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                <title type="alt">No. 394. (A.R. No. 364 of 1904.) NĀRTTĀMALAI, PUDUKKOTTAI, TIRUCHIRAPPALLI DISTRICT.</title>
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                            <p>On a rock north of the big rock-cut hall known as Kshamaṇāḷ-kuḍagu on the Mēlamalai hill.</p>						
                            
                            <p>Māṟavarmaṉ Sundarapāṇḍya I. Year 11.+1: 1227-28 A.D.</p>						
                            
                            <p>The king in this inscription is described by the title <hi rend="italic">Śōṇāḍu vaḻaṅgiyaruḷiya.</hi></p>						
                            
                            <p>This records an allotment of different pieces of land, granted by different people as <hi rend="italic">kuḍīnīṅgā tiruviḍaiyāṭṭam</hi> for food offerings to god Padineṇbhūmi-viṇṇagara Emperumāṉ and his consort for whom shrines were erected by the <hi rend="italic">Nagarattār</hi> of Teliṅgakula kālapuram <hi rend="italic">alias</hi> Kulōttuṅgachōḻa-paṭṭiṉam in Iraṭṭapāḍikoṇḍaśōḻa-vaḷanāḍu. The <hi rend="italic">nagarattār</hi> agreed to arrange for the remittance of 57 <hi rend="italic">kalam</hi> of paddy measured by <hi rend="italic">śūlakkāl</hi> for the said service and took upon themselves the burden of paying taxes viz. <hi rend="italic">tiruvāśal-pōnda iṟai, kuḍimai, antarāyam</hi>, etc. In case of failure of crops, a remission was to be allowed after due inspection. One-sixth of the summer crops was to be paid to the temple.</p>						
                            
                            <p>Provision was also made for the repairs in the temple from levies such as <hi rend="italic">āḍaikkāśu</hi> and <hi rend="italic">Kiḍāykkāśu</hi> collected from the bride's party in a marriage.</p>
                            
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                <p>Text published in Inscriptions (Texts) of the Pudukkottai State, No. 281.</p>
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