SII 1.123: original edition by Eugen Hultzsch PART III. NOTES AND FRAGMENTS. No. 115-123. INSCRIPTIONS OF THE MĀRGASAHĀYEŚVARA TEMPLE AT VIRIÑCHIPURAM. No. 123. INSIDE THE BACK GOPURA. author of digital edition Emmanuel Francis European Research Council (ERC), grant agreement no 809994 DHARMA Paris, CEIAS DHARMA_INSSIIv01p0i0123.xml 2019-2026 as per external metadata

1. King: the illustrious mahāmaṇḍaleśvara rājādhirāja rājaparameśvara, the illustrious Achyutadeva-mahārāyar or Achyutarāya (of Vijayanagara).

2. Date: Śaka 1454 expiredThe date is expressed both in figures and by the words vaṁśavaryye śakasyāṁbde, i.e., in the Śaka year va (4), śa (5), va (4), ya (1) = 1454 (expired). On this manner of notation, see Dr. Burnell's South-Indian Palaeography, 2nd edition, p. 79.and the Nandana year current.

3. Donee: Uḍaiyār Vaṛittuṇai-nāyaṉār or Śrī-Viriñcheśvara.

4. Donor: the karaṇikka (= karaṇam) Vīrappayaṉ or Vīraya, who belonged to the Gautamānvaya.

5. Object of the grant: (a) the village of Śiṟaleri within the boundaries (sīmā) of Kāvanūr;This is the name of a village in the Guḍiyātam Tālluqa of the North Arcot District; see Sewell's Lists, Vol. I, p. 160. (b) the village of Vīraraśūr, excluding the agrahāra of Kīṛai-Vīraraśūr and including the open (i.e., unfortified) place (liṟappu) of Aṅgarāyaṉ-kuppam.This is the modern village of Aṅgaraṅkuppam, 6 miles north of Viriñchipuram.

6. Remark: The inscription mentions the maṇḍapa of Śamburāyaṉ, which may have formed part of the Viriñchipuram temple.

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