, Ambasamudram Taluk, Tirunelveli District Tirumūlanāthasvāmi temple—on the west and north walls of the central shrine Jat. Sundara-Chōḷa-Pāṇḍya. Date lost.

Published in S.I.I., Vol. XIV, No. 140.

⟨SIIv23p0i0077⟩ No. 77. (A.R. No. 77 of 1907.) Ambāsamudram, Ambasamudram Taluk, Tirunelveli District Tirumūlanāthasvāmi temple—on the north wall of the central shrine Jat. Sundara-Chōḷa-Pāṇḍya: year 16

Published in S.I.I., Vol. XIV, No. 155. ⟨Page 49⟩

⟨SIIv23p0i0078⟩ No. 78. (A.R. No. 78 of 1907.) Ambāsamudram, Ambasamudram Taluk, Tirunelveli District Tirumūlanāthasvāmi temple—on the north wall of the central shrine Rājēndra-Chōḷa I: year 9: 1020-21 A.D.

This records gifts of 25 sheep each by a merchant by name Vayiri Ayyāṟaṉ alias Poyyāmoḻichcheṭṭi of Rājēndraśōḻapuram and a Veḷḷāḷa named Kurundaṉ Poṉṉāḍai of Magiḻakkuṟichchi a quarter of Rājarāja-chaturvēdimaṅgalam for burning 2 lamps in the temple of Tiruchchālattuṟai Śrī-Mūlasthānamuḍaiyār, and another gift of cows for a lamp by a merchant of Rājēndraśōḻapuram named Nīlaṉ Paṇḍāri. Muḷḷināḍu is here stated to be a division of Rājēndraśōḻa-vaḷanāḍu in Rājarāja-maṇḍalam, while in No. 75 which is later the vaḷanāḍu is known by the name Muḍigoṇḍaśōḻavaḷanāḍu.

Text.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] tirumaṉṉi vaḷara i[ru]nilamaṭantaiyum cirtaṉiccelvviyum po[ṟ*]ccayap pāvaiyuntaṉ peruntēviyarāki iṉpuṟa neṭutu[yar*] ūḻi ūḻiyuḷḷiṭaituṟaināṭum tuṭarvaṉav[eli]-

⟨2⟩ paṭarvaṉavāciyumc cuḷḷic cūḻmatiḷk koḷḷippākkaiyum naṇṇaṟkaru muraṇ maṇṇaikkaṭakkamum porukaṭalliḻattaraiyar ta[m*]muṭiyu māṅ kavar teviya roṅkeḻil muṭiyum

⟨3⟩ muṉṉavarpakkalt teṉṉavar vacca cuntaramuṭiyum mintiraṉāramum teṇ ṭicai īḻamaṇṭalamu[ḻu]vatum eṟipaṭaikkeraḷaṉ muṟaimaiyiṟ cūṭuṅ kulataṉamākiya palarpukaḻ muṭiyu[m*]

⟨4⟩ ceṅkatirmālaiyum caṅkatirvelait tolperuṅkāval palapaḻantivum ceruvi [ṟ*]c ciṉavil irupatt[ orukā laraicu] kaḷai kaṭṭa paracurāmaṉ mel varuñ cāntimat tivaraṇ karuti irutti[ya*] cempoṟṟiruttaku muṭiyum payaṅkoṭu paḻimi-

⟨5⟩ ka mucaṅkiyil mutukiṭṭoḷitta ca(ra)yaciṅkaṉ tamaṟpperumpaḻiyoṭu piṭiyilliraṭṭapāṭi eḻar[ai]lakkamum navaneti kulapperumalaikaḷum māp porutaṇṭāṟ koṇṭa kopparake[cari]paṉmarāyiṉa śrīrājēntra

⟨6⟩ coḻadēvarkku yāṇṭu 9- tāvatu rājarāja maṇṭalattu rājentracoḻavaḷa nāṭṭu muḷḷiṉāṭṭu brahmadēyam śrīrājarājacaturvetimaṅkalattu tiruccālaittuṟai śrīmulastāṉamuṭaiyāṟkku rājentracoḻapurattu

⟨7⟩ irukkum viyāpāri vayiri ayyāṟaṉāṉa poyyāmoḻicceṭṭi ucci tiru nontāviḷakkukku vaitta cāvāmuvāpperāṭu 25 inney āḻākkum aṭṭakkaṭavāṉ ivvūr irukkum paṭaittalaivaṉ cāttān ce-

⟨8⟩ ntil ivaṉukku puṇaippaṭṭā[ṉ*] tūtuvaṉ śrīrājarāja caturvetimaṅ kalattu teṉpiṭākai makiḻakkuṟicci irukkum veḷḷāḷaṉ kuruntaṉ poṉṉāṭaiy[e]ṉ emmāmaṉ kūṟṟaṉ nakkavirāṉaic cātti tiruc cālaituṟai śrī

⟨9⟩ mulastānamuṭai āḻvāṟku vaicca tirunontāviḷakkukku vaicca cāvāmuvāperāṭu 25 inney āḻākkum aṭṭakkaṭavāṉ ivvūr irukkum paṭaittalaivaṉ paṭṭa tūtuvaṉ ivaṉukku pu- ⟨Page 50⟩

⟨10⟩ ṇai cāttan centil nilaiviḷakku 1 irājentiracoḻapurattil iru[k*]kum viyāpāri nilaṉ paṇṭāri irācarācacaturvētimaṅkalattu tiruccālait tuṟai śrīmulastāṉattā[ḻvark]ku vaitta tirunontāviḷakku arai viḷa[kki*]ṉukku

⟨11⟩ vaitta pacu paṉṉiraṇṭaraiyiṉāl ney āḻākkum aṭṭakkaṭavāṉ iṭai yaṉ kuṟṟālam kūṟṟaṉ ivaṉṉukku puṇai kaṟṟaḷi centil [ce]l[va]ṉ paṇṭāri vaicca nilaiviḷakku 1 [||*]

⟨SIIv23p0i0079⟩ No. 79. (A.R. No. 79 of 1907.) Ambāsamudram, Ambasamudram Taluk, Tirunelveli District Tirumūlanāthasvāmi temple—on the south wall of the maṇḍapa in front of the central shrine

This is a damaged and unfinished Vaṭṭeḻuttu inscription containing only a portion of the historical introduction of the Chōḷa Rājarāja I.

Text.

⟨1⟩ sva[tti]śrī [||*] tirumakaḷpola perunilaccelviyum taṉak[ke] yurimai pūṇ ṭamai maṉakkoḷ kāntaḷurccālai kalama[ṟu]ttaruḷi ve•••••

⟨2⟩ ttapāṭiyum ta[ṭi*]kaippāṭi nuḷampapāṭiyum kaṅkapāṭiyu veṅkaiynāṭu [e]ṇṭicaip pukaḻ tara īḻamaṇṭalamu ilaṭṭapāṭi

⟨3⟩ (ṭi) eḻarai ilakkamum tiṇṭiṟal veṉṟi taṇṭāṟ koṇṭu taṉṉeḻil vaḷar ūḻiyuḷellāyāṇṭum toḻutakai viḷaṅkum yāṇ 1

⟨SIIv23p0i0080⟩ No. 80. (A.R. No. 80 of 1907.) Ambāsamudram, Ambasamudram Taluk, Tirunelveli District Tirumūlanāthasvāmi temple—on the same wall Jat. Sundara-Chōḷa-Pāṇḍya. Date lost.

Published in S.I.I., Vol. XIV, No. 179.

⟨SIIv23p0i0081⟩ No. 81. (A.R. No. 81 of 1907.) Ambāsamudram, Ambasamudram Taluk, Tirunelveli District Tirumūlanāthasvāmi temple—on the north wall of the same maṇḍapa Sundara-Chōḷa-Pāṇḍya: year 20

Published in S.I.I., Vol. XIV, No. 165. ⟨Page 51⟩

⟨SIIv23p0i0082⟩ No. 82. (A.R. No. 82 of 1907.) Ambāsamudram, Ambasamudram Taluk, Tirunelveli District Tirumūlanāthasvāmi temple—on the south wall of the Perumāḷ Shrine Jat. Sundara-Chōḷa-Pāṇḍya: year 13

Published in S.I.I., Vol. XIV, No. 146

⟨SIIv23p0i0083⟩ No. 83. (A.R. No. 83 of 1907.) Ambāsamudram, Ambasamudram Taluk, Tirunelveli District Tirumūlanāthasvāmi temple—on the west wall of the same shrine Jat. Sundara-Chōḷa-Pāṇḍya: year 19

Published in S.I.I., Vol. XIV, No. 163

⟨SIIv23p0i0084⟩ No. 84. (A.R. No. 84 of 1907.) Ambāsamudram, Ambasamudram Taluk, Tirunelveli District Tirumūlanāthasvāmi temple—on the base of a ruined shrine

This is a badly damaged Vaṭṭeḻuttu record which seems to belong to Parakēsarivarman and to register a gift of sheep for burning a lamp in the temple.

Text.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] [koppara]kecarivaṟmaṟkku [yāṇṭu]•••••

⟨2-3⟩ ••••••••

⟨4⟩ ••• muṭṭāmalaṭṭuvatāka vaitta [te]vaṉ colaiyāṉa parāṅkikku aṭutta cāvāmuvāperāṭu•••••

⟨5⟩ ••• ivvāṭṭukkum inney muṭṭāmalaṭṭuvatāka iṟaippuṇaippil••••• ivaṉ•••••

⟨6⟩ ••••• ivviḷakku [mu]ṭṭil•••••

⟨7⟩ ••••••••

⟨8⟩ ••••• cantrādityavarai••••• ⟨Page 52⟩

⟨SIIv23p0i0085⟩ No. 85. (A.R. No. 85 of 1907.) Ambāsamudram, Ambasamudram Taluk, Tirunelveli District Tirumūlanāthasvāmi temple—on the same base Jat. Sundara-Chōḷa-Pāṇḍya. Date lost.

Published in S.I.I., Vol. XIV, No. 180.

⟨SIIv23p0i0086⟩ No. 86. (A.R. No. 86 of 1907.) Ambāsamudram, Ambasamudram Taluk, Tirunelveli District Tirumūlanāthasvāmi temple—on the same base Śaḍaiya-Māṟaṉ: year 2+9

Published in S.I.I., Vol. XIV, No. 56.

⟨SIIv23p0i0087⟩ No. 87. (A.R. No. 87 of 1907.) Ambāsamudram, Ambasamudram Taluk, Tirunelveli District Tirumūlanāthasvāmi temple—on the same base Vīra-Pāṇḍya ‘who took the head of the Chōḷa’: year 4+4

Published in S.I.I., Vol. XIV, No. 81.

⟨SIIv23p0i0088⟩ No. 88. (A.R. No. 88 of 1907.) Ambāsamudram, Ambasamudram Taluk, Tirunelveli District Tirumūlanāthasvāmi temple—on the same base Jat. Sundara-Chōḷa-Pāṇḍya. Date lost.

Published in S.I.I., Vol. XIV, No. 181 ⟨Page 53⟩

⟨SIIv23p0i0089⟩ No. 89. (A.R. No. 89 of 1907.) Ambāsamudram, Ambasamudram Taluk, Tirunelveli District Tirumūlanāthasvāmi temple—on a stone set up at the entrance into the gōpura Mārañjaḍaiyan. Date lost.

Published in S.I.I., Vol. XIV, No. 27.

⟨SIIv23p0i0090⟩ No. 90. (A.R. No. 90 of 1907.) Kalliḍaikkuṟichchi, Ambasamudram Taluk, Tirunelveli District Nāgēśvaram-Uḍaiyār temple—on the south wall of the central shrine Māṟavarman Vikrama-Pāṇḍya: year 7+4

This inscription begins with the historical introduction Tirumagaḷ Jayamagaḷ etc. The initial date of the king has been surmised to be A.D. 1269-70 in the Annual Report for 1917, Part II, para 10. It will be seen however from Nos. 91 and 97 below that this Vikrama-Pāṇḍya has to be placed about a century earlier, and that he was very likely the predecessor of Jaṭāvarman Kulaśēkhara who ascended the throne in A.D. 1190. He is referred to in No. 83 of 1927 a record of the latter from Tirunelveli as Periya-Nāyanār.

The present epigraph registers a sale by the Mahā-sabhā of Rājarāja-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, of 6(1/2) mā of land at Maṟappaṟṟu Elivāram to the temple of Nilaiyuḍaiya-Pāṇḍiya-Īśvarmuḍaiyār at Kallaḍaikkuṟichchi. The price of the land seems to have been fixed at 13 kāśu, to be paid to the assembly on behalf of the temple by one Vīṟṟirundāṉ Pūvandaṉ of Koṭṭaiyūr. The reason for this is stated to be that the land did not get the benefit of the first (head) flow of the irrigation water, while that advantage probably went to the individual mentioned. Reference is made to the exclusion from this transaction, of a land measuring 3 vēli which had been gifted to the temple of Grāmarāja-Viṇṇagar-Emberumāṇ.

Text.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] tirumakaḷ ceyamakaḷ tiruppuyat tiruppa porukaṭalāṭai nila makaḷ puṇara kaṭavuḷ meruvil kayal viḷaiyāṭa vaṭapulamaṉṉavar vantaṭi paṇiya

⟨2⟩ ṉemivaraicūḷ neṭunila muḻuvatum tarmaveṇkuṭai ṉiḻal taḻaippa ceṅ kol naṭappa karuṅkali turantu vetavitiyil ṉitinilavac ceraṉu vaḷavaṉun tiṟai kuṇantiṟaiñca viramum pukaḻu mika naṉi viḷa-

⟨3⟩ ṅka natipperuñcaṭaimuṭinātaṉ cūṭiya matikkulan tikaḷ maṇimuṭi cūṭi viḷaṅkiya maṇiyaṇi viraciṅkācaṉattu viṟṟiruntaruḷiya ko māṟapaṉma rāṉa tiripuvaṉaccakkaravarttikaḷ śrīvikkiramapāṇṭiyate[va*]ṟkiyā- ⟨Page 54⟩

⟨4⟩ ṇṭu eḻāvatiṉ etir nālāmāṇṭu simhanāyiṟṟu muḷḷināṭṭu pirama teyam śrī rājarājacaturvēdimaṅkalattu mahāsabhaiyom ivvūr teṉpiṭākai kallaṭaikkuṟicciyi[l*] nilaiyuṭaiya pāṇṭiya ī-

⟨5⟩ ccuramuṭaiyāṟku viṟṟukkuṭutta nilamāvatu teṉpiṭākai maṟappaṟṟil elivārattil ivar paḻampaṟṟil nilattukku cer paḻampaṟṟu ellai yāvatu kiḻellai paṭṭaṇacuvāmi uḻutuvarukiṟa nilattil teṉvaṭal peruvarampuk-

⟨6⟩ ku meṟkum teṉellai cāttanūr peruṅkālukku vaṭakkum melellai iḷaṅkāvaikku nirpāykiṟa vā[y*]ttalai paḻaṅkālukku kiḻakku vaṭa ellai ikkālukku teṟkum innāṉkellaikkuṭpaṭṭa paḻa-

⟨7⟩ m paṟṟu uvapacu-m muṉpu kirāma rājaviṇṇakar emperumāṉukku tāṉap piramāṇam paṇṇikkuṭutta nilam muveli nikki innilam aṟumā varaiyum meṉākkiṉa maramum kiṇokkiṉa kiṇaṟum uṭpaṭa viṟṟuk kuṭutto[m*]

⟨8⟩ mahāsabhaiyom nilaiuṭaiya pāṇṭiya īccuramuṭaiyāṟku ipparicu viṟṟukkuṭutta innilattukku sabhaiyār aruḷicceyya ippaṭi talai kaṭai nir viḻātatāl accu 2 āka tarappaṭiyāl vanta accu 13 ivvaccu pa-

⟨9⟩ tiṉmuṉṟukkum vilaipporuṭ celavarattu maṟappaṟṟu kuṟappaṟṟu kārā[ṇ*]mai kaiykkoḷḷa kaṟpūravilaikku eṉṟa accu tiruvāyk keḻviyum uḷvariyum koṭuvantavarkaḷ kuṭiviṭai niṉṟa cituṅkap pallavaraiyar

⟨10⟩ aṭaippil āyiravaṟkum karumāṇikkappallavaraiya raṭaippil āyiravaṟku vākaiyaṟai nāya[ṉ*] uḷḷiṭṭārvacam niyokappaṭi koṭṭaiyūr viṟṟiruntāṉ pūvantaṉ taraviṉpaṭi ivvaccu patiṉmuṉṟum kuṭu-

⟨11⟩ ppittu innilattukku ituve vilaiolaiyum poruḷ cilavolaiyum āva tākavum ituallatu veṟuvilaimā[va*]ṟuti poruṭcilavolai kāṭṭa vum kāṇavum kaṭamaiyiṉṟi vilaikkuṟa viṟṟup poruḷaṟak koṇṭu viṟṟu

⟨12⟩ vilaippiramāṇam paṇṇikkuṭuttom śrīirājarājacaturvēdi maṅkalattu mahāsabhaiyōm nilaiuṭaipāṇṭiya īccuramuṭaiyārkku ippaṭik kivai koṭṭaiyūr viṟṟiruntā[ṉ*]pūvantaṉ eḻuttu ippaṭik kivai

⟨13⟩ vaṅkippuṟattu ciṅkappirāṉ eḻuttu ippaṭik kivai tirupputtūr aracu tirumalai comāci eḻuttu ippaṭikkivai tirukkaṭavūr śrīkṛṣṇan karu māṇikka[t*]tiṉ eḻuttu ippaṭikkivai ema[ppe]ṟṟūr terpoliya niṉṟāṉ kaṇṇapaṭṭaṉ comāci eḻuttu

⟨14⟩ ippaṭikkivai iḷaṅkokkuṭi cuntarattoḻuṭaiyāṉ tirumayāṉatarmaṉ eḻuttu ivai parāntūr śrīkṛṣṇan eḻuttu ippaṭikkivai puḷḷamaṅ kalattu eccavarākaṉ eccamutti[yi*]ṉ eḻuttu ippaṭikkivai tirunal lūr tirumāliruñcolai nārāyaṇaṉ

⟨15⟩ uttiraciṉaṉ eḻuttu ippaṭikkivai tiruveḷḷaṟai civatevaṉ śrīkaiyi lāyamuṭaiyāṉ eḻuttu ippaṭikkivai pāppārkuṟicci tāmotaraṉ āḷkoṇṭavilli eḻuttu ippaṭikkivai kurovi cātavetaṉ makaṉ śrīmātavaṉ eḻuttu ivar-

⟨16⟩ kaḷ paṇikka vilaippiramāṇam eḻutiṉeṉ koṭṭaiyūr viṟṟiruntā[ṉ*] pūvantaṉ eḻuttu ippaṭikkivai koṟṟaṅkuṭaiyāṉ eḻuttu ippaṭik kivai pattaṅki eccamutti eḻuttu niṉṟatevaṉ tillai kuttaṉāṉa teṉnavaṉ ācāriyaṉ eḻuttu [||*] ⟨Page 55⟩

⟨SIIv23p0i0091⟩ No. 91. (A.R. No. 91 of 1907.) Kalliḍaikkuṟichchi, Ambasamudram Taluk, Tirunelveli District Nāgēśvaram-Uḍaiyār temple—on the same wall

This is closely connected with No. 90 above, and records the grant of remission of antarāyam and other taxes on the land purchased by the temple from the assembly (as recorded in No. 90), and the issue of the kēḷvi and uḷvari documents to the temple containing the royal assent and the attestation of the same signed by his tax officers (Variyilār). Following the administrative procedure adopted in such cases of remission, the king who is introduced with the title Kōnerinmaikoṇḍān, was first informed of the purchase by his minister Kālingarāyar while he was camping at Kaḷakkuḍi, and his consent was then conveyed to the temple with permission to get the document engraved both on stone and copper. The inscription is dated at the end in the 9th year plus 4th (which latter is also expressed exactly as the 1430th day) of the king's reign. It may be observed here that the revenue officers mentioned at the end of the epigraph, also figure in a clear record of Jaṭāvarman Kulaśēkhara I (No. 97 of 1907 below) which is dated in the same year as this one. Hence this should be referred to Kulaśēkhara himself, with Vikrama-Pāṇḍya (of No. 90) as his predecessor.

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⟨1⟩ [svasti] śrī [||*] tribhuvaṉaccakkaravatti[kaḷ ko]ne[riṉmai]koṇṭāṉ muḷḷināṭṭu irājarājaccaturvētimaṅkalattu [te]ṉpiṭā[kai] kal laṭaikkuṟicci ni-

⟨2⟩ laiyuṭaiya pāṇṭiyaīśvaramuṭai[y]ār koyil tevarkaṉmikkum civa brāhmaṇarkkum ittevarkkut tiruppaṭimā[ṟa*]ṟuḷḷiṭṭu veṇṭun nivanta-

⟨3⟩ ṅkaḷukku antarāyam uṭpaṭa tevatāṉa iṟaiiṟaiyiliyāka ivvūr sabhaiyārpakkal ittevar civanāmattāl ivvūrt teṉpiṭākai eli-

⟨4⟩ vārattu vilaikoṇṭa nilam aṟumāvaraikku vilaiyolaippaṭi kiḻellai paṭṭaṇacuvāmi uḻutuvarukiṟa nila[t*]tut teṉvaṭal peruvarampukku me-

⟨5⟩ ṟkum teṉṉellai [c]āttaṉūr peruṅkālukku vaṭakkum melellai iḷa[ṅ*]kāvaikku nirpā[y*]kiṟa vā[y*]ttalai paḻaṅk[ā*]lukku kiḻak kum vaṭave-

⟨6⟩ llai ikkālukku teṟkum ā[ka*] iṉnāṉkellaikkuḷpaṭṭa iṉṉilam aṟumāvaraiyum oṉpatāvatiṉ ṉetir nālāmāṇṭu mutal aṉ-

⟨7⟩ tarāyam uṭpaṭa tevatāṉam iṟaiyiliyāka iṭampeṟaveṇumeṉṟu aiyaṉ kāliṅkarāyar namakku coṉṉamaiyil ittevaṟku tiru[p*]pa-

⟨8⟩ ṭi mā[ṟ*]ṟuḷḷiṭṭu veṇṭun ṉimantaṅkaḻukku antarāyam yuḷpaṭat teva tāṉa iṟaiiliyāka ivvūr [ sapai] yārpakkal ivvūr teṉpiṭā [kai]

⟨9⟩ elivārattu vilaikoṇṭa nilam aṟu[māvaraiyu]m oṉpatāvatiṉ etir nālāmāṇṭu mutal antarāyam uṭ[paṭa] tevatāṉam iṟaiyiliyāka iṭṭuk ke[ḻ*]vi

⟨10⟩ yum variyilār eḻuttiṭṭa yuḷvariyun taracco(ṉco)ṉṉom ippaṭi cantirātittavaṟ celva[t*]ākak kalliluñ c[empilu]m veṭṭiviccuk koḷka ivai keraḻaci- ⟨Page 56⟩

⟨11⟩ ṅkavaḷanāṭṭu veḷiyāṟṟūr uṭaiyāṉ civallavaṉ ci[kai*]yyilāya muṭaiyāṉ tiyākāparaṇamuventa(venta)veḷāṉ eḻuttu yāṇṭu 9 ḷ 1430- l ivai

⟨12⟩ maturotayavaḷanāṭṭu kāṉaṉāṭṭirukkai uḻakkuṭi arayaṉamu[ta*] nampi yāṉa vayanāṭṭaraiyaṉ eḻuttu ivai [aṇṭa]nāṭṭu perumaṇa lūr mantiri ātita-

⟨13⟩ tevaṉāṉa pallavarāyaṉe(e)ḻuttu [||*] āfter an interval of space— svastiśrī [||*] yāṇṭu 9 ḷ 1430- ṉāl kaḷakkuṭiyil eḻuntaruḷi irukka niṉaippu [||*] muḷḷināṭṭu irāja-

⟨14⟩ rājacaturvēdimaṅkalattup piṭākai kallaṭaikkuṟicci nilaiuṭaiya pāṇṭiya īśvaramuṭaiyāṟkut tiru[ppaṭi]mā[ṟ*]ṟuḷḷiṭṭu veṇṭum nivantaṅkaḷu-

⟨15⟩ kku attarāyam uṭpaṭa tevatāṉa iṟaiiliyāka ivvūr sabhaiyār pakkal ittevar civanāmattāl iv[vū*]r teṉpiṭākai elivārattu vilaikoṇ-

⟨16⟩ ṭa nilam aṟumāvaraikku vilai olaippaṭi•••••••• paṭṭaṇa cuvāmi uḻutu varukiṟa nilattu teṉvaṭal••••••••• vāykku meṟkum teṉṉellai cāttaṉū[r]

⟨17⟩ peruṅkālukku vaṭakkum melellai iḷaṅkovaikku nirpāykiṟa vāy talaippaḻaṅkālukkuk kiḻakkum vaṭavellai ikkālukkut teṟkum āka iṉṉāṉkellaikku uṭpaṭṭa innilam aṟumāvaraiyum oṉpatāvatiṉ etir nālāmāṇṭu antarāyam uṭpaṭa tevatāṉa iṟaiyili āka iṭappeṟaveṇumeṉṟu aiyyaṉ k[ā*]liṅkarāyaṉ namakku coṉṉamai yi[l*] ittevaṟku tiruppaṭimāṟṟuḷ-

⟨18⟩ ḷiṭṭu veṇṭum nivantaṅkaḷukku antarāyam uṭpaṭa tevatāṉa iṟaiyi liyāka ivvūr••••• yārpakkal ivvūr••••• koṇṭa nilam aṟumāvarai yum oṉpatāvatiṉ etir nālāmāṇṭu mutal antarāyam uṭpaṭa tevatāṉa iṟaiyiliyāka iṭukaveṉṟum ippaṭi cantirātitavaṟ celva tākak kalliluñ cempilum [veṭ]ṭivittukkoḷka veṉṟu tiruvāy moḻintaruḷiṉamaikku ivai nantipaṉmaṉ eḻuttu [||*]

⟨SIIv23p0i0092⟩ No. 92. (A.R. No. 92 of 1907.) Kalliḍaikkuṟichchi, Ambasamudram Taluk, Tirunelveli District Nāgēśvaram-Uḍaiyār temple—on the west wall of the central shrine Mār. Sundara-Pāṇḍya I: year 9: 1224-25 A.D.

This is dated in the 9th year of king Māṟavarman Sundara-Pāṇḍyadēva (I) ‘who was pleased to present the Chōḷa country’ (acc. A.D. 1216). It records an endowment of 12 achchu and odd of money to the temple of Nilai-uḍaiya-Pāṇḍiśvaram-Uḍaiyār at Kallaḍaikkuṟichchi in Rājarāja-chaturvēdimaṅgalam by one Rājasiṁhaṉ Tirumāliruñjōlai Nārāyanaṇ Śivakalyāṇanambi a resident of Talaichchaṅgāḍu a quarter (chēri) of the place, for the maintenance of the persons who were to recite the Tirumuṟai (Dēvāram hymns) in the temple. The individuals with whom this money was invested were to measure out every morning 8 nāḻi and 1 āḻākku of paddy to the temple authorities for this purpose. Reference is made incidentally to a dēvadāna land (measuring 5(1/2) mā) at Elivāram belonging to the temple of Nālāyira-Īśvaram-Uḍaiyār, ⟨Page 57⟩ the cultivating right over which is said to have been sold by the donor of the above gift for a consideration of 10 achchu towards meeting the value of his endowment.

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] tiruvāykeḷvikku[mel] śrīkomāṟa••••••••tirubhu[vanacca]

⟨2⟩ kravattikaḷ coṇāṭu vaḻaṅkiyaru[ḷiya] śrī cuntarapāṇṭiyatevaṟku yāṇṭu

⟨3⟩ 9- vatu taimāsam muḷḷināṭṭu brahmadēyam śrīrājarājacaturvēdimaṅ

⟨4⟩ kalattu iraṇṭāñceri talaiccaṅkāṭṭu rājasiṁhaṉ tirumāliruñc[o]-

⟨5⟩ lai nārāyaṇaṉ civakalliyāṇa[na]mpiyeṉ ivvūr teṉpiṭākai kalla-

⟨6⟩ ṭaikuṟicciyil uṭaiyā[r*] nilaiuṭaiya pāṇṭiśvaramuṭaiya ṉāyaṉār koyilil

⟨7⟩ tiruk[kaikuṭi tiruk]kāppu nikki tirumuṟai ōtuvāṟku amutupaṭik[ku] in nāyaṉār koyilil tiruppaṭiyil tā-

⟨8⟩ ṉam pa[ṇṇi niraṭṭi]kkuṭutta poruḷāvatu nāṉ nālāyirayiśvaramuṭaiya nāyaṉār tevatāṉam eli-

⟨9⟩ vārattu nilam aimmāvaraikku nā[ṉ] uḻa[vumāṟṟi] kuṭutta accu pattum iḷaṅkomaṅkalattu civapirāmaṇa-

⟨10⟩ r kaṭava accu iraṇṭe iraṇṭu māvum āka accu paṉṉiraṇṭe iraṇṭu māvum [tiru]ppaṭikke [nira]ṭṭik

⟨11⟩ kuṭuttu ivvaccukkaḷukku nāṉuṭaiya piṭipāṭukaḷum moṭukki ivvaccu paṉṉiraṇṭe iraṇṭu māvukku u

⟨12⟩ p[ai]yam nāḷ 1- kku nellu eṇṇāḻi āḻākkāka amutupaṭiyāka koṇṭu cattirātittavaṟ cella tirumuṟai ō-

⟨13⟩ tuvārākavum ivvac[cu]kaḷ kaṭaviyavarkaḷ śrīpaṇṭārattil oṭikkiṉāl innāyaṉār śrīpaṇṭārattile mālaiytoṟum ca-

⟨14⟩ ntirātittavaṟai innellu viṭṭuvaruvatāṉamaikku ippaṭi ca[m*]matittu kallil veṭṭikkuṭutteṉ talaiccaṅkāṭṭu rāja-

⟨15⟩ siṁhaṉ tirumāliruñcolai nārāyaṇaṉ civakalliyāṇa nampiyeṉ in nāyanār koyil tirumuṟai O[tu*]vāṟku [||*]

⟨SIIv23p0i0093⟩ No. 93. (A.R. No. 93 of 1907.) Kalliḍaikkuṟichchi, Ambasamudram Taluk, Tirunelveli District Nāgēśvaram-Uḍaiyār temple—on the north wall of the central shrine

This is a record of the 5+1st year of the same king (Sundara-Pāṇḍya) with the attribute ‘who was pleased to take the Chōḷa country’. It registers a gift of 6(1/4) achchu for burning a perpetual lamp in the temple, by one Āchchān Tikkaṉ a native of Mayilaikōḍu in Malai-maṇḍalam. The amount was deposited with the Śivabrāhmaṇas of the temple who agreed to burn the lamp.

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] komāṟapaṉmarāṉa tribhuvaṉacakkaravattikaḷ co-

⟨2⟩ ṇāṭu koṇṭa[ruḷi]ṉa śrī cuntarapāṇṭiya dēvaṟku yāṇ- ⟨Page 58⟩

⟨3⟩ ṭu 5- etirāmāṇṭu muḷḷināṭṭu piramateyam śrīrājarājacatu-

⟨4⟩ rvēdimaṅkalat[tu t]eṉpiṭākai kallaṭai kuṟicciyil uṭai-

⟨5⟩ yār nilaiuṭaiya pāṇṭiya īccuramuṭaiya nāyaṉār koyili[l*]c ci-

⟨6⟩ vappirāmaṇarom innāyaṉārukku malaimaṇṭalattu mayilaikoṭ-

⟨7⟩ ṭu āccāṉ tikkaṉ iṉṉāyanārukku nitta cittamāka cantirātittavaṟ cel-

⟨8⟩ vatāka vaitta tirununtāviḷak[ ku 1*] ivviḷakkoṉṟukkum ivaṉ cipaṇ-

⟨9⟩ ṭārattil oṭukkiṉa accu 6(1/4) ivvac cāṟekālum nāṅkaḷ kai[k*]ko-

⟨10⟩ ṇṭu tirunontāviḷakku celuttuvatākavum aṉṟāṭu kuṭaṅkoṭu k[o]-

⟨11⟩ yi[l*] pukuvār celuttuvatākavum cammatittu ivvaccu kaikkoṇṭu ka-

⟨12⟩ llile veṭṭikkuṭuttom civappirāmaṇarom ippaṭi ivai caṭṭa-

⟨13⟩ ṉ māṉatiīccuraṉāṉa virāparaṇapaṭṭaṉ eḻuttu [e]ccavarākaṉ āṇpā-

⟨14⟩ lāṉa kotukulapaṭṭaṉ eḻuttu umaiāḷvāṉ āviṉkaṉṟāṉa

⟨15⟩ niyāyaparipālapaṭṭaṉ eḻuttu poṉṉampi veḷḷattāṅki[ā*]ṉa ti-

⟨16⟩ rucciṟṟampala paṭṭaṉ eḻuttu poṉṉampi umaiāḷ[vā*]ṉ āyiratta-

⟨17⟩ ḷipaṭṭaṉ eḻuttu caṭṭaṉ perumāḷ kāmarāca paṭṭaṉ eḻuttu ciṟiya[c] cevaka-

⟨18⟩ ttevaṉāṉa nāṟpatteṇṇāyira paṭṭaṉ eḻuttu [||*]

⟨SIIv23p0i0094⟩ No. 94. (A.R. No. 94 of 1907.) Kalliḍaikkuṟichchi, Ambasamudram Taluk, Tirunelveli District Nāgēśvaram-Uḍaiyār temple—on the same wall

This is only a portion of the historical introduction of the Pāṇḍya king Jaṭāvarman Kulaśēkhara I who ascended the throne in A.D. 1190.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] pūviṉ kiḻatti mevi viṟṟiruppa metiṉimātu nitiyiṟpuṇara vayappormaṭantai

⟨2⟩ jayappuyattiruppa mākkalai maṭantai vākkiṉil viḷaṅkat ticaiyirunāṉku micai

⟨3⟩ nila veṟippa aṟaneṟi vaḷara maṉuneṟi tikaḻa aṟaneṟiccamaiyaṅka ḷāṟun taḻaippa kāṉave-

⟨4⟩ ṅkaiyai villuṭaṉ turantu miṉaṅ kaṉakācaṉattu viṟṟiruppa veṇkiri cūḻnta veḻ kaṭale 1 ⟨Page 59⟩

⟨SIIv23p0i0095⟩ No. 95. (A.R. No. 95 of 1907.) Kalliḍaikkuṟichchi, Ambasamudram Taluk, Tirunelveli District Nāgēśvaram-Uḍaiyār temple—on the south wall of the maṇḍapa in front of the central shrine

This is an incomplete inscription which does not refer itself to the reign of any king. It seems to state that on a representation made by the Śrīrudras and Śrīmāhēśvaras from the eighteen vishayas (districts), assembled in the court-yard (tirukkāvaṇam) of the Tirujñānasambandan (-maṭha?) at Tirumāḍavaṉūr in Aṇḍa-nāḍu a division of Pāṇḍimaṇḍalam, the Śrīrudras and Śrīmāhēśvaras living in the Tirumaḍaiviḷāgam (surrounding streets) of the two temples of the Nālāyira Īśvaramuḍaiyār and Nilaiyuḍai-Īśvaram-uḍaiyār at Kallaḍaikkuṟichchi agreed to give the former the privilege of having an institution of their own known as Tirujñānasambandantaḷam in the Kulaśēkaran-tirumaḍaivilāgam street in their village.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] samastajagadutpatti sṛṣṭisthiti samhāṇakāraṇam śrī[mat] śrīmāhēśvara [syēdam*] sāśanam śāśvatam varam [||*] śrīvāṇḍimaṇḍalattu aṇḍa nāṭṭut tirumāṭavaṉūr tiruñāṉacampantan tirukkāvaṇattu tiru vuṭai••••• ṭṭi ni[r*]aintu kūṭṭattu patiṉeṇviṣayattu śrīrudra śrīmāhēśvarōm ādēśam [||*] teṟkil kūṟṟil muḷḷināṭṭu kallaṭaik kuṟicci nālāyira [ī*]śvaramuṭaiya nāyaṉārum [ni]laiyuṭaiya pāṇḍiśvara muṭaiya na-

⟨2⟩ yiṉār tirumaṭai viḷākam kulaicekaraṉ tirumaṭai viḷākattu śrīrudra śrīmā hēśvara[ṟ*]kku [i]vvūr tiruñāṉacampantaṉ taḷameṉṟu t[ta]ntiṭa veṇumeṉṟu tirāviṉaitiṟttāṉ coṉṉamaiyil ivar collukai •••••••• ṟkaṭavatākavum••••••••• ccaturaiyyolaiyāvutākavum koṉṟatu kulaiyāvatākavu maṭuppatu tiṅkātaṉamāvutākavum ittaḷattiruntu eḻuti paṇiccukkuṭuppaṉa kuṭuppārākavum ittaḷattu śrīrudra śrīmāhēśvarar puṟa[ppaṭṭu] 1

⟨SIIv23p0i0096⟩ No. 96. (A.R. No. 96 of 1907.) Kalliḍaikkuṟichchi, Ambasamudram Taluk, Tirunelveli District Nāgēśvaram-Uḍaiyār temple—on the east wall of the same maṇḍapa Mār. Sundara-Pāṇḍya I: year 20+1: A.D. 1237

This is dated in the 20+1st year of Māṛavarman Sundara-Pāṇḍyadēva (I) ‘who took the Chōḷa country’. The details of the date are given as Kumbha, śu. 6, Thursday, Śadaiyam which are however found to be irregular.

It records an agreement given by three residents of Kallaḍaikkuṟichchi to measure out in the temple of Nilaiyuḍaiya-Pāṇḍīśvaramuḍaiya-Nāyanār, 5 uḻakku of oil every month for the sacred bath of the deity on all the Saturdays of the month. The endowment for this was an ānai-achchu received by them from one Kāmaṉ Tiruvaraṅgaṉ alias Nāvallaṟai Nāyar of [Kuṟama]ttūr in Malai-maṇḍalam. ⟨Page 60⟩

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⟨1⟩ hara svastiśrī [||*] komāṟapaṉmarāṉa tiripuvaṉacakkarava[t*]tikaḷ śrīcoṇāṭu koṇṭaruḷiya śrī cuntarapāṇṭiya tevaṟkiyāṇṭu 20patāvatiṉ

⟨2⟩ etirāmāṇṭu kumpanāyaṟṟu pūrvapakṣattu āṟāntiyatiyum viyāḻak kiḻamaiyum peṟṟa cataiyattunāḷ muḷḷināṭṭu brahmatecam irācarāca caturvēdimaṅkalattu

⟨3⟩ teṉpiṭākai kallaṭaik kuṟucciyil uṭaiyār nilaiuṭaiya pā[ṇ]ṭiśvara muṭaiyanāyaṉāṟku ivvūr ci[vaṉ] caṅkarampāṭiyār viḷaritiruvaṉāṉa nakaramāyilaṭṭiyum paṟppaṉātaṉuṭaiyāṉāṉa mayi-

⟨4⟩ rpālaṉum ceyaṅkoṇṭāṉ antariyāṉa tiruñāṉacampantaṉum ivvaṉai vom iṉṉāyaṉāṟku piṭipāṭu paṇṇikkuṭutta paricāvatu iṉṉāyaṉāṟku caṉieṇṇaik

⟨5⟩ kāppukku malaimaṇṭalattu [kuṟama]ttūr kāmaṉ tiruvaraṅkaṉāṉa[nā]vallaṟai nāyar tammiṭaiya taṉmamākac cellac cantirātittapakal celutta nāka ••• ivāykkā•••••

⟨6⟩ potumaikku vaṉ•••••••• ppatiṉ anṟāṭunallāṉai [accu] 1 i[v]vaccu oṉṟum kaikkoṇṭu iṉṉāyaṉāṟku immācammutal nāḷ oṉṟukku uḻakkāka mātam oṉṟu-

⟨7⟩ kku caṉi añcukku eṇṇai nāḻi uḻakkāka vanta eṇṇai 4 koyilile yaḷantu taravukoḷvomākavum ippaṭi cantirātittapakal ivvaccukku āṭṭu mava-

⟨8⟩ rkaḷ iccaṉi eṇṇaikkāppuc celuttuvomākavum ippaṭi cammatittu kalveṭṭik kuṭuttom ivvūr civaṉ caṅkarappāṭiyāril viḷari tiruva ṉāṉa nakaramāyila[ṭ]-

⟨9⟩ ṭiyum paṟ ppanātaṉuṭaiyāṉāṉa mayirpālaṉum ceyaṅkoṇṭāṉ antari yāṉa tiruñāṉacampantaṉum ivvaṉaivom••• viḷari tiruvaṉā-

⟨10⟩ ṉa nakaramāyilaṭṭi taṟkuṟikkum paṟppanātaṉuṭaiyāṉāṉa mayirpālaṉ taṟ kuṟikkum ceyaṅkoṇṭāṉ antariyāṉa tiruñāṉacampantaṉ

⟨11⟩ ••••• kum taṟkuṟimāṭṭeṟi••••• ñcol[li] ikkal veṭṭiṉeṉ kaṇṇaṉ ariyakaṉāna ālālacuntarattaccaṉ eḻuttu [||*]

⟨SIIv23p0i0097⟩ No. 97. (A.R. No. 97 of 1907.) Kalliḍaikkuṟichchi, Ambasamudram Taluk, Tirunelveli District Nāgēśvaram-Uḍaiyār temple—on the south wall of the Goddess shrine Jat. Kulaśēkhara I: year 9+4(?)

This is an inscription of Jaṭāvarman Kulaśēkhara I (A.D. 1190-1217) beginning with introduction Pūvin kiḻatti etc., and is dated in the 9th year and 1430th day of his reign i.e. the same day as in No. 91 above. It is stated that while the king was camping at Kaḷakkuḍi a representation was made by (minister) Aiyaṉ Kāliṅgarāyar asking for the remission of taxes on 5(1/2) mā of land at Elivāram with its boundaries specified, which had been purchased by the temple of Nālāyira Īśvaramuḍaiyār at Kallaḍaikkuṟichchi from the assembly of Rājarājachaturvēdimaṅgalam in Muḷḷi-nāḍu as recorded in No. 97 (a) below. On this he was pleased to order that it may be so entered as dēvadānaiṟaiyili inclusive of antarāyam in the tax register of the State, and engraved both on ⟨Page 61⟩ stone and copper. The next stage of the transaction follows in the same inscription prefaced by the king's title Kōnērinmaikoṇḍāṉ (as observed in No. 91 above) in which he orders his kēḻvi and the uḷvari document of tax-free lands signed by his (Revenue) officers to be issued to the temple (for record). Their names as given at the end are (1) Śrīvallavaṉ Śrī Kayilāyamuḍaiyāṉ alias Tyāgābharaṇa-Mūvēndavēḷāṉ of Veḷiyāṟṟūr in Kēraḷaśiṅga-vālanāḍu, (2) Amudanambi alias Paḻanāṭṭaraiyaṉ the headman (Araiyaṉ) of Uḻakkuḍi in Kāna-nāḍu of Madurōdaya-vaḷanāḍu and (3) Āditadēvaṉ alias Pallavarāyaṉ of Perumaṇalūr in Aṇḍa-nāḍu.

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] pūviṉ kiḻatti mevi viṟṟiruppa metiṉimātu nitiyiṟ puṇara vayappormaṭa[ntai] jayappuyattiruppa mākkalaimaṭantai vākkiṉil viḷaṅka ticai[yi]runāṉkumicai nilā••••• vaḷara maṉuneṟi tikaḻa aṟaneṟic camaiyaṅkaḷāṟun taḻ[aip]pak kāṉaveṅkaiyai vil••••• turantu miṉaṅ kaṉakācaṉattil viṟṟiruppa eṇkiri cūḻnta eḻukaṭaleḻu poḻil veṇ kuṭai niḻalkiḻ ceṅko[l*] naṭap[pa] koṭuṅkali naṭuṅki••• vempilat toḷippa villavar cempi[yar] virāṭavarā-

⟨2⟩ ṭar pallavar tiṟaiyuṭaṉ muṟaimuṟai paṇiya irunemiyaḷavu morune[mi] oṅka iṉṉamutāki[ya] iyalicai nāṭaka maṉṉivaḷara maṇimuṭi cūṭi veṟ peṉa voṅka viraciṅkācaṉattuk kaṟpakaniḻaṟkiṭ kalaivallor pukaḻa maṉṉavar teviyar vaṇaṅki niṉṟettu maṉṉa meṉṉaṭai[ya]vaṉi muḻu tuṭaiyāḷ[o]ṭum viṟṟiruntaruḷiya śrīkoccaṭaivaṉmarāṉa tiripuvaṉac cakkaravattikaḷ śrīkulacekaratevaṟku yāṇṭu 9 nāḷ 143[0]-

⟨3⟩ ṉāl kaḷakkuṭiyil eḻuntaruḷi irukka [niṉai]ppu [||*] muḷḷināṭṭu irāja rājaccaturvetimaṅkalat[tu]t teṉpiṭākai kallaṭaikkuṟicci nālāyira īcuramuṭaiyārkkut tiruppaṭi māṟṟuḷḷiṭṭu veṇṭum nimantaṅkaḷukku antarāyam uṭpaṭat tevatāṉam iṟaiyiliyāka ivvūr sabhaiyā[r] pakkal ittevar civanāmattāl i[v]vūrt teṉpiṭākai elivārattu vilaikoṇṭa nilam kāle araimāvukkum vilaiyolaippaṭi kiḻellai parañcotipperumpilāṟṟukku me-

⟨4⟩ ṟkum iraṇṭāṅkaṇṇāṟṟu aṟutimelvarampukku meṟkum teṉṉellai oruppili pāṟai[kku]ḷattukku nirpāykiṟa kālukku vaṭakkum melellai muṉpu tiruniṟṟuccoḻac cilaiceṭṭi vārattukku uḻutu varukiṟa vayak kal kiḻvarampu teṉmaṭalvarampukkuk kiḻakkum vaṭavellai cāttaṉūrk kālukkut teṟkum āka innāṉkellaikku uṭpaṭṭa [ni]lam kāle araimāvum oṉpatāva[ti]ṉetir nālāmāṇṭumutal antarāyam uṭpaṭat tevatā[ṉa] iṟaiyiliyāka iṭappeṟaveṇumeṉṟu aiyyaṉ

⟨5⟩ kāliṅkarāyar namakkuc coṉṉamaiyil ittevaṟkut tiruppaṭi māṟṟuḷ ḷiṭṭuveṇṭum nimantaṅkaḷukku antarāyam uṭpaṭat tevatāṉa iṟaiyi liyāka ivvūr sabhaiyārpakkal ivvūrt teṉpiṭākai elivārattu vilaikoḷ nilam kāle arai māvum oṉpatāvatiṉetir nālāmāṇṭu mutal a[n]tarāyam uṭpaṭat tevatāṉa iṟaiyiliyāka iṭukaveṉṟum ippaṭi cantirātittapakal celvatākak kallilum cempilum veṭṭi vittuk koḷkaveṉṟum tiruvāymoḻintaruḷiṉapaṭikku ivai nan-

⟨6⟩ tipaṉmaṉ eḻuttu ippaṭikkum tribhuvaṉaccakkaravattikaḷ koneriṉmai koṇṭāṉ muḷḷināṭṭu irājarājaccaturvetimaṅkalattut teṉ piṭākai kallaṭaikkuṟicciyil nālāyira īśvaramuṭaiyārkkut tiruppaṭi māṟṟu uḷḷiṭṭu veṇṭum nimantaṅkaḷukku antarāyam uṭpaṭa teva tāṉa iṟaiyiliyāka ivvūr sapaiyārpakkal ittevar civanāmattāl ivvūrt teṉpiṭākai elivārattu vilaikoṇṭa ni[la]m kāle arai māvukkum vilaiyolaippaṭi kiḻel- ⟨Page 62⟩

⟨7⟩ lai parañcotip perumpilāṟṟukku meṟku iraṇṭāṅkaṇṇāṟṟu aṟuti melvarampukku meṟku teṉellai orup[pi]lipāṟaikkuḷattukku nirpāy kiṟa kālukku vaṭakkum melellai muṉpu tiruniṟṟuccoḻac cilaiceṭṭi [v]ārattukku uḻutu varukiṟa vayakkal kiḻvarampu teṉvaṭal varampukkuk kiḻakkum vaṭavellai [cāttaṉūrk] kālukkut teṟku āka innāṉ kellaikku uṭpaṭṭa nilam kāle araimāvum oṉpatāvatiṉ etir nālā[mā]ṇṭumutal antarāyam uṭpaṭat tevatāṉa iṟaiyili-

⟨8⟩ yāka iṭuka naṅkeḻviyum variyilār eḻutiṭṭa uḷvariyum taraccoṉṉom ippaṭi cantirātittapakaṟ celvatāka kallilum cempilum veṭṭu vittukkoḷka [||*] ivai keraḷaciṅkavaḷanāṭṭu veḷiyāṟṟūruṭaiyāṉ śrīvallavaṉ śrīkayilāyamuṭaiyāṉāṉa tiyākāparaṇamuventaveḷāṉ eḻuttu yāṇṭu 9- vatu nāḷ 1438- ṉāl ivai maturōtayavaḷa nāṭṭuk kā[ṉaṉāṭṭi]rukkai uḻakkuṭi araiyaṉamuta nampiyāṉa paḻa nāṭṭaraiyaṉ eḻuttu ivai

⟨9⟩ aṇṭanāṭṭup perumaṇalūr pakavati ātitatevaṉāṉa pallavarāyaṉ eḻuttu ௳

⟨SIIv23p0i0097A⟩ No. 97a. (A.R. No. 97 (a) of 1907.) Kalliḍaikkuṟichchi, Ambasamudram Taluk, Tirunelveli District Nāgēśvaram-Uḍaiyār temple—on the same wall

This is an incomplete inscription dated in the 7+4th year of Māṟavarman Vikrama-Pāṇḍyadēva (like No. 90 above), and recording the sale of 5(1/2) mā of land by the assembly to the temple of Nālāyira-Īśvaramuḍaiyār. This land was also exempted from taxes by king Kulaśēkharadēva as recorded in No. 97, thus confirming the close succession in date of this ruler to Vikrama-Pāṇḍya as suggested under No. 91.

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⟨1⟩ tirumakaḷ jeyamakaḷ tiruppuyattiruppa poruka[ṭalā*]ṭai nilamakaḷ [puṇa*] rak kaṭavuḷmeruviṟ kayal viḷaiyāṭa vaṭapulimaṉnava[r*] vantaṭipaṇiya nemi varaicūḻ neṭunilamuḻutun tanmaveṇkuṭai niḻaliṟ ṟa[ḻai*]ppa ceṅkol naṭappak karuṅkali turantu vetavitiyil niti nilavac ceraṉum vaḷavaṉun tiṟai kuṇantiṟaiñca viramu[m pu]kaḻu [mika]naṉiviḷaṅka natip peruñca-

⟨2⟩ ṭaimuṭinātaṉ cūṭiya matikkulan tikaḻa maṇimuṭi cūḻa viḷaṅkiya maṇiyaṇi virasiñkāsaṉattu viṟṟiruntaruḷiya śrī komāṟapaṉmarāṉa tribhuvaṉac cakravattikaḷ śrī vikkiramapāṇṭiyatevaṟkku yāṇṭu eḻāvati ṉetir nālāmāṇṭu siṁhanāyaṟṟu muḷḷināṭṭu brahmadēcam śrī rājarājacca turvētimaṅkalattu mahāsabhaiyom ivvūr teṉpiṭākai kallaṭaik kuṟicciyil uṭaiyār nālāyira īśvaramuṭaiyāṟku viṟṟukkuṭutta nila māvatu teṉpiṭākai maṟa[p]paṟṟu elivārattu ivūr paḻampaṟṟuk-

⟨3⟩ kup perunāṉkellaiyāvatu kiḻellai parañcotip perumpilāṟṟukku meṟku iraṇṭāṅkaṇṇāṟṟu aṟuti melvarampukku meṟkum teṉ ellai oruppili pāṟaikkuḷattukku nirpāykiṟa kālukku vaṭakkum mel ellai muṉpu tiruniṟṟuccoḻac cilaiceṭṭi vārattukkuḻutu varukiṟa vayakkal kiḻvarampu teṉvaṭal varampukkuk kiḻakku vaṭavellai cātta ṉū[r]kālukkut teṟkum āka iṉnāṉkellaikku uṭpaṭṭa nilaṅ kālearaimā i[nni]la aimmāvaraiyum 1 ••••••••• ⟨Page 63⟩

⟨SIIv23p0i0098⟩ No. 98. (A.R. No. 98 of 1907.) Kalliḍaikkuṟichchi, Ambasamudram Taluk, Tirunelveli District Nāgēśvaram-Uḍaiyār temple—on the same wall Mār. Kulaśēkhara I: year 33

This is dated in the 33rd year of the Pāṇḍya, Māṟavarman Kulaśēkharadēva ‘who was pleased to take all countries’ (A.D. 1268 to 1308). The details of the date are given as Mithuna 12, Amāvāsyā Mrigaśīrsha but these are found to be irregular. The date meant was probably A.D. 1301, June 7. It records an undertaking given by the Kanmāḷa residents of Kshatriyaśikhāmaṇipuram, that they would measure out annually 10 kalam and odd of paddy to the temple of Nālāyira-Īśvaramuḍaiyār, for the expenses of conducting a festival in the month of Śittirai in honour of Tiruvīdi-Nāchchiyār Umaiyāṇḍār (whose image was) consecrated in the temple by one Śokkaṉ Vittagaṉ. In case no festival was conducted in any year, the paddy was to be utilised for the daily offerings and worship of the goddess throughout that month.

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] komāṟapaṉmarāṉa tirupu[va*]ṉaccakkara-

⟨2⟩ vattikaḷ emmaṇṭalamum koṇṭaruḷiya śrīkula-

⟨3⟩ cekarate[va*]ṟkku yāṇṭu 33- vatu mituṉanāyaṟṟu 12-

⟨4⟩ ntiyatiyum amāvāsyayum peṟṟa mṛgaśirṣattunāḷ

⟨5⟩ muḷḷiṉāṭṭu brahmadēśam śrīrājarājacaturvēdimaṅka-

⟨6⟩ lattut teṉpiṭākai kallaṭaikkuṟicciyil uṭaiyā-

⟨7⟩ r nālā[yira*] īśvaramuṭaiyanāyiṉāṟkku cokkaṉ vittakaṉ uka-

⟨8⟩ ntaruḷappaṇṇuvitta tiruvitinā[cciyār u]maiyāṉṭā-

⟨9⟩ ṟkkuk kallaṭaikkuṟicciyāṉa kṣatri[ya*][ śikhāmaṇi] purattuk kaṇmmā-

⟨10⟩ ḷarom iṉṉācciyāṟkkuc cittirait tiruṉāḷukkut tirunāḷpaṭikku

⟨11⟩ nāṅkaḷ āṇṭoṉṟukku kuṭuppatāṉa ḷa 9000sa innellup pa-

⟨12⟩ tiṉkalaṉe tūṇippatakkum aṟunāḻikkālāl koyi-

⟨13⟩ [l]lile iṭṭaḷantu kuṭuppomākavum ippaṭi kuṭātu vi-

⟨14⟩ [ṭi]l taṭuttum vaḷaittu maṇkala[n ta]kattu veṇkala-

⟨15⟩ m[paṟi]ttu mippaṭikku koḷvārākavum ippaṭikkuc can

⟨16⟩ tirātittavaṟc celvatākavum orokālaṅk(ā)ḷile tirunāḷ

⟨17⟩ muṭṭumākil innācciyāṟkku amutupaṭi cāttuppaṭiyāka cittirai

⟨18⟩ ḷa patiṉ kalaṉe tūṇippatakkum koyilile iṭṭaḷantu kuṭup(pā)-

⟨19⟩ pomākavum ippaṭi ceyyumiṭattu kollaṟkku taccaṟkku taṭṭāṟkku

⟨20⟩ [ti]ru muṉṉoṭuk[kā]ka muvaṟkku aṟunāḻiyāka tirumuṉṉoṭukkup peṟuva tākavu-

⟨21⟩ m ippaṭi cammatittuc cantirātittavaṟ celvatākak kalveṭṭikkuṭut-

⟨22⟩ to[m*] kṣatri[ya*]śikhāmaṇipurattu kaṇmāḷarōm nālāirakkollaṉ

⟨23⟩ taṟkuṟi[kkum] cempiyataraiya taccaṉ taṟkuṟikkum taṟkuṟimāṭṭeṟinte-

⟨24⟩ ṉ ivai kā[liṅka] [rā*]yar eḻuttu i[p*]paṭikku nakarataṭṭāṉ eḻuttu ௳ ⟨Page 64⟩

⟨SIIv23p0i0099⟩ No. 99. (A.R. No. 99 of 1907.) Kalliḍaikkuṟichchi, Ambasamudram Taluk, Tirunelveli District Nāgēśvaram-Uḍaiyār temple—on the same wall Jat. Kulaśēkhara: year 13+12: 1214-15 A.D.

This begins with introduction Pūviṉ kiḻatti, etc. It registers a gift of 14 achchu made by one Āchchāṉ Tiruvikkiramaṉ of Mayilaikkāḍu in Malai-maṇḍalam, for the expenses of offerings during the two services in the temple morning and evening, to the image of Kshētrapāla named Nilaiyaḻagiya-Perumāḷ consecrated by Kākkunāyakaṉ Śrīvallavaṉ alias Uttama-Pāṇḍya-Brahmādirājaṉ of Tirunaṟaiyūr. The amount was left in charge of the Śivabrāhmaṇas who undertook to measure out as interest thereon, 4 nāḻi of paddy every day before the supervising Māhēśvaras. Most of these Śivabrāhmaṇas figure in No. 100 also below.

