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SII 13.98: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 98. (A.R. No. 394 of 1924.) MĒLAPPAḺUVŪR, UDAIYARPALAYAM TALUK, TRICHINOPOLY DISTRICT. ON THE WEST WALL OF THE MĪNĀKSHIYAMMAN SHRINE, SUNDARĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This states that Aḍigaḷ Paḻuvēṭṭaraiyar Kaṇḍaṉ Maṟavaṉ of Mannupperum-Paḻuvūr in Kuṉṟa-kūṟṟam, who founded the temple of Tiruttōṭṭamuḍaiyār at the village, granted the right of worship in the temple to Iḷaṅgōdi Sūryaṉ a share-holder in Tiruchchiruvaḷandai on the suggestion of Kaviśikaṉ Nakkaṉ Māṟaṉ, the supervisor of the temple, while he was staying at Sēnāpuram in Malāḍu. As this chief also figures in No. 395 of 1924 in the reign of Uttama-Chōḷa, it is probable that the Rājakēsarivarman of this record refers to Rājarāja I.

Language: Tamil.

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

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SII 13.99: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 99. (A.R. No. 117 of 1926.) TIRUVIḶAKKUḌI, MAYAVARAM TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, MAṆAVĀḶĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This records an endowment of land to provide for the daily supply of six nāḻi of rice for offering in the temple of Naḍuvil-Śrīkōyil at Muruguvēḷ-maṅgalam, a brahmadēya in Kuṟukkai-nāḍu, by Pāradāyaṉ Vēṅgaḍavaṉ Chandirādittaṉ of the village, and its exemption from taxes by the sabhā.

Language: Tamil.

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

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SII 13, Addendum, No. 173A: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 173A. (A.R. No. 51 of 1934.) TEṈ-MAHĀDĒVAMAṄGALAM, POLUR TALUK, NORTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON A SLAB SET UP NEAR KALLĒRIPPĀṞAI (ROCK) CLOSE TO THE CHEYYĀR RIVER.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This is an inscription of Parāntaka II Sundara-Chōḷa who was known as ‘Rājakēsarivarman who took Madura’. It is dated in the 7th year of his reign and records the endowment of a land called Pākkaḍi-śeṟuvu by one Puttaṟaiyāḍi for the upkeep of a tank dug at Mādēvamaṅgalam in Puttuḍappāḍi (a subdivision) of Palkuṉṟa-kōṭṭam by Śōkāraṉ Aṇṇāvaṉ Pākkaḍi.

Language: Tamil.

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

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SII 1.40: original edition by Eugen Hultzsch – PART II. TAMIL AND GRANTHA INSCRIPTIONS. I. INSCRIPTIONS AT MĀMALLAPURAM. No. 40. ON THE SOUTH BASE OF THE SHORE TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This inscription is dated in the twenty-fifth year of Ko-Rājarāja-Rājakesarivarman, alias Rājarāja-deva. It states, that the king “built a jewel-like hall at Kāndaḷūr,” and then gives a list of the countries, which he is said to have conquered. Among them Veṅgai-nāḍu is the well-known country of Veṅgī; Gaṅga-pāḍi and Nuḷambapāḍi are found on Mr. Rice’s Map of Mysore;1 Kuḍamalai-nāḍu, “the western hillcountry,” is Coorg; Kollam is Quilon; Kaliṅgam is the country between the Godāvarī and Mahānadī rivers; Īṛa-maṇḍalam is Ceylon; Iraṭṭa-pāḍi is the Western Chālukyan empire;2 and the Śeṛiyas are the Pāṇḍyas. I have been unable to identify Taḍigaipāḍi. Sir Walter Elliot’s and Dr. Burnell’s tentative lists of Choḷa kings3 contain a king Rājarāja, who reigned from 1023 to 1064 A.D. These figures rest on three Eastern Chalukya grants, of which two have since been published by Mr. Fleet and one has been edited and translated above (No. 39). From these three grants it appears, that the Rājarāja, who reigned from Śaka 944 to 985, was not a Choḷa king, but a king of Veṅgī, and that his insertion in the list of Choḷa kings was nothing but a mistake. The historical portion of the subjoined inscription is almost identical with lines 166 to 173 of the large Leyden grant4 and must belong to the same king. The Leyden grant states that Rājarāja conquered Satyāśraya (line 65). This name was borne as a surname by no less than six of the carlier Western Chalukya kings and was also the name of one of the later Western Chālukyas. From certain unpublished inscriptions of the Tanjore Temple it can be safely inferred, that Rājarāja-deva was the predecessor of Rājendra-Choḷadeva, the enemy of the Western Chālukya king Jayasiṁha III., who ruled from about Śaka 944 to about 964.5 Hence the Satyāśraya mentioned in the Leyden grant might be identified with the Western Chālukya king Satyāśraya II., who ruled from Śaka 919 to about 930;6 and the Choḷa king Rājarāja, who issued the large Leyden grant and the inscriptions Nos. 40, 41 and 66 of the present volume, with that Rājarāja of the Sūryavaṁśa, whose daughter Kūndavā was married to the Eastern Chalukya king Vimalāditya,7 who reigned from Śaka 937 (?) to 944. As Rājarāja-deva boasts in his inscriptions of having conquered Veṅgai-nāḍu, the country of the Eastern Chalukyas, this marriage was probably a forced one and the result of his conquest of Vimalāditya.8 The identification of the Rājarāja-deva of the Leyden grant and of Nos. 40, 41 and 66 with the father of Kūndavā is confirmed by the Koṅgu Chronicle, where some of his charities are placed in Śaka 926.9 The Koṅgu Chronicle further suggests the probability of identifying Kāndaḷūr, where Rājarāja-deva built a hall (śālā), with Chidambaram, as it records that “he enlarged the temples at Chidambaram and erected all kinds of towers, walls, maṇḍapas, flights of steps, etc., and other matters.” From this and the next-following inscription we learn that Māmallapuram belonged to Āmūr-nāḍu,10 a division of Āmūr-koṭṭam, and that the name of the Shore Temple was Jalaśayana. The purport of the inscription is a new division of the land of the town of Māmallapuram, which had been agreed upon by the citizens.

