SII 17.280: original edition by K. G. Krishnan

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 (emfr).

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.

Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (Original Edition) (south-indian-inscriptions).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0280.

File path: SII17/DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0280.xml.

Version: 2026-04-17 20:51 (91a7006), last modified 2026-03-27 17:56 (4ceb610).

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.

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