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⟨1⟩ pūviṉ kiḻatti mevi viṟṟiruppa metiṉi-

⟨2⟩ mātu nitiyiṟ puṇara vayappor-

⟨3⟩ maṭantai jayappuyattiruppa [nāviṉ*] maṭantai

⟨4⟩ vākkiṉil vi[ḷa*]ṅkat ticaiyirunāṉkumicai nilā-

⟨5⟩ veṟippa maṟaineṟivaḷara maṉuneṟi tikaḻa aṟane-

⟨6⟩ ṟiccamaiyaṅka ḷāṟun taḻaippak kāṉaveṅkai-

⟨7⟩ yai villuṭaṉ turantu miṉaṅ kaṉakācaṉattu

⟨8⟩ viṟṟiruppa eṇkiri cūḻnta veḻkaṭal leḻupo-

⟨9⟩ ḻil veṇkuṭai niḻaṟkiḻ ceṅkol naṭap-

⟨10⟩ pa koṭuṅkali naṭuṅki neṭumpilatto-

⟨11⟩ ḷippa villavar cempiyar virāṭar varāṭar

⟨12⟩ pallavar tiṟaiyuṭaṉ muṟaimuṟai paṇiya irune-

⟨13⟩ miyaḷavu moru nemi yoṅka vi[ṉ*]ṉamutākiya viya-

⟨14⟩ licai nāṭaka maṉṉivaḷara maṇimuṭi cūṭi veṟpe-

⟨15⟩ ṉa voṅkiya virasiṁhāsaṉattuk kaṟpakaniḻaṟ-

⟨16⟩ kiṭ kalaivallor pukaḻa maṉṉavar teviyar va-

⟨17⟩ ṇa[ṅ]ki niṉṟetta aṉṉameṉṉaṭai yavaṉi muḻutuṭai-

⟨18⟩ yāroṭum viṟṟiruntaruḷiya śrī koccaṭaiyapaṉ-

⟨19⟩ marāṉa tiripuvaṉaccakkaravarttikaḷ śrī kulacekarate-

⟨20⟩ vaṟku yāṇṭu 13- vatiṉ etir 12- m muḷḷināṭ-

⟨21⟩ ṭu brahmadēyam śrīrājarājacaturvēdimaṅkalat-

⟨22⟩ tu teṉpiṭākai kallaṭaikkuṟicciyil uṭai-

⟨23⟩ yār nālāyira viśvaramuṭaiyār koyil śi-

⟨24⟩ vabrāhmaṇarom ikkoyilil tirunaṟai[yū]ṟ kā-

⟨25⟩ kkunāyakaṉ śrīvallavaṉāṉa uttamapāṇṭiya-

⟨26⟩ brahmātirājaṉ eḻuntaruḷuvitta kṣētrapālar tirunilai- ⟨Page 65⟩

⟨27⟩ yaḻakiya piḷḷaiyārkku malaimaṇṭalattu mayilai[k]-

⟨28⟩ kāṭṭu āccāṉ tiruvikkiramaṉ amutupaṭikku aip-

⟨29⟩ pacimāsamutal [nāḷ o]ṉṟukku arici nāṉāḻiyākac cantirātittavaṟ celuttuvatāka ivaṉpakkal nāṅkaḷ kaikkoṇṭa accu 16 ivvaccu patiṉāṟukkum poliyūṭṭā-

⟨30⟩ kac celuttuvomākavum [ka]ṟiyamutu uppamutum miḷakamutun neyyamutun tayiramutum aṭaikkāyamutu ilaiyamutum ciṟukālaiccantikkum iravaic cantikkum celuttuvomākavum ivvarici nāṉāḻiyā-

⟨31⟩ l irunāḻi ciṟukālaiccantikkum irunāḻi iravaiccantikkum cantirā tittavaṟ celuttuvomākak kallilum cempilum veṭṭik kuṭaṅ koṭu koyil pukuvāṉ celuttuvomākavum innimantam cimākecu-

⟨32⟩ varak kaṇkāṇiyoṭuṅ kūṭa inta arici aḷappomākavum kāśipakotti rattu caṭṭaṉ māṉati[śu]rammuṭaiyāṉāṉa virāparaṇapaṭṭaṉ eḻuttu ikkottirattu caṭṭaṉ perumāṉāṉa kirāmarācapaṭṭaṉ eḻuttu kā civakottirattu umaiyāḷvāṉ āviṉkaṉṟaṉāṉa ni[yā*]yaparipāla paṭṭaṉ eḻuttu

⟨33⟩ kaviciyakottirattu poṉṉampi veḷḷantāṅkiṉāṉ āṉa tirucciṟṟam palapaṭṭaṉ eḻuttu poṉṉampi umaiyāḻvāṉāṉa āyirattaḷipaṭṭaṉ eḻuttu ippaṭikkivai poṉṉampi cikaiyilāyamuṭaiyāḷ eḻuttu

⟨34⟩ kā[śi]pakottirattu eccavarākaṉa āṇṭamālāṉa kotu[ku]lapaṭṭaṉ eḻuttu eccavarākaṉ āviṉkaṉṟāṉa paṉmāyecuvarapaṭṭaṉ eḻuttu eccavarākaṉ mahādēvabhaṭṭan eḻuttu [||*]

⟨SIIv23p0i0100⟩ No. 100. (A.R. No. 100 of 1907.) Kalliḍaikkuṟichchi, Ambasamudram Taluk, Tirunelveli District Nāgēśvaram-Uḍaiyār temple—on the west wall of the Goddess shrine Mār. Sundara-Pāṇḍya I: year 5: 1220-21 A.D.

This is dated in the 5th year of Māṟavarman Sundara-Pāṇḍyadēva (I) ‘who took the Chōḷa country’ (acc. A.D. 1216), and records a gift of 7 achchu invested with the Śivabrāhmaṇas of the temple of Nālāyira-Īśvaramuḍaiyār at Kallaḍaikkuṟichchi by a lady devotee by name Kuṉṟameṟinda-Perumāḷ-Ammai for the expenses of offerings to some deities (names lost) set up in the temple by the donor, and one achchu in addition for burning a twilight lamp.

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] komāṟapaṉ[ma*]rāna tribhuvaṉaccakkaravattikaḷ coṇāṭu koṇṭa śrī cuntarapāṇṭi-

⟨2⟩ ya[ dēvaṟ] kku yāṇṭu 5- vatu vaikācimāsam muḷḷināṭṭu bra[hma]dēyam śrīrā-

⟨3⟩ jarājacaturvēdima[ṅ*]kalattu teṉpiṭākai kalliṭakkuṟicci uṭaiyār nālā[yira*] īcuramuṭai

⟨4⟩ •••••••• vabrāhmaṇaṇaṉ caṭṭaṉ māṉaticuramuṭaiyāṉ virāparaṇapaṭṭaṉum cayapperumāḷ- ⟨Page 66⟩

⟨5⟩ ḷāṉa ki[rāmar]ājappaṭṭaṉum po[ṉ*]ṉampi veḷḷantāṅkiṉāṉ tiruc ciṟṟampalapaṭṭaṉum poṉṉampi umai-

⟨6⟩ yāḻvāṉṉāṉa āyirattaḷipaṭṭaṉum po••••• lāyamuṭaiyāṉāṉa kūpaka-

⟨7⟩ rāyapaṭṭaṉum kaṇṇāḷaṉ paṭṭaṉāṉa aññu••••• ṭaṉum eccavarākaṉāṉa•••

⟨8⟩ mā[lā]ṉa kotukulapaṭṭaṉum eccavarākaṉpaṭṭa••••• paṭṭaṉum umai yāḻvāṉ

⟨9⟩ āviṉkaṉṟāṉa ṉiyāyaparipālapaṭṭaṉum ciṟiyāṉ ce[vakatte]vaṉāṉa nāṟpatteṇṇāyira-

⟨10⟩ paṭṭaṉum••• ttrayaṉum ivvaṉaivomum ikkoyi••• [ṭi]yāril coṟāḻvi aḻakiya-

⟨11⟩ ṉā[c*]ciyāṉa [kuṉṟa]meṟintaperumāḷammai ikkoyilil [eḻun] taruḷivitta perumāḷukku[m]

⟨12⟩ •••••••• perumāḷukku [nāḷ]ḷoṉṟukku amutupaṭi arici

⟨13⟩ irunāḻiyum [ka]ṟiyamutu miḷakamutu neyyamutu tayira-

⟨14⟩ mutum aṭaikkāyamutu i[lai]yamutu [āka inni]manta[m]

⟨15⟩ cantirātittapakaṟ celvatāka ivaḷ tanta accu eḻum canti-

⟨16⟩ yātipam nimantañ celkaikkut tanta accu oṉṟum āka i-

⟨17⟩ vvaccu eṭṭum nāṅkaḷ kaikkoṇṭu celuttuvomākavum

⟨18⟩ ikkoyiliṟ kuṭaṅkoṭu koyilpukuvār ittevai celuttu

⟨19⟩ vārkaḷāṉamaikkum ippaṭi cammatittu ipporuḷ

⟨20⟩ kaikkoṇṭu kallil veṭṭikkuṭuttom kuṉ-

⟨21⟩ ṟameṟintaperumāḷ ammaikku ௳ ippaṭikku ivai

⟨22⟩ caṭṭaṉ māṉeticcaramuṭaiyāṉāṉa virāparaṇapaṭṭa

⟨23⟩ ṉ eḻuttu ௳ ippaṭik kivai caṭṭaṉ perumāḷāṉa kirāmarācapaṭṭaṉ

⟨24⟩ eḻuttu ௳ ippaṭikkivai poṉṉampi veḷḷa[n*]tāṅkiṉā-

⟨25⟩ ṉāṉa tirucciṟṟampalapaṭṭaṉ eḻuttu [||*]

⟨SIIv23p0i0101⟩ No. 101. (A.R. No. 101 of 1907.) Kalliḍaikkuṟichchi, Ambasamudram Taluk, Tirunelveli District Nāgēśvaram-Uḍaiyār temple—on the north wall of the Goddess shrine Mār. Kulaśēkhara: year 20

It is not clear whether this Kulaśēkhara could be identical with Kulaśēkhara whose accession took place in A.D. 1268, as his claim to the conquest ‘of all countries’ is not found here. It registers a gift of some land by one Adigaimānār Kulaśēkhara for the formation of a flower garden named after him, in common to the temples of Nālāyira Īśvaramuḍaiyār and Nilaiyuḍaiya-Pāṉdīśvaramuḍaiyār (at Kalliḍaikkuṟichchi) in Rājarāja-chaturvēdimaṅgalam. Among the boundaries to this gift garden are mentioned a tirunandavanam and a tiruviḍaiyāṭṭam belonging to the temple of Nālāyira-Viṇṇagar-Emberumāṉ in the same village. ⟨Page 67⟩

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⟨1⟩ niyokappaṭikku svastiśrī [||*] komāṟapaṉmarāṉa tiribhuvaṉa•••••••• śrīkula ceka-

⟨2⟩ radēvaṟku yāṇṭu 20- vatu irācarācacaturvēmaṅkala••••• ṉār nālāyirayi-

⟨3⟩ śvaramuṭaiyārum nilaiyuṭaiya pāṇṭiśvaramuṭaiyāruṅ koyilil śrīru ••••••••• ṇṭārāṉa ātikai-

⟨4⟩ māṉār kulacekaraṉ tiruna[n*]tavaṉamāka ceyvikkiṟa paṟṟukku perunāṉ kellai••••• peruvaḻikku meṟkku-

⟨5⟩ m teṉ(n)ellai kallaṭaikkuṟucci nālāyiraviṇṇakar emperumāṉ tiru na[n*]ta•••••••• ṟṟukku kiḻakkum

⟨6⟩ vaṭaellai nālāyiraviṇṇakar emperumā[ṉ*] tiruviṭaiyāṭṭattukku te[ṟ*]kkum•••••• le tiruccūlakal-

⟨7⟩ kkaḷum nāṭṭi cantirātittapakal variniṅkal[lāka kalli]lum cempilum ve•••••••• laiyā ṉeḻuttu ivai ti-

⟨8⟩ rukkaṭavū rāttā ṉeḻuttu ivai kuṇṭū[r] śrīkṛṣṇaṉ ṉeḻuttu••••• ivai pāṭakattu gōvin-

⟨9⟩ taśarmmaṉ ṉeḻuttu ivai kur[ovi] (śa)śatukkanārāyaṇaṉ ṉeḻuttu ivai niṉa•••••••• ttuṟaic comāci yeḻuttu

⟨10⟩ ivai vaṅkippuṟattu kecavaṉ ṉeḻuttu ivai [ka]runallūr yi[ḷaṉāya]k kaṉ ṉe•••••••• ṉeḻuttu ivai yemappeṟū[r*]

⟨11⟩ nārāyaṇaṉ ṉeḻuttu itu [vi]nniyokappaṭi kallil veṭṭiṉeṉ ivūrkku•••••••• maḻakiya taccaṉ ṉeḻuttu [||*]

⟨SIIv23p0i0102⟩ No. 102. (A.R. No. 102 of 1907.) Kalliḍaikkuṟichchi, Ambasamudram Taluk, Tirunelveli District Nāgēśvaram-Uḍaiyār temple—on the same wall Mār. Sundara-Pāṇḍya I: year 5+1: 1220-21 A.D.

This records a gift of 6(1/2) achchu by Ūyakkoṇḍāṇ Śrīvallabhadēvi a dēvaraḍiyāḷ (servant) of the temple of Nālāyira Īśvaramuḍaiyār for maintaining a perpetual lamp in the temple. The amount was invested with the Śivabrāhmaṉas of the temple who undertook to burn the lamp.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] komāṟapaṉmarāṉa tribhuvaṉacakkaravattikaḷ

⟨2⟩ koṇāṭu koṇṭaruḷiṉa śrī cuntarapāṇṭiyatevaṟku

⟨3⟩ yāṇṭu 5- vatiṉ etirāmāṇṭu muḷḷināṭṭu pira

⟨4⟩ mateyam śrī rājarājaccaruppetimaṅkalattu teṉpiṭ[ā]-

⟨5⟩ kai [ka*]llaṭaikuṟicciyil uṭaiyār nālāyira īccura[m*] uṭaiyā[r]

⟨6⟩ koyil civappirāmaṇarom iṉṉāyaṉār tevaraṭiyāril ūyak-

⟨7⟩ koṇṭāṉ civallapatevi iṉṉāyaṉārukku cantirātittavaṟ celva- ⟨Page 68⟩

⟨8⟩ tāka [t*]aitta tirununtāviḷak[ku*] oṉṟukku cipaṇṭārattil oṭukki-

⟨9⟩ ṉa accu 6i ivvac cāṟaraiyum nāṅkaḷ kaikkoṇṭu cantirātit-

⟨10⟩ vaṟ celuttuvatākavum aṉṟāṭu kuṭaṅko[ṇ*]ṭu koyil pukuvā-

⟨11⟩ ṉ celuttuvatāka camatittu kallile veṭṭikuṭuttom civa-

⟨12⟩ ppirāmaṇarom caṭṭaṉ māṉaticcuraṉāṉa vi[ra*]nārāyaṇapaṭṭaṉ eḻuttu

⟨13⟩ poṉṉampi veḷḷantāṅkiṉāṉ tirucciṟṟampalapaṭṭaṉ eḻuttu eccava-

⟨14⟩ rākaṉ āṇṭamālāṉa kotukulapaṭṭaṉ eḻuttu umaiyāḻvāṉā-

⟨15⟩ viṉkaṉṟāṉa niyāyaparipālapaṭṭaṉ eḻuttu ciṟiyāṉ cevakattevaṉā-

⟨16⟩ ṉa nāṟpatteṇṇāyirapaṭṭaṉ eḻuttu ciyaṉ perumāḷāṉa kirāmarācapa-

⟨17⟩ ṭṭaṉ eḻuttu eccavarākaṉ mātevapaṭṭaṉ eḻuttu poṉṉampi umai āḻ[v]ā

⟨18⟩ ṉāṉa āyirattaḷipaṭṭaṉ eḻuttu [||*]

⟨SIIv23p0i0103⟩ No. 103. (A.R. No. 103 of 1907.) Kalliḍaikkuṟichchi, Ambasamudram Taluk, Tirunelveli District Kīri-Kṛishṇaṉ temple—on the south wall of the central shrine Jat. Kulaśēkhara I: year 13+1: 1203-04 A.D.

This is an inscription which records a gift of one achchu, by a lady (name not given) the wife of one Tūppil Vēlēṟṟaperumāḷ-Dāsar, for burning a twilight lamp in the temple of Nālāyira-Viṇṇagar-Emberumāṉ at Kallaḍaikkuṟichchi, with the interest on that amount.

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] koccaṭaiyavaṉmarāṉa tiripuvaṉacakkaravattikaḷ śrīkulacekara dēvaṟkku yāṇṭu 13- etirāmāṇṭu muḷḷināṭṭu brahmadē[ya]m śrīrājarājaca-

⟨2⟩ turvēdimaṅkalattu teṉpiṭākai kallaṭaikkuṟicci nālāyiraviṇṇakar emperumāṉukku cantiyātipa[m*] celvatāka tūppil veleṟṟaperu māḷdā-

⟨3⟩ sar brāhmaṇi s[n]tiyādipattukku naṅkaiyiṭṭa accu 1 accoṉṟi [nā]l poliūṭṭu koṇṭe ivāṭṭai āṭimāsamutal nittamāka celvatāṉa-

⟨4⟩ maikku [||*]

⟨SIIv23p0i0104⟩ No. 104. (A.R. No. 104 of 1907.) Kalliḍaikkuṟichchi, Ambasamudram Taluk, Tirunelveli District Kīri-Kṛishṇaṉ temple—on the same wall Jat. Kulaśēkhara I: year 9+3: 1201-02 A.D. ⟨Page 69⟩

This is an inscription recording the gift of one achchu made by a certain Kāḍi Nārāyaṇaṉ Śī-Kayilāyamuḍaiyaṉ alias Vijaiyarāyar, for a special offering of tiruppōnagam to the deity with 1 kalam of rice, ghee, curd etc. on the day of a festival in Kṛittikā in Kārttigai month every year in the temple of Nālāyira Viṇṇagar-Emberumāṉ, with the interest on the amount endowed.

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⟨1⟩ Figure of a lampstand svastiśrī [||*] koccaṭaiyavaṉmarāṉa ti[ri]pu[va*]ṉac cakravattikaḷ śrīkulacekaratevaṟkku yāṇṭu 9- etir muvāmāṇṭu muḷḷināṭṭu brahmadē[yam*] śrīirājarājacaturvēdimaṅkalattu teṉ piṭākai kallaṭaikkuṟicci nālāyiraviṇṇakar e[m*]perumāṉu-

⟨2⟩ kku kāṭi nārāyaṇaṉ cikaiyilāyamuṭaiyāṉāṉa vicai[ya*]rāyar ive[m*] perumāṉukku kāttikaimāsattu kāttikai kāttikaiyiṉ aṉṟu puṟap paṭṭaruḷi aṟunāḻikkālāle kala arici peruntiruppoṉakam neyamutu nā-

⟨3⟩ ḻiyu 52 tayiramutu kaṟiyamutu maṟṟu veñcaṉāti uṭppaṭa poliyūṭṭu koṇṭe cantrātitta[va*]ṟ celvatāka iṭṭa accu 1 ivvaccukoṇ ṭe celvatāṉamaikku svasti [||*]

⟨SIIv23p0i0105⟩ No. 105. (A.R. No. 105 of 1907.) Kalliḍaikkuṟichchi, Ambasamudram Taluk, Tirunelveli District Kīri-Kṛishṇaṉ temple—on the same wall

This inscription begins with the expression ‘Kōnērinmaikoṇḍan’-the unequalledan honorofic title of the reigning king, and is dated in the 6th year and 147th day of his reign. This records a royal order issued to the assembly of Rājarāja-chaturvēdimaṅgalam to the effect, that an addition was to be made to the tiruviḍaiyāṭṭam lands already endowed to the temple of Nālāyira-Viṇṇagar built (?) by one Karumāṇikkāḻvāṉ alias Vēṇāvuḍaiyāṉ, so that a daily service called Avanivēndarāmaṉśandi after the king could be conducted in the temple, in addition to special worship to the god on all the days of his natal star Uttiraṭṭādi during the 12 months of the year. Veṇāvuḍaiyān was to be shown certain honours on these occasions.

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] tribhuvanacakravatti koneriṉmai koṇṭāṉ rājaḷarājaca-

⟨2⟩ turvētimaṅkalattu sabhaiyāṟkku taṅkaḷ paṟṟil teṉpiṭākai kalla [ṭ*]ai-

⟨3⟩ kkuṟucciyil veṇāvuṭaiyāṉ poṉrmmamāṉa nālāyiraviṇṇakarkku ivaṉ

⟨4⟩ mutalaṭaṅka iṟaiiliyāka tā[ṅ]kaḷ paṟṟil tiruvuṭaiyāṭṭamāka koṇṭu iṭṭapa[ṭikku]yātāṅkaḷ ka-

⟨5⟩ ṭamai koṇṭu potukiṟa paṟṟu[kku yāṇṭu] 6- vatu kāttikai māsammutal muṉpupole nā[m] tiruviṭaiyāṭṭamā-

⟨6⟩ kak kuṭuttu itukku namperāl avaṉiventarāmaṉ sandhi eṉṟum nam piṟanta nāḷ utta-

⟨7⟩ raṭṭāti [ti]ttamāka iṉṉāḷmutal tirunāḷuṅkaṭṭuvatākac coṉṉom ippaṭikku iv- ⟨Page 70⟩

⟨8⟩ volai piṭipāṭākak koṇṭu taṅkaḷ paṟṟil ivaṟkku tiruvuṭaiyāṭ[ṭa] māṉa paṟ-

⟨9⟩ ṟum ivar koyilukku kaṭavārkaḷ vacam viṭṭu inta sandhiyilum inta tirunāḷilu-

⟨10⟩ m svāsantiriyamuḷḷatu karumāṇikkāḻvāṉāṉa veṇāvuṭaiyāṉukku kuṭuttu potum(p)paṭiyum ikkoyi-

⟨11⟩ lukku kaṭavārkaḷukku colla ippaṭikku cantirātityavat celvatākak kalliluñ ce-

⟨12⟩ mpilum veṭṭuvittuk kuṭukkaveṉṟu kōṭumaḷūruṭaiyāṉ eḻutti nālum aṇṭakkuṭiyu

⟨13⟩ ṭaiyāṉ eḻuttiṉālum yāṇṭu 6- vatu nāḷ nūṟṟunāṟpattu eḻiṉāl prasādañceytaruḷit-

⟨14⟩ tu śubhamastu ||— iveḻuttu veṭṭineṉ kāliṅkarā[ya*] ācāriyaṉ eḻuttu [||*]

⟨SIIv23p0i0106⟩ No. 106. (A.R. No. 106 of 1907.) Kalliḍaikkuṟichchi, Ambasamudram Taluk, Tirunelveli District Kīri-Kṛishṇaṉ temple—on the same wall

This is also dated in the same year and day of the king's reign as the above and registers an undertaking given by the assembly that they would not in future collect the taxes on the tiruviḍaiyāṭṭam lands since they had been declared tax-free by royal fiat.

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⟨1⟩ svastī śrī [||*] tribhuvaṉacakkaravatti koneriṉmaikoṇṭāṉ

⟨2⟩ [rāja]rājacaturvvētimaṅkalattu sabhaiyāṟkku kallaṭikkuṟucci

⟨3⟩ [nā]lāiraviṇṇakar emperumāṉukku karumāṇikkāḻvāṉāṉa veṇāvu ṭaiyāṉ poṉ-

⟨4⟩ ••• l tiruvuṭaiyāṭṭamākak koṇṭu iṭṭa paṟṟukkaḷaiyum maṟṟuḷḷa

⟨5⟩ tiruvuṭaiyāṭṭaṅkaḷaiyum nāṅkaḷ kaikkoṇ[ṭu] kaṭamai koṇṭu

⟨6⟩ potukiṟārkaḷākak keṭṭom itumuṉpu mutalaṭaṅka iṟaiiliyumāy

⟨7⟩ tiruvuṭaiyāṭṭamumāy ponta ittai ippotu tāṅkaḷ kaṭamai ko [ḷḷak]-

⟨8⟩ kaṭavatalla eṉṉumpaṭiyai aṟintu ivvolai kaṇṭapoḻute itu mu[ṉpu]-

⟨9⟩ pole iṟaiiliyāmpaṭi tāṅkaḷ kaṭamai koḷḷāmal ivar koilu-

⟨10⟩ kkuk kaṭavārkaḷvacam kaṭa[va*]tākaviṭṭu melum ippaṭikkotta maṉa••• payāto-

⟨11⟩ ḻikaveṉṟu koṭumaḷūruṭaiyāṉ eḻuttiṉālum aṇṭakkuṭiyuṭaiyāṉ eḻuttiṉā-

⟨12⟩ lum yāṇṭu 9- vatu nāḷ nūṟṟunāṟpatteḻiṉāl prasādam ceytaruḷittu

⟨13⟩ śubhamastu ௳ ⟨Page 71⟩

⟨SIIv23p0i0107⟩ No. 107. (A.R. No. 107 of 1907.) Kalliḍaikkuṟichchi, Ambasamudram Taluk, Tirunelveli District Kīri-Kṛishṇaṉ temple—on the same wall

This belongs to the 20+1+1st year of Māṟavarman Sundara-Pāṇḍya (I) (acc. A.D. 1216) ‘who was pleased to perform the anointment of heroes at Mudigoṇḍaśoḻapuram after having taken the Chōḷa country’. It records a gift of an achchu and quarter to the temple of Nālāyira-Viṇṇagar-Emberumān by Irāśipuṟam Karumāṇikkāḻvāṉ a resident of the 4th chēri in Kallaḍaikkuṟichchi for meeting, with the interest on the amount, the expenses of offerings and worship to the deity on the day of a special festival in the month of Āḍi.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] komāṟapaṉmarāṉa tribhu[vana]cakravattikaḷ coṇāṭu koṇṭu muṭikoṇṭa

⟨2⟩ coḻapurattu virar abhiṣekam paṇṇiaruḷiya śrī cuntarapāṇṭiyatevaṟki yāṇṭu 20-

⟨3⟩ tāvatiṉ etirāmāṇṭiṉ etirāmāṇṭu muḷḷināṭṭu brahmadē[ya]m śrīrājarājacaturvēdima[m*]ga-

⟨4⟩ lattu teṉpiṭākai kallaṭaikuṟicci nālāyiraviṇṇakar remperumā ṉukku nālāñceri irāci-

⟨5⟩ puṟattu karumāṇi[k*]kāḷvāṉe[ṉ*] āṭiamāvāsikkiṭṭa accu kava kā[lu]m āṭiy am[ā*]vāsikku iṭṭa accu kava

⟨6⟩ [p]oliyūṭṭu koṇṭu [vi]ti puṟappaṭṭaruḷi [ti]rumañcaṉa[m*] ce[y*] taruḷi tiruvārikoṇṭaruḷu[kai]kku aṟunāḻikālā[l*] araci

⟨7⟩ cipaṇṭā[ra*] kāllā kalaṉṉe kuṟuṇiy arici ca[n*]tirātival celva tāṉamaikkum ney[ya]mutu nāḻi[yu]m

⟨8⟩ tayiramutum kaṟiyamutum iḷu ḷatu ca[n*]tiṟātical celvatāṉamaikku [||*]

⟨SIIv23p0i0108⟩ No. 108. (A.R. No. 108 of 1907.) Kalliḍaikkuṟichchi, Ambasamudram Taluk, Tirunelveli District Kīri-Kṛishṇaṉ temple—on the south wall of the central shrine

This is another record with the same regnal year of the king, registering a similar gift of one achchu for the expenses of a festival in the temple on the day of amāvāsyā in the month of Paṅguṉi, by a lady by name Āṇḍanaṅgai, the wife of Talaichcheṅgāṭṭu Śrī kṛishṇaṉ a resident of Śrīvaikundam alias Rājēndraśōḻa-chaturvēdimaṅgalam in Tiruvaḻudi-nāḍu.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] komāṟapaṉ[ma]rāṉa tribhuvaṉacakravattikaḷ coṇāṭu koṇṭu mu-

⟨2⟩ ṭikoṇṭacoḻapurattu viraapiṣekam paṇṇiaruḷiya śrīcuntarapāṇṭiya- ⟨Page 72⟩

⟨3⟩ dēvaṟku yāṇṭu 20- vatiṉ etirāmāṇṭiṉ etirāmāṇṭu muḷḷināṭṭu brahmadēya-

⟨4⟩ m śrīḷarājarājacaturvēdimaṅkalattu teṉpiṭākai kallaṭaikkuṟucci nālāyira-

⟨5⟩ viṇṇakaremperumāṉukku tiruvaḻutināṭṭu brahmadēyam śrī vaikunta māṉa rājentira-

⟨6⟩ coḻaccaturvēdimaṅkalattu talaicceṅkāṭṭu śrīkṛṣṇa[ṉ*] brāhmaṇi āṇṭa naṅkai paṅ-

⟨7⟩ kūṉi am[ā*]vāsikku iṭṭa accu 1 ivvaccu oṉṟil poliyūṭṭu koṇṭu puṟappaṭṭaruḷi tirumañcaṉa

⟨8⟩ [m*] ceytaruḷi tiruvārātaṉam koṇṭaruḷi okkum aṟu nāḻikkālāl kala arici peruntiruppoṉa-

⟨9⟩ kamum neyyamutu nāḻiyum taiyiramutum kaṟiamutum curuḷ aympatum ivvaccil poliyūṭṭu

⟨10⟩ koṇṭu candrādi(ti)ttavaṟ celvatāṉamaikku svasti śrī [||*]

⟨SIIv23p0i0109⟩ No. 109. (A.R. No. 109 of 1907.) Kalliḍaikkuṟichchi, Ambasamudram Taluk, Tirunelveli District Kīri-Kṛishṇaṉ temple—on the north wall of the central shrine

This is an inscription of the 3+1+1st year (expressed also as the 3rd year and 1072nd day) of king Kulaśēkharadēva with his title Kōnērinmaikoṇḍāṉ. It records the transfer, by order of the king, of the kaḍamai and uḻudānkuḍi (tax and rent ?) on the kārāṇmai lands at Pāppāṉkuḷam belonging to the temple of Nālāyira Viṇṇagar-Emberumāṉ at Kallaḍaikkuṟichchi, which had been originally granted to one Sundara Pāṇḍya-Malaiyarāyaṉ by Sokkaiyaṉ (king Sundara-Pāṇḍya ?) in favour of the temple itself. The inscription registers both the royal order to get the document engraved on stone and copper and its actual execution by the temple, represented by eleven temple executives after it was communicated to them by the mahā-sabhā of Rajārājachaturvēdimaṅgalam.

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] tribhuvaṉaccakravatti koṉeriṉmaikoṇṭāṉ [rāja]-

⟨2⟩ rājacaturvēdimaṅkalattu teṉpiṭākai kallaṭaikkuṟicciya••••••••

⟨3⟩ yira viṇṇakarāḻvār koyil nampu ceyvāṉukkum śrīvaiṣṇa••••••••

⟨4⟩ kkum ivvā(ā)ḷvār kārāṇmait tiruviṭaiyāṭṭamāṉa iḷaṅkaṟavai•••

⟨5⟩ [pā]ppāṉkuḷattu tiruvāḻikkallukkuḷpaṭṭa nilattil naṉce[y*] puṉ ce[y*] uṭpa•••••

⟨6⟩ cuntarapāṇṭiya malaiyarāyaṉukku muṉpu cokkaiyaṉ kuṭuttaruḷiṉa kaṭa•••

⟨7⟩ ••• yum uḻutāṉkuṭiyum ivaṉait tavuttu maṟṟum meppeṟpaṭṭiṉavun•••••

⟨8⟩ laicekara[te]vaṟku yāṇṭu muṉṟāvatiṉetirāmāṇṭiṉ etirāmāṇṭu mutal ivvāḻvārkku ka•••••••• ⟨Page 73⟩

⟨9⟩ tom ivvolai piṭipāṭākak koṇṭu cantirātittaval cellakkaṭava tāka ivvo-

⟨10⟩ laippaṭiyey kallilum cempilum veṭṭikkoḷka ௳ ivai maturotaya pā-

⟨11⟩ ṇṭiyataraiya ṉeḻuttu ௳ yāṇṭu 3 nāḷ 1072 ivai ceḻiyatar[ai]ya ṉeḻuttu ௳

⟨12⟩ śrī rājarājaccaturvētimaṅkalattu mahāsabhaiyom ōlai kallaṭaik kuṟicci nālāyiravi-

⟨13⟩ ṇṇakar emperumāṉ koyilil nampuceyvāṉum tiruppati śrīvaiṣṇavar kaḷum kaṇṭu in-

⟨14⟩ nāyaṉār kārāṇmait tiruviṭaiyāṭṭam iḷaṅkaṟavaip pāppāṉkuḷat til nālu tiruvāḻik-

⟨15⟩ kallukkuṭppaṭṭa nilattil kaṭamaiyum uḻutāṉkuṭiyum cuntarapāṇṭiya malaiyarāyaṉait tavittu i-

⟨16⟩ nnālāyiraviṇṇakar emperumāṉukku śrīkulacekaradēvaṟku yāṇṭu 3vatiṉ etirāmāṇṭu pacāṉmutal ka-

⟨17⟩ ṭamaiyum uḻutāṉkuṭiyum kuṭukkaveṉṟu brasādañ ceytaruḷiṉa tirumukap paṭiye kallilum cem-

⟨18⟩ pilum ve[ṭ*]ṭivittukkoḷka ௳ ivai tiruppattūr caturagni eḻuttu ivai valavūr sarvakratu

⟨19⟩ ejñamutti eḻuttu ivai śrīkataiāḷvāṉ eḻuttu ivai vaṅkippuṟattut tirumāliru-

⟨20⟩ ñcolai nārāyaṇaṉ eḻuttu ivai tuṟumuṇṭūr kecavaṉ eḻuttu ivai korovi āḷavantāṉ

⟨21⟩ paṭṭaṉ eḻuttu ivai ātaṉūr virasvāmi rāttaṉāṉa tiruvāykulatātar eḻuttu ivai emappeṟūr śrīdha-

⟨22⟩ raśarmmaṉ śrīkṛṣṇaṉ eḻuttu ivai toṟuttalai atirātray[ā*]ji eḻuttu ivai iṭaittuṟai sōmaiyāji

⟨23⟩ śrīkaiyilāsamuṭaiyāṉ eḻuttu ௳ ivai iṭaiyālukkuṭi tirumāliruñ colai nārāyaṇaṉ dāmōda-

⟨24⟩ raṉ eḻuttu ḷa

⟨SIIv23p0i0110⟩ No. 110. (A.R. No. 110 of 1907.) Kalliḍaikkuṟichchi, Ambasamudram Taluk, Tirunelveli District Kīri-Kṛishṇaṉ temple—on the same wall Jat. Kulaśēkhara I: year 2: 1191-92 A.D.

This begins with introduction Pūdala maḍandai etc. It confirms the grant of some land free of kaḍamai (tax) at a place called Koḷḷiviḷāgam, which had been made for offerings to the deity in the temple of Nālāyira-Viṇṇagar-Emberumāṉ in the time of “Periya-Nāyanār” Śrīvallabhadēvar by the Nagarattār community of Kshatriyaśikhāmaṇipuram in Muḷḷi-nāḍu. ⟨Page 74⟩

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] pūtalamaṭantai pukaḻoṭum poliya vetamun tamiḻumeṉmai yiṉ viḷa-

⟨2⟩ ṅka kaṟpuṭaṉ tirumakaḷ poṟpuyattiruppat tik[ki]runāṉkuñ cakkara vāḷañ cūḻum puvaṉa-

⟨3⟩ meḻuṅ kavitta veṇkuṭai niḻal ceṅko[l*]naṭappa nāṭoṟum ta[va]mu nāyaṟum valaṅkoḷ āṭaka

⟨4⟩ p poruppil aracu miṉiruppa cuntaramārvilintiraṉ pūṭṭiya āramumalaṅka lum aḻakuṭaṉ tikaḻa

⟨5⟩ viṉaiyum puliyu[m*]villuñ curampuka āṉai maṉṉavar raṭimalar cūṭi marapil vanta maṇimuṭi cūṭi

⟨6⟩ viḷaṅkiya maṇiyaṇi virasiṁhāsa[na*]ttu ulakamuḻutuṭaiyāroṭum viṟṟiru-

⟨7⟩ ntaruḷiya koccaṭaiyavaṉmarāṉa tiripuvaṉaccakravattikaḷ śrī kulaceykara dēvaṟ-

⟨8⟩ ku yāṇṭu 2- vatu muḷḷināṭṭu brahmadēya[m*] śrī rājarājaccaturvēti maṅkalattu teṉpiṭākai kalla-

⟨9⟩ ṭaikuṟicci nālāyiraviṇṇakar emperumāṉukku amitipaṭi celvatāka innāṭṭu kattiriyacikā-

⟨10⟩ maṇipurattu nakara[t*]tom muṉpu periyanāyaṉār śrī vallavadēvar kālattil inakarame kaṭamaiyiṟu-

⟨11⟩ ppomāka kaṭamaiyuṭpaṭa dhanmadāṉam paṇṇi tiruppaṭiyil niraṭṭikuṭutta nilam puṉālil eḻuvakoḷḷi-

⟨12⟩ vi[ḷ]ākattu innilattukku perunāṉkellaiyāvatu ki[ḻ*]ellai koṭṭaṅ kā[l*]pāṟaikku meṟkiṭṭu vaṭakku nokki poṉa

⟨13⟩ kālukku meṟkum teṉṉellaip pāṟaikkum vaṭakkum kuṭavāyeṟaṭṭi kālukkum vaṭavellai kiḻakku nok-

⟨14⟩ ki poṉa kālukku teṟkum āka ipperunāṉkellaikkuṭpaṭṭa nilam 100 cantirātittavaṟ amitapaṭi celvatāka kaṭamaiyu-

⟨15⟩ ṭ[pa]ṭa niroṭu dhanmadāṉam paṇṇi kuṭuttom kattiriya cikāmaṇipurattu nakara[t*]tom ivvemperumāṉukku [||*]

⟨SIIv23p0i0111⟩ No. 111. (A.R. No. 111 of 1907.) Kalliḍaikkuṟichchi, Ambasamudram Taluk, Tirunelveli District Kīri-Kṛishṇaṉ temple—on the north wall of the central shrine

This is dated in the 3+7th year, also expressed as the 3rd year and 2594th day, of Pāṇḍya Kulaśēkharadēva introduced with the title Tribhuvanachakravarti Kōnērinmaikoṇḍāṉ. It records the remission of all taxes, by order of the king at the request of one Mānābharaṇamaṅgalattu Nambi, on 4 mā of land at Puṉāl alias Kshatriyaśikhāmaṇipuram which had been in the enjoyment of the temple of Nālāyira-Viṇṇagarāḻvār as tax-paying tirunāmattukkāṇi. The uḷvari and the royal order (keḻvi) were ⟨Page 75⟩ accordingly communicated to the temple executives permitting them to get the deed engraved on stone and copper. The identity of the king is not clear.

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] tribhuvaṉaccakrava[r*]tti koṉeriṉmai koṇṭāṉ muḷḷi nāṭṭu brahmadēya-

⟨2⟩ m śrī rājarājaccaturvēdimaṅkalattut teṉpiṭākai kallaṭaikkuṟicci nā-

⟨3⟩ lāyiraviṇṇakarāḻvār(r) koyilil śrīvayiṣṇavarkaḷukkum nampu ceyvā ṉukkum i-

⟨4⟩ vāḻvāṟkut tiruppaṭimāṟṟuḷḷiṭṭu veṇṭum nivantaṅkaḷukku in nāṭṭup puṉā-

⟨5⟩ lā[ṉa*] kṣatri[ya*]śikhāmaṇipurattu nakarappaṟṟil innāyaṉār tirunāmat tāl iṟaiyoṟ-

⟨6⟩ ṟi koṇṭu aṉubhavittuvarukiṟa ūṟṟukkuḻi viḷākattuk kāḷaiyār paḷḷam nila-

⟨7⟩ m nālumāviṟ kaṭamaiyum variyum taruvatāṉa accum kāriyavāraycciyum ve-

⟨8⟩ ṭṭipāṭṭamum pañcupili cantivigrahappeṟum poṉvariyum maṟṟu me-

⟨9⟩ ppeṟpaṭṭiṉavum uṭpaṭa śrī kulaicekaradēvaṟku yāṇṭu muṉṟāva[ti ṉe]ti-

⟨10⟩ reḻāvatumutal tevatāṉa iṟaiyiliyāka iṭappeṟaveṇumeṉṟu m[ā*]ṉā paraṇa-

⟨11⟩ maṅkalattu nampi namakku coṉṉamaiyil ivvāḻvār[k*]ku tiruppaṭi māṟṟuḷḷiṭṭu

⟨12⟩ veṇṭum nivantaṅkaḷukku innāṭṭup puṉālāṉa kṣatri[ya*]śikhāmaṇi purattu nakarappaṟṟil

⟨13⟩ i nāyaṉār tirunāmattāl iṟaiyoṟṟi koṇṭu aṉubhavittu varukiṟa ūṟṟukkuḻi vi-

⟨14⟩ ḷākattuk kāḷaiyārpaḷḷa[m] nila nālumāvil kaṭamaiyum variyum taruva tāṉa accum kāriya-

⟨15⟩ vārāṭciyum veṭṭi pāṭṭamum pañcipili cantivigrahappeṟu poṉ variyum maṟṟu

⟨16⟩ (mep)meppeṟpaṭṭiṉavum uṭpaṭa śrīkulaicekaradēvaṟku yāṇṭu muṉṟāva tiṉ [etir*] eḻā-

⟨17⟩ vatumutal tevatāṉa iṟaiyiliyāka iṭṭu variyilār eḻuttiṭ[ṭa] uḷ variyum naṅ-

⟨18⟩ keḻviyum taraccoṉṉom ippaṭi candrādityavaṟ celvatākac kalliluñ cempi[lu*]m ve-

⟨19⟩ ṭṭivittukkoḷka ௳ ivai cevvirukkaināṭṭuk kaḷattāvūr tiruvirā micuramuṭai-

⟨20⟩ yāṉ [āṭ]koṇṭavi[l*]liyāṉa kac[ci]yarāyaṉ eḻuttu || yāṇṭu muṉṟā vatu nāḷ iraṇṭāyi-

⟨21⟩ rattu [a*]ñ[nū]ṟṟut toṇṇūṟṟu nāliṉāl ivai maturotayavaḷa nāṭṭuk kāñai iruk-

⟨22⟩ kai uḻakkuṭi muttaṉ āṭkoṇṭa villiyāṉa pallavarājaṉ eḻuttu ௳ ⟨Page 76⟩

⟨SIIv23p0i0112⟩ No. 112. (A.R. No. 112 of 1907.) Kalliḍaikkuṟichchi, Ambasamudram Taluk, Tirunelveli District Kīri Kṛishṇaṉ temple—on the same wall Jat. Kulaśēkhara I: year 9+1+1: 1200-01 A.D.

The inscription begins with introduction Pūdalamaḍandai etc. The writing of the first few lines is dissimilar to that of the rest of the record. It states that on the representation of two persons Kuṉṟapiḍārar and Tiruvaraṅgachchelvar made to the king while he was seated on his throne Muṉaiyadaraiyaṉ in his palace at Madurai, the latter was pleased to order that 5 mā of land situated in Gōvindapāḍi the southern quarter of Rājarāja-chaturvēdimaṅgalam be granted tax-free to the temple of Nālāyira-Viṇṇagar-Āḻvār at that place, and that the uḷvari (of remission of taxes) be issued to the temple authorities to get the deed engraved on stone and copper.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] pūtalamaṭantai pukaḻoṭum poliya vetamun tamiḻu muṟaim mayi[l*] viḷaṅka kaṟpuṭait tirumakaḷ poṟpuyattiruppat tikkiru nāṉkuñ cakkaravāḷañ cūḻa-

⟨2⟩ p puvaṉameḻuṅ kavitta veṇkuṭai niḻal ceṅkol naṭappa nāṭoṟu matiyamu nāyaṟum valaṅkoḷ āṭakap poruppilaracu miṉiruppa cuntara mārvi linti-

⟨3⟩ raṉ pūṭṭiya āramu malaṅkalu maḻakuṭan tikaḻa viṉaiyum puliyu[m*] villuñ curampuka āṇai maṉṉavaraṭi malar cūṭa marapil vanta maṇimuṭi cūṭi

⟨4⟩ viḷaṅkiya katiroḷi virasiṁhāsanattu ulakamu[ḻutu]ṭaiyāḷoṭum viṟṟiruntaruḷiya śrī koccaṭaiyapanmarāṉa tribhuvaṉaccakkaravattikaḷ śrīkulacekaradēva[r maturo]-

⟨5⟩ tayavaḷanāṭṭu māṭakkuḷakkiḻ maturaikkoyiluḷḷ[ālai paḷḷip]piṭa muṉaiyataraiyaṉi leḻuntaruḷiyiruntu muḷḷināṭṭu

⟨6⟩ brahmadēyam śrīrājarājaccaturvēdi maṅkalattu teṉ

⟨7⟩ mpiṭākai śrī kovi[n]tapāṭiyi[l*] nālāyiraviṇṇakaril niṉṟaruḷi-

⟨8⟩ ya āḻvār kovilil śrīvaiṣṇavarkaḷum nampu ce[y*]vāṉum

⟨9⟩ ceyyattiruvā[y*]moḻintaruḷiṉapaṭi yivvāḻvār[k*]ku tiruppaṭi-

⟨10⟩ māṟṟuḷḷiṭṭu veṇṭu nimantaṅkaḷ ceyvippatāka veṇumeṉṟu

⟨11⟩ kuṉṟappiṭārarum tiruvaraṅkaccel(v)varum namakkuc coṉṉamaiyil

⟨12⟩ yivūril kārpacāṉam viḷaiyum nilattu iṟaippaṭi añcu mānilam oṉpa-

⟨13⟩ tāva[ti]ṉetirāmaṇṭi ṉetirāmāṇṭu mutal cantirātityavaṟ celva tāka

⟨14⟩ antarāya muṭppaṭa tevatāṉa iṟaiyiliyākayiṭṭu nam [va]riyilāreḻut tiṭṭa u-

⟨15⟩ ḷ(v)vari taraccoṉṉom uḷvarippaṭi kaikkoṇṭut tiruppaṭimāṟṟu veṇ-

⟨16⟩ ṭum nimantaṅkaṭ celuttukaveṉṟu ippaṭikku kalliluñ cempilum veṭ-

⟨17⟩ ṭik koḻkaveṉṟu tiruvā[y*]moḻintaruḷiṉār [||*] ⟨Page 77⟩

⟨SIIv23p0i0113⟩ No. 113. (A.R. No. 113 of 1907.) Kalliḍaikkuṟichchi, Ambasamudram Taluk, Tirunelveli District Kulaśēkharamuḍaiyār temple—on the wall at the entrance

This is dated in Śaka 1480, Kollam 73[4], Puraṭṭādi 3, śu. 1, Friday, Uttiraṭṭādi, corresponding probably to A.D. 1558, September 2 (but it was ba. 4, Bharaṇi), without any reference to the reigning king of the period (Sadāśivarāya). It registers an order of Vīrappa-Nāyakkar-Ayyaṉ evidently a petty ruler of this region, communicated to Kurukularāyar the maṇiyam of Kallaḍaikkuṟichchi and its environs and to the nāṭṭār (assembly), exempting the masons and the carpenters of Añjupati (lit. five places) from the payment of the taxes vari and iṟai (probably due on their profession and income). This Vīrappa-Nāyaka seems to be different from his namesake the son of the Madura Nāyaka chief Viśvanātha-Kṛishṇappa mentioned in No. 35 of 1908 dated in Śaka 1505.

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⟨1⟩ śubhamastu [||*] cakā[p*]tam 1480 ṉ-

⟨2⟩ mel cellāniṉṟa kollam 72[4] varuṣam puraṭṭā-

⟨3⟩ timātam 3 tiyati pūrvapakṣattu pratamaiyum ve-

⟨4⟩ ḷḷiyāṭcaiyum peṟṟa uttiraṭṭātināḷ ceyta uṟuti piṭipāṭuāvitu ciṟimatu

⟨5⟩ virappaṉāyakkar ayyaṉ tiruvuḷḷampaṟṟiaruḷi kallaṭaikkuṟicci uḷ-

⟨6⟩ ḷiṭṭa paṟṟu [maṇi]yam kurukularāyarum nāṭṭārum kūṭi kaṟpitta kāriyam

⟨7⟩ meṟpaṭi [ūrom] añcupatiyil k[o]llaṟkum taiccaṟkum iṉṉāḷ muta-

⟨8⟩ lukku ivarkaḷukku uṇṭāṉa variyum iṟaiyum niṅkallāka cukattile iruk-

⟨9⟩ kumpaṭiyum kaṭṭaḷaiiṭṭu iṉṉāḷmutalukkuk kallilum cempilum veṭ-

⟨10⟩ ṭi ācantiratāravaṟ cantatippiṟavecame intappaṭikku naṭatti varumpaṭi

⟨11⟩ kaṟpittu kalveṭṭivittuk kuṭuttom itukku iyātāmoruvaṉ

⟨12⟩ viṟkaṉaṅkaḷ paṇṇuvārkaḷ keṅkaikkaraiyil kārāmpacuvai-

⟨13⟩ k koṉṟa toṣattil pokakkaṭavāṉākavum ippaṭi kaṟpittu [uṟu]-

⟨14⟩ tipiṭipāṭāka kalveṭṭivittamaikku ippaṭi kurukularāyar eḻuttu [||*]

⟨SIIv23p0i0114⟩ No. 114. (A.R. No. 114 of 1907.) Kalliḍaikkuṟichchi, Ambasamudram Taluk, Tirunelveli District Vināyaka temple—on the south wall of the central shrine

This is dated in the 15+1st year of a king whose name is not however specified. It records the communication of the royal order by the mahāsabhā of Rājarāja-chaturvēdimaṅgalam to the Śivabrāhmaṇas of the Puravuvari Vighna-Vināyaka temple, confirming the exemption of taxes on the land at Madiṭkuṟichchi (s.a. Kalliḍaikkuṟichchi), which had already been in its enjoyment for some time. The order ⟨Page 78⟩ permits the demarcation of the boundaries named by means of stones and the engraving of the deed on stone and copper.

Text.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] rājarājacaturvēdimaṅkalattu mahāsabhaiyom Olai teṉ piṭākai kallaṭaikku[ṟic]ci-

⟨2⟩ yil piḷḷaiyār puravuvarivighnaviṉāyakar koyilil śivabrāhmaṇaṉ kaṇṭu ippiḷḷaiyāṟku muṉpu ūrākak kuṭuttu i-

⟨3⟩ ppiḷḷaiyār vari niṅkalāka aṉubhavittu varukiṟa nilam matiṭkuṟicci[yi]l nilattukku perunāṉkellaiyāvatu kiḻellai śrī-

⟨4⟩ mādhavavāykkālukku meṟkum teṉṉellai ippiḷḷaiyār koyilile niṉṟu śrī mādhavavāykkālukkup pokiṟa pilā-

⟨5⟩ ṟṟil vaṭacuvarukku vaṭakkum melellai kiraittoṭṭattiṟ kiḻ cuvarukkuk kiḻakkum vaṭavellai āḷumpirāṉ[ bhaṭ] ṭar toṭ-

⟨6⟩ ṭavayakkalā[k*] aṉubhavittuvarukiṟa nilattiṉ teṉvarampukkut teṟkum āka innāṉkellaikkuṭpaṭṭa nilam muṉpu dāṉamuṭai

⟨7⟩ yanāy aṉubhavittuvarukiṟa paṭiyile yāṇṭu 15- vati ṉetirāmāṇṭu puraṭṭāti māsattile innā-

⟨8⟩ ṉkellaiyilumn tiruccūlakkallu nāṭṭi inniyokappaṭiyile in nilam amutupaṭi cāttuppaṭi uḷ-

⟨9⟩ ḷiṭṭu veṇṭumni tta nimantaṅkaḷukku variniṅkalāka kalliluñ cempilum veṭṭikkoḷka ivai vala-

⟨10⟩ vūr śrīraṅganāthar eḻuttu ivai yivvūr tevavati umaiperumāḷeḻuttu ivai [piṟā]ntūr śrīmādhavan eḻut-

⟨11⟩ tu ivai ātaṉūr tiruvā[y*]kku[latevaṉ] eḻuttu ivai periṅkūr piḷḷaiā[ḻ*]vāṉ eḻuttu ivai korovi āḷavantāṉ bha•••[iṭaik kāṭaṉ] kumāravā-

⟨12⟩ maṉaṉ eḻuttu ivai iṭaittuṟai comāciy eḻuttu ivai koṟut talai perāyiramuṭaiyāṉ eḻuttu ivai iḷaivimaṅkalattu 1

⟨SIIv23p0i0115⟩ No. 115. (A.R. No. 115 of 1907.) Kalliḍaikkuṟichchi, Ambasamudram Taluk, Tirunelveli District Kośakkuḍi-Perumāḷ temple—on the south wall of the central shrine

This is much damaged. The name of the king can be read as Kulaśēkharadēva. It mentions the temples of Kulaśēkharam-uḍaiya-Nayinār, Nāyaṉār Periyapirāṉ and Nālāyira-Īchchuvaram-[Uḍaiyār].

Text.

⟨1⟩ aruḷicceyal nayiṉār kulaicekara tevaṟku yāṇṭu u•• kaikkoḷar•••••••• ykkuṭṭikku kal[li]ṭai-

⟨2⟩ k kuṟicciyil nayiṉār kulaicekaramuṭaiya nayiṉār koyilukkum nāyaṉār pe[riya pirā]ṉ koyilukkum nayiṉār nālāyira iccuvaramu

⟨3⟩ ••••••••• ⟨Page 79⟩

⟨SIIv23p0i0116⟩ No. 116. (A.R. No. 116 of 1907.) Kalliḍaikkuṟichchi, Ambasamudram Taluk, Tirunelveli District Kośakkuḍi-Perumāḷ temple—on the same wall

This is a damaged inscription dated in Kollam 613, Mārgaḻi 8. It records an endowment of two mā of land made to the temple of Periya-Pirāṉ at Madiṭkuṟichchi in Muḷḷi-nāḍu evidently by the then ruler, while he was staying in his ‘new’ residence at Tirunelvēli in Kīḻvēmbu-nāḍu, to provide for the daily service in the temple called the Vīrakēraḷaṉ-śandi (after the donor). It gives the details of distribution of the rice after the offering among the several members of the temple establishment.

The Kollam year 613 corresponds to Śaka 1359 and A.D. 1437-38.

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⟨1⟩ aruḷicceyal muḷḷināṭṭu matiṭkuṟicciyil nayiṉār [periya]pirāṉ koyilil tāṉattāril namac[civāya]nayinā[ru]-

⟨2⟩ m••••• po[li]ya niṉṟār••••• vattaṉārum uḷḷiṭṭāṟku meṟpaṭi nāṭṭu matiṭkuṟicciyil nayiṉār periyapirāṉukku

⟨3⟩ virakeraḷaṉcantiyākap paṭiyiṟ••• yam naṭantu potumpaṭi kaṟpittu nāḷ oṉṟukku amutupaṭi aññāḻi•••••••••

⟨4⟩ vum kaṟiyamutu eri karumpu uṭpaṭṭavakaikku nāḷ oṉṟukku nellu nāḻi yākavum naṭantu potum[paṭi kaṟ]pit-

⟨5⟩ ta vakaiyil amutu ceytaruḷiṉa picātam aññāḻi••• yil nāḷ oṉṟukku ••• kāram poru••••• tampirāṉum

⟨6⟩ nāḻi uriyākavum nampu paṟṟaikkaraicar uḷḷiṭṭāṟku nāḷ oṉṟukku picātam nāḻi ākavum pāca••• taṟku nāḷ oṉṟukku picā-

⟨7⟩ tam uḻakkākavum tiru••••• nāḷ oṉṟukku picātam uḻakkākavum uvacca ṉukku nāḷ oṉṟukku picātam uḻakkākavum

⟨8⟩ emperumāṉ aṭiyāṟku nāḷ oṉṟukku picātam uḻakkākavum mutaṟkuṭi maṇavāḷa nācciyāṟku nāḷ oṉṟukku picā-

⟨9⟩ tam irunāḻiyākavum paṟṟip pūcai naṭattik koṇṭu potumpaṭi kaṟ pitta vakaikku 613varuṣam pacāṉ mutalukku tiruvuṭaiyāṭṭamāka

⟨10⟩ viṭṭukkuṭutta rājarājavā••••• maṅkalam teṉ••••• paṟṟu vaṭakku••••• c cey

⟨11⟩ •••••••• iraṇṭāntaramum••••• c cey••••• iraṇṭāntaramum āka 20 itil taṟkuṟi uma••••• puravu āka

⟨12⟩ ••••• innilam iraṇṭumāvukkum mutalām mutalkoṇṭu kaṟpitta vakaip paṭiye pūcai naṭattap picātam paṟṟikkoṇṭu potumpaṭi kollam

⟨13⟩ 613varuṣam mārkaḻi ṭṭa 8 tiyati kiḻvempunāṭṭu tirunelveliyil putiya yiṭattu nām viṭāyirukka kaṟpittom tāṅkaḷum immaricātiyile ittaravu piṭipāṭāka

⟨14⟩ innilam iraṇṭu māvum cantirātittaval celvatāka kalveṭṭi kaiy yāṇṭuṅ koṇṭu kaṟpitta vakaippaṭi pūcaiyai naṭattip picātamum paṟṟi-

⟨15⟩ k koṇṭu potumpaṭi kaṟpittamaikku itu tā••••• ippaṭi••••• kaṇakku cuntaravikkiramaṉ eḻuttu ௳ ⟨Page 80⟩

⟨SIIv23p0i0117⟩ No. 117. (A.R. No. 117 of 1907.) Kalliḍaikkuṟichchi, Ambasamudram Taluk, Tirunelveli District Kośakkuḍi-Perumāḷ temple—on the east wall of the maṇḍapa Jat. Vīra-Pāṇḍya: year 28, 82nd day: Month Puraṭṭādi

This registers an endowment of 10 mā of land at Madiḷkkuṟichchi free of all taxes by order of the king, for the maintenance of a feeding house for Brāhmaṇas and the Ēka-daṇḍi and Tri-daṇḍi sanyāsins, established on the bank (Śittakkarai) of the river Taṇporundappēraṟu by one Tirunīlakaṇṭaṉ Rājākkaṇāyanār alias Toṇḍaimāṉār of Puduvūr. The nature of the several taxes which are specified under exemption is not clear.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] koccaṭaipaṉmarāṉa tribhuvaṉaccakravattikaḷ śrī vira pāṇṭiyatevarkku yāṇṭu irupatteṭṭāvatu puraṭṭātimātam

⟨2⟩ svastiśrī prasātañceytaruḷiṉa tirumukappaṭi tribhuvaṉaccakravatti ko ṉeriṉmaikoṇṭāṉ mu-

⟨3⟩ ḷḷināṭṭu brahmadēyam śrī rājarājaccaturvētimaṅkalattu sabhaiyārk kut taṇporuntapperā-

⟨4⟩ ṟṟil cittakkarai••••• aḷanāṭṭup putuvūrt tirunilakaṇṭaṉ irācāk kaṇāyaṉārāṉa toṇṭaimāṉār

⟨5⟩ kaṟpitta ūṭṭil uṇṇum brāhmaṇarkaḷ bhōjaṉattukkum ēkadaṇḍi sanyāsikaḷukkum tridaṇḍi-

⟨6⟩ sanyāsi[ka]ḷukkum śikṣaikkum ivarkaḷukku bhōjanamum śikṣaiyum camaikkum perkkum veṇ-

⟨7⟩ ṭum ivaiyiṟṟukkum taṅkaḷurt teṉpiṭākai matiḷkkuṟiccippaṟṟil teṉṉāṟṟukku meṟkum [ci]nātaṉukku vaṭakku[m]

⟨8⟩ mutaṟkaṇṇāṟṟu muṉṟāñceyyil vaṭakkaṭaiyanilam araimāvum nālāñ cey nilam orumāvum aiñcāñcey nila-

⟨9⟩ m orumāvum āṟāñcey nilam orumāvum iraṇṭāṅkaṇṇāṟṟu iraṇ ṭāñcey nilam oru māvum muṉṟāñcey nilam orumā-

⟨10⟩ vum nālāñcey nilam orumāvum aiñcāñcey nilam orumāvum ivvati kiḻakku vaṭakku mutaṟkaṇṇāṟṟu muṉṟām ceyyil

⟨11⟩ vaṭakkaṭaiya nilam araimāvum nālāñcey nilam irumāvum aiñcāñ cey nilam orumāvum āka nilam pattu mā in-

⟨12⟩ nilam pattumāvum kār pacāṉam ciṟukoṭai vāṉpayir puṉpayir uṭpaṭa muṟṟum eppeṟpaṭṭa payirkaḷum ceytukoḷ-

⟨13⟩ [va]tāka irupatteṭṭāvatu puraṭṭātimāta mutal••• iṟaiyiliyāka kuṭuttu innilattāl varum kaṭamai an-

⟨14⟩ tarāyam poṉvari viṉiyokam puṟavuṭal maṟṟum eppeṟpaṭṭa upāti kaḷum sabhāviṉiyokam viṭṭuttevai āṉaiccālai kutirai-

⟨15⟩ ppanti uḷḷiṭṭa pala tevaikaḷum vācalpeṟu ilāñciṉaippeṟu olai eḻuttu viṉiyokam pañcupili kāttikaippaccai sandhivik-

⟨16⟩ kirahappeṟu uṭpaṭat taṟiiṟai cekkiṟai taṭṭoli taṭṭārppāṭṭam erivari iṉavari miṉvari kuḷattevai kālttevai maṟṟum eppe- ⟨Page 81⟩

⟨17⟩ ṟpaṭṭa iṟaittevaikaḷum [poṉ] mutalaṭaṅka iṟaiyiliyākak kuṭuttu variyilārk kaṇakkilum kaḻikkac coṉṉom ippaṭi

⟨18⟩ ••••• iṟaikkaṇakkiluṅ kaḻittu cantirātittaval cellak kalliluñ cempi lum veṭṭik kuṭukka ivai peṇṇākaṭamu-

⟨19⟩ ṭaiyāṉ eḻuttu yāṇṭu irupatteṭṭu nāḷ eṇpattiraṇṭiṉālum prasādañ ceytaruḷittu sabhaip perumakkaḷ paṇit-

⟨20⟩ taruḷa tirumukappaṭi kallil veṭṭiṉeṉ ivvūr cippācāriyaṉ [kāḷi] tiruvaṉāyiṉa kāliṅkarāyaācāriyaṉ eḻuttu ||—

⟨SIIv23p0i0118⟩ No. 118. (A.R. No. 118 of 1907.) Āḻvārkuṟichchi, Ambasamudram Taluk, Tirunelveli District Āvuḍaiyammaṉ temple—on the south wall of the central shrine

The beginning of this inscription is slightly mutilated. It is dated in Śaka 1315, Kollam 5[6]8, Āvaṇi 2·, śu. 5, Friday, Śvāti corresponding to A.D. 1392, August 23. It records a sarvamānya gift of village Nayiṉārkuḷam for the mahā-pūjā of god Nayiṉār Narasiṅga-Īchchuram-uḍaiya-Nayiṉār; also another gift for the same purpose, of several pieces of land at Paṇṇaṅguḍi in Jayatuṅga-nāḍu made (earlier ?) in Chittirai 25 (of the same year). The donor's name is not given, but it is to be understood that it refers to the ruling chief of the period. Mention is made of the villages Pāppāṉkuḷam and Kaṟkuṟi[chchi] in connection with the gift village.

Text.

⟨1⟩ ••••• tam āyirattu muṉṉūṟṟu orupattañ-

⟨2⟩ ••••• mala cellāniṉṟa kollam a[ñ*]ñūṟṟu

⟨3⟩ ••••• tteṭṭām āṇṭu āvaṇimātam iru-

⟨4⟩ ••••• teyti pūṟuvapakkaṣattu pañcami[yu*]m

⟨5⟩ ••••• kiṟavāramum [śubha]yokamum peṟṟa svā-

⟨6⟩ ••••• tuṉāḷ nayiṉār naraci[ṅka*] īccuramuṭaiya nayi-

⟨7⟩ ••••• makāpūcaikku pāppāṉkuḷamum kaṟkkuṟu-

⟨8⟩ ••••• ppaṟi nayiṉār kuḷattukku elkaiyāvatu kiḻ-

⟨9⟩ ••••• lkaiyoṭaikkuḷattukkum īṉāmiyakki-

⟨10⟩ ••••• ṟaikkaḷukku teṉkai vāṭṭāṟṟu vaṭakku

⟨11⟩ ••••• ṭaiyam ceṇpakavanap pererikku elkai-

⟨12⟩ ••••• m kiḻakku vaṭavelkai pāmānta kuḷakka-

⟨13⟩ ••••• ṟaikkum kuṟukkiṭṭa vaḻikkum teṟku āka i-

⟨14⟩ ••••• ṉāṉ kellaikku[ḷ*]ḷiṭṭa kuḷamum paravum

⟨15⟩ ••••• raippaṟṟum paṉaintoppum melvāra-

⟨16⟩ ••••• uḷpaṭac caṟuvamāṉiyamākak kaiyā-

⟨17⟩ ••••• ṇṭu koḷḷuvārākavum ituvum citti-

⟨18⟩ ••••• tam irupattañcānteti nayiṉār naraciṅka īccu-

⟨19⟩ ••••• ṭaiya nayiṉār makāpūcaikku ce[ya*]tuṅkaṉāṭṭu ⟨Page 82⟩

⟨20⟩ ••••• ttiruvaṭi paṇṭārattil utakapūṟuvateva-

⟨21⟩ ••••• ṉamāka viṭṭa paṇṇaṅkuṭi āticcamaṉ-

⟨22⟩ ••••• ttu vaṭakaṭṭaḷaiyil uṇṭāṉa nila-

⟨23⟩ ••••• yuḷḷutum 7- ṅkaṇāṟum 8- ṅkaṇāṟum

⟨24⟩ ••••• ṅ kaṇāṟum taṉippuli āticcamaṉ tiruttu

⟨25⟩ ••••• ntavaṭṭattil uṇṭāṉa māvaṭai mara-

⟨26⟩ vaṭai toppum

⟨27⟩ toṭṭakkūṟu-

⟨28⟩ m inta e[la*]kaikku-

⟨29⟩ ḷpaṭṭa paṟaicce-

⟨30⟩ riyum āka ituvu-

⟨31⟩ m paṇṇaṅku-

⟨32⟩ ṭi poṉṉaṅ-

⟨33⟩ kaiyār kā-

⟨34⟩ l kiḻakkaṭai-

⟨35⟩ ya 2- ṅ kaṇāṟu 3-

⟨36⟩ ṅ kaṇāṟum cun-

⟨37⟩ taraṉ ṟaṉvakai

⟨38⟩ nilamum to-

⟨39⟩ ppum toṭṭak-

⟨40⟩ kūṟum kāñci-

⟨41⟩ ṟappuṉ toppu-

⟨42⟩ n toṭṭakkūṟu

⟨43⟩ pūṟuvam nayiṉār

⟨44⟩ to[p*]pum nayiṉāpa-

⟨45⟩ ṇikkar toppu-

⟨46⟩ n toṭṭakkū-

⟨47⟩ ṟum ituvum

⟨48⟩ eṟuppu maṭai taccaṉpaḷ-

⟨49⟩ ḷam 7- ṅkaṇāṟu kiḻakkaṭaiya

⟨50⟩ nilam viṉāyakaṉ tevatāṉa-

⟨51⟩ ttu kiḻakku nilam cum

⟨52⟩ tirukkuṟṟā[la]p pereri te-

⟨53⟩ ṉkarai nilam cum ituvum

⟨54⟩ coṇāṭuk kaṭaiyam oraip pa-

⟨55⟩ ṇṭita toppam paṉaiviḷaivu-

⟨56⟩ m paṉaiyum karaikkāṭum irāya-

⟨57⟩ [ci*]ṅka toppum vaṭakku aṭaiya-

⟨58⟩ vum teṉṉan toppumāṉa a-

⟨59⟩ ṅkarāyartoppum tevaṇān to- ⟨Page 83⟩

⟨60⟩ ppum itaṉ teṉkiḻakku kuṇṭi-

⟨61⟩ l iluppaiyum āka ituvum

⟨62⟩ cūṭci kuḷattil va[ṭa*]kkaṭaiya

⟨63⟩ kaikkoṇṭān toppum

⟨64⟩ toṭṭakkūṟum itaṉ kiḻak-

⟨65⟩ ku aṭaiyavum maccimārto-

⟨66⟩ [ppum*] meṟku palāṟṟukku meṟku

⟨67⟩ teṉṉantoppum toṭṭa-

⟨68⟩ kkūṟum āka ituellām āca-

⟨69⟩ ntarāyatāravaṟ piṟavecame kai-

⟨70⟩ yāṇṭu koḷḷuvarākavum

⟨71⟩ itukku vikkiṉam paṟainta-

⟨72⟩ vaṉ niṉaittavaṉ keṅkai-

⟨73⟩ karaiyil mātāpitāvaiyum

⟨74⟩ kārāmpacuvaiyuṅ koṉ-

⟨75⟩ ṟa pāvam aṉupavipparākavu-

⟨76⟩ m itu |௳

⟨SIIv23p0i0119⟩ No. 119. (A.R. No. 119 of 1907.) Āḻvārkuṟichchi, Ambasamudram Taluk, Tirunelveli District Āvuḍaiyammaṉ temple—on the same wall

This is engraved in continuation of the above number, but is dated much later. It registers the gift of the village Śeṭṭikuḷam in Kollam 725, Mārgaḻi 10, for the maintenance of the morning and evening worship in the same temple by Rāmappa Nayakkar Ayyaṉ. Evidently the same chief gave again in Kollam 736, Śittirai 10, but on behalf of Viśvanātha Nāyakkar Ayyan (of Madura), the villages (?) Śōlaichchēri, Sambankuḷam, Karumbanpaḷḷam and Ēlēlāsingaṉ for the purpose of repairs to the temple. Another gift of (a land in) the village Tiruppāṇāyakkuḍi for the merit of Chinnappa-Nayakkar-Ayyaṉ is also recorded in continuation at the end, but it is left incomplete.

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⟨1⟩ kollam 700- i-

⟨2⟩ rupattayyāmāṇṭu mār-

⟨3⟩ kaḻimātam 10 tiyati nayiṉār naraci-

⟨4⟩ ṅkayiccuramuṭaiya nayiṉār

⟨5⟩ kālacanti pūcaikku irāma-

⟨6⟩ ppanāyakkar ayyaṉ viṭṭa

⟨7⟩ ceṭṭikuḷam perunāṉkel-

⟨8⟩ kaiyāvatu kiḻelkai mañca- ⟨Page 84⟩

⟨9⟩ ḷoṭaikkum āṟṟukku me-

⟨10⟩ ṟku teṉelkai āṉayūrilni-

⟨11⟩ ṉṟum poṟkollap peruva-

⟨12⟩ ḻikkum kallatti kuḷappura-

⟨13⟩ vukkum vaṭakku mel[el*]kai tā-

⟨14⟩ ṉṟikkuḷattup puravukkum

⟨15⟩ marutaṅkuḷattup puravuk-

⟨16⟩ kum kiḻakku vaṭavelkai

⟨17⟩ kaṭaṉaiāṟṟukkum paṇṇa-

⟨18⟩ ṅkuṭi aṇaikkum teṟku

⟨19⟩ āka iṉṉāṉkelkaikku u-

⟨20⟩ ḷpaṭṭa kuḷamum puravum karai-

⟨21⟩ kkāṭum paṉaitoppum kā-

⟨22⟩ ṭum erperppaṭṭa ca-

⟨23⟩ kala cutantiramum āca-

⟨24⟩ ntiratāravaṟ kaiyyā-

⟨25⟩ ṇṭukoḷḷuvārākavum i-

⟨26⟩ tuvum 736 varuṣam cittiraimātam

⟨27⟩ 10 tiyati viccuvaṉātaṉāyakkar a-

⟨28⟩ yyaṉ taṉmamāka tiruppaṇippu-

⟨29⟩ ṟattukku viṭṭa colai[ceri cā]mpaṉ-

⟨30⟩ kuḷamum karu[m]paṉ(pa-

⟨31⟩ ṉ)paḷḷam elelaci-

⟨32⟩ ṅkattukkum peru-

⟨33⟩ ṉāṉkelkaiyā-

⟨34⟩ vatu kiḻelkai ka-

⟨35⟩ ••• mantan oṭaikku meṟku-

⟨36⟩ m teṉe[l*]kai viḷāttikuḷat-

⟨37⟩ tu ātinārāyaṇappererip-

⟨38⟩ puravukkum kuruntuṭaiyār ku-

⟨39⟩ ḷattup puravukku vaṭakku mel[e]-

⟨40⟩ lkai kuruntuṭaiyār kuḷattu-

⟨41⟩ ppuravukkum maḷikaikāṭu ye•••

⟨42⟩ puravukku kiḻakku vaṭavelkai te-

⟨43⟩ vanerippuravukkum kampuoṭai-

⟨44⟩ puravukkum teṟku āka iṉṉāṉ-

⟨45⟩ [kelkaiyuḷ] kuḷamum puravum karai-

⟨46⟩ kkāṭum karaippaṟṟu—tti

⟨47⟩ ••ṇṭāṉa cakala cuyantiramum

⟨48⟩ ācantiratāravaṟ kaiyāṇṭu- ⟨Page 85⟩

⟨49⟩ koḷvārākavum ituvum

⟨50⟩ viccuvanāta nāyakkar

⟨51⟩ ••• ciṉṉappa nāyakkar ayya-

⟨52⟩ ṉ puṇṇiyamāka•••••

⟨53⟩ viṭṭa tirupāṇāyakkuṭikku•••

⟨54⟩ ṉ kuṟicci[ku]ḷam[pa*]ṟṟu mel 1

⟨SIIv23p0i0120⟩ No. 120. (A.R. No. 120 of 1907.) Āḻvārkuṟichchi, Ambasamudram Taluk, Tirunelveli District Āvuḍaiyammaṉ temple—on the north wall of the central shrine

This begins with the signature of Sundara-Pāṇḍya Kāliṅgarāyar evidently an officer of the king whose order he communicates to the Sthānikas of the temple of Narasinga-Īśvaramuḍaiya-Nāyaṉār, granting a land tax-free at Paṇṇaṅguḍi for the daily worship and offerings to the goddess consecrated as Tiruppaḷḷiyaṟai-Nāchchiyār in the temple by a Śivabrāhmaṇa by name Tiruttōḍaḻagiyāṉ. This latter was given the right of worship of the diety. The inscription is dated in the 6th year of the king under title Kōnērinmaikoṇḍāṉ. It is possible that it might refer to king Māravarman Sundara-Pāṇḍya I. Āḻvārkuṟichchi is called here by the name Kollamkoṇḍa-Pāṇḍya-chaturvēdimaṅgalam.

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⟨1⟩ cuntarapāṇṭiyak kāliṅkarāyar eḻuttu [||*] tribhuvaṉaccakravartikaḷ ko neriṉmaikoṇṭāṉ kollaṅkoṇṭapāṇṭiya ccaturvē-

⟨2⟩ ti[ma]ṅkalattu nāyiṉār naraciṅkaīśvaramuṭaiya nāyaṉār koyil tāṉat tārkku ikkoyil śivabrāhmaṇaril tiruttoṭaḻakiyāṉ innāyi ṉāṟkku tiruppaḷḷiyaṟai nācciyārāka eḻuntaruḷu-

⟨3⟩ vitta eḻulakamuḻutu bhāgamuṭaiya nācciyāṟkku amutupaṭi cāttuppaṭi uḷḷiṭṭa nittanimantaṅkaḷukku tevatāṉam iṟaiyiliyāka ivvakarat til brāhmaṇar kāṇiyāka kuṭutta bhāgattukku a-

⟨4⟩ ṉubhavittu potukiṟa nilattopāti nilam paṇṇaṅkuṭi paṟṟile talai varicaiyil kārpacāṉam viḷaiyum nilattile āṟāvatu pacāṉmutal candrādityavaṟ celvatākat tantu in-

⟨5⟩ nilattāl varum nellum poṉṉum pala upātikaḷum variyilum kaḻikkac coṉṉom ippa••••••••

⟨6⟩ yāṉa nilattile ce[r*]ttukkoṇṭu nāṉkellaiyilum tiruccūla sthāpaṉam paṇṇuvittu kallilum ••••••••

⟨7⟩ ttoṭaḻakiyāṉukku kuṭuttom ivaṉaikkoṇṭu innācciyār pūjai naṭattikkoḷka [||*] ⟨Page 86⟩

⟨SIIv23p0i0121⟩ No. 121. (A.R. No. 121 of 1907.) Āḻvārkuṟichchi, Ambasamudram Taluk, Tirunelveli District Vaṉṉiyappar temple—on the north wall of the central shrine

This is an incomplete inscription. It records a gift of land tax-free as Kārāṇmai-dēvadānam at Kāḍēṟu, by which name probably Āḻvārkuṟichchi was then known, the north western quarter of Rājarāja-chaturvēdimaṅgalam in Muḷḷi-nāḍu, in favour of the temple of Tiruvaṉṉīchcharam-Uḍaiyār for the requirements of daily worship to the diety. The king's name is not given, only his title Kōnērinmaikoṇḍāṉ, and the regnal year is lost. A tax mentioned incidentally—perhaps under exemptionis the one on the dēvaraḍiyār living in the tirumaḍaiviḷāgam of the temple.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] tribhuvaṉaccakkaravatti koṉeriṉmaikoṇṭāṉ muḷḷi nāṭṭu brahmadēya-

⟨2⟩ m śrīrājarājaccaturvēdimaṅkalattu vaṭamelpiṭākai kāṭeṟṟil tiruvaṉ-

⟨3⟩ ṉiccaramuṭaiyār koyiṟ tevarkaṉmiyarkkum ikkoyiliṟ tāṉattāṟ kum ittevaṟku tirup-

⟨4⟩ paṭimāṟṟuḷḷiṭṭu veṇṭu[m] nittanimantaṅkaḷukku kāṭeṟṟil it tevaṟku kārāṇmait teva-

⟨5⟩ tāṉamāy ponta tiruveṇkāṭutevavāykkālukku teṟku iraṇṭāṅ kaṇṇā[ṟ*]ṟu cakkaravā[y]

⟨6⟩ [kālu]kku meṟku paṉṉiraṇṭāñ ce[y*]yil kiḻakkaṭaiya nilaṅ kāṇi yum vaṭakku aiñcāṅkaṇ-

⟨7⟩ (ṅkaṇ)ṇā[ṟ*]ṟu meṟku añcāñ ceyyum āṟāñ ceyyum••••••••

⟨8⟩ ñceynilam araimāvum vaṭakku patimuṉṟāṅkaṇṇā••••••••

⟨9⟩ ittevaṟku tāṉampaṇṇiṉa nilaṅkaḷukkum kaṭamai anta••••••••

⟨10⟩ ta etirāmāṇṭumutal tevatāṉa iṟaiyiliyākavum ikkoyil••••••••

⟨11⟩ ḷipāṭṭamum (te)tirumaṭaivaḷākat[ti]l tevaraṭiyār variyum ma•••••

⟨SIIv23p0i0122⟩ No. 122. (A.R. No. 122 of 1907.) Āḻvārkuṟichchi, Ambasamudram Taluk, Tirunelveli District Vaṉṉiyappar temple—on a stone set up at the entrance into the eastern gōpura, left side

This is dated on Śaka 1532, Kollam 787, (= A.D. 1610), Chittirai, ba, 10, Wednesday, Śatabhishaj. It registers an agreement of Timmappa-Mudaliyār, Kumārasvāmi-Mudaliyār, the merchants and the NATTavar of PAppānguḷam making over certain incomes derived by them in their division (māgaṇai), permanently for the conduct of a festival in the temple of TiruvannIśuramuḍaiya-Tambirānār situated on the 1 ⟨Page 87⟩ bank of the VannitIrtham (tank), for the merit of Muttu-Vīrappa-NAyaka son of Vīrappa-NAyaka and grandson of Viśvanātha-NAyaka (of Madura), and of Śevvandi-Śeṭṭiyār son of MUrtti-Śeṭṭiyār. This Śevvandi-Śeiṭṭyār was evidently a local administrative officer under the chief.

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⟨1⟩ śubhamastu [||*] śakāttam 1532

⟨2⟩ itaṉmel cellāniṉṟa ko-

⟨3⟩ llam 787 varuṣam cittirai [ māsam]

⟨4⟩ amarapakkiṣattu [da]śamiyum puta-

⟨5⟩ ṉvāramum catapiṣānakṣattira-

⟨6⟩ mum brāhmayokamum vaṇi-

⟨7⟩ jakaraṇamum peṟṟa cataiyattu

⟨8⟩ nāḷ ceyta caṟuvamāṉiyappiṟamā-

⟨9⟩ ṇamāvatu muḷḷināṭṭu vaṭamel

⟨10⟩ piṭākai [kiḻ]paṟṟilp pāppāṅkuḷa-

⟨11⟩ ttil pāttāṟṟil vaṉṉitirttakkarai

⟨12⟩ yil eḻuntaruḷiyirukkum nayi-

⟨13⟩ ṉār tiruvaṉṉicuramuṭaiya tam-

⟨14⟩ pirāṉāṟku tiruviḻā naṭakkump-

⟨15⟩ paṭikku śrīmatu vicuvaṉātaṉāyakkar

⟨16⟩ virappaṉāyakkar muttuvirappaṉā-

⟨17⟩ yakkar ayyaṉavarkaḷukkup pu[ṇi]-

⟨18⟩ yamākavum murtti ceṭṭiyār cevva-

⟨19⟩ nti ceṭṭiyāravarkaḷukkup puṇ-

⟨20⟩ ṇiyamākavum timmappa mutaliyā-

⟨21⟩ [ra*]varkaḷum kumāracuvāmi mutaliyā-

⟨22⟩ rum attāntiramuṅ [ka]ṭaikkūṭṭi-

⟨23⟩ kaḷum pāppāṅkuḷam nāṭṭavaru[m]o-

⟨24⟩ m nayiṉār tiruvaṉṉicuramuṭaiya

⟨25⟩ tampirāṉāṟku eṅkaḷ mākaṇaikku-

⟨26⟩ ḷ naṭakkappaṭṭa teyvatāyam nañ-

⟨27⟩ cai puñcai [pu]ṉakku[ḷam] veṭṭuttiru-

⟨28⟩ ttu ārāmam ivai mutalāṉa samasta-

⟨29⟩ ppiṟāttikaḷukkum po[ṟu]ppuccaṟuva-

⟨30⟩ māṉiyappiṟamāṇam paṇṇikkuṭu-

⟨31⟩ ttom ituve caṟuvamāṉiya[p]-

⟨32⟩ pi[ra]māṇamākac cempiluñ cilai-

⟨33⟩ yi[lu]m veṭṭi cantirātittavarai

⟨34⟩ tiruviḻā naṭa[t*]tikkoṇṭu varuvā-

⟨35⟩ rkaḷākavum intap puṇṇiya- ⟨Page 88⟩

⟨36⟩ ttaip pa[ri]pāliṉam paṇṇi naṭa-

⟨37⟩ tti varukiṟavarkaḷ keṅkaik ka-

⟨38⟩ raiyile acuvametiyākam pa-

⟨39⟩ ṇṇiṉa palattaiyuñ civappi-

⟨40⟩ ṟatiṭṭai paṇ[ṇi]ṉa palattaiyu-

⟨41⟩ m ci[va]cāyucciyamum peṟakkaṭa-

⟨42⟩ vārākavum intap puṇṇiya[ttu]-

⟨43⟩ kku akutam paṇṇukiṟavarka-

⟨44⟩ ḷ keṅkaikkar[aiyi]le kā[rām]-

⟨45⟩ pacuvaik koṉṟa toṣattilum

⟨46⟩ brahmasasti śrīvatai paṇṇi-

⟨47⟩ ṉa toṣattilun taṉ mātā-

⟨48⟩ pitāvaik koṉ[ṟa] to[ṣatti]-

⟨49⟩ lum kuruvaik koṉṟa toṣa-

⟨50⟩ ttilum pokakkaṭavārākavum u

⟨51⟩ dānapā[la]nayō rmmadhyē dānā-

⟨52⟩ t śṛēyōnupālanam dā-

⟨53⟩ nāt [sva]rgamavāpnōti pā-

⟨54⟩ lan[āda] ccutam padam [||*] svadattām

⟨55⟩ paradattām vā yō hara ti va-

⟨56⟩ sundar[ām*] ṣaṣṭirkharṣasasasrāṇi

⟨57⟩ viṣṭāy[ā][m*] jāyatē krimi[ḥ*] ||—

⟨58⟩ śubhamastu vaṉṉināyakar tuṇai [||*]

⟨SIIv23p0i0123⟩ No. 123. (A.R. No. 123 of 1907.) Āḷvārkuṟichchi, Ambasamudram Taluk, Tirunelveli District Vaṉṉiyappar temple—on a stone set up at the entrance into the west gōpura, right side

This is dated in Śaka 1534, Kollam 788, Paridhāvi Aṟpaśi, ba. 2, Aśvati (A.D. 1612, October 1). It registers an agreement similar to that mentioned Nāṭṭavar of Āḷvārkuṟichchi, Puttūr, Ānbūr and Kaḍaiyam making over as sarvamānya, a gift of what is called the poṟuppu (responsibility or supervision ?) of the income on all the lands in their māgaṇai, for the expenses of the festival in the temple, for the merit of the same chief and officer.

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⟨1⟩ śubhamastu vannitppan ௳

⟨2⟩ svastiśrī [||*] śakābdam 15[34] ⟨Page 89⟩

⟨3⟩ yitaṉmel cellāniṉṟa

⟨4⟩ kollam 788 varuṣam paritā-

⟨5⟩ vi varuṣam teṭcaṇāyaṉattu carattu-

⟨6⟩ rituvil aṟpaci mātam [1]2 aparapaṭcattu tu-

⟨7⟩ tikaiyum kuruvaccirayokamum

⟨8⟩ kecakaraṇamum peṟṟa acupati[na]-

⟨9⟩ ṭcattirattu nāḷ poṟu[ppu]kku ca-

⟨10⟩ ṟuvamāṉiyamākap paṇṇikkuṭut-

⟨11⟩ ta tāṉappiṟamāṇamāvatu muḷḷinā-

⟨12⟩ ṭṭu vaṭamelpiṭākai āḻvār-

⟨13⟩ kuṟicci puttūr [vā]ttāṟṟu vaṉ-

⟨14⟩ ṉitirttakkaraiyil eḻunta-

⟨15⟩ ruḷiyirukkum nayiṉār tiruvaṉ-

⟨16⟩ ṉicuramuṭaiya tampirāṉārk-

⟨17⟩ ku melppaṭināṭṭu āḷvā[r*]kuṟic-

⟨18⟩ ci puttūr cā•viya kaṭṭiṉāpuram ā-

⟨19⟩ ṉpūr coṇāṭu kaṭaiyam uḷpaṭṭa

⟨20⟩ [nāṭṭava]rom tiruvaṉṉicuramuṭaiya nayiṉār tampirāṉā-

⟨21⟩ ṟku tiruviḷā naṭakkumpaṭikku ciṟi-

⟨22⟩ matu vicuvaṉātanāyakkar muttu

⟨23⟩ virappanāyakkarayyaṉ avarka-

⟨24⟩ ḷukku puṇṇiyamākavum murtti

⟨25⟩ ceṭṭiyār cevvanticeṭṭiyār ayyaṉ a-

⟨26⟩ varkaḷukku puṇṇiyamākavum ciṉṉāt-

⟨27⟩ tai mutaliyār avarkaḷukku puṇṇiya[mākavum]

⟨28⟩ maṇiyam nārāyaṇatevamutaliyār

⟨29⟩ avarkaḷukkum attān tarma paravi-

⟨30⟩ mā••• ṉāpiḷḷaiyavarkaḷukku puṇ-

⟨31⟩ ṇiyamākavum attān tarmat[tai]

⟨32⟩ kkūṭṭuk kaṇakkappi[ḷ*]ḷaimārk-

⟨33⟩ kup puṇṇiyamāka eṅkaḷ māka-

⟨34⟩ ṇaiyil uḷḷa nilaṅkaḷukkum puñcai

⟨35⟩ puṉaikkuḷam veṭṭuttiruttu māva-

⟨36⟩ ṭai maravaṭai ārāmam ivai mu-

⟨37⟩ talāṉa caṟuvappiṟārttikaḷukkum

⟨38⟩ poṟuppu caṟuvamāṉiyap piṟamāṇa-

⟨39⟩ m paṇṇikkuṭuttom ituve ca-

⟨40⟩ ṟuvamāṉiyamākac cempilum cilaiyi-

⟨41⟩ lum veṭṭi cantirātittavarai ti- ⟨Page 90⟩

⟨42⟩ ruviḻā naṭattikkoṇṭu varuvārkaḷā-

⟨43⟩ kavum inta puṇṇiyattai pari-

⟨44⟩ pālaṉam paṇṇi naṭatti varukiṟavar-

⟨45⟩ kaḷ keṅkaikaraiyile acuvame-

⟨46⟩ tayākam paṇṇiṉa palattaiyum

⟨47⟩ civapiṟatiṭṭai paṇṇiṉa palattai

⟨48⟩ yum civacāyucciyamum peṟakkaṭavā-

⟨49⟩ rākavum inta puṇṇiyattukku

⟨50⟩ akutam paṇṇukiṟavarkaḷ keṅkai-

⟨51⟩ kkaraiyile kārāmpacuvaik

⟨52⟩ koṉṟa toḻattilum piramma-

⟨53⟩ [ha]ttiyavatai paṇṇiṉa toḻattilu-

⟨54⟩ m taṉ mātāpitāvaik koṉṟa to-

⟨55⟩ ḻcattilum kuruvaik koṉṟa toḻcat-

⟨56⟩ tilum pokakkaṭavārākavum [||*] tāṉapā-

⟨57⟩ laṉayor macce tāṉārcceyoṉupā-

⟨58⟩ laṉam tāṉārc corkkam mavārppa-

⟨59⟩ ṉoti pālaṉā[t] accutam patam [||*] sudattam

⟨60⟩ paradattam vā yo harēti vasu-

⟨61⟩ ndharām ṣaṣṭi[rparṣa*] sahasrāṇi vi-

⟨62⟩ ṣṭāyām jāyate kṛmiḥ [||*] vaṉṉiya[p*]pa-

⟨63⟩ r cipātame tuṇai ௳

⟨SIIv23p0i0124⟩ No. 124. (A.R. No. 124 of 1907.) Pāppāṉkuḷam, Ambasamudram Taluk, Tirunelveli District Rāmasvāmi temple—on the south and west walls of the maṇḍapa in front Mār. Sundara-Pāṇḍya I: year 20 + 3 (?) 1238-39 A.D.

This is an inscription with introduction Pūmaruvīya Tirumaḍandai etc. It is dated in the 20th year and 849th day of the reign of Māṟavarman Sundara Pāṇḍyadēva I (acc. A.D. 1216) who “having taken the Chōḷa country was pleased to perform the anointment of heroes at Muḍikoṇḍa-Chōḷapuram.” It registers an order of the king issued on the representation of (his minister) Maḻavarāyar, granting exemption of taxes on the kārāṇmai lands already belonging to it and on those now presented by the sabhā to the temple of Bhagavati-Viṇṇagar—Āḻvar consecrated at Vēḷārkuṟichchi the north west quarter of Rājarāja-chaturvēdimaṅgalam in Muḷḷi-Nāḍu, by Nādan Nambi alias Kumaṇarāyaṉ of Tiruppāṟchōṟṟi. The execution of this order is engraved in another record (No. 124 A) the first line of which is completely damaged but which should evidently begin with the royal title Kōnērinmaikoṇḍāṉ. It is dated in the 20th year and 1158th day of the king's reign i.e. about three months later. ⟨Page 91⟩

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⟨1⟩ •••••••• nalañciṟappak koḷārnta ciṉappuliyuṅ koṭuñcilaiyuṅ••••••••

⟨2⟩ perukak ka[ru]ṅkali kaṭintu ceṅkol na[ṭa]ppa vorukuṭai niḻali liru nilaṅ kuḷira muvakait tamiḻu muṟaimai[yi*]l viḷaṅka nālvakai vetamu naviṉṟuṭaṉ vaḷara aivakai veḻviyuñ ceyviṉai yiyaṟṟi vaṟuvakaic camaiyamu maḻakuṭaṉ tikaḻa veḻuvakai••••••••

⟨3⟩ lu miyalv[o]ṭum parava ve[ṇ*]ṭicai yaḷavuñ cellak koṅkaṇar kaṅkar kocalar māḷuvar ciṅkaḷa[r*] teliṅkar ciṉar kucca[rar] villa var makatar vir[ā*]tar vikkalar cempiyar pallavar nutaliyar pāṟtivare [llā] muṟai[yi]ṭa maruḷḷeṉ ṟoruvar mu[ṉ*]ṉoruvar muṟaimuṟai kaṭava••••••••

⟨4⟩ ntiṟai[ñca] yilaṅkoḷi maṇimuṭi yintira••••• polaṅkatirār mārpi[ṉiṟ] poliyap paṉmalaṟṟāmarait ticaimukaṉ paṭaitta maṉuneṟi taḻaippa maṇimuṭi cūṭip poṉṉi cūṇāṭṭiṟ puliyāṉai poyakalak kaṉṉi cūṇāṭṭik kayalāṇai kai[vaḷa]ra veñciṉa vivuḷi[yu]m veḻamum parap pit taṉceyumuṟantaiyuñ ce[ntaḻaṟ koḷu] [tti*]

⟨5⟩ ••••• muṉiṉṟu kaviṉiḻaṟṟa•••••••••

⟨6⟩ ••• tu pāṇaṉukkuk kuṭut••••• ṭaluñ ciṟa[ppi]••••• pāṭakappurucai yāyirat taḷiyiṟ ce••• vaḷava ṉabhiṣēkamaṇṭapa pukaḻvarittu nāṭṭāru nāyan talai•••••••• kaḻalkoṇṭu nirāḻi••••• muḻutum potuvoḻittu••••••••

⟨7⟩ yappaṭāta varumaṟai tonnantaṇarvāḻ teyvappuliyūṟ [tiru]vellaiyiṟ pukuntu poṉṉampalam poliya vā[ṭu]vār pūvaiyu[ṭa]ṉ maṉṉun tirumeṉi kaṇṭu maṉaṅ kaḷippak kolamalayaṉuṅ kuḷirtuḻāy mālu maṟiyā malaṟc[eva]ṭi vaṇaṅku vāṅku ci[ṟ]aiyaṉṉan tuyiloḻiya vaṇ ṭeḻum pūṅkamala vāvicūḻ poṉmālai••••••••

⟨8⟩ ṅkumuyar meruvaik kuṇarntu vaittaṉaiya cotimaṇimaṇṭapa[tti]runtu colaimali paḻaṉac coṇāṭun [tā]ṉiḻanta mālaimuṭi[yu]n tara varukaveṉ ṟaḻaippa vāṉarulakulaiya vāḷakirikkappuṟam poṉvaḷava ṉurumaiyoṭum pukuntu peṟṟa putalvaṉai taṉpereṉṟu muṟkāṭṭapaṟṟi yariyaṇaik kiḻ viḻntu toḻu[tirap]pak kāṇoṭi muṉṉiḻanta vemmai ellāṅ•••••

⟨9⟩ [ṉ]o[taka]m paṇṇit taṇṭār muṭiyuṭaṉe yiṭṭa pukaliṭan taṉ mār veḷaikkut tiriyaviṭṭapaṭiyeṉṟu mitu piṭipāṭākaveṉap poṅkutirai ñā[la]ttup pūpālar toṉviḷaṅkuñ ceṅkayal koṇṭuṉṟun tiru [muka]mum paṇṭiḻantu coḷapatiyeṉṉu nāmamun toṉṉakaru maḷa••• ṅki viṭaikuṭuttu viṭṭaruḷi yo[tta] kaṭaṟpāril ventar kiḷaikkuṟṟā•••••

⟨10⟩ ••• pālaṉeṉṟeṇṇit ta•••••••• ttivarai[k]kum vaṭako[ṅ]kaṉ ciṟaimiḷa vā••• ṇaṅkaḷiṉitirut toṉmālai kaḻittela vaḻaṅkiya[ru]ḷiya••••• maṟ ṟorunāḷ paṟṟūr muḻaṅkumu••••• poluṅ kiḷai••••••••

⟨11⟩ yanaṉ vantiṭṭa teṇṭaṉukku mi•••• poṅkac cātti••••• pāṇan takka tela••••• ta perut••••• ṭṭutta•••• [p]āvai karumāl kaḷiṟ•••••••• varuṅ ka [vaṉai] kāṭṭi māṭa māṭamaturaiyiṟ tāṉ ponta•••••

⟨12⟩ kuṇiṟpa vicaivu tiṭṭeṟpak koṇṭivvāṟe ceyyātoḻiyi liya maṉukkiv vevvel viruntarkku[ṟu] tump[ai]yeṉa vi[ṭ]ṭaruḷi muṉ (ṉa) namakku mu[ṭiva]ḻaṅkuñ•cevaṭikkiḻaṉṉam vaḻipaṭuvameṉṉātu piṉ ṉoru nāḷ kāvale[ṉātu] puṉṉāṭeṉuṅ kaḷiyānaik koḷḷātiṟai maṟutta ceṉṉi viṭu tūṣiyum p[eṇi]ya mokkac curuṇṭotuṅki vāciyu- ⟨Page 92⟩

⟨13⟩ mun terumaṭaṟkaruvik kālāḷum veṭṭuṇṇak kaṇṭu [paṭa]ṅ kaikkoṇṭu v[e]lāvalaiyattu viḻuntavaṉ poy mey naṭuṅka [va]mparuntu mākat taṭal maṇṭalika ruṭal vemparuvam peyum viruntu[ṇ*]ṇa vakkaḷat til yāṉaiyiṉ ve•• ruppuṅ kaiyuṅ kuṟaittoṅka miṉavaṟkup pākuṭa māmeṉṟu taṉvirakomā kaḻakaṭu taṭavi maḻ[ai]taṭukkuṅ kā-

⟨14⟩ van talakavantattiṉāṭaluṅ kaṭakaiyuṭaṉ pāṭaluṅ kaṇṭu keṭṭuṅ kaḷittiṭa v[e]lak karuṅ kūntaveḷḷeyiṟṟuc cevva[ṟu]ppeṟ tulakka pāli pala ko[ṭu]veḷ vāḻtti veṉṟu pakaiyiṉ mi[kai]yoḻiya venta••• ṟk koṉṟuñ ciṉantaṇiyāka koṟṟa neṭuvā[ḷa]ruvic ceṅkuruti niraṟ ṟe[c] ceytu tempulattu ve[kai]vaṭi viccivi-

⟨15⟩ ṭuttup pāṭum paraṇi taṉpā[r*]ventar keṭpikka vāṭum tirumañcaṉa niril maṇkuḷirāṅkavaṉṟaṉ kaṭṭaṇattiṟ kaṟput tamakkāṇṭu va[ḻa]ṅku murimaikku māmoṅka kaikkoṇṭu mukamaṇippaṭṭa nāṭṭi muṭicūṭi mār[pila]ṉaittu vaḷavaṉutaṟ te[viyeṉa]p perkuṭutta vañci mutalāṉa meyvaḷaiya[r po]ṅku puṉaṟ kumpa mutalāp pulavar pukaḻu[m]•••••

⟨16⟩ [ḷe]ṭṭu malaṟkaiyyiṉ mitentik koṭikoṇṭi••• ñcūḻ muṭikoṇṭa coḻapura maṇṭapattiṟ pattut ticaitoṟuñ cempoṟ••• yeccam••• pa nāṭṭa vijaiyāvabhiṣēkam paṇṇiyaruḷi vākaik katir ve[l]vaṭa ventartam pākamenattaḷai yaṇiya virakka•••

⟨17⟩ [vi]ḷaṅkiya maṇiyaṇi virasi[ mhāsaṉa] ttu [vaḷaṅkeḻu]•••••••• ṭṭakkaṭa leṉa muḻaṅkuṅ••••• vaṭapulaventar maṇippuyam•• yarilaku kuḻai[yari vai]yar toḻutu niṉṟetta ula[ka]muḻutuṭai[yāḷoṭu viṟṟiru]n taruḷiya śrī komāṟapaṉmarāṉa [tiripuva]ṉaccakravattikaḷ coṇāṭu koṇṭu muṭikoṇṭa [coḻapura*]-

⟨18⟩ ttu viravabhiṣekam paṇṇiyaruḷiya [śrī] suntarapāṇṭiyadēva[ṟku*] yāṇṭu irupatāvatu nāḷ eṇṇūṟṟu nāṟpattoṉpatiṉāl maturai utaiyavaḷanāṭṭu māṭakkuḷak kiḻmaturaikkoyil paḷḷiaṟaikkūṭat tup paḷḷippiṭam maḻavarāyaṉil eḻuntaruḷi iruntu tiruppāṟ coṟṟi uṭaiyāṉ nātaṉ nampiyāṉa kumaṇarāyaṉ muḷḷināṭ[ṭu rāja]-

⟨19⟩ rājacatuṟuvetimaṅkalattu vaṭamelpiṭākai veḷārkuṟicciyil ukantaruḷi vitta pakavativiṇṇakarāḻvār koyil śrīvayiṣṇavarum nampu ce[y*] vāṉum ceyyat tiruvāymoḻintaruḷiṉapaṭi ivvāḻvārkkut tirup paṭimāṟṟuḷḷiṭṭu veṇṭum nivantaṅkaḷukku ivvāḻvār kārāṇmai yāṉa ivvūr kār[pacāṉam vi]-

⟨20⟩ ḷaiyum nilattuk kaṭamai iṟukkum kolāl talaivaricai nila[ṅ]kāṇiyum oṉṟupāti varinilam mākāṇiyum kār oṉṟupātiyum pacāṉam oṉṟu kālum nilam araimāvum māttāl nellu eṇkalaṉe mukkuṟuṇi varicai nilam iraṇṭumāviṉ kiḻ mukkāle muṉṟumā mukkāṇiyum māttāl nellu [mukkala]-

⟨21⟩ ṉe mukkuṟuṇi muṉṉāḻi varicai tulānilam iraṇṭumāvum kār eḷḷu viḷaintu pacāṉ oru pū nilam orumāvum pacāṉ oru pū oṉṟukāl nilam araikkāṇiyum āka nilam eḻumā araikkāṇik kiḻ mukkālemuṉṟu mā mukkāṇiyum ivvūr sabhaiyār ivvāḻvārkkuk kārāṇmai tāṉam paṇṇikkuṭutta puṉ[cey pula]-

⟨22⟩ k[ku]ḷam niyokappaṭi nāṉkellaikkuṭpaṭṭa nirnilam araiye iraṇṭu māvum puṉce[y*] nilam aṟumāvum nattamum āka iṉṉila[ṅkaḷ] irupatāvati[ṉ] etirāmāṇ[ṭiṉ e]ti[rām]āṇṭu kārmutal antarāya mu[m uḻutāṉ kuṭiyum uḷ]paṭa tevatāṉa iṟaiyiliyāka iṭampeṟa veṇumeṉ[ṟu maḻa]varāyar namakkuc coṉṉamai[yil i]- ⟨Page 93⟩

⟨23⟩ vāḻvārkkut tiruppaṭimāṟṟuḷḷiṭṭu veṇṭu[n] nivantaṅkaḷukku iv vā[ḻvār kārāṇmaiyāṉa innilam eḻumāvaraik]kāṇikkiḻ muk kāle muṉṟumāmukkāṇiyum ivvūr [capaiyār] ivvāḻvārkkuk kārāṇmai dāṉam paṇṇikkuṭutta pulakkuḷap putukkuḷam niyokappaṭi nāṉkellaikkuṭpaṭṭa nirnilam araiye iraṇṭumāvum puṉce[y nilam ā]

⟨24⟩ ṟumāvum nattamum āka innilaṅkaḷ ivvāṇṭu kārmutal antarāyamum [u]ḻutāṉ kuṭiyum uṭpaṭat tevatāṉa iṟaiyiliyāka i[ṭ]ṭu variyi lār eḻuttiṭṭa uḷvariyum nam olaiyum taraccoṉṉom kai[k*] koṇṭu tiruppaṭimāṟṟu[ḷḷi]ṭṭu veṇṭum nivantaṅkaḷ cellap paṇṇi ippaṭi ca[n*]tirātittavaṟ celvatākak kallilum cempi [lum ve]-

⟨25⟩ ṭṭivittuk koḷka veṉṟu tiruvāymoḻintaruḷiṉār [||*] ivai miḻalaik kūṟṟattuk kiḻkūṟ[ṟu] veṭciyūrāṉa mummuṭicoḻanallūr veṭṭa ṉūruṭaiyāṉ araiyaṉ civallavaṉāṉa m[ā]tavarājaṉ eḻuttu ivai tirumallināṭṭu ta[ṭaṅ]kaṇṇi ciṟṟūruṭaiyāṉ coṟaṉ uyya niṉṟāṭuvāṉāṉa kurukulatta[r*]aiyaṉ eḻuttu ivai karuṅkuṭinā•••••

⟨26⟩ ḻa[peru]rāṉa kiṟtivicālaiyanallūr nakkaṉ iraṭṭaiy[āṉa] toṇṭai māṉ eḻuttu [||*]

⟨SIIv23p0i0124A⟩ No. 124A. (A.R. No. 124-A of 1907.) (Continuation of the above inscription)

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⟨1⟩ completely damaged

⟨2⟩ pu ce[y*]vāṉukkum ivvāḻvārkku tiruppaṭi māṟṟuḷḷiṭṭu veṇṭum nivantaṅkaḷukku ivvā[ḻvā*]r kārāṇmaiyāṉa ivvūrk kārpacāṉam viḷaiyunilattuk kaṭamai iṟukkuṅ kolāl talaivaricai nilaṅ kāṇiyu ••••••• ta[lai*]varicai nilam mākāṇiyum kār [oṉṟu pā]-

⟨3⟩ tiyum pacāṉam oṉṟukālum nilam araimāvum māttāl nellu eṇ kalaṉe mukkuṟuṇi varicai nilam iraṇṭu(raṇṭu) māviṉ kiḻmukkāle muṉṟumā mukkāṇiyum māttāl nellu mukkalaṉe mukkuṟuṇi mu[ṉṉāḻi va]ricai••• tulā nilam iraṇṭu māvum kār eḷ[ḷu viḷaintu]

⟨4⟩ pacāṉam oru pū viḷaiyu nilam orumāvum pacāṉam oru pū oṉṟu kā[l nila]m araikkāṇiyum āka innilam eḻumāvaraikkāṇik kiḻ muk kāle muṉṟumā mukk[ā]ṇiyum ivvūr sabhaiyār ivvāḻvārkkuk kārāṇmai dāṉam paṇṇikkuṭutta pulakku[ḷam]

⟨5⟩ [ni]r nilam araiye iraṇṭumāvum puṉce[y] nilam [a]ṟumāvum nattamum āka innilaṅkaḷ irupatāvatiṉetirāmāṇṭiṉ etirāmāṇṭu kār mutal antarāyamum uḻutāṉkuṭiyum uṭpaṭa tevatāṉa iṟaiyiliyāka iṭampeṟaveṇumeṉṟu maḻavarāyar [namakkuc] coṉṉamaiyil iv vāḻvārkku

⟨6⟩ t tiruppaṭimāṟṟuḷḷiṭṭu veṇṭu nivantaṅkaḷukku ivvāḻvār kārāṇ maiyāṉa iṉṉilam eḻumāvaraikkāṇikkiḻ mukkālemuṉṟumā muk kāṇiyum ivvūr [sabhai]yār ivvāḻvārkkuk kārāṇmai dāṉam paṇṇikkuṭutta [pula]kkuḷam putukkuḷam [niyokappaṭi] nāṉkellaik ku[ṭpaṭṭa] ⟨Page 94⟩

⟨7⟩ nirnilam araiye iraṇṭumāvum puṉce[y*] nilam āṟumāvum natta mum āka innilaṅkaḷ ivvāṇṭu kārmutal antarāyamum uḻutāṉ kuṭiyum uṭpaṭa tevatāṉa iṟaiyiliyāka iṭṭu variyilār eḻuttiṭṭa uḷvariyum nam keḻviyum taraccoṉṉom kaikkoṇṭu tiruppaṭi māṟṟuḷḷiṭṭu ve[ṇṭu]

⟨8⟩ m nivantaṅkaḷ cellappaṇṇi ippaṭi cantirātittavaṟ celvatākak kallilum cempilum veṭṭivittuk koḷka yāṇṭu 20 ḷ 1158 ivai puṟappaṟaḷaināṭṭu nirmaṭaiyūr pukaḻaṉ periyāṉāṉa paḻantiyarāya ṉeḻuttu ivai miḻalaikkūṟṟattu vaṭapāmpāṟṟup poyyāmoḻi

⟨9⟩ ciṟuvampūruṭaiyāṉ vāṇaviccātiraṉ eṟutiruvuṭai[yā]ṉeḻuttu ivai karuṅkuṭināṭṭu kiḻneṭṭūrāṉa kirttivicālaiyanallūr nakkaṉ iraṭ ṭaiyāṉa toṇṭaimāṉ eḻuttu ivai cokka[rā]ya[ṉ*] eḻuttu•••

⟨10⟩ ki yāṇṭu irupatāvatunāḷ antarāyam uḻutāṉkuṭiyuṭpaṭa tevatāṉa iṟaiyili iṭṭapaṭikku uḷvari [||*] tiruppāccoṟṟi uṭaiyāṉ nāta ṉampiyāṉa[ku]vaṇarāyar muḷḷināṭṭu irājarājaccaturvētimaṅkalattu vaṭamelpiṭākai veḷ[ār]kuṟucciyil ukantaruḷuvitta pakavati vi[ṇ] ṇa[karāḻv]ā-

⟨11⟩ ṟku tiruppaṭi māṟṟu uḷḷiṭṭu veṇṭum nivantaṅkaḷukku irupatāvati ṉetirāmāṇṭiṉetirāmāṇṭu kār mutal antarāya[mu*]m uḻutāṉ kuṭiyum uṭpaṭa tevatāṉa iṟaiyiliyāka ivvāḻvār kārāṇmaiyāṉa ivvūr kārp(ā)cāṉam viḷaiyun nilattuk kaṭamaiyiṟukkuṅ kolā[l ta]lai varicai nilaṅ kāṇiyum•••••••••

⟨12⟩ ••••• varicai nilamākāṇiyuṅ kār oṉṟu pātiyum pacāṉam oṉṟu kālun nilam araimāvum māttāl eṇkalaṉe mukkuṟuṇi varicai nilam iraṇṭu māviṉ kiḻ mukkāle muṉṟu māmukkāṇiyu[m*] ivvūr [ca]paiyār ivvāḻvārkkuk kārāṇmai tāṉam paṇṇikkuṭutta putukkuḷam ni[yo]kappaṭi nāṉkellaikku[ṭpaṭṭa]

⟨13⟩ nirnilam araiye yiraṇṭumāvum puṉce[y*] nilam āṟumāvum nattamum āka innilaṅkaḷ antarāyamum uḻutāṉkuṭiyum uṭpaṭa tevatāṉa iṟaiyiliyāka iṭṭamaikku [||*] ivai puravuvari tiṉaikkaḷanāyakam miḻalaikkūṟṟattu naṭuviṟkūṟṟu ciparāntakanallūr [kaṭ]ṭikuṟucci [uṭaiyāṉ*] araiyaṉ nārāyaṇaṉāṉa ci•••••

⟨14⟩ ••••• eḻuttu ivai pura[vu*]vari tiṇaikkaḷa nāyakam miḻalaikkūṟṟattu vaṭapāmpāṟṟu taṇṇirkuṭiyāṉa taraṇiviccātaranallūr aṇṭak kuṭaiyāṉ pirāṉ aḻakiya maṇavāḷaṉāṉa kurukularājaṉ eḻuttu ivai puravu[vari*] tiṉaikkaḷanāyakam miḻalaikkūṟṟattuk kiḻkūṟṟu ceyyā[ṉa māṉa] parākramanallūr po[ṉ*]ṉa[mpalam] uṭai•••••

⟨15⟩ laimalai niṉṟāṉ vicaiyarājaṉ eḻuttu ivai miḻalaikkūṟṟattuk kiḻ kūṟṟu ceyyāṉamāṉa parākrama pāṇṭiya na[llū]r poṉpaṟṟiuṭai yāṉa tiruvaraṅkatevaṉāṉa kāṅkaiyarā[jan] eḻuttu [||*]

⟨SIIv23p0i0125⟩ No. 125. (A.R. No. 125 of 1907.) Pāppāṉkuḷam, Ambasamudram Taluk, Tirunelveli District Siddhajnāñēśvara temple—on the west wall of the temple kitchen Māṟavarman Kulaśēkhara: year 8

This is dated in the 8th regnal year of the king who is probably the one who ⟨Page 95⟩ ascended the throne in A.D. 1268. The details of the date given which should fall in A.D. 1276 are however irregular since it is not possible for Dhanus, ba. 2 to combine with Śvāti as mentioned in the record. The inscription registers the sale of a village (?) called Mangalakkuḷam with its income and appurtenances, by the Ūrār (assembly) of Kaṟkuṟichchi alias Vikramapāṇḍya-nallūr in Muḷḷi-nāḍu, to the temple of Karuttarindu-muḍitta-Pāṇḍi-Īśuramuḍaiya-Nāyanār situated in Śēraṉaiveṉṟāṉtirumaḍaiviḷāgam for 3230 paṇam, exclusive of the land already sold by them to the temple in Aippaśi month for the purpose of a flower-garden and for forming a street. Reference is made to a previous mortgage of the lands to one Vikrama-Pāṇḍya-Śōḻakōṉār and their redemption now from the hands of his son Añjādaperumāṉ. The kārāṇmaikkāṇi (tenancy) of the lands is said to have been held by one Kāḷamēgaṉ Aḻagāṇḍār alias Nāyaṉār Gāṅgaiyar who was responsible for the collection of the kaḍamai (tax) from the temple treasury (for payment to the State ?). Among the boundaries are mentioned lands belonging to the temples of Piravari-Viṇṇagar-Emberumān in the 10th Chēri of Rājarāja-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, of Bhagavati-Viṇṇagar-Emberumān at Vēḷārkuṟichchi and of Rājēndra-Viṇṇagar-Emberumān (in the same place ?).

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] komāṟapaṉmarāṉa tiripuvanaccakkaravattikaḷ śrī kulacekarate vaṟku yāṇṭu 8- āvatu taṉunāyaṟṟu 11 tiyati yum aparapakṣa[ttu] tutikai yum cevvāykkiḻamaiyum peṟṟa cotināḷ uṭaiyār tirunel veliyuṭaiya ṉāyaṉār tevatāṉam

⟨2⟩ muḷḷināṭṭu ceraṉaiveṉṟāṉ tirumaṭaiviḷākattu uṭaiyār karut tarintu muṭitta pāṇṭi īccuramuṭaiya nāyaṉār koyilil āticaṇ ṭecuratevaṟku innāṭṭuk kaṟkuṟicciyāṉa vikkiramapāṇṭiya nallūr ūṟkku camainta ūravarom vilaippiramāṇa-

⟨3⟩ m paṇṇikkuṭutta paricāvatu eṅkaḷūr••••••••• maṅkalakkuḷattukkup peru nāṉkellaiyāvatu kiḻellai irācarāyaccatuṟvetimaṅkalattup pat tāñcerip piravariviṇṇakar emperumāṉ tiruviṭaiyāṭṭamāṉa kuṭa[ṅ]kuḷattil mel-

⟨4⟩ ellaiyil niṟkiṟa tiruvāḻikkallukkuḷ peṟṟa ve••••• ku meṟku teṉ ṉellai kaṭaṉaiyāṟṟukku vaṭakkum melellai veḷā[r*]kuṟicciyil [paka]vativiṇṇakar emperumāṉ tiruviṭaiyāṭṭam [uṇṇilat] toṭṭattil kiḻellaiyil niṟkiṟa tiruvāḻikkal-

⟨5⟩ lukkum [yinta ūr] pilāṟṟukkuṅ kiḻakku vaṭavellai irācentira viṇṇakar emperumāṉ tiruviṭaiyāṭṭamāṉa tirumaṅkaiviḷākattil teṉellaiyil••••• kkaṇ peṟṟa cevvaikkum veḷārkuṟicciyil pakavativiṇṇakar emperu-

⟨6⟩ māṉ tiruviṭaiyāṭṭam perāyiramāṉa••• putukkuḷattuk kaṭaivayalil niṟkiṟa tiruvāḻikkallukkum tiruppaṭima[ṅkalak]kuḷattil nirkor vaikkum teṟkum••••• nāṉkellaikkuṭpaṭṭa kuḷamum kuḷapparippum naṉceyum puṉceyum nattamum nattappā-

⟨7⟩ lum meṉokkiṉa maramum kiḻnokkiṉa kiṇaṟum teṟṟiyum uṭumpoṭu āmaitavaḻiyum mi[ṉpa]ṭu paḷḷamum teṉpaṭu putampum cekkiṟai taṟi yiṟai taṭṭo[li taṭ]ṭārppāṭṭamum maṟṟum eppeṟpaṭṭa camattap piṟā[p*]tikaḷilum muṉṉāḷ ittevaṟku

⟨8⟩ eṭṭāvatu aippaci mātam innāyaṉār••••• tirunantavaṉattukkum tiruvitik kummāka nāṅkaḷ viṟṟut tiruccūlattāpaṉam paṇṇikkuṭutta nilam nikki niṉṟa••••• piṟātti[kaḷ] eṟpeṟpaṭṭaṉavum nāṅkaḷ uṭaiyapaṭi kaḷile caṇṭecuravilai- ⟨Page 96⟩

⟨9⟩ yāka viṟṟu vilaippiramāṇam paṇṇikkuṭuttom ū[rk]kuc camainta ūravarom āticaṇṭecuvaratevaṟku ippaṭi viṟṟukkuṭuttār••••• ṭa kuḷamum kuḷappa[rappum] naṉceyyum puṉceyyum nattappālum••••• mum

⟨10⟩ kiḻnokkiṉa kiṇaṟum puṟṟun teṟṟiyum uṭumpoṭu āmaitavaḻiyum miṉpaṭupaḷḷamum teṉpaṭu putampu[m] cekkiṟai taṟiyiṟai taṭṭoli [taṭṭār pā]ṭṭamum maṟṟum eṟpeṟpaṭṭa camattap piṟāttikaḷum emmilicaintu vilai niṟceyitta vilai

⟨11⟩ ••••••••• [ippaṇa]m muvvāyirattu irunūṟṟu muppatukkum poruṭ cila vāvatu ikkuḷam muṉṉāḷ eṅkaḷ kaiyāl oṟṟiyuṭaiya pi••• cokkaṉā rāṉa vikkira[ma*]pāṇṭiyac coḻakoṉāṟku oṟṟaṟutta oṟṟi olaip paṭi mācaṉ kuḷikai•••

⟨12⟩ paṇam āyirattukku iva••• kaṭaippuṟattu mācā[n]paṇam oṉṟukku aṟu māvāka vaṭṭameṟṟi veḷ[ḷi] [ā]yirattu muṉṉūṟum ikkuḷam iva••• nāṅkaḷ oṟṟivaittatāl caṅkai eṟuvatukku muṉṟām vi[ṟcaiy]āl itukku arai accā••••• nilam

⟨13⟩ ••••• vikkara[ma*] [pā]ṇṭiyac coḻakoṉār makaṉār añcātaperumāṉ pakkal oṟṟiyil cāramuṟi iṭṭu vāṅ•••••••• ṇam 2050- lmu•••••••• innāyaṉāṟku tirunantavāṉamum tiruvitiyumā[y*]viṟṟa nilattukku nila viḻukkāṭṭukku nikkik kuṭutta

⟨14⟩ ••••• nikki••• yam ivarkaḷ oṟṟiolai vāṅkik kuṭuppatāṉamaikkum nāṅkaḷ eṅkaḷperil eṭṭātu kār viraikkaikkuk kuṭutta uraṅkaḷ••••• āka śa323[0] ippaṇam muvāyirattu irunūṟṟu mu[ppatu]m innāya ṉār koyilukkut taṉma[ttukku pā]-

⟨15⟩ ••••• ḻakiya pāṇṭiyakkuḷakkiḻ nel ku••• yuṭaiyāṉ kāḷamekam [a]ḻa kāṇṭārāṉa nayaṉār kāṅkeyaṟkuk kārāṇmaik kāṇiyum kaṭamai ikkaruttarintu [muṭitta] pāṇṭicuramuṭaiya nāyaṉārkku amutupaṭi uḷḷiṭṭa nittal nimantaṅkaḷukkumāka•••

⟨16⟩ innāyaṉārk kāṅkeyar karuvukolakkāval nampi pakkalile paṟṟiyum kuṭuppittu poruṭcelavākac cātti viṟṟu vilaippiramāṇam paṇṇik kuṭutta nāṉkellaikkuṭpaṭṭa kuḷamum kuḷapparappum naṉceyum puṉ ce[yum] nattamum nattappālum meṉokkiṉa maramum kiḻnokki-

⟨17⟩ ṉa kiṇaṟu puṟṟu teṟṟiyum uṭumpoṭu āmaitavaḻiyu miṉpaṭu paḷḷamun teṉpaṭu putampum cekkiṟait taṟiyiṟai taṭṭoli taṭṭārpāṭṭam maṟṟum eṟpeṟpaṭṭa camattappiṟāttikaḷum n[ā]ṅkaḷ uṭaiyapaṭiye caṇṭecuravilaikku viṟṟukkuṭuttu ippaṟṟu[kku] ituvē [vilai]yo-

⟨18⟩ laiyum poruṭcelavolaiyum āvutākavum ituvallatu veṟu poruḷ māvaṟutipporuṭcelavolai kāṭṭavum kā[ṇa]vum kaṭavataṉṟi vilaikkuṟa viṟṟup poruḷaṟak koṇṭu viṟṟu vilaippiramāṇam paṇṇik kuṭutta ippaṟṟukku nāṉkellaiyilum [tiruccūlattāpaṉam pa]ṇ-

⟨19⟩ ṇikkoṇṭu ippiṭipāṭṭiṉpaṭi ippaṟṟukkaḷ eṟpeṟpaṭṭa iṟai kaḷum eṅkaḷūr tantirikkaṇakkilum••••• kuṭuttamaikkum ippaṭikku canti••••• llak kallilum cempilum veṭṭi••••• vum ippaṭi cammatittu caṇṭecuravilaiyāka

⟨20⟩ viṟṟu vilaippiramāṇam paṇṇikkuṭuttom uṭaiyār karuttarintu muṭitta pāṇṭicuramuṭaiyanāyaṉār koyilil āticaṇṭecuva[rateva] ṟku [mu]ḷḷināṭṭuk kaṟkuṟicciyāṉa vikkiramapāṇṭiya nallū[rū]ṟku camainta ūravarom ⟨Page 97⟩

⟨21⟩ [ivai vi]kkiramaciṅkatevaṉ eḻuttu ivai[y irāciṅka]rāyaṉ eḻuttu ivai kacciyarāyaṉ eḻuttu••••• ciṅkatevaṉ eḻuttu ivai••• katevaṉ eḻuttu ivai kuma[ṇa]tevaṉ taṟ[kuṟiyā]taṉmaikku••• kuṟikkum

⟨22⟩ taṟkuṟi māṭṭeṟinteṉ nārāya•••••••• ivai kūttāṭuntevaṉ eḻuttu ivai civallapapperaiyaṉ taṟkuṟikkum kallakāram••••• ṟikkum taṟkuṟi māṭṭeṟinteṉ ivai kūttāṭuntevaṉ eḻuttu

⟨23⟩ itu•••••••• eḻutiṉeṉ ivai tantirakkaṇakku periyatevaṉ eḻuttu ௳

⟨SIIv23p0i0126⟩ No. 126. (A.R. No. 126 of 1907.) Pāppāṉkuḷam, Ambasamudram Taluk, Tirunelveli District Siddhajñānēśvara temple—on the north wall of the same kitchen Māṟ. Kulaśēkhara I: year 8: A.D. 1276

This is also dated in the 8th year of king Māṟavarman Kulaśēkharadēva who ‘was pleased to take every country’. The details of date are given as Tulā, śu. 9, Wednesday, Śravaṇa which, are however, found irregular for this year.

It registers the sale of a tax-free garden land called Maṇaltōṭṭam and another plot at Tiruppaḍimaṅgalam a hamlet in their village Kaṟkuṟichchi alias Vikramapāṇḍyanallūr by the Ūravar to the same temple for the formation and maintenance of a flower garden, for 60 guḷikaippaṇam. This is evidently the land referred to in the previous inscription as having been sold in Aippaśi month.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] komāṟapaṉmarāṉa tribhuvaṉaccakravattika ḷemmaṇṭalamuṅ koṇṭaruḷiya śrī kulacekaratevaṟku yāṇṭu 8- vatu tulā[nāyaṟṟu] pūrvakhakṣattu navamiyum budhaṉkiḻamaiyum peṟṟa

⟨2⟩ tiruvoṇattunāḷ muḷḷināṭṭuc ceraṉaiveṉṟāṉtirumaṭaiviḷākattu nāyaṉār karuttaṟintumuṭitta pāṇṭiśvaramuṭaiya nāyaṉār [koyilil] ādicaṇḍēśvaradēvaṟku innāṭṭuk kaṟkuṟicci-

⟨3⟩ yāṉa vikramapāṇṭiyanallūr ūṟkuc camaitta ūravarom vilai pramāṇam paṇṇikkuṭutta bhumiyāvatu eṅkaḷūṟ paṟṟu tiruppaṭimaṅka lattu paṟṟil maṇaltoṭṭattukkup perunāṉkel-

⟨4⟩ laiyāvatu kiḻellai ittoṭṭattil kiḻai yaraimāvil meltalaiyil teṉppāṟṟu cevvaikku meṟkum teṉṉellai ka[ma]lai[p]āṟṟukku [vaṭak]kum melellai [veḷār]kuṟic[ciyil] nāya-

⟨5⟩ ṉār pakavativiṇṇakaremperumāṉ tiruviṭaiyāṭṭam maṇaltoṭṭat til kiḻellaiyil tiruvāḻikkallukkaḷ peṟṟa cevvaikkuk kiḻakkum vaṭavellai tiruppaṭimaṅkalattuc celkāl vayalukkut te-

⟨6⟩ ṟkum āka innāṉkellaikkuṭpaṭṭa toṭṭamum itaṉ vaṭakku ip paṟṟile vanta tiruvitiyāka vayaṟkūṟṟil nilaṅkalantavā[ṟ*]ṟāl teṉ vaṭalāka vintaṉūṟ pilāṟṟile eṟaviṭṭa••śa innilam araiy

⟨7⟩ kāṇiyum innāṉkellaikkuṭpaṭṭa toṭṭamum innilaṅkaḷil meṉok kiṉa maramuṅ kiṇokkiṉa kiṇaṟum maṟṟu meppeṟpaṭṭa samastaprāpti kaḷum nāṅkaḷuṭaiya paṭiyile caṇṭeśvaravilaiyāka vi- ⟨Page 98⟩

⟨8⟩ ṟṟu vilaipramāṇam paṇṇikkuṭuttom nāyaṉār karuttaṟintu muṭitta pāṇṭiśvaramuṭaiya nāyaṉār koyilil āticaṇṭeśvaradēvaṟkku kaṟ kuṟicciyāṉa vikramapāṇṭiyanallūr ūṟkuccamainta

⟨9⟩ ūravarom ippaṭi caṇṭeśvaravilaiyāka viṟṟukkuṭutta innāṉkellaik kuṭpaṭṭa toṭṭattukkum ivviḷainilam araikkāṇikkum innilaṅ kaḷil eppeṟpaṭṭa samastaprāptikaḷum emmilicaintu

⟨10⟩ vilai niścayitta taṉapāla kuḷikai 60 ippaṇam aṟupatum innāyaṉār koyilil taṉmakattāvāṉa nāyaṉār kāṅkeyar kāriyap periyapiḷḷai attāṇiśvaramuṭaiyārpakkal paṟṟi ittiruppaṭimaṅkala muḷḷiṭṭa paṟṟu

⟨11⟩ eṅkaḷ kaiyāl muṉṉoṟṟiyuṭaiya piḷḷai vikramapāṇṭiyac coḻak koṉā[ṟku] innila viḻukkāṭṭukku ivar piṭipāṭṭiṉpaṭi kāl [caṅ] kai yeṟiṉāl kuṭukka ikkoyil civappirāmaṇaṉ cokkappaṭṭaṉ [sva]m nikkiṉa ṭṭa 20-

⟨12⟩ m eṅkaḷ [k*]aiyyil paṟṟiṉa ṭṭa 20 ••• ippaṇa maṟupatum ivvakaippaṭiyi yile koṇṭuṅ kuṭuppittum poruṭcilavākac cātti viṟṟu vilaipramāṇam paṇṇikkuṭuttom ādicaṇḍēśvaradēvaṟku ūṟku-

⟨13⟩ ccamainta ūravarom ippaṭi viṟṟukkuṭutta innilaṅkaḷukkum itil eppeṟpaṭṭa samastaprāptikaḷukkum ituve vilaiyolaiyum poruṭ cilavolaiyu māvutākavu mituvallatu veṟu vilaimāvaṟutipporu-

⟨14⟩ ṭ celavolai kāṭṭavuṅ kāṇavuṅ kaṭavataṉṟi vilaikkaṟa viṟṟu poru ḷaṟak koṇṭu viṟṟu vilaipramāṇam paṇṇikkuṭutta innilaṅkaḷukku nāṉkellaiyilum tiruccūlattāpaṉam paṇṇikkoḷvarākavum

⟨15⟩ innilaṅkaḷ tāmveṇṭum payirkaḷ ceytuñ ceyvittuṅ koṇṭaṉu pavippārākavum aṉupavikkumiṭattu innilaṅkaḷukku eppeṟpaṭṭa iṟ[ai]kaḷum innāyiṉāṟku tirunantavaṉappuṟa iṟaiyiliyāka eṅkaḷū-

⟨16⟩ ril oḻukiluṅ kaḻittuk kuṭuttom ippaṭikku ccandrātadityavaṟ cellak kalliluñ cempilum veṭṭikkoḷvarākavum ippaṭi cammatittu vilaipramāṇam paṇṇikkuṭuttom nāyaṉār karuttaṟintu muṭitta-

⟨17⟩ pāṇṭiśvaramuṭaiya nāyaṉār koyil āticaṇḍēśvaradēvaṟku kaṟkuṟicci yāṉa vikramapāṇṭiyanallūr ūṟku camainta ūravarom ivai vikkira[m*]ciṅkatevaṉ eḻuttu ivai naraciṅkapanmaṉeḻuttu ivai kacciya

⟨18⟩ rāyaṉeḻuttu ivai uttamaciṅkatevaṉeḻuttu ivai yirācaciṅkateva ṉeḻuttu kumara nārāyaṇatevar taṟkuṟikkum teṉṉaraṅka tevaṉ taṟ kuṟikkum taṟkuṟimāṭṭeṟinteṉ ivai naraciṅkapaṉmaṉeḻuttu ivai kūttāṭunteva ṉe-

⟨19⟩ ḻuttu civallapap pallavaraiyaṉ taṟkuṟikku kūttāṭuntevaṉeḻuttu ivar kaḷ colla ipramāṇa meḻutiṉeṉ ivai tantirakkaṇakku [periya] tevaṉeḻuttu ikkal veṭṭiṉeṉ ivvūṟci[ṟ*]ppācāriyaṉ tampikku nallā-

⟨20⟩ ṉāṉa vikramapāṇṭiya āccāriyaṉeṉ svasti ௳ ⟨Page 99⟩

⟨SIIv23p0i0127⟩ No. 127. (A.R. No. 127 of 1907.) Pāppāṉkuḷam, Ambasamudram Taluk, Tirunelveli District Siddhajñānēśvara temple—on the same wall Māṟ. Kulaśēkhara

This is also an inscription of the same king. The regnal year is lost but the details of date can be read as (Makara) ba. 14, Thursday, Anusham. It registers another sale of land in their village by the same Ūravar of Vikramapāṇḍya-nallūr to the temple for 928 Daṉapāla-guḷigai-paṇam. This also refers to a previous mortgage of the land made in the 8th year of the king, with two individuals by name Vāṇarāyar and Śūlapāṇippiḷḷai for 728 paṇam which seems to have been paid back now to the mortgagees out of this sale amount.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] komāṟapaṉmarāṉa tribhu[ vaṉaccakrava] ttikaḷ śrī kulacekharate vaṟku•••••••• [ makara māsam] aparakhakṣattu catu[t]-

⟨2⟩ dēciyum viyāḻakkiḻamaiyum peṟṟa aṉuṣattunāḷ uṭaiyār tirunel veliyuṭaiya ṉāyaṉār tevatāṉam muḷḷināṭṭuc ceraṉaiveṉṟāṉ

⟨3⟩ tirumaṭaiviḷākattu uṭaiyār karuttaṟintu muṭitta pāṇṭīcuramuṭaiya nāyaṉār koyil āticaṇṭecuṟa tevaṟku innāṭṭu kaṟku-

⟨4⟩ ṟicciyāṉa vikkira[ma*]pāṇṭiyana[llūr ūrkku]camainta ūravarom vilaippiramāṇam paṇṇikkuṭutta paricāvatu eṅkaḷūṟpaṟṟu ula[kuyya va]nta pa-

⟨5⟩ ṉmaṉ kuḷappaṟṟukkum itaṉ kiḻttiṟappāy viṟṟa puṉceyk•••••••• ellai yāvatu kiḻellai eṅkaḷūṟ paṟṟā[y*] nāṅkaḷ paratecinallūṟku tiruvi

⟨6⟩ •••••••• ṭikku inta tiruvāḻik••••• uṭaikku meṟkum teṉellai ceraṉai veṉṟāṉ tirumaṭaivi[ḷā]-

⟨7⟩ kattu vaṭavellaikkum••••• paṟṟukku vaṭamelmulai[yil] pa[ṭ*]ṭarpāṟai yil veṭṭiṉa tiruccūlakkallukku vaṭakkil a••••••••

⟨8⟩ paṭṭarpāṟaiyil veṭṭiṉa tiruccūlakkallukkum meṟkum ik•••••••• l teṉellaiyil kiḻmelāka vanta velippeṟṟa cevvaikku mi•••••

⟨9⟩ [paṭṭa]ṉeriyil vaṭavellaiyil niṟkiṟa tiruvāḻikkallup peṟṟa cev vaikkum co[ḻa]ṉeriyil paṟṟil vaṭavellaiyil velipeṟṟa

⟨10⟩ cevvaikku vaṭakkum melellai ko[pu]rameḻippallavaraiyaṉkoṭṭai ••••• kiḻaiveli peṟṟa cevvaikkum vaṭakku t[e]-

⟨11⟩ [ṟkkil] periyamaṭattukku ellai aṟutikku•••••••• cevvaikku [kiḻak]kum āka innāṉke-

⟨12⟩ llaikkuṭpaṭṭa kuḷamuṅ kuḷapparappum naṉceyyum puṉceyyum nattamun nattappāḻum me[l]ṉokkiṉa maramum kiḻnokkiṉa kiṇa-

⟨13⟩ ṟum teṟṟiyum uṭumpoṭu āmaitavaḻiyum miṉpaṭupaḷḷamum teṉpaṭu putam[pum] cekkiṟai taṟiyiṟai taṭṭārppāṭṭamum

⟨14⟩ maṟṟum eṟpeṟpaṭṭa camattap piṟātti[kaḷum] nāṅkaḷ uṭaiyapaṭiyilec cela[vo]laiyāka viṟṟu vilaippiṟamāṇam paṇṇi-

⟨15⟩ kkuṭuttom ūṟkucamainta ūravarom āticaṇṭecuvara tevaṟku ippaṭi viṟṟukkuṭutta innāṉkellaikkuṭpaṭṭa kuḷamuṅ kuḷa- ⟨Page 100⟩

⟨16⟩ pparappum naṉceyyum puṉceyyum nattamum nattappālum meṉokki[ṉa] maramum kiḻnokkiṉa kiṇaṟum puṟṟun teṟṟiyum uṭumpoṭu āmaitava-

⟨17⟩ ḻiyum miṉpaṭupaḷḷamun teṉpaṭu putampum cekkiṟai taṟiyiṟai taṭṭoli taṭṭārppāṭṭamu maṟṟum eṟpeṟpaṭṭa camattappiṟāptikaḷukkum em-

⟨18⟩ milicaintu vilainiṟceyitta ta[ṉap]ālak kuḷikai 928 ippaṇam toḷāyirattu irupattu eṭṭukkum poruṭcelavāvatu ikkuḷap

⟨19⟩ paṟṟu muṉṉāḷ eṅkaḷ kaiyāl oṟṟiyuṭaiya [vāṇa]rāya[ṟ]kum cūla[pā] ṇip piḷḷaikkum oṟṟivaitta oṟṟi olaikkuk kuṭuppitta śrī-

⟨20⟩ ••• eṅkaḷ ūril eṭṭāvatu kārvakaikaḷukku vāṅkiṉa ṭṭa 728- m āka ṭṭa 928 ippaṇam toḷāyirattu irupatteṭṭum innāyaṉār [ko]-

⟨21⟩ yilukku taṉmakattāvāṉa aḻaki[ya*]pāṇṭiyakkuḷakkiḻ nelkkuppai yuṭaiyāṉ kāḷamekam aḻakāṇṭārāṉa nāyaṉār kāṅkayaṟkuk kārā-

⟨22⟩ ṇmaikkāṇiyum kaṭamai innāyaṉār karuttaṟintu muṭitta pāṇṭīcura muṭaiya nāyaṉārkku amutupaṭi uḷḷiṭṭa nittal nimantaṅka-

⟨23⟩ ḷukkum tirunāḷukkumāka viṟṟu innāyaṉār kāṅkeyar karuvukolak kāval nampipakkalile paṟṟiyum paṟṟik kuṭuppittum poruṭcelavāka cātti viṟṟu

⟨24⟩ vilaippiramāṇam paṇṇikkuṭutta innāṉkellaik kuṭpaṭṭa kuḷamum kuḷapparappum naṉceyyum puṉceyyum nattamum nattappālum meṉo-

⟨25⟩ kkiṉa maramum kiḻnokkiṉa kiṇaṟum puṟṟunteṟṟiyum uṭumpoṭu āmai tavaḻiyum miṉpaṭupaḷḷamum teṉpaṭu putampum cekkiṟai taṟiyiṟai taṭṭo-

⟨26⟩ [li taṭṭ]ārpāṭṭamum maṟṟum eṟpeṟpaṭṭa camattappiṟāptikaḷum nāṅ kaḷ uṭaiyapaṭikaḷile caṇḍēśvaravilaiyāka viṟṟukkuṭutta ippaṟṟukku ituve vilai-

⟨27⟩ yolaiyum poruṭ[celavu] olaiyumāvatākavum ituvallatu veṟuporuḷ māvaṟutip poruṭcelavolai kāṭṭavuṅ kāṇavum kaṭava[r*]kaḷanṟi vilaik- 1

⟨SIIv23p0i0128⟩ No. 128. (A.R. No. 128 of 1907.) Pāppāṉkuḷam, Ambasamudram Taluk, Tirunelveli District Siddhajñānēśvara temple—on the south wall of the first prākāra Māṟ. Kulaśēkhara: year 8

This belongs to the 8th year of the same king, and seems to be connected with the sale transaction mentioned in No. 127 above, as it records the receipt (nāṭṭu) by the same assembly for the amount of mortgage paid by them to the two mortgagees out of the sale amount of 928 paṇam. ⟨Page 101⟩

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⟨1⟩ śrī komāṟapaṉmarāṉa tribhuvaṉacakravarttikaḷ śrī kulacekaratevaṟku yāṇṭu 8- vatu [muḷḷi]-

⟨2⟩ nāṭṭu ceraṉaiveṉṟāṉ tirumaṭaiviḷākattu uṭaiyār karuttaṟintu muṭi••••••••

⟨3⟩ kkaṟkuṟicciyāṉa vikkira[ma*]pāṇṭiyanallūr ūṟkuccamainta ūrava rom••••••••

⟨4⟩ ṟku caṇḍēśvaravilaiyāka viṟṟukkuṭutta ulakuyyavantapaṉmaṉ kuḷappaṟṟuk•••

⟨5⟩ camattappiṟāṟtikaḷ eṟpeṟpaṭṭaṉavukkum emmilicaintu vilai niṟ ceyitta••••••••

⟨6⟩ vāṇarāyaṟkum cūlapāṇippiḷḷaikkum oṟṟiolaippaṭikkuk kuṭuppitta ṭṭa 160- m eṅkaḷperil e[ṭ]ṭāvatu kārvarai ci kaik••••••••

⟨7⟩ ppaṭi paṇattukkuc celavāka eṅkaḷ ūṟkukkūṟu ceykiṟa irāmāṇṭār vacam vāṅkikkuṭutta ṭṭa768- m āka ṭṭa900••••••••

⟨8⟩ irupattueṭṭu innāyaṉār koyilukkut taṉmakattāvaṉa nāyaṉār k[ā]ṅ keyar karuvukolakkāvaln nampipakka••••••••

⟨9⟩ ṭuppittup poruṭcelavākac cāttip poruṭcelavu nāṭṭukkuṭutom āti caṇḍēcuratevaṟkuk kaṟkuṟic••••••••

⟨10⟩ lūr ū[rk]kuccamainta ūravarom ivai vikkiramaciṅkatevaṉ eḻuttu ivai naraciṅkapaṉmaṉ eḻuttu ivai kacciyarāya••••••••

⟨11⟩ ṅkatevaṉ eḻuttu ivai irāciṅkatevaṉ eḻuttu ivai kumara[ṉ] te••••••••

⟨12⟩ ivai kūttāṭuntevaṉ eḻuttu ivai civallapappallavaraiyaṉ taṟ kuṟikku••••• ivai kūttāṭun-

⟨13⟩ tevaṉ eḻuttu [||*]

⟨SIIv23p0i0129⟩ No. 129. (A.R. No. 129 of 1907.) Koḍumbāḷūr, Kulattur Taluk, Tiruchirappalli District Mūvarkōvil—on the south wall of the central shrine

This is a Sanskrit inscription in early Grantha characters. It gives the genealogy of the family of Koḍumbāḷur Chiefs. The first line is mutilated and hence the name of the original ancestor is not known. He is said to have captured an elephant battalion evidently from some enemy. In his family was born Paravīrajit Vīratuṅga; his son was Atīvīra, the unrivalled (Anupama); his son was Saṅghakṛit to whom was born Nṛipakēsari; his son was Paradurgamarddana, the glorious conqueror of Vātāpi. To him was born Samarābhirāma who killed Chaḷukki in a battle at Adhirājamaṅgala. He married a princess named Anupamā the daughter of the Chōḷa king. His son by this princess was Bhūti who by his prowess in battle obtained the title Vikramakēsari. He is stated to have made the waters of the Kāvēri red with the blood of the Pallava army slain by him. He also conquered Vīra-Pāṇḍya in battle and destroyed one Vañchi-Vēḷ. It is stated that he was living at Koḍumbāḷūr with his two wives Kaṟṟaḷi and Varaguṇā, by the former of whom he had two sons Parāntakavarman and Ādityavarman. This Bhūti Vikramakēsari built three shrines in the name of himself and his two consorts for god Mahēśvara at ⟨Page 102⟩ Koḍumbāḷūr, and presented a maṭha to Mallikārjuna of Madura, a teacher of the Kāḷāmukha sect of Śaivas and eleven villages for feeding 50 ascetics of that sect (every day).

Since this chief Bhūti Vikramakēsari is known from other stone records to be identical with Teṉṉavaṉ Iḷaṅgōvēḷ a feudatory of Chōḷa Āditya I, it is possible that the destruction of the Pallava army claimed by him was in connection with his liege-lord Āditya's overthrow of Pallava Aparājita in battle and his annexation of the latter's territory sometime before A.D. 890. In this case Vīra-Pāṇḍya over whom also, Bhūti claims a victory cannot be equated with his namesake who was killed in fight by Āditya II Karikāla (vide An. Rept. for 1908, Part II, para 88), because that event took place more than 70 years later. He should have been a contemporary of Parāntaka Vīra-Nārāyaṇa and probably belonging to a collateral Pāṇḍya line as surmised by Mr. K.V.S. Aiyar (Q.J.M.S. Vol. XLIII, Nos. 3 and 4).

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⟨1⟩ ••••••••• nāthagajayūthaharaḥ purāsītu tadvamśyaḥ parapira jinmaḷavajicchrī-

⟨2⟩ vīratuṅgō mutō jā[t]ōsmā datipira ityanupama stasmādabhūt saṅ-

⟨3⟩ ghakṛt tsmāccrīnṛpakēsarī vivadṛdhē yō bāla ēvōrag[ai]

⟨4⟩ statsūnuḥ paradurggamarddana iti khyātassavātāvijit u tasya samarābhirā-

⟨5⟩ maḥ putrassutrāmatējasaḥ kadhirājamaṅgalājau yōnijaghāna ca-

⟨6⟩ ḷukkim tasyācyuta(m)sya kamalēva sarasvatīva patmōtbhavasya girijē [va]

⟨7⟩ harasya sākṣāt prēyasyabhūdanupamēti yathārtthanāmnā śrīcōḷarājadu-

⟨8⟩ hitā yaduvaṅśakētōḥu tasyā masya babhūva bhūtira parāmmīnāmaḷākhyā-

⟨9⟩ ndadhan śramānvikramakēsarīti samarē labdhānyanāmā nṛpaḥ u kāvērī-

⟨10⟩ vāri śōṇam samakṛta rudhiraiḥ pallavasya dhvajinyāḥ yō vīrōḥ

⟨11⟩ vīrapāṇḍyaṇ vyajayata samarē vañcivēḷantakō bhūt u mattāri sāmajā-

⟨12⟩ hatvā vasanvikramakēsarī kōṭum pāḷūppurādīndramābikāvivarōdarē u-

⟨13⟩ vidvatkalpatarau kṣītīśvarakaradvadvāmbujēndau bhuvam yasmin śāsati

⟨14⟩ mēdinī[m*] jayaramā śrīkīrttivāgvallabhē taikṣṇya nnētrayugē bhuvōścala-

⟨15⟩ natā kēśēṣu kārṣṇya ntanau tanvinā ntanutā bhavatsta nayugē cānnyōnya-

⟨16⟩ [sambā]dhanam u tasyābhūt dēvyau kaṟṟabi varaguṇa samāhvayē satyau

⟨17⟩ kaṟṟabi rabhavajjananī parāntakādityaparmmaṇō kamrakamrāṇām ātrēya-

⟨18⟩ gōtrajasśrīmā nmādhurō [na] gēndrapāragaḥ vidyārāśēstapōrāśē śśi-

⟨19⟩ ṣyō śrahṛ nmallikārjjunaḥ u[sthā na]trayamutthāpya pratiṣṭhāpya mahēśvaram

⟨20⟩ svanāmnā priyayō rnnāmnā sōdāt bṛhanmaṭham ௳ tasmai kālamukhā-

⟨21⟩ khyā na yati mukhyāya yādavaḥ prādādēkādaśagrāma vinibandham bṛhanmaṭhamu

⟨22⟩ pañcāśatāma sitaktra tapōdha nānām bhuttyai brahanmaṭha••• [gu] ra-

⟨23⟩ vē sa rājā naivēdya gandhakusumākṣata dhūpadīpa tāmbūla•••

⟨24⟩ ••• mahēśvarasya ௳ ⟨Page 103⟩

⟨SIIv23p0i0130⟩ No. 130. (A.R. No. 130 of 1907.) Koḍumbāḷūr, Kulattur Taluk, Tiruchirappalli District Mūvarkōvil—on the north wall of the central shrine

This is a mutilated inscription of Rājēndra-Chōḷa I with only a part of his historical introduction in good preservation, the rest being lost.

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⟨1⟩ [svastiśrī] śrī [||*] tirumaṉṉi vaḷara iruni-

⟨2⟩ [lamaṭa] ntaiyum poṟceyalpā-

⟨3⟩ vaiyuñ [cir]taṉiccelviyunta-

⟨4⟩ ṉperuntēviya rāki iṉpuṟaneṭu

⟨5⟩ tiṉitu••• ḷiṭaituṟaināṭu

⟨6⟩ ntuṭarvaṉa velippaṭar vaṉavā

⟨7⟩ •••••••• ḻ matiṭ koḷḷi-

⟨8⟩ ppākkamum na•••••••• ṇ-

⟨9⟩ maṇṇaik kaṭakkamum po••••• ta-

⟨10⟩ [rai]yar tamuṭiyum āṅkavar teviya[ro]-

⟨11⟩ [ṅke]ḻil muṭiyum muṉṉavarpakkalt ten-

⟨12⟩ [na]var vaiytta cuntaramuṭiyum intiraṉ āramu-

⟨13⟩ ntēṇṭirai yiḻamaṇṭala mu-

⟨14⟩ ḻuvatum eṟipaṭai-

⟨15⟩ k keraḷaṉ muṟai-

⟨16⟩ maiyiṟ cūṭum ku-

⟨17⟩ lataṉamākiya palar

⟨18⟩ pukaḻ muṭiyuñ ceṅ-

⟨19⟩ katir mālaiyu[m*] caṅkatir

⟨20⟩ velait tolpe-

⟨21⟩ ru ṅkāviṟ palapaḻanti-

⟨22⟩ vum ceruvil ciṉavi liru-

⟨23⟩ pattorukāl araicu-

⟨24⟩ kaḷai kaṭṭa paracurāmaṉ

⟨25⟩ mevaruñ cāṉtimatti-

⟨26⟩ varaṇ karuti yiruttiya ce

⟨27⟩ m poṟ tirut••••••••

⟨28⟩ tta cayaci••••••••

⟨29⟩ ilakkamu••••••••

⟨30⟩ ṭāṟkoṇṭa••••••••

⟨31⟩ ḻa tevaṟ•••••••• ⟨Page 104⟩

⟨32⟩ ṭṭuvara••••••••

⟨33⟩ śvarattu••••••••

⟨34-40⟩ ••••••••

⟨41⟩ rakṣai [||*]

⟨SIIv23p0i0131⟩ No. 131. (A.R. No. 131 of 1907.) Koḍumbāḷūr, Kulattur Taluk, Tiruchirappalli District Muchukundēśvara temple—on the south wall of the maṇḍapa in front

This is an inscription of Jaṭāvarman Vīra Pāṇḍyadēva dated in his 17th year, Siṁha, śu. 10, Thursday, Mūlam, corresponding to A.D. 1269, August 10. He seems to be the same as the ruler whose accession took place in A.D. 1253. The record begins with a short introduction mentioning his victories over Koṅgaṇam (Koṅgu), Vaḍugu (Vaḍugar), Gaṅgai-nāḍu (?) and the Kāvēri and his coronation of heroes and victors at Puliyūr (Chidambaram). It registers the sale of five pieces of land by the Kaikkōḷas and Kaikkōḷa-mudalis of Koḍumbāḷūr to the temple of Tirumudukuṉṟamuḍaiya-Nāyanār of the same village, in lieu of certain sums of money which seem to have been borrowed from the temple by them sometime previously and by their forebears (?). Owing to the damaged state of the record the sense of the inscription in its details is not clear. Mention is made of Poṉ, Paḻan-Śōḻiyan-kāśu and Vīra-Pāṇḍyan-kāśu of which the values seem to have stood in the ratio 110: 670: 1050. Again 150 Paṇam is said to answer to 10505 kāśu and 110 kaḻañju to 12505 kāśu in which the paṇam and kāśu are general terms to be understood specifically according to the prevalent usage.

Koḍumbāḷūr is said to be situated in Uṟattūr-kūṟṟam a division of Koṅāḍu otherwise called Kaḍalaḍaiyād-ilangai-koṇḍa-Śōḻa-vaḷanāḍu.

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⟨1⟩ koccaṭaiya•••••••• koṅkaṇaṅkoṇṭu koṭuvaṭukum koṭaḻittuk ka-

⟨2⟩ ṅkai [n]āṭa••• lai kāviriyuṅ kaiykkoṇṭu tiṅkaḷir vañceḻumalaṟ tāṟ ke-

⟨3⟩ •••••••• puliyūr viṟṟiruntu virar abhiṣekamum vija-

⟨4⟩ [yar abhiṣekamum paṇṇi] yaruḷiya śrī[vira]pāṇṭiyatevaṟku yāṇṭu 16- vatu simhanā-

⟨5⟩ [yaṟ]ṟu pūrva pakṣattu [viyā]ḻakkiḻamaiyum daśamiyum peṟṟa mūlattu nāḷ konāṭāṉa kaṭa-

⟨6⟩ laṭaiyā tilaṅkaik koṇṭa coḻa vaḷanāṭṭu uṟattūṟ kūṟṟattuk koṭumpāḷūru-

⟨7⟩ ṭaiyār tirumutukunṟamuṭaiya nāyaṉār koyil ātitaṇṭīcuranāyaṉāṟku ivvūrk kai-

⟨8⟩ kkoḷar kaikkoḷamutalikaḷom caṇṭecurap peruvilaiyākap piramā ṇam pa[ṇ*]ṇikku-

⟨9⟩ ṭutta paricāvatu munṉāḷeṅkaḷ mutukkaḷa veṭṭai kālattu inṉāyaṉārc cipaṇṭā- ⟨Page 105⟩

⟨10⟩ rattilt taṭṭuppaṭiyālum uḷvarippaṭiyālum koṇṭa ponnāy iraṭṭitta pon-

⟨11⟩ ṉūṟṟu orupa[tu] paḻañcoḻiyankācu aṟunūṟṟu eḻupatiṉāl virapāṇṭi yankācu vāci

⟨12⟩ peṟṟak kācu āyirattu aimpatum koṇṭa ceraṉāl cevaṉāl (?) kācu 1000- m 17- vatu āvaṇimātaṅ-

⟨13⟩ koṇṭa paṇam nūṟṟu aimpatiṉāl kācu 10505- m poṉ nūṟṟu oru patinkaḻañcukkum kācu panṉirāyi-

⟨14⟩ rattu aiññuṟṟu aiñcukkum cipaṇṭārattukku oṭuk[ki] eṅkaḷukku [ha]tti illātapaṭiyāl eṅkaḷ kāṇi-

⟨15⟩ yāṉa kuṭikkāṭukaḷ pāṇṭiyarāyarkuṭikkāṭum paiyyātakaṇṭaṉ kuṭik kāṭum puliyan vattarāya-

⟨16⟩ [ṉ] kuṭikkāṭu iraṇṭum [ka]ntarāyar kuṭikkāṭum ākak kuṭikkāṭu aiñcum viṟpataṟkicaittu ikkuṭikkāṭu

⟨17⟩ [kanta]rāyar kuṭikkāṭu•••••••• perunāṉkellaiyāvatu kiḻpāṟke[l*]lai noyūrkuḷattil nirkovaikku

⟨18⟩ m[eṟku] tenpāṟkellai kiḻakku nokkippoṉa [āṟṟu]kku vaṭakkum melpāṟkellai kuḷattil vaṭṭakkuḻikku ki-

⟨19⟩ ḻakkum vaṭapāṟkellai umpaḷappāṭi vayalukkut teṟkum āka icainta perunāṉkellai[k*] kuḷppaṭṭa kuḷamuṅ kuḷa-

⟨20⟩ parappum naṉcaiyum puncaiyum nattamum nattapāḻum [pāṇṭi]yarāyaṉ kuṭikkāṭṭukkum v[ai]yyakattaraiyan kuṭikkā-

⟨21⟩ [ṭ]ṭukkum puliyan vattarāyan kuṭikkāṭu iraṇṭukkum ākak kuṭikkāṭu nālukkum perunāṉkellaiyāvatu kiḻpā-

⟨22⟩ ṟkellai vicaiyarāyar kuḷattil meṟkaṭaiyilp peruvā[y]kku meṟkum [te]npāṟkellai kuṉṟukku vaṭakkum melpā-

⟨23⟩ ṟkellai tiruppūticuram uṭaiyār tevatāṉam vaṭatāḻai vayalukkuk kiḻakkum vaṭapāṟkellai tiruvālaṅkoyiluṭai-

⟨24⟩ yār tevatāṉa••••• kkuḷattut teṉkaṭaiyil pāṟaikkut teṟkum āka icainta perunāṉkellaikkuḷpaṭṭa

⟨25⟩ •••••••• kuḷapparappum nañceyum puñceyum nattamum nattappāḻum kiḻ nokkiṉa kiṇaṟum menokki-

⟨26⟩ •••••••• [i]rupatiṉ kaḻañcukkum ikkācu pannirāyirattu 1

⟨SIIv23p0i0132⟩ No. 132. (A.R. No. 132 of 1907.) Koḍumbāḷūr, Kulattur Taluk, Tiruchirappalli District Muchukundēśvara temple—on the same wall Jaṭ. Sundara-Pāṇḍya

This belongs to Jaṭāvarman Sundara-Pāṇḍyadēva. This is badly damaged. It seems to register a sale of land to the temple. With this are found two other pieces of ⟨Page 106⟩ an inscription which may not however form part of this record. One of them mentions a certain Pichchaṉ Toṇḍaṉ Vikrama-Pāṇḍya-paṉmaṉ the donor of some land to the temple of Tirumudukuṉṟam-uḍaiya-Nāyaṉār. He figures in No. 136 below of Māṟavarman Kulaśēkhara I.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrīmatkirttikkumel śrī kocca••••••••

⟨2⟩ karavattikaḷ ciricuntarapāṇṭiya teva••••••••

⟨3⟩ tintiṭai••••• nāyaṟṟukkiḻamaiyum••••••••

⟨4⟩ laṭaiyātilaṅkai koṇṭaco••••••••

⟨5⟩ nāṭṭu••••• nāṭṭuk koṭumpā•••••••••

⟨6⟩ ṭaiyā•••••••••

⟨7⟩ tta ūra•••••••• ṉamāṉa inā•••••

⟨8⟩ peru••••••••• yāvatu kiḻpāṟ•••

⟨9⟩ llai•••••••• teṉpāṟ•••••

⟨10⟩ kku vaṭak[ku]•••••••• ṟkkellai•••••••••

⟨11⟩ ṟkel[lai]•••••••• ppūr ellaikku••••••••

⟨12⟩ lakūṉaṉakkuṭaiya kalā••••••••

⟨13⟩ ••• ṭukku teṟkum āka icai•••

⟨14⟩ perunāṉkellai••••••••

⟨15⟩ kkuḷpaṭṭa nattamum•••••

⟨16⟩ kuḷamum kuḷakko••••••••

Piece A

⟨1⟩ ṭayavayalilum puṉcaykaḷum meṉokkiṉa maraṅkaḷum kiḻnok[ki]-

⟨2⟩ ṉa kiṇaṟum maṟṟum eṟpeṟpaṭṭa pirāttikaḷum uḷppaṭa yi•••

⟨3⟩ kkuk kāṇiyāḷar iṟaiyāṟañcey pokaṭṭup poy kiṉ•••••

⟨4⟩ k kālan tuṭaṅki nāṭippotuvāka iṟuttup potu•••••

Piece B

⟨1⟩ ••••• tirumutukuṉ[ṟa] muṭaiya nāyanārkke•••••

⟨2⟩ ṭikkā••• ṭakiluḷḷa kaṭamai kuṭimai antarāya maṟṟum epperpaṭṭaṉavum

⟨3⟩ •••••••• cantrātittavarai iṟuppatākac collit taṅ kiḻkkāriyañ

⟨4⟩ •••••••• ppaiyarāyaveḷā••••• tirumutukuṉṟamuṭaiya nāyanār koyi[li]-

⟨5⟩ l ti[ruk]kal veṭṭik kuṭuppateṉṟu collat tirukkal veṭṭik kuṭut teṉ

⟨6⟩ ••• tirumutukuṉṟamuṭaiya nāyanārkkup piccaṉ toṇṭan[āṉa] vikkirama [pā]-

⟨7⟩ ṇṭiyapaṉmaneṉ ippaṭikku ivai vikkiramapāṇṭiyapaṉmaneṉ eḻuttu pa••••••••

⟨8⟩ ••••• koṭumpaiyarāya veḷāṉ eḻuttu innimantattil enta•••

⟨9⟩ lūril tiruvārattiyeṭuppārkku śrīcoṟu irunāḻi itu paṉmākecarara [kṣai] [||*] ⟨Page 107⟩

⟨SIIv23p0i0133⟩ No. 133. (A.R. No. 133 of 1907.) Koḍumbāḷūr, Kulattur Taluk, Tiruchirappalli District Muchukundēśvara temple—on the north wall of the same maṇḍapa

This is a damaged and incomplete inscription of the [14]th year of Māṟavarman Sundara-Pāṇḍya (I) ‘who was pleased to present the chōḷa Country’. The details of the date are given as Mithuna, śu. 2, Sunday, Pushya which would give the equivalent A.D. 1229, May 27. It registers a gift of land called Māchchāttan-vayal by one Āḻvāṉ Tirukkoḍuṅ kuṉṟamuḍaiyāṉ alias Kulaśēkhara-Brahmārāyaṉ a Śivabrāhmaṇa of the temple of Tiruvattīśura-Nāyanār at Kāraiyūr in Śōḻa-Pāṇḍya-vaḷanāḍu to provide for the renewal of worship and offerings and for burning lamps during the ardhayāma service in the temple of Tirumudukuṉṟam-Uḍaiya-Nāyanār at Koḍumbāḷūr which had been discontinued. Reference is made to a temple of Māśāttīch churam uḍaīya-Nāyaṉār.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] śrīkomāṟapaṉmarāṉa tribhuvavaṉaccakkaravatti-

⟨2⟩ kaḷ coṇāṭuvaḻaṅkiyaruḷiya śrī cuntarapāṇṭiya-

⟨3⟩ tevaṟku yāṇṭu [14]vatu mitinanāyiṟṟu pūrvapakkattu iraṇṭāntiya-

⟨4⟩ tiyum [n]āyi[ṟṟu]kkiḻamaiyum peṟṟa pūcatti nāḷ kaṭalaṭaiyā tilaṅkai koṇṭa-

⟨5⟩ coḻavaḷanāṭṭu uṟattūrkkūṟṟattu koṭumpāḷūr uṭaiyār tirumutu kuṉṟa-

⟨6⟩ muṭaiya nāyaṉāṟkuc coḻapāṇṭiyavaḷanāṭṭuk kāraiyūrt tiruvatti īcuranāyaṉā-

⟨7⟩ r koyiṟkāṇi uṭaiya civappirāmaṇaril āḻvāṉ tirukkoṭuṅkuṉṟa muṭaiyāṉāṉa kula-

⟨8⟩ cekarappirammārāyaṉeṉ uṭaiyār tirumutukunṟamuṭaiya nāyaṉāṟku tiruvottacāmam pūcaiyiṉṟi

⟨9⟩ yile yoḻikai•••••••• kaḷu[m]••• tiruvottacāmattukku uṭaiyāṟkut tampe-

⟨10⟩ ••••••••• ṟkun tiruamutupaṭi ḷaī/8pa••••••••• 1/8[capa•pa•]kaṟi amutuḷḷiṭṭu viñcaṉa-

⟨11⟩ [ttu]kkum tiruviḷakku ney upakkum ivaiyiṟ[ṟukkuṭa]lāka uṭaiyār mācātticcaramuṭaiya[nā]-

⟨12⟩ [yaṉāṟkum] uṭaiyār tirumutukuṉṟamuṭaiya nāyaṉāṟkun tevatāṉamāṉa colleṟṟa kuṟicci pirāyata-

⟨13⟩ ••• māccāttaṉ uḷḷiṭṭa perunāṉkellaikkuḷpaṭṭa nilattil māccāt taṉ vaya-

⟨14⟩ li[l] uṭaiyār tirumutukuṉṟamuṭaiyāṟku immāccāttan vayalil ni-

The following 13 lines seem to be part of a different record.

⟨1⟩ —mātarācaneṉ uṭaiyār tirumutukunṟamu-

⟨2⟩ ṭaiya nāyaṉār koyil civappirāmaṇarum

⟨3⟩ māṭāpattiyañ ceyvārkaḷum tevarkaṉmik[o]- ⟨Page 108⟩

⟨4⟩ yiṟkaṇak[kum]••• iṉṉāṭu paruma••••• tuvan-

⟨5⟩ irupaṭiyiṟ••• kalliṭṭā(ra)ṉ perunaṭai[koṇṭa]

⟨6⟩ perumāḷum [ū]rāyicainta ūrāru miṉṉilam

⟨7⟩ āṟumāvuṅ koṇṭu uṭaiyār tirumutukun-

⟨8⟩ ṟamuṭaiya nāyaṉāṟku nāṉ koṇṭuviṭṭa nila-

⟨9⟩ m āṟumāvuṅ k[o]ṇṭu pūcai [ca]nti[rāti*]ttavarai ce-

⟨10⟩ luttakkaṭavarkaḷāka tiru••• ppaṭik kuṭut-

⟨11⟩ ten āḻvān tirukke••••• muṭaiyāṉā-

⟨12⟩ ṉa kulacekarappiramārāyaneṉ [itu] mākecara

⟨13⟩ iraṭcai naṉ[ṟāka ||*]

⟨SIIv23p0i0134⟩ No. 134. (A.R. No. 134 of 1907.) Koḍumbāḷūr, Kulattur Taluk, Tiruchirappalli District Muchukundēśvara temple—on the same wall

This seems to be an unusual record-in faulty style-purporting to be an inscription dated in the 7th year of a Koḍumbāḷūr chief Vīraśōḻa-Irukkuvēḷ with the Chōḷa title Parakēsarivarman prefixed to his name. It states that on the representation (made to the chief) by Aḻagaṉ Vīraśōḻa-Aṇukkamāl of the uḍankūṭṭam (?), the kaṇmāḷar and some others (not clear), an image of the diety called Akkaśāliśvaram-Uḍai[yār] was consecrated in the temple of Tirumudugaṟam at Koḍumbāḷūr, and provision was made for its daily worship and offerings by means of a gift of a land known as Śēral-ēndal as dēvadāna.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] parakecariparmarāṉa viracoḻa irukkuveḷukku 7- vatu uṭan kūṭṭattu aḻakaṉ viracoḻavaṇukkamālum kaṇmāḷarum••• mutaliyārai yum [nā]mpu••• koṭumpāḷūr tirumutukaṟa[t*]tu eṅkaḷperāle akkacālicuramuṭaiya•••••

⟨2⟩ raiyum eḻuntaru[ḷa*]paṇṇi amutupaṭi[k*]ku tirunāḷaḻivukkum teva tāna[m] tantaruḷaveṇumenṟu vi[ṇ*]ṇappañ ceyya••• [cera]ṉkuḷa muḷḷiṭṭa kuḷa vetirveḷāṉai vāyttu tevatānamāvatu ceral en ta[l*] iṭa•••••

⟨3⟩ tukku ellaiyāvatu kiḻpāṟ e[l*]lai melpāl e[l*]lai kiḻakku meṟku •••••••• ḻaikkuḷattu••••• kaṭaimai [p*]oyyāmeṭṭukkup potu•••••••• poyāmeṭṭukku kiḻakkum [vaṭa]pāṟ e[l*]lai••••••••

⟨4⟩ paṭuvaḻikku teṟkum inān e[l*]laikkuṭpaṭṭa nila iṟaiy iḻicci puravari curukki kuṭinik[kā*] tirunāmattukkāṇi āka•••••••• can••••• eḻu[t*]tu panmākeśvara irakṣai [||*]

⟨SIIv23p0i0135⟩ No. 135. (A.R. No. 135 of 1907.) Koḍumbāḷūr, Kulattur Taluk, Tiruchirappalli District Muchukundēśvara temple—on the north wall of the kitchen ⟨Page 109⟩

This is a record of the 5th year of Māṟavarman Kulaśēkhara, which states that this kitchen called the Vijayapañjaraṉ-tirumaḍaippaḷḷi is the gift of the Nāṭṭavar of Muduśolkuḍi-nāḍu. Tirumudukuṉṟam is said to be situated in Vaḍa-Kōnāḍu a division of Uṟattūr-Kūṟṟam in Kōnāḍu.

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] komāṟapaṉmarāṉa tirupuvaṉacakkaravattikaḷ śrī kulacekara tevaṟku

⟨2⟩ yāṇṭu 5- vatu koṉāṭāṉa kaṭalaṭaiyāta ilaṅkaiko[ṇ*]ṭa co-

⟨3⟩ ḻavaḷaṉāṭṭu uṟattūṟkūṟṟattu vaṭakoṉāṭṭu uṭaiyār tirumutu-

⟨4⟩ kuṉṟamuṭaiya ṉāyaṉār tirukkoyil vicaiyapañcarantirumaṭaippaḷ-

⟨5⟩ ḷi mutuc[o]lkuṭiṉāṭṭu ṉāṭṭavar tanmam ḷa

⟨SIIv23p0i0136⟩ No. 136. (A.R. No. 136 of 1907.) Koḍumbāḷūr, Kulattur Taluk, Tiruchirappalli District Muchukundēśvara temple—on the same wall Māṟ. Kulaśēkhara I: year 42: 1309-10 A.D.

This registers the perpetual lease of the tenancy right over a land known as Iluppaikkuḍi, given by the temple authorities (sthānattār) of Tirumudukuṉṟam-uḍaiya-Nāyaṉār to one Dēvaṉ Tirunelvēli-Uḍaiyār. The land which is said to have been endowed to the temple, by a kaikkōḷa of Koḍumbāḷūr by name Vīraṉ Toṇḍaṉ alias Vikkira[ma*]-Pāṇḍyapanmar, for the conduct of the ardhayāma service, had been left fallow for a long time following a breach and destruction of the tank-bund and consequent spread of wild growth. The lessee now paid 100 paṇam to the temple as parivaṭṭamudal (price of temple honour ?) and undertook to repair the breach, and after clearing the wilderness, to bring the land under cultivation and to measure out 7 kalam, 1 tūṇi and 1 padakku of paddy on every mā of land, whether cultivated with paddy or some other products like turmeric, ginger, betel or sugarcane.

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||*] komāṟapaṉmarāṉa tirupuvaṉacca[k*]karavattikaḷ kulacekara tevaṟku [yāṇṭu] 42- vatu koṉāṭāṉa

⟨2⟩ kaṭalaṭaiyāta ilaṅkaikoṇṭa coḻavaḷanāṭṭu uṟattūrkūṟṟattu koṭumpāḷū[r*] uṭaiyā[r*] tirumutukun-

⟨3⟩ ṟamuṭaiya nāyanā[r*] koyil tāṉattārom taḷakkā ūrāḷikaḷil tevaṉ tirunelveliuṭaiyāṟku kuṭiniṅkā tevatā-

⟨4⟩ ṉappiramāṇam paṇṇikkuṭutta paricāvatu koṭumpāḷūr kaikkoḷan viraṉ toṇṭanāna vikkira[ma*]pāṇṭiyapanmar tanmamāka innā-

⟨5⟩ yanāṟkutiru ottacāmacanti amutu [ceyya]k koṇṭu iṭṭa iluppaik kuṭi neṭuṅkālam kuḷamum uṭaintu karaiyum a-

⟨6⟩ ḻintu vayal varampum aḻiparumāka kāṭum eḻuntu tiruottacāmac canti yum muṭṭikkiṭakkaiyil iṟṟaināḷ kuṟaivaṟak kuvintu ⟨Page 110⟩

⟨7⟩ ivaṉaikkoṇṭu kāṭum veṭṭivi[t*]tu kuḷamu[m*] aṭaippittu tiru ottacāmacantiyu[m*] kaṭṭi iṟ[ṟ*]aināḷ paruvaṭṭa mutalukku oṭuk [ki]na

⟨8⟩ paṇa[m] nūṟu ikkuṭikāṭṭukku varicai kaṭṭiṉapaṭi payir nilattukku māt tāl varicai nellu eḻukalane tūṇippatakkum

⟨9⟩ mañcaḷ iñci veṟṟilai karumpukkum ivvaricai ko[ḷ*]ḷakkaṭavom ikkuṭikkāṭu nān[ku*] ellaikkuṭpaṭṭa nilam cantirātittavaṟ

⟨10⟩ celvatākavum ippaṭi cammatittu kuṭiniṅkā tevatāna[m*] pa[ṇ*]ṇi[ku] ṭuttom tirunelveli uṭaiyāṟku tānattārom ippaṭikku tānat-

⟨11⟩ tā[r*] coṟ[pa*]ṭi ikkoyil kaṇakku koṭumpāḷūr uṭaiyāṉ tevaṉ ciṅkapperumāḷ eḻuttu ௳

⟨SIIv23p0i0137⟩ No. 137. (A.R. No. 137 of 1907.) Koḍumbāḷūr, Kulattur Taluk, Tiruchirappalli District Muchukundēśvara temple—on a pillar in the same maṇḍapa

This pillar is stated to be the gift of one Śeṭṭi Kambaṉ alias Jaṉanātha Aṇukkap-Pallavaraiyaṉ. Another inscription evidently engraved on a different pillar gives the name of the donor as Maṅgan Tāmattaṉ alias Kolōttuṅgaśōḻa•••••••• Both the donors were Kaikkoḷa residents of the place.

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A

⟨1⟩ śrī ikkāl

⟨2⟩ ceyvittā-

⟨3⟩ n koṭumpā-

⟨4⟩ ḷūṟ kaikko-

⟨5⟩ ḷan ceṭṭi kam-

⟨6⟩ panāna caṉanāta a-

⟨7⟩ ṇukka pallava-

⟨8⟩ raiyan ௳

B

⟨1⟩ ikkāl ceyvit

⟨2⟩ tān koṭumpāḷūr

⟨3⟩ kaikkoḷan maṅkan

⟨4⟩ tāmattanāṉa ko-

⟨5⟩ lottuṅkacoḻak

⟨6-7⟩ ••••••••• u-

⟨8⟩ ṭaiyān [||*] ⟨Page 111⟩

⟨SIIv23p0i0138⟩ No. 138. (A.R. No. 138 of 1907.) Koḍumbāḷūr, Kulāttur Taluk, Tiruchirappalli District Muchukundēśvara temple—on another pillar in the same place

This is dated in the 5th year of some king whose name is not given. Perhaps it was Vīra-Pāṇḍya. Mention is made of Rishabhapperumāṉaḍigaḷ (Nandi) in the Tiruppūdīśvaram temple.

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⟨1⟩ śrī yāṇṭu 5-

⟨2⟩ āvatu tiruppūti-

⟨3⟩ ccuvarattu ṛṣapa-

⟨4⟩ pperumāṉaṭikaḷuk-

⟨5⟩ kup [pūcciṭa virapā]-

⟨6⟩ ṇṭi•••••••••

⟨SIIv23p0i0139⟩ No. 139. (A.R. No. 139 of 1907.) Koḍumbāḷūr, Kulattur Taluk, Tiruchirappalli District Muchukundēśvara temple—on the base of the same maṇḍapa

This is a mere fragment of an inscription mentioning Uḍaiyār Madhurāṉtakan Śundaraśōḻaṉ. Reference is made to a woman servant of the royal palace by name Kaḷḷichchi Uttama cha•••••••• and one Pūdi Paṭṭālakaṉ Nakka••••• and also to two classes of smiths (Kottar) of Koḍumbāḷūr.

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⟨1⟩ —uṭaiyār maturāṉtakaṉ cuntaracoḻaṉāṉa—

⟨2⟩ —veḷattup peṇṭāṭṭi kaḷḷicci uttama ca—

⟨3⟩ —•• ṟantāṉ sū•• pūtipaṭṭālakaṉ na[k]ka••••• vaṟku kā—

⟨4⟩ — koṭumpāḷūr iraṇṭuvakai kottaṟkum iruntu ārā[y*]ntu [i]ṉṉai—

⟨SIIv23p0i0140⟩ No. 140. (A.R. No. 140 of 1907.) Koḍumbāḷūr, Kulattur Taluk, Tiruchirappalli District Muchukundēśvara temple—on three stones built into the pond in front of the temple

These are fragments of some Kannaḍa inscriptions in early characters. One of them refers to the reign of Madurekōṇḍa Kōpa•••••••• and to a case of self immolation by an individual by means of khaṇḍasphuṭita (mutilation of flesh ?). The second ⟨Page 112⟩ piece mentions a tank built for (?) one•••• Kēsarīśvaradēva, and the third refers to Vīra-Pāṇḍya-Iḷaṅgōvēḷār ruling at Koḍumbāḷūr, Vikrama•••••••• dēva and to one Māramaseṭṭi.

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Piece I.

⟨1⟩ • • • • • ḷūru • • • • •

⟨2⟩ • • • [¨rmma]paripāḷana

⟨3⟩ ve¨rggaḍe ·āneya[ba]lu

⟨4⟩ • • • lāgi kāṭigelda

⟨5⟩ [madu]re kōṇḍa kō[va]

⟨6⟩ • • • vijaya rājya

⟨7⟩ pālisuttamire || [ja]

⟨8⟩ kaṇḍasvuṭita[sva]dāra

⟨9⟩ ka[vva]ge [pi]ḷi yamma

⟨10⟩ • • • māṇi[kya] pa¨rya[ṁ]ka

⟨11⟩ • • • • • • • • • • saḷayya

Piece II.

⟨1⟩ pra • • • • • • • • • • gu

⟨2⟩ tta • • • • • • • • • • yapaḷadi

⟨3⟩ • • • • • • • • • • [ka]yya

⟨4⟩ • • • • • • • • • •

⟨5⟩ • • • • • • • • • • [·i]ka

⟨6⟩ yava¨rprava¨rdha[mā]

⟨7⟩ • • • rājyamaprati

⟨8⟩ kēsarīśvarade • • • ti

⟨9⟩ ·āragaṇḍadi ·elā • • •

⟨10⟩ [ni]ka biṭṭa kō[nēru]

⟨11⟩ • • • mayaṇakana • • • • •

Piece III.

⟨1⟩ • • • ¨rddamana • • • • • • • • • • tsara • • • • • • • • • • da

⟨2⟩ śrī vīrapāṇḍya[·i]ḷa[ṁ gō]vēḷā • • • • • • • • • • ni

⟨3⟩ koḍumbāḷūrāḷuttamiṟdu • • • • • • • • • • ttama vikrama

⟨4⟩ • • • • • • • • • • dēva¨rgge ma • • • • • • • • • • mā • • • • • • • • • • sthita

⟨5⟩ • • • • • • • • • • seṭṭiya mārama seṭṭiyara ma •

⟨SIIv23p0i0141⟩ No. 141. (A.R. No. 141 of 1907.) Koḍumbāḷūr, Kulattur Taluk, Tiruchirappalli District Muchukundēśvara temple—on another stone built into the same pond ⟨Page 113⟩

This is a much damaged and fragmentary inscription in Grantha which should have formed part of a genealogy. Atri is mentioned.

Text.

⟨1⟩ ⎯⎯mapya—[pu]ṣṭā pṛ

⟨2⟩ ⎯⎯karakṛ⎯⎯••• viṣṇō

⟨3⟩ ⎯⎯trirabhu⎯⎯sutāsya

⟨SIIv23p0i0142⟩ No. 142. (A.R. No. 142 of 1907.) Pūvālaikkuḍi, Tirumayam Taluk, Tiruchirappalli District At the entrance into the rock-cut cave

This is a small inscription in characters of about the 9th century A.D. which states that this (cave) is the gift of one Pūdi Kaḷari alias Amarūṉṟi-Muttaraiyaṉ.

Text.

⟨1⟩ śrī pūti kaḷari āyiṉa amaruṉṟimuttaraiyaṉ••• taṉ[ma]-