# SII 17.280: original edition by K. G. Krishnan

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 280. (A.R. No. 255. of 1904.) TIRUMALAI,
CHANDRAGIRI TALUK, CHITTOOR DISTRICT. On the north wall of the first
prākāra of the Veṅkaṭēśa Perumāḷ temple

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0280

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII17/DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0280.xml

Language: Undetermined [Script (unspecified)]

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## Summary

Ś. 1389: 1437 A.D.

This inscription mentions Ta[m*]maiyadēva-mahārājā, son of
Hosavirudaragaṇḍa Gaṇḍamarāja Vallabharāya. The details of date given,
viz., Śaka 1389, Sarvajit, Tulā ba. 1, Thursday, Kārttigai, regularly
correspond to 1467 A.D., October 15, Thursday, ·21. The tithi ended at
·20 of the previous day. There is a postscript to the inscription which
says that this is a charity by Tamma Irāyaṉ, a descendent of Pina
Mādhavavarman of Pāḍinēṟi, in Bejavāḍai, belonging to the solar race.

It registers an endowment by the aforesaid chief of the cess levied from
the lands irrigated by the channel excavated in Maṇiyakkōṉpaṭṭu, on the
border of Pāṇagam, to the god for food offerings. The offering was to be
distributed to the śrīvaishṇavas, tending the garden dedicated in the
name of the Irāyar.

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## Commentary

Text published in Tirumalai Tirupati Dēvasthānam Inscriptions, Volume
II. Nos. 27 and 28.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 17.280 by Krishnan 1964 converted to DHARMA
conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

### Primary

[SII] Krishnan, K. G. 1964. South-Indian inscriptions. Volume XVII:
Inscriptions collected during the year 1903-04. South Indian
Inscriptions 17. Delhi: Archaeological survey of India (Manager of
Publications). Page 115, item 280.