Language: Tamil.

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

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SII 14.100: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS. No. 99-106. (A.R. Nos. 67 to 74 of 1905.) ĀṈAIMALAI, MADURAI TALUK, MADURAI DISTRICT. ON A ROCK WITH SCULPTURES OVERHANGING A NATURAL CAVE. No. 100. (A.R. No. 68 of 1905.)

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: The following label inscriptions in Vaṭṭeḻuttu and Tamil characters are engraved below the images of the Jaina gods sculptured in half-relief on the rock near the cavem at Āṉaimalai. They are attributable to about the beginning and end of the 9th century A.D., and as they must have been incised in Pāṇḍya times only, their texts are reproduced below.

Language: Tamil.

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

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SII 14.101: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS. No. 99-106. (A.R. Nos. 67 to 74 of 1905.) ĀṈAIMALAI, MADURAI TALUK, MADURAI DISTRICT. ON A ROCK WITH SCULPTURES OVERHANGING A NATURAL CAVE. No. 101. (A.R. No. 69 of 1905.)

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: The following label inscriptions in Vaṭṭeḻuttu and Tamil characters are engraved below the images of the Jaina gods sculptured in half-relief on the rock near the cavem at Āṉaimalai. They are attributable to about the beginning and end of the 9th century A.D., and as they must have been incised in Pāṇḍya times only, their texts are reproduced below.

Language: Tamil.

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

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SII 14.102: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS. No. 99-106. (A.R. Nos. 67 to 74 of 1905.) ĀṈAIMALAI, MADURAI TALUK, MADURAI DISTRICT. ON A ROCK WITH SCULPTURES OVERHANGING A NATURAL CAVE. No. 102. (A.R. No. 70 of 1905.)

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: The following label inscriptions in Vaṭṭeḻuttu and Tamil characters are engraved below the images of the Jaina gods sculptured in half-relief on the rock near the cavem at Āṉaimalai. They are attributable to about the beginning and end of the 9th century A.D., and as they must have been incised in Pāṇḍya times only, their texts are reproduced below.

Language: Tamil.

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

DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0102.

SII 14.103: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS. No. 99-106. (A.R. Nos. 67 to 74 of 1905.) ĀṈAIMALAI, MADURAI TALUK, MADURAI DISTRICT. ON A ROCK WITH SCULPTURES OVERHANGING A NATURAL CAVE. No. 103. (A.R. No. 71 of 1905.)

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: The following label inscriptions in Vaṭṭeḻuttu and Tamil characters are engraved below the images of the Jaina gods sculptured in half-relief on the rock near the cavem at Āṉaimalai. They are attributable to about the beginning and end of the 9th century A.D., and as they must have been incised in Pāṇḍya times only, their texts are reproduced below.

Language: Tamil.

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

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SII 14.104: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS. No. 99-106. (A.R. Nos. 67 to 74 of 1905.) ĀṈAIMALAI, MADURAI TALUK, MADURAI DISTRICT. ON A ROCK WITH SCULPTURES OVERHANGING A NATURAL CAVE. No. 104. (A.R. No. 72 of 1905.)Engraved in characters of the 9th century A.D.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: The following label inscriptions in Vaṭṭeḻuttu and Tamil characters are engraved below the images of the Jaina gods sculptured in half-relief on the rock near the cavem at Āṉaimalai. They are attributable to about the beginning and end of the 9th century A.D., and as they must have been incised in Pāṇḍya times only, their texts are reproduced below.

Language: Tamil.

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

DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0104.

SII 14.105: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS. No. 99-106. (A.R. Nos. 67 to 74 of 1905.) ĀṈAIMALAI, MADURAI TALUK, MADURAI DISTRICT. ON A ROCK WITH SCULPTURES OVERHANGING A NATURAL CAVE. No. 105. (A.R. No. 73 of 1905.)

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: The following label inscriptions in Vaṭṭeḻuttu and Tamil characters are engraved below the images of the Jaina gods sculptured in half-relief on the rock near the cavem at Āṉaimalai. They are attributable to about the beginning and end of the 9th century A.D., and as they must have been incised in Pāṇḍya times only, their texts are reproduced below.

Language: Tamil.

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

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SII 14.106: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS. No. 99-106. (A.R. Nos. 67 to 74 of 1905.) ĀṈAIMALAI, MADURAI TALUK, MADURAI DISTRICT. ON A ROCK WITH SCULPTURES OVERHANGING A NATURAL CAVE. No. 106. (A.R. No. 74 of 1905.)

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: The following label inscriptions in Vaṭṭeḻuttu and Tamil characters are engraved below the images of the Jaina gods sculptured in half-relief on the rock near the cavem at Āṉaimalai. They are attributable to about the beginning and end of the 9th century A.D., and as they must have been incised in Pāṇḍya times only, their texts are reproduced below.

Language: Tamil.

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

DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0106.

SII 14.107: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS. No. 107-119. (A.R. Nos. 691 to 703 of 1905.) AYYAMPĀḶAIYAM, PALANI TALUK, MADURAI DISTRICT. No. 107. (A.R. No. 691 of 1905.) Below the second image.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: The following Vaṭṭeḻuttu and Tamil labels are engraved near the natural cavern in the hill called the Aivarmalai which was called ‘Ayiraimalai’ in the inscriptions. This Ayirai was famous in the olden times as a Jaina colony. The God Pārśvanātha sculptured in this place was the recipient of some endowments in the eign of the Pāṇḍya king Varaguṇavarman in A.D. 870. The Vaṭṭeḻuttu labels engraved below the images of several Jaina Tīrthaṅkaras sculptured in half relief near this cavern are also attributable to the same period approximately, and they record the fact that the respective images were the gifts of Ajjaṇandi, Indrasēna, Mallisēna, etc. Avvaṇandi-Kurattiyār the disciple of Paṭṭini-Kurattiyar also had an image sculptured on the rock. An ascetic by the name of Ajjaṇandi is mentioned in the Jīvakachintāmaṇi, the premier Jaina classic of this early period.

Language: Tamil.

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

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SII 14.108: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS. No. 107-119. (A.R. Nos. 691 to 703 of 1905.) AYYAMPĀḶAIYAM, PALANI TALUK, MADURAI DISTRICT. No. 108. (A.R. No. 692 of 1905.) Below the fourth image.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: The following Vaṭṭeḻuttu and Tamil labels are engraved near the natural cavern in the hill called the Aivarmalai which was called ‘Ayiraimalai’ in the inscriptions. This Ayirai was famous in the olden times as a Jaina colony. The God Pārśvanātha sculptured in this place was the recipient of some endowments in the eign of the Pāṇḍya king Varaguṇavarman in A.D. 870. The Vaṭṭeḻuttu labels engraved below the images of several Jaina Tīrthaṅkaras sculptured in half relief near this cavern are also attributable to the same period approximately, and they record the fact that the respective images were the gifts of Ajjaṇandi, Indrasēna, Mallisēna, etc. Avvaṇandi-Kurattiyār the disciple of Paṭṭini-Kurattiyar also had an image sculptured on the rock. An ascetic by the name of Ajjaṇandi is mentioned in the Jīvakachintāmaṇi, the premier Jaina classic of this early period.

Language: Tamil.

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

DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0108.

SII 14.109: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS. MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS. No. 107-119. (A.R. Nos. 691 to 703 of 1905.) AYYAMPĀḶAIYAM, PALANI TALUK, MADURAI DISTRICT. No. 109. (A.R. No. 693 of 1905.) Below the sixth image.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: The following Vaṭṭeḻuttu and Tamil labels are engraved near the natural cavern in the hill called the Aivarmalai which was called ‘Ayiraimalai’ in the inscriptions. This Ayirai was famous in the olden times as a Jaina colony. The God Pārśvanātha sculptured in this place was the recipient of some endowments in the eign of the Pāṇḍya king Varaguṇavarman in A.D. 870. The Vaṭṭeḻuttu labels engraved below the images of several Jaina Tīrthaṅkaras sculptured in half relief near this cavern are also attributable to the same period approximately, and they record the fact that the respective images were the gifts of Ajjaṇandi, Indrasēna, Mallisēna, etc. Avvaṇandi-Kurattiyār the disciple of Paṭṭini-Kurattiyar also had an image sculptured on the rock. An ascetic by the name of Ajjaṇandi is mentioned in the Jīvakachintāmaṇi, the premier Jaina classic of this early period.

Language: Tamil.

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

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SII 14.10: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – No. 10. (A.R. No. 414 of 1904.) TIRUCHCHIRĀPPAḶḶI, TIRUCHCHIRAPPALLI TALUK, TIRUCHIRAPPALLI DISTRICT. ON THE WALL OF THE ROCK-CUT CAVE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This interesting inscription engraved in the Pallava rock-cut cave-temple on the hill at Tiruchchirāppaḷḷi is dated in the 4th year and 2,501st day of the reign of king Māṟañjaḍaiyaṉ, who is also called Pāṇḍyādhirāja Varaguṇa[varman]. Having destroyed the fort at Vembil (i.e., Vēmbaṟṟūr near Kumbakōṇam), the king was staying at Niyamam at the time of the issue of this record. He is described as an ornament of both the solar and lunar dynasties, probably because of an earlier marital alliance between the Chōḷa (solar) and the Pāṇḍya (lu2nar) ruling families. The king is stated to have made a gift of 125 kaḻañju of gold to the temple of Tirumalai-Bhaṭāra, by which the liṅga in the rock-cut cave is evidently meant. From the fact that provision was made for burning five lamps in this temple on the day of Ārdrā every month, it is probable that Ārdrā was the natal star of this king.

Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.

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

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SII 14.110: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS. No. 107-119. (A.R. Nos. 691 to 703 of 1905.) AYYAMPĀḶAIYAM, PALANI TALUK, MADURAI DISTRICT. No. 110. (A.R. No. 694 of 1905.) Below the seventh image.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: The following Vaṭṭeḻuttu and Tamil labels are engraved near the natural cavern in the hill called the Aivarmalai which was called ‘Ayiraimalai’ in the inscriptions. This Ayirai was famous in the olden times as a Jaina colony. The God Pārśvanātha sculptured in this place was the recipient of some endowments in the eign of the Pāṇḍya king Varaguṇavarman in A.D. 870. The Vaṭṭeḻuttu labels engraved below the images of several Jaina Tīrthaṅkaras sculptured in half relief near this cavern are also attributable to the same period approximately, and they record the fact that the respective images were the gifts of Ajjaṇandi, Indrasēna, Mallisēna, etc. Avvaṇandi-Kurattiyār the disciple of Paṭṭini-Kurattiyar also had an image sculptured on the rock. An ascetic by the name of Ajjaṇandi is mentioned in the Jīvakachintāmaṇi, the premier Jaina classic of this early period.

Language: Tamil.

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

DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0110.

SII 14.111: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS. No. 107-119. (A.R. Nos. 691 to 703 of 1905.) AYYAMPĀḶAIYAM, PALANI TALUK, MADURAI DISTRICT. No. 111. (A.R. No. 695 of 1905.) Below the eighth image.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: The following Vaṭṭeḻuttu and Tamil labels are engraved near the natural cavern in the hill called the Aivarmalai which was called ‘Ayiraimalai’ in the inscriptions. This Ayirai was famous in the olden times as a Jaina colony. The God Pārśvanātha sculptured in this place was the recipient of some endowments in the eign of the Pāṇḍya king Varaguṇavarman in A.D. 870. The Vaṭṭeḻuttu labels engraved below the images of several Jaina Tīrthaṅkaras sculptured in half relief near this cavern are also attributable to the same period approximately, and they record the fact that the respective images were the gifts of Ajjaṇandi, Indrasēna, Mallisēna, etc. Avvaṇandi-Kurattiyār the disciple of Paṭṭini-Kurattiyar also had an image sculptured on the rock. An ascetic by the name of Ajjaṇandi is mentioned in the Jīvakachintāmaṇi, the premier Jaina classic of this early period.

Language: Tamil.

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

DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0111.

SII 14.112: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS. No. 107-119. (A.R. Nos. 691 to 703 of 1905.) AYYAMPĀḶAIYAM, PALANI TALUK, MADURAI DISTRICT. No. 112. (A.R. No. 696 of 1905.) Below the ninth image.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: The following Vaṭṭeḻuttu and Tamil labels are engraved near the natural cavern in the hill called the Aivarmalai which was called ‘Ayiraimalai’ in the inscriptions. This Ayirai was famous in the olden times as a Jaina colony. The God Pārśvanātha sculptured in this place was the recipient of some endowments in the eign of the Pāṇḍya king Varaguṇavarman in A.D. 870. The Vaṭṭeḻuttu labels engraved below the images of several Jaina Tīrthaṅkaras sculptured in half relief near this cavern are also attributable to the same period approximately, and they record the fact that the respective images were the gifts of Ajjaṇandi, Indrasēna, Mallisēna, etc. Avvaṇandi-Kurattiyār the disciple of Paṭṭini-Kurattiyar also had an image sculptured on the rock. An ascetic by the name of Ajjaṇandi is mentioned in the Jīvakachintāmaṇi, the premier Jaina classic of this early period.

Language: Tamil.

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

DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0112.

SII 14.113: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS. No. 107-119. (A.R. Nos. 691 to 703 of 1905.) AYYAMPĀḶAIYAM, PALANI TALUK, MADURAI DISTRICT. No. 113. (A.R. No. 697 of 1905.) Below the tenth image.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: The following Vaṭṭeḻuttu and Tamil labels are engraved near the natural cavern in the hill called the Aivarmalai which was called ‘Ayiraimalai’ in the inscriptions. This Ayirai was famous in the olden times as a Jaina colony. The God Pārśvanātha sculptured in this place was the recipient of some endowments in the eign of the Pāṇḍya king Varaguṇavarman in A.D. 870. The Vaṭṭeḻuttu labels engraved below the images of several Jaina Tīrthaṅkaras sculptured in half relief near this cavern are also attributable to the same period approximately, and they record the fact that the respective images were the gifts of Ajjaṇandi, Indrasēna, Mallisēna, etc. Avvaṇandi-Kurattiyār the disciple of Paṭṭini-Kurattiyar also had an image sculptured on the rock. An ascetic by the name of Ajjaṇandi is mentioned in the Jīvakachintāmaṇi, the premier Jaina classic of this early period.

Language: Tamil.

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

DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0113.

SII 14.114: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS. No. 107-119. (A.R. Nos. 691 to 703 of 1905.) AYYAMPĀḶAIYAM, PALANI TALUK, MADURAI DISTRICT. No. 114. (A.R. No. 698 of 1905.) Below the eleventh image.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: The following Vaṭṭeḻuttu and Tamil labels are engraved near the natural cavern in the hill called the Aivarmalai which was called ‘Ayiraimalai’ in the inscriptions. This Ayirai was famous in the olden times as a Jaina colony. The God Pārśvanātha sculptured in this place was the recipient of some endowments in the eign of the Pāṇḍya king Varaguṇavarman in A.D. 870. The Vaṭṭeḻuttu labels engraved below the images of several Jaina Tīrthaṅkaras sculptured in half relief near this cavern are also attributable to the same period approximately, and they record the fact that the respective images were the gifts of Ajjaṇandi, Indrasēna, Mallisēna, etc. Avvaṇandi-Kurattiyār the disciple of Paṭṭini-Kurattiyar also had an image sculptured on the rock. An ascetic by the name of Ajjaṇandi is mentioned in the Jīvakachintāmaṇi, the premier Jaina classic of this early period.

Language: Tamil.

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

DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0114.

SII 14.115: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS. No. 107-119. (A.R. Nos. 691 to 703 of 1905.) AYYAMPĀḶAIYAM, PALANI TALUK, MADURAI DISTRICT. No. 115. (A.R. No. 699 of 1905.) Above the natural cave.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: The following Vaṭṭeḻuttu and Tamil labels are engraved near the natural cavern in the hill called the Aivarmalai which was called ‘Ayiraimalai’ in the inscriptions. This Ayirai was famous in the olden times as a Jaina colony. The God Pārśvanātha sculptured in this place was the recipient of some endowments in the eign of the Pāṇḍya king Varaguṇavarman in A.D. 870. The Vaṭṭeḻuttu labels engraved below the images of several Jaina Tīrthaṅkaras sculptured in half relief near this cavern are also attributable to the same period approximately, and they record the fact that the respective images were the gifts of Ajjaṇandi, Indrasēna, Mallisēna, etc. Avvaṇandi-Kurattiyār the disciple of Paṭṭini-Kurattiyar also had an image sculptured on the rock. An ascetic by the name of Ajjaṇandi is mentioned in the Jīvakachintāmaṇi, the premier Jaina classic of this early period.

Language: Tamil.

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SII 14.116: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS. No. 107-119. (A.R. Nos. 691 to 703 of 1905.) AYYAMPĀḶAIYAM, PALANI TALUK, MADURAI DISTRICT. No. 116. (A.R. No. 700 of 1905.) Above the natural cave.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: The following Vaṭṭeḻuttu and Tamil labels are engraved near the natural cavern in the hill called the Aivarmalai which was called ‘Ayiraimalai’ in the inscriptions. This Ayirai was famous in the olden times as a Jaina colony. The God Pārśvanātha sculptured in this place was the recipient of some endowments in the eign of the Pāṇḍya king Varaguṇavarman in A.D. 870. The Vaṭṭeḻuttu labels engraved below the images of several Jaina Tīrthaṅkaras sculptured in half relief near this cavern are also attributable to the same period approximately, and they record the fact that the respective images were the gifts of Ajjaṇandi, Indrasēna, Mallisēna, etc. Avvaṇandi-Kurattiyār the disciple of Paṭṭini-Kurattiyar also had an image sculptured on the rock. An ascetic by the name of Ajjaṇandi is mentioned in the Jīvakachintāmaṇi, the premier Jaina classic of this early period.

Language: Tamil.

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DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0116.

SII 14.117: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS. No. 107-119. (A.R. Nos. 691 to 703 of 1905.) AYYAMPĀḶAIYAM, PALANI TALUK, MADURAI DISTRICT. No. 117. (A.R. No. 701 of 1905.) Above the natural cave.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: The following Vaṭṭeḻuttu and Tamil labels are engraved near the natural cavern in the hill called the Aivarmalai which was called ‘Ayiraimalai’ in the inscriptions. This Ayirai was famous in the olden times as a Jaina colony. The God Pārśvanātha sculptured in this place was the recipient of some endowments in the eign of the Pāṇḍya king Varaguṇavarman in A.D. 870. The Vaṭṭeḻuttu labels engraved below the images of several Jaina Tīrthaṅkaras sculptured in half relief near this cavern are also attributable to the same period approximately, and they record the fact that the respective images were the gifts of Ajjaṇandi, Indrasēna, Mallisēna, etc. Avvaṇandi-Kurattiyār the disciple of Paṭṭini-Kurattiyar also had an image sculptured on the rock. An ascetic by the name of Ajjaṇandi is mentioned in the Jīvakachintāmaṇi, the premier Jaina classic of this early period.

Language: Tamil.

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DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0117.

SII 14.118: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS. No. 107-119. (A.R. Nos. 691 to 703 of 1905.) AYYAMPĀḶAIYAM, PALANI TALUK, MADURAI DISTRICT. No. 118. (A.R. No. 702 of 1905.) Above the natural cave.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary:

Language: Tamil.

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DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0118.

SII 14.119: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS. No. 107-119. (A.R. Nos. 691 to 703 of 1905.) AYYAMPĀḶAIYAM, PALANI TALUK, MADURAI DISTRICT. No. 119. (A.R. No. 703 of 1905.) Above the natural cave.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary:

Language: Tamil.

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DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0119.

SII 14.11: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – No. 11. (A.R. No. 413 of 1904.) TIRUCHCHIRĀPPAḶḶĪ, TIRUCHCHIRAPPALLI TALUK, TIRUCHIRAPPALLI DISTRICT. ON A PILLAR IN THE UPPER ROCK-CUT CAVE OF THE HILL.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This record engraved in archaic Tamil characters with puḷḷis marked for basic consonants, is dated in the 9th year opposite to the 4th year of the reign of Māṟañjaḍaiyaṉ, who is referred to also as Pāṇḍyādhipati-Varaguṇa. The king is stated to have given 537 kaḻañju of gold to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -nāṭṭu-vēḷāṉ, out of which four gold paṭṭams and a gold flower were made for decorating the God Tirumalai-Perumāṉaḍigaḷ. The astronomical details contained in the record are unfortunately mutilated.

Language: Tamil.

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DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0011.

SII 14.120: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS. No. 120-128. (A.R. Nos. 723 to 732 of 1905.) UTTAMAPĀLAIYAM, PERIYAKULAM TALUK, MADURAI DISTRICT. ON THE ROCK CALLED THE KARUPPAṆṆASVĀMIN ROCK. No. 120. (A.R. No. 723 of 1905.) Below the first image.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: The subjoined Vaṭṭeḻuttu inscriptions are engraved in characters attributable to about the end of the 9th century and the beginning of the 10th century A.D. below. the images of the Jaina deities sculptured in low relief on the face of the rock. Some of them are very much wern out while three of them are legible. They record that certain images were cut by Ajjaṇandi (No. 126) and by Ariṭṭaṉēmi-Periyār, the disciple of Ashṭōpavāsi-Kaṉakavīrar (No. 122). In No. 128 this hill is called Tirukkuṇagiri and a certain ascetic named Aṉantavīra-Aḍigaḷ is stated to have made a gift of money for a lamp to the God Tirukkuṇagiri-Dēvar.

Language: Tamil.

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

DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0120.

SII 14.121: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS. No. 120-128. (A.R. Nos. 723 to 732 of 1905.) UTTAMAPĀLAIYAM, PERIYAKULAM TALUK, MADURAI DISTRICT. ON THE ROCK CALLED THE KARUPPAṆṆASVĀMIN ROCK. No. 121. (A.R. No. 724 of 1905.) Below the second image.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: The subjoined Vaṭṭeḻuttu inscriptions are engraved in characters attributable to about the end of the 9th century and the beginning of the 10th century A.D. below. the images of the Jaina deities sculptured in low relief on the face of the rock. Some of them are very much wern out while three of them are legible. They record that certain images were cut by Ajjaṇandi (No. 126) and by Ariṭṭaṉēmi-Periyār, the disciple of Ashṭōpavāsi-Kaṉakavīrar (No. 122). In No. 128 this hill is called Tirukkuṇagiri and a certain ascetic named Aṉantavīra-Aḍigaḷ is stated to have made a gift of money for a lamp to the God Tirukkuṇagiri-Dēvar.

Language: Tamil.

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

DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0121.

SII 14.122: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS. No. 120-128. (A.R. Nos. 723 to 732 of 1905.) UTTAMAPĀLAIYAM, PERIYAKULAM TALUK, MADURAI DISTRICT. ON THE ROCK CALLED THE KARUPPAṆṆASVĀMIN ROCK. No. 122. (A.R. No. 725 of 1905.) Below the third image.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: The subjoined Vaṭṭeḻuttu inscriptions are engraved in characters attributable to about the end of the 9th century and the beginning of the 10th century A.D. below. the images of the Jaina deities sculptured in low relief on the face of the rock. Some of them are very much wern out while three of them are legible. They record that certain images were cut by Ajjaṇandi (No. 126) and by Ariṭṭaṉēmi-Periyār, the disciple of Ashṭōpavāsi-Kaṉakavīrar (No. 122). In No. 128 this hill is called Tirukkuṇagiri and a certain ascetic named Aṉantavīra-Aḍigaḷ is stated to have made a gift of money for a lamp to the God Tirukkuṇagiri-Dēvar.

Language: Tamil.

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

DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0122.

SII 14.125: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS. No. 120-128. (A.R. Nos. 723 to 732 of 1905.) UTTAMAPĀLAIYAM, PERIYAKULAM TALUK, MADURAI DISTRICT. ON THE ROCK CALLED THE KARUPPAṆṆASVĀMIN ROCK. No. 125. (A.R. No. 728 of 1905.) Below the ninth image.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: The subjoined Vaṭṭeḻuttu inscriptions are engraved in characters attributable to about the end of the 9th century and the beginning of the 10th century A.D. below. the images of the Jaina deities sculptured in low relief on the face of the rock. Some of them are very much wern out while three of them are legible. They record that certain images were cut by Ajjaṇandi (No. 126) and by Ariṭṭaṉēmi-Periyār, the disciple of Ashṭōpavāsi-Kaṉakavīrar (No. 122). In No. 128 this hill is called Tirukkuṇagiri and a certain ascetic named Aṉantavīra-Aḍigaḷ is stated to have made a gift of money for a lamp to the God Tirukkuṇagiri-Dēvar.

Language: Tamil.

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

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SII 14.126: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS. No. 120-128. (A.R. Nos. 723 to 732 of 1905.) UTTAMAPĀLAIYAM, PERIYAKULAM TALUK, MADURAI DISTRICT. ON THE ROCK CALLED THE KARUPPAṆṆASVĀMIN ROCK. No. 126. (A.R. No. 729 of 1905.) Below the tenth image.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: The subjoined Vaṭṭeḻuttu inscriptions are engraved in characters attributable to about the end of the 9th century and the beginning of the 10th century A.D. below. the images of the Jaina deities sculptured in low relief on the face of the rock. Some of them are very much wern out while three of them are legible. They record that certain images were cut by Ajjaṇandi (No. 126) and by Ariṭṭaṉēmi-Periyār, the disciple of Ashṭōpavāsi-Kaṉakavīrar (No. 122). In No. 128 this hill is called Tirukkuṇagiri and a certain ascetic named Aṉantavīra-Aḍigaḷ is stated to have made a gift of money for a lamp to the God Tirukkuṇagiri-Dēvar.

Language: Tamil.

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

DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0126.

SII 14.127: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS. No. 120-128. (A.R. Nos. 723 to 732 of 1905.) UTTAMAPĀLAIYAM, PERIYAKULAM TALUK, MADURAI DISTRICT. ON THE ROCK CALLED THE KARUPPAṆṆASVĀMIN ROCK. No. 127. (A.R. No. 730 of 1905.) Below the eleventh image.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: The subjoined Vaṭṭeḻuttu inscriptions are engraved in characters attributable to about the end of the 9th century and the beginning of the 10th century A.D. below. the images of the Jaina deities sculptured in low relief on the face of the rock. Some of them are very much wern out while three of them are legible. They record that certain images were cut by Ajjaṇandi (No. 126) and by Ariṭṭaṉēmi-Periyār, the disciple of Ashṭōpavāsi-Kaṉakavīrar (No. 122). In No. 128 this hill is called Tirukkuṇagiri and a certain ascetic named Aṉantavīra-Aḍigaḷ is stated to have made a gift of money for a lamp to the God Tirukkuṇagiri-Dēvar.

Language: Tamil.

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DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0127.

SII 14.128: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS. No. 120-128. (A.R. Nos. 723 to 732 of 1905.) UTTAMAPĀLAIYAM, PERIYAKULAM TALUK, MADURAI DISTRICT. ON THE ROCK CALLED THE KARUPPAṆṆASVĀMIN ROCK. No. 128. On a boulder near the Karuppaṇṇasvāmi rock.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: The subjoined Vaṭṭeḻuttu inscriptions are engraved in characters attributable to about the end of the 9th century and the beginning of the 10th century A.D. below. the images of the Jaina deities sculptured in low relief on the face of the rock. Some of them are very much wern out while three of them are legible. They record that certain images were cut by Ajjaṇandi (No. 126) and by Ariṭṭaṉēmi-Periyār, the disciple of Ashṭōpavāsi-Kaṉakavīrar (No. 122). In No. 128 this hill is called Tirukkuṇagiri and a certain ascetic named Aṉantavīra-Aḍigaḷ is stated to have made a gift of money for a lamp to the God Tirukkuṇagiri-Dēvar.

Language: Tamil.

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

DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0128.

SII 14.129: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS. No. 129-130. (A.R. Nos. 603 and 604 of 1915.) ĒRUVĀḌI, NANGUNERI TALUK, TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT. ON A BOULDER IN THE IRAṬṬAIPOTTAI ROCK. No. 129. (A.R. No. 603 of 1915.)

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: The following two labels engraved in Vaṭṭeḻuttu characters of the early 9th century A.D. are found below the images of Jaina Gods sculptured on the face of the rock overhanging a cavern on the hill. One of them states that the ascetic Ajjaṇand was responsible for the setting up of the image under which the inscription is engraved, while the other mentions a sabhā. This Ajjaṇandi has figured in similar doṇative labels at Uttamapāḷaiyam and Ayyampāḷaiyam, two other Jaina colonies in the Madurai district, which were flourishing in this period.

Language: Tamil.

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

DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0129.

SII 14.12A: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – No. 12A. (A.R. No. 120 of 1928-29.) LĀLGUḌI, LALGUDI TALUK, TIRUCHIRAPPALLI DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE SAPTAṚISHĪŚVARA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This inscription is dated in the year opposite to the fourth of some king whose name is not given in it. It registers a gift of money made by the Pallava king Nandippōttaraiyar who fought and won the battle of Teḷḷāṟu, for burning a perpetual lamp in the temple of Mahādēva at Tiruttavattuṟai in Iḍaiyāṟṟu-nāḍu. The amount was received by the members of the assembly of Nallimaṅgalam who bound themselves to bring to the temple and measure out daily (one) nāḻi of ghee. As the other record (No. 12-B) engraved close to this and dated in a similar way belongs to Māṟañjaḍaiyaṉ alias Varaguṇa-mahārāja, this may be also assigned to the same king.

Language: Tamil.

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DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0012A.

SII 14.12B: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – No. 12B. (A.R. No. 121 of 1928-29.) LĀLGUḌI, LALGUDI TALUK, TIRUCHIRAPPALLI DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE SAPTAṚISHĪŚVARA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This record of Māṟañjaḍaiyaṉ alias Pāṇḍyakulapati Varaguṇa Mahārāja registers the gift of 120 kāśu by the king for burning a perpetual lamp in the temple of Mahādēva at Tiruttavattuṟai in uḍaiyāṟṟu-nāḍu. The king is stated to have transmitted the gift through a certain Aṇḍanāṭṭu-Vēḷāