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SII 13.298: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 298. (A.R. No. 360 of 1924.) MĒLAPPAḺUVŪR, UDAIYARPALAIYAM TALUK, TRICHINOPOLY DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE AGASTYĒŚVARA SHRINE, AGASTYĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This records a gift of 8 mā of land in the dēvadāna village Ūragaṉkuḍi after reclamation from its fallow condition, by Vēṭṭakkuḍāṉ Vaḍugaṉ Mādavaṉ of Poygaikkuṟuviḍam by order of Paḻuvēṭṭaraiyaṉ Kumaraṉ Maṟavaṉ, for a perpetual lamp in each of the two shrines in the temple of Amanigandarvva-Īśvaragarattu-Mahādēva. The chief is probably identical with Kumaraṉ Kaṇḍaṉ mentioned in No. 352 above [[A.R. No. 352 of 1924]]. The inscription seems to be assignable to Rājarāja I.

Language: Tamil.

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

DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0298.

SII 13.299: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 299. (A.R. No. 169 of 1928.) TIRUPPAḺANAM, TANJORE TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, ĀPATSAHĀYĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This is damaged in places. It records a gift of 397 1/2 palam of (?) to the temple of Mahādēva at Tiruppaḻaṉam by Māṟpiḍugu Tirukkōṭṭiyūr-Kaḷvaṉ Amarkālaṉ (or Mākālaṉ ?) Āṉai-Uḍaiyāṉ. The donor, to judge by his name, seems to have been a Muttaraiyar chief ruling over a tract of the Ramnad district. A record of Āditya I.

Language: Tamil.

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

DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0299.

SII 13.29: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 29. (A.R. No. 285 of 1906.) TIRUMĀLPURAM, ARKONAM TALUK, NORTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON THE WEST WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, MAṆIKAṆṬHĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This records an endowment of 15 kaḻañju of gold by Madhurāntakaṉ Gaṇḍarādittaṉ for the daily supply of an uḻakku of oil for a lamp in the temple of Tirumālpēṟṟāḻvār, to be made by the ūrār (assembly) of Śerugūr in Valla-nāḍu, a division of Dāmar-kōṭṭam, in whose charge the amount was left by the donor. The inscription is evidently one of Rājarāja I since the donor largely figures in the other records of this king.

Language: Tamil.

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

DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0029.

SII 1.32: original edition by Eugen Hultzsch – PART I. SANSKRIT INSCRIPTIONS. I. INSCRIPTIONS OF THE PALLAVA DYNASTY. No. 32. A PALLAVA INSCRIPTION FROM AMARĀVATĪ. Reprinted from the Madras Journal of Literature and Science for 1886-87.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: The subjoined Sanskrit inscription is engraved on three sides of an octagonal pillar,1 which was excavated at Amarāvatī by Mr. R.Sewell and sent by Dr. Burgess to the Madras Museum. The top of the pillar and some letters of the uppermost lines of the inscription have been broken off. The inscription has hitherto remained a puzzle, as each line seems to end incomplete. Finding, that the first words of some lines were connected with the last words of the following lines, I was led to suppose that the inscription must begin from the bottom and not from the top. Curiously enough, this is really the case. If the inscription is read upwards, we find that it consists of eleven complete verses and of a prose passage, the end of which is lost through the mutilation of the pillar at the top. The inscription opens with an invocation of Buddha and with a mythical genealogy of Pallava, the supposed founder of the Pallava dynasty. [[genealigical table]] Brahman. Bharadvāja. Aṅgiras. Sudhāman. Droṇa. Aśvatthāman, married to the Apsaras Madani. Pallava. Verse 8 gives a popular etymology of the name Pallava. Then there follow the names of seven Pallava kings:— 1. Mahendravarman, son of Pallava. 2. Siṁhavarman I., son of 1. 3. Arkavarman, son of 2. 4. Ugravarman. 6. Nandivarman, son of 5, Śrī-Siṁhavishṇu. 7. Siṁhavarman II. The inscription contains no information about the relationship, which existed between 3 and 4, 4 and 5, 6 and 7. Neither does the genealogy agree with the lists derived by Mr. Foulkes2 and Mr. Fleet3 from other Pallava inscriptions, although similar names of kings occur in them. For these reasons great care should be taken in using the above list for historical purposes. From the incomplete prose passage at the end of the inscription, we learn that, on his return from an expedition to the north, Siṁhavarman II. came to a place sacred to Buddha, which was called Dhānyaghaṭa (line 38) or Dhānyaghaṭaka (line 47). The lost part of the pillar must have recorded a donation, which the king made to Buddha. Dhānyaghaṭa or Dhānyaghaṭaka is evidently identical with Dhānyakaṭa or Dhānyakaṭaka, “corn-town,” the well-known old name of Amarāvatī. The use of gha instead of ka can perhaps be explained by the Tamil habit of softening a single consonant between two vowels.4

Language: Sanskrit.

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

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SII 13.2: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 2. (A.R. No. 586 of 1904.) ŚRĪNIVĀSANALLŪR, MUSIRI TALUK, TRICHINOPOLY DISTRICT. ON THE EAST WALL OF THE KORAṄGUNĀTHAṈ TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This records a gift of 30 sheep and 30 goats to provide ghee for a perpetual lamp in the temple of Tirukurakkutuṟai-Perumāṉaḍigaḷ at Mahēndramaṅgalam, by Kāppiyaṉ Eḻuvaṉ Gaṅgādharaṉ of the village for the merit of Gaṅgādharaṉ Araṭṭaṉ. Judging from the writing the inscription may be ascribed to the reign of Gaṇḍarāditya.

Language: Tamil.

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

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SII 13.300: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 300. (A.R. No. 5 of 1907.) TIRUVIŚALŪR, KUMBAKONAM TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, ŚIVAYŌGANĀTHA SVĀMIN TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This records a tax-free gift of land at Maṅgalakuḍi by a Veḷḷāḷa named Nakkapirāṉ of Peruṅkkūṟṟakuḍi, as a provision for offerings during the ardhajāma (midnight) service in the temple of Perumāṉaḍigaḷ at Tiruviśalūr (a part) of Amaninārāyaṇa-chaturvēdimaṅgalam. Avaninārāyaṇa is a well known title of Pallava Nandivarman III. The date of the record is given as ‘third’ in words with however the numeral 20 inserted above it. This is very probably a record of Āditya I.

Language: Tamil.

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

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SII 13.301: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 301. (A.R. No. 18 of 1920.) TIRUMAḺAVĀḌI, UDAIYARPALAIYAM TALUK, TRICHINOPOLY DISTRICT. ON THE WEST WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, VAIDYANĀTHA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This records a sale of land tax-free, for three kaḻañju by Śāvāndi Śēndaṉ Kallai, the headman of Vaṭṭanārkuḍi a brahmadēya in Poygai-nāḍu, to Āyiravaṉ Ēnādi the headman of Ārkkāḍu in Ārkkāṭṭu-kūṟṟam and the endowment of the same by the latter as dēvadāna to the temple of Mahādēva at Tirumaḻavāḍi. An inscription evidently of Āditya I.

Language: Tamil.

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

DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0301.

SII 13.302: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 302. (A.R. No. 442 of 1922.) KĀYĀR, CHINGLEPUT TALUK, CHINGLEPUT DISTRICT. ON A PILLAR IN THE ĀḌĒRĪŚVARA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This is probably an inscription of Āditya I. It records the sale of some lands tax-free, by the sabhā of Kāyāṟu in Kumiḻi-nāḍu a subdivision of Āmūr-kōṭṭam, to a certain Tāḻi-Śēnaṉ of Vaṇḍāḻañjēri in Naṟaiyūr-nāḍu a subdivision of Śōḻa-nāḍu, who endowed them to the temple of Āḍērip-Piḍārar for offerings and lamp to the god Kūttap-Perumāṉaḍigaḷ (Naṭarāja) in the temple.

Language: Tamil.

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

DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0302.

SII 13.303: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 303. (A.R. No. 61 of 1923.) PUDUPPĀKKAM, CONJEEVERAM TALUK, CHINGLEPUT DISTRICT. ON TWO BROKEN SLABS LYING IN THE COMPOUND OF THE ŚELLIYAMMAṈ TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This records the remission of taxes granted by the sabhā of the village on two pieces of land endowed to the temple of . . . . ni-Bhaṭāri at Nallilamaṅgalam in Mērpaḻugū[r-nāḍu] a subdivision of Maṇaiyiṟ-kōṭṭam, one by a member of the āḷuṅgaṇam and the other by the iḷamakkaḷ after purchasing them from the Kārttigaigaṇattār. Probably a record of Āditya I.

Language: Tamil.

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

DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0303.

SII 13.304: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 304. (A.R. No. 161 of 1928.) TIRUPPAḺANAM, TANJORE TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, ĀPATSAHĀYĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This is an inscription of Āditya I. It is damaged in places and the portion at the end is peeled off. It records a gift of 20 kaḻañju of gold for a perpetual lamp in the temple at Tiruppaḻaṉam in Viṟai-kūṟṟam, by Kāḍupaṭṭigaḷ Tamarmēttiyār the mother of Vayiri-Ak[kaṉ] alias Tribhuvanamādēviyār the queen of Śōḻaperumāṉaḍigaḷ (Chōḷa king). The name of the donatrix indicates that she was of the Pallava family with whom the king should have contracted marriage relationship.

Language: Tamil.

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

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SII 13.305: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 305. (A.R. No. 164 of 1931.) TIRUCHCHATTURAI, TANJORE TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON THE WEST AND SOUTH WALLS OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, ŌDANAVANĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This inscription is engraved in early characters with the virāma marked for final consonants, and may therefore be assigned to Āditya I. It is built in at the right end. It records an endowment of 25 kaḻañju of gold for burning a lamp with 5 piḍi of ghee to be supplied daily from the interest thereon, by . . . yaṉ Nāgaṉ.

Language: Tamil.

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

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SII 13.306: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 306. (A.R. No. 592 of 1904.) ŚRĪNIVĀSANALLŪR, MUSIRI TALUK, TRICHINOPOLY DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE KORAṄGUNĀTHAN TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This registers a gift of 1 1/2 mā of garden-land free of taxes, for burning a perpetual lamp in the temple of Tirukkurakkuttuṟai-Perumāṉaḍigaḷ at the brahmadēya village Mayēndiramaṅgalam, by Kāchchuvaṉ (Kāśyapa) Jātavēda Nīla[ṉ] of Toṭṭiyam, after duly ‘notifying his intention’ to the sabhai-vārigar and the Āriga(ya)-bhaṭārar. The alphabet of the inscription is early and hence the record may be referred to the time of Āditya I.

Language: Tamil.

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

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SII 13.307: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 307. (A.R. No. 401 of 1905.) KĀVĒRIPPĀKKAM, ARKONAM TALUK, NORTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON A PILLAR IN THE MAṆḌAPA IN FRONT OF THE VARADARĀJA-PERUMĀḶ TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This inscription is much damaged. It seems to record a gift of 15 kaḻañju of gold made for burning a perpetual lamp in the temple at Kāvidippākkam Avaninārāyaṇa-chaturvēdimaṅgalam situated in Paḍuvūr-kōṭṭam. The mahāsabhā of the village which included members of the several committees such as ūrvāriyam, udāsīnavāriyam, poṉvāriyam, kaḻanivāriyam and Śrīkōyilvāriyam as well as the bhaṭṭas and the visishṭas seem to have been in charge of the endowment.

Language: Tamil.

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

DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0307.

SII 13.308: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 308. (A.R. No. 86 of 1908.) NEṞKUṆAM, WANDIWASH TALUK, NORTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON A SLAB SET UP IN FRONT OF THE ŚILAIYAMMAṈ TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This inscription registers a grant of land as ērippaṭṭi for the upkeep of a tank at Neṟkuṉṟam in Śiṅgapura-nāḍu by a certain Nambiyamallaṉār, son of Nṛipatuṅga Maṅgalappēraraiyar. The early script of the inscription makes it assignable to Āditya I.

Language: Tamil.

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

DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0308.

SII 13.309: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 309. (A.R. No. 308 of 1910.) NĀLŪR, PAPANASAM TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON THE DOOR-POSTS AT THE ENTRANCE INTO THE PALĀŚAPURĪŚVARA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: The characters of the inscription are early. It is slightly damaged, and it seems to register an agreement of the mahāsabhā of Nālūr a brahmadēya in Śēṟṟūrkūṟṟam undertaking to receive no other tax than taṭṭiṟai on the produce of an arecagarden in Vaḍaśāttaṉgudi alias Kaḷarañjēnda-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, which had been leased by the shareholders of the village. The sabhā is said to have met for this deliberation in the hall (?) called Vaṇṇakkanār-ambalaṁ.

Language: Tamil.

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

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SII 13.30: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 30. (A.R. No. 292-A of 1906.) ON THE NORTH, WEST AND SOUTH WALLS OF THE SAME SHRINE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This registers a sale of land by Kambattaḍigaḷ, son of Kandichchi Māppāṟṟaḍigaḷ of Tirumāṟpēṟu in Valla-nāḍu of Dāmar-kōṭṭam, to Madhurāntakaṉ Gaṇḍarādittaṉ who endowed it for a lamp in the temple. Among the boundaries of the land is mentioned a channel called Vimalāditya-vāykkāl. This may also be a record of Rājarāja I.

Language: Tamil.

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

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SII 13.310: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 310. (A.R. No. 208 of 1926.) ŚENDALAI, TANJORE TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, SUNDARĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This records a gift of 5 kaḻañju of gold for burning a lamp during the day in the temple of Tirupperundurai-Perumāṉaḍigaḷ at Chandiralēkai-chaturvēdimaṅgalam a brahmadēya in Ārkāṭṭuk-kūṟṟam, by a lady named Nārāyaṇaṉ Puṇḍi, the wife of Ārigaṉ Dūvēdi Nārāyaṇaṉ Śaḍaiyaṉ of Puḷikaḷam in Eriyūr-nāḍu. The early alphabet of the inscription and the high regnal year of the king make it assignable to Āditya I.

Language: Tamil.

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

DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0310.

SII 13.311: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 311. (A.R. No. 210 of 1926.) ON THE SAME WALL.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This is also evidently an inscription of Āditya I like No. 310 above. It records a gift of 1[5] kaḻañju of gold by Baṭāraṉ Valiyaṉ for burning a perpetual lamp in the temple of Tirupperunduṟai-Māhādē[va] with the daily supply of an uḻakku of ghee received towards the interest thereon.

Language: Tamil.

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

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SII 13.312: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 312. (A.R. No. 400 of 1905.) KĀVĒRIPĀKKAM, ARKONAM TALUK, NORTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON A PILLAR IN THE MAṆḌAPA IN FRONT OF THE VARADARĀJA-PERUMĀḶ TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This is probably an inscription of Rājarāja I. It records some regulations banning the service of women (for conducting the festivals in the temple) as decided by the mahāsabhā of Kāvidipākkam alias Avaninārāyaṇa-chaturvēdimaṅgālam in Paḍuvūr-kōṭṭam, on an order received by them from the king through Veṇbaikuḍināṭṭu-Vēḷār. ‘Avaninārāyaṇa’ is known to have been a biruda of Pallava Nandivarmān III. We learn that the assembly comprised the committees ūrvāriyam, udasīnavāriyam, ērivāriyam and the kaḻanivāriyam and of the bhaṭṭas and visishṭas of the village.

Language: Tamil.

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

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SII 13.313: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 313. (A.R. No. 522 of 1905.) TIRUVEḶḶAṞAI, TRICHINOPOLY TALUK, TRICHINOPOLY DISTRICT. ON THE ROCK IN FRONT OF THE ŚIVA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This registers a gift of 30 cows for the maintenance of a perpetual lamp in the temple of Śrīyāṉaikkal-Perumāṉaḍigaḷ at Tiruveḷḷaṟai by Śembiyaṉ Maḻanāṭṭu-Vēḷāṉ alias Koṟṟaṉ Māṟaṉ of [Kai]kaḷūr. The gift was left in charge of the mūlaparishat. The high regnal year of the king and the early script of the inscription make it attributable to Āditya I.

Language: Tamil.

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

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SII 13.314: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 314. (A.R. No. 705 of 1909.) ĀLAMBĀKKAM, LALGUDI TALUK, TRICHINOPOLY DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, ŚELLIYAMMAṈ TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: The inscription is slightly damaged. Like the above this is also assignable to Āditya I. It records that a quarter vēli of wet land which had been endowed by the sabhā of Dantivarma-maṅgalam previously for the repairs of the śrīvimāna of the Saptamātṛi temple, was now assigned by them for a flower-garden to the (same ?) temple. The name Dantivarma-maṅgalam found for Ālambākkam in the inscription suggests that the village should have been founded by the Pallava king Dantivarman, who is known to have held sway in these regions and is also surmised to have built the Kailāsanātha temple at this place. (M.E.R. for 1910, II, 7.)

Language: Tamil.

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

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SII 13.315: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 315. (A.R. No. 170 of 1928.) TIRUPPALAṈAM, TANJORE TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, ĀPATSAHĀYĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This records a gift of 30 kaḻañju of gold left with the ‘Thirty-two’ (members of the assembly), for burning a perpetual lamp in the temple of Mahāḍēva at Tiruppaḻanam a dēvadāna in Viṟai-kūṟṟam, by Śembiyaṉ Ārkāṭṭu-Vēḷāṉ alias Maṟavaṉ Nakkaṉ the headman of Puriśai in Parivaṇḍatturai a subdivision of Ārkāṭṭu-kūṟṟam. Evidently an inscription of Āditya I.

Language: Tamil.

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

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SII 13.316: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 316. (A.R. No. 186 of 1931.) TIRUCHCHATTURAI, TANJORE TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, ŌDANAVANĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This inscription is much damaged and the ends of lines are built in. It seems to register an endowment of gold (to the temple).

Language: Tamil.

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

DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0316.

SII 13.317: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 317. (A.R. No. 168 of 1904.) TIRUVAKKARAI, VILLUPURAM TALUK, SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT. AT THE SOUTHERN ENTRANCE INTO THE CENTRAL SHRINE, RIGHT SIDE, CHANDRAMAUḶĪŚVARA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This inscription records a gift of 100 kāḍi of paddy by a lady named Pugaḻttuṇai-Aḍigaḷ mother of one Viḻuppēraraiyar Ayyakuṭṭi-Aḍigaḷ, which was left in charge of the body called kulaṅkiḻārkaḷ of Tiruvakkārai. With the annual interest of 25 kāḍi accruing on this endowment, its members were to provide for the sacred bath of the deity Tirukkāṟkaṟṟaḷi-Perumānaḍigaḷ on the days of the asterism Chitrā in Chittirai month and of Śravaṇa (Ōṇam) in Puraṭṭādi every year. The high regnal year of the king with however no qualifying epithet for him would make the inscription assignable to Āditya I, but the characters seem to be later.

Language: Tamil.

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

DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0317.

SII 13.318: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 318. (A.R. No. 487 of 1904.) VĒDĀRAṆYAM, TIRUTTURAIPPUNDI TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON A PILLAR IN THE MAṆḌAPA IN FRONT OF RĀMANĀTHĒŚVARA SHRINE, VĒDĀRAṆYĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This is engraved on the same pillar as No. 205 above of the king’s 10th year. It states that the dēvariḍaichchāṉṟār (temple servants) agreed to measure an uri of ghee every day for burning 2 lamps in the temple, for 180 sheep presented by two persons Śātta Śāṉṟaṉ and Śātta Dāmōdiraṉ both natives of Amaṇappulam in Malaināḍu. The alphabet is early and the record may be of the time of Āditya I.

Language: Tamil.

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

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SII 13.319: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 319. (A.R. No. 177 of 1928.) TIRUPPAḺAṈAM, TANJORE TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE MAṆḌAPA TO THE SOUTH OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, ĀPATSAHĀYĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This should also be an inscription of Āditya I. It records the gift of a gold necklace of rudrāksha beads with a clasp (?) set with diamonds, rubies and sapphire for the god by Gaṅgamā[r*]ttāṇḍa alias Śembiyaṉ Pṛithivigaṅgaraiyar, son of Mahādēvar (the chief) of Paṅgaḷa-nāḍu. This donor has been surmised to be the brother of Aḻiviṉ Kaḷḷarasi alias Śembiyaṉ Bhuvanigaṅgaraiyar of Nos. 93 and 177 of 1931 and Śembiyaṉ Prithivigaṅgaraiyar of No. 139 of 1928 (M.E.R. 1931, II, 8).

Language: Tamil.

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

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SII 13.31: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 31. (A.R. No. 294 of 1906.) ON THE SAME WALLS.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This is an incomplete record evidently of Rājarāja I. It seems to register a sale of land by the temple authorities of Tirumālpēṟu to Śōḻamādēviyār alias Pañchavaṉ Mādēviyār, queen of Perumāḷ Mummuḍi-Chōḷa (Rājarāja I), who endowed it to the temple for two perpetual lamps. Among the boundaries of the land is mentioned a land endowed by Madhurāntaka-Gaṇḍarādittaṉ for the sacred bath of the deity.

Language: Tamil.

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

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SII 13.320: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 320. (A.R. No. 94 of 1931.) TIRUPPŪNDURUTTI, TANJORE TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, PUSHPAVANĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: The writing of this inscription is early and the record may be assigned to Āditya I. It registers the gift of a lamp-stand and an endowment of 25 kaḻañju of gold for burning a perpetual lamp in the temple of Mahādēva at Tirutturutti, by Kāvidi Subrahmaṇyaṉ of Śuḍuvūr in Peruvaḻiyūr-nāḍu a subdivision in Pāṇḍi-nāḍu.

Language: Tamil.

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

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SII 13.321: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 321. (A.R. No. 218 of 1904.) MĒL-ŚĒVŪR, GINGEE TALUK, SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH BASE OF THE MAṆḌAPA IN FRONT OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, VṚISHABHAPURĪŚVARA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This is a record of Āditya I, mutilated at the right end. It seems to register the gift of a golden fore head plate (evidently to an image in the temple) by a lady, the wife of (prince) Kannaradēva. The gift was left in charge of the nagarattār of Maṇavūr. Kannaradēva is surmised to have been a son of Āditya and brother to Parāntaka (M.E.R. 1895, p. 5).

Language: Tamil.

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

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SII 13.322: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 322. (A.R. No. 230 of 1915.) BRAHMADĒŚAM, CHEYYAR TALUK, NORTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, CHANDRAMAUḶĪŚVARA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: The inscription is damaged. It seems to record a gift of 10 kaḻañju of gold for a perpetual lamp in the temple of Tiruppondaip-Perumāṉaḍigaḷ at Rājamallachaturvēdimaṅgalam by Ashṭamūrtti, a resident of the village, and an endowment in land by his wife (name lost), after purchase, for the daily feeding of a Brāhmaṇa in the temple. The inscription has been assigned to Āditya I on account of the high regnal year of the king and the identity of the donor with the one figuring in No. 224 of 1915 of the time of Parāntaka I (M.E.R. 1916 II. 9). It is surmised that the village owed its origin to Rājamalla an early king of the Western Gaṅga dynasty. (See No. 292 above.)

Language: Tamil.

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

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SII 13.323: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 323. (A.R. No. 14 of 1920.) TIRUMALAVĀḌI, UDAIYARPALAIYAM TALUK, TRICHINOPOLY DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, VAIDYANĀTHA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This records a gift of 10 kaḻañju of gold and a bronze lamp-stand for burning a perpetual lamp in the temple of Perumānaḍigaḷ at Tirumaḻavāḍi by Iḷaṅgōṉ Pichchi, the Senior queen of Śōḻapperumāṉār and the daughter of Vallavaraiyar. In M.E.R. 1920, II, 9, this inscription has been attributed to Rājarāja I, on account of the details of date given in it, viz., Tulā, Saturday, Bharaṇi. This seems to receive support from the mention of Vallavarayar in the record, pusumably the same as Vallavaraiyar Vandyadēvar the husband of Rājarāja’s elder sister Kundavaiyār, both of whom largely figure in the Tanjore inscriptions of Rājarāja. It is curious however that in a record of such a late period of his reign like this one, the historical introduction of the king should have been omitted. It may be mentioned here that the details of the date also correspond to A.D. 897, October 15, which falls into the reign of Āditya I. ‘Vallavaraiyar’ might refer to the Rāshṭrakū a king of that period (See Ep. Ind. Vol. XXVI, p. 233).

Language: Tamil.

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

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SII 13.324: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 324. (A.R. No. 15 of 1920.) ON THE WEST WALL OF THE SAME SHRINE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This records an endowment of 3 1/2 mā of land after purchasing it tax-free from the assembly (peruṅguṟi-sabhai) of Māṟpiḍugu-chaturvēdimaṅgalam by Nakkaṉ Śiṅgaṉ the headman of Puriśai in Parivaṇḍattuṟai, the eastern division of Ārkāṭṭukūṟṟam, for burning a perpetual lamp in the temple of Maḻapāḍi-Mahādēva. The high regnal year of the king suggests that the inscription might be one of Āditya I.

Language: Tamil.

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

DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0324.

SII 13.325: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 325. (A.R. No. 125 of 1929.) LĀLGUḌI, LALGUDI TALUK, TRICHINOPOLY DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, SAPTAṚISHĪŚVARA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This records an endowment of land left in charge of the sabhā of the village Nityavinītamaṅgalam, after making it free of all taxes by payment of a lump-sum to it, by a certain Brahmādhirāja for burning a perpetual lamp in the temple of Īśvara-Bhaṭṭāraka at Tiruttavattuṟai in Iḍaiyāṟu-nāḍu. The early characters of the inscription and the high regnal year of the king make the record assignable to Āditya I.

Language: Tamil.

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

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SII 13.326: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 326. (A.R. No. 316 of 1904.) KUḌUMIYĀMALAI, PUDUKKOTTAI STATE. ON A PILLAR OF THE ROCK-CUT SHRINE, MĒLAIKKŌYIL TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This inscription is damaged. It records an endowment of money for burning a lamp in the temple of Tirumūlaṭṭānattu-Perumānaḍigaḷ at Tirunīlakuṉṟam in Kuṉṟiyūr-nāḍu by a certain Kaviśiyaṉ Perumāṉ . . . .

Language: Tamil.

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

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SII 13.327: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 327. (A.R. No. 330 of 1904.) ON THE NORTH FACE OF THE SOUTH PILLAR IN THE SAME ROCK-CUT SHRINE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This records an endowment of 4 kaḻañju of gold for burning a lamp throughout the day-time in the temple at Tirunīlakkuṉṟam in Kuṉṟiyūr-nāḍu, on behalf of a person called Śēndaṉ-Nakkaṉ. The name of the donor is lost.

Language: Tamil.

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

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SII 13.328: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 328. (A.R. No. 604 of 1904.) ŚRĪNIVĀSANĀLLUR, MUSIRI TALUK, TRICHINOPOLY DISTRICT. ON A STONE BUILT INTO THE FLOOR OF THE VIŚVANĀTHASVĀMIN TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This is a fragmentary inscription which seems to record the provision made by order of the king for burning a perpetual lamp before god Paḷḷikoṇḍaruḷukiṉṟa-Perumāṉaḍigaḷ (Raṅganātha). This stone is obviously from elsewhere.

Language: Tamil.

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

DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0328.

SII 13.329: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 329. (A.R. No. 600 of 1904.) ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE PAṬṬĀBHIRĀMASVĀMI SHRINE, IN THE SAME TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: The inscription is damaged. It seems to record an endowment of 18 1/2 kaḻāñju of gold by the standard weight called Pāchchiṟkal left by Nīliyār a lady resident of Toṭṭiyam, in charge of the assembly of the village, who set apart some land in return as archanā-bhōga out of which the daily offerings to the god were to be provided for. The assembly is said to have consisted of 48 members.

Language: Tamil.

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

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SII 13.32: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 32. (A.R. No. 295 of 1906.) ON THE SAME WALL.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This is identical with No. 285 of 1906 (No. 29 above).

Language: Tamil.

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

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SII 13.330: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 330. (A.R. No. 325 of 1906.) TIRUMĀLPURAM, ARKONAM TALUK, NORTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON THE WEST WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, RUINED VISHṆU TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This records a gift of sheep for a lamp in the temple of Perumāṉaḍigaḷ at Gōvindapāḍi in Valla-nāḍu, a subdivision of Dāmaṟk-kōṭṭam, by Araṅgaṉ Ka[ru]ṇākaraṉ alias Tenṉavaṉ-Mūvēndavēḷāṉ of Kuḷamaṅgalam in [A]mbar-nāḍu. This donor is evidently different from Ādittaṉ Sūryaṉ of Poygai-nāḍu an important person of the time of Rājarāja I, who had the same title (S.I.I. II. Intr. p. 11).

Language: Tamil.

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

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SII 13.331: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 331. (A.R. No. 326 of 1907.) TIRUVIŚALŪR, KUMBAKONAM TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, ŚIVAYŌGANĀTHASVĀMIN TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This is merely an unfinished fragment.

Language: Tamil.

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

DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0331.

SII 13.332: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 332. (A.R. No. 297 of 1908.) TIRUKKAḶITTAṬṬAI, KUMBAKONAM TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON THE WEST WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, VĒDAPURĪŚVARA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This records the gift of a silver pot for the sacred bath of god Śrīkuḍittiṭṭai-Mahādēva at Vēmbaṟṟūr by Śembiyaṉ-Mahādēvi-Pirāṭṭiyāṟ the mother of Uttama-Chōḷa. The inscription is evidently one of Rājarāja I.

Language: Tamil.

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

DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0332.

SII 13.333: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 333. (A.R. No. 446 of 1908.) TIRUVĪLIMILALAI, NANNILAM TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON THE FIRST PILLAR IN THE INNER GŌPURA, VĪḶINĀTHASVĀMIN TEMPLE, RIGHT OF ENTRANCE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This is below an inscription of the 12th year of Rājarāja I and seems to be connected with it. A portion to its right is chiselled off. It states that the gardenland given (by the assembly of Maḻalai) to a temple servant, which had been dry on account of the low level of water, was to get facilities for irrigation from a tank (near by ?).

Language: Tamil.

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

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SII 13.334: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 334. (A.R. No. 563 of 1908.) TIRUPPALĀTTUṞAI, TRICHINOPOLY TALUK, TRICHINOPOLY DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, ĀDIMŪLĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This inscription is damaged and its latter portion is lost. It seems to record an endowment of land to meet the expenses of the temple at Tiruppāṟṟuṟai by Kūttapirāṉ-Bhaṭṭa[n] of Ādaṉūr, after purchasing it for the purpose from Korōvi Śri Nārāyaṇa-Bhaṭṭaṉ of Uttamaśīli-chaturvēdimaṅgalam. Uttamaśīli is known to have been a son of Parāntaka I (M.E.R. 1907, II, 31).

Languages: None, Tamil.

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

DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0334.

SII 13.335: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 335. (A.R. No. 696 of 1909.) TIRUNEḌUṄGAḶAM, LALGUDI TALUK, TRICHINOPOLY DISTRICT. ON THREE FRAGMENTS OF STONE BUILT INTO THE WALL OF A MAṆḌAPA, NEḌUṄGAḶANĀTHASVĀMIN TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: The inscription on one of the fragments seems to belong to Āditya I and refers to a previous gift of 60 paḻaṅkāśu made by Pāṇḍya Varaguṇa-Mahā[rāja] for burning a lamp in the temple. This had been entrusted to the sabhā who, it is stated, now endowed a land tax-free for that amount. The donor Varaguṇa is evidently the Pāṇḍya king who came to the throne in A.D. 862 and who fought a battle at Śrīpurambiyam with Pallava Aparājita and was defeated by him (S.I.I. III. p. 449). It is known that Aparājita was himself overthrown later on by Āditya I (ibid. p. 386). The third fragment mentions [Madi]raikoṇḍa Parakēsari, i.e., Parāntaka l.

Language: Tamil.

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

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SII 13.336: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 336. (A.R. No. 239 of 1911.) KUMBAKŌṆAM, KUMBAKONAM TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON THE WEST WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, NĀGĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This slightly damaged inscription records a gift of 96 sheep entrused to three shepherds, for the supply of ghee for a perpetual lamp in the temple of [Tiruk]kīḻkōṭṭattil-Paramasvāmin at Tirukuḍamukkil, a dēvadāna in Pāmbūr-nāḍu by Bālā[śiṟiyaṉ] Amarāditaṉ Madurāntakaṉ the headman of Peruṅguḍi.

Language: Tamil.

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

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SII 13.337: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 337. (A.R. No. 286 of 1911.) TILLAISTHĀNAM, TANJORE TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, GHṚITASTHĀNĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This inscription records a gift of 100 sheep for a perpetual lamp in the temple of Tiruneyttānattu-Mādēva by Kaḍambamādēvi, the wife of Vikki-Aṇṇaṉ who is stated to have received several honours and the hereditary title ‘Śembiyaṉ-Tamiḻavēḷ’ both from the Chōḷa king ‘who overran the Toṇḍai-nāḍu and was the conqueror of kings with many elephants’ and from the Chēra king Sthāṇu-Ravi. This Chōḷa king has been identified with Āditya I who is known from the Tiruvālaṅgāḍu Plates to have conquered Toṇḍaimaṇḍalam from the Pallava king Aparājita.

Language: Undetermined.

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

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SII 13.338: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 338. (A.R. No. 203 of 1914.) PERUṄGAḶŪR, PUDUKKOTTAI STATE. ON STONES BUILT INTO THE MAṄGALANĀYAKI SHRINE, VAMŚŌDDHĀRAKANĀTHA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This is a collection of fragmentary pieces engraved in early characters. One of them seems to record a sale of land by Śembiyaṉ Indavadi-Araiyaṉ alias Śeruviḍai-Va . . . . Another mentions the ūrār of Śāttaṉūr and Peruṅgōḷūr, and a gift of lamp to the temple of Mahādēva at Śōḻa chūḷāmaṇi-chaturvēdimaṅgalam. Śōḻachūḷāmaṇi was evidently a title of the Chōḷa king (See No. 277 above). Two others refer to the regnal years (lost) of a Parakēsarivarman.

Language: Tamil.

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

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SII 13.339: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 339. (A.R. No. 354 of 1918.) PAḺŪR, TRICHINOPOLY TALUK, TRICHINOPOLY DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, SUNDARĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This states that Mādaṉ Ariñjigai of Tiruveḷḷaṟai brought under cultivation an old dēvadāna land which had evidently been lying fallow, and gave it for the maintenance of the priest doing service in the temple of Paramēśvara at Tiruppaḻuvūr in Viḷattūr-nāḍu. As this same land is mentioned as one of the boundaries of a plot in No. 143 above from the same place belonging to the 6th year of the king, the date of this inscription should be earlier than that year.

Language: Tamil.

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

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SII 13.33: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 33. (A.R. No. 306 of 1906.) ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, RUINED VISHṆU TEMPLE IN THE SAME VILLAGE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This is a record of Rājarāja I. It consists of two portions, a Sanskrit verse and a Tamil prose passage recording the same grant, viz., a gift of 30 suvarṇas (gold coins-kaḻañju ?) by Āditya for feeding a Brāhmaṇa in a maṭha at Gōvindapāḍi. In the Tamil portion his name and family are detailed as Madhurāntakaṉ Āchchapiḍāraṉ, the son of Vīraśōḻa Iḷaṅgōvēḷār of Koḍumbāḷūr in Kōnāḍu. The donor was evidently a later member of the dynasty of Koḍumbāḷūr chiefs who were connected by ties of marriage with the Chōḷa kings, and some of whom played an important part in the military campaigns of Rājarāja’s predecessors against Ceylon and the Pāṇḍyas (S.I.I. V, No. 980 and M.E.R. 1908, paras 84-91).

Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.

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

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SII 13.340: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 340. (A.R. No. 575 of 1920.) UḌAYĀRGUḌI (NEAR KĀṬṬUMANNĀRKŌYIL), CHIDAMBARAM TALUK, SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, ANANTĪŚVARA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: An endowment of gold for a perpetual lamp in the temple by a lady named Koṟṟi in the name of her husband Kaṇḍiyūr Śaṅkaranārāyaṇa-Bhaṭṭa of Bhuvanachūḷāmaṇichchēri (quarter) of the village, who is called Viḍyāsāgara-pāraga and Guṇanidhi in the Sanskrit portion. The maṉṟāḍikkalaṉai including the vāriyaṉ agreed to the daily supply of ghee for the purpose. The name of the quarter suggests that it was called after the biruda of a king, possibly Parāntaka I.

Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.

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

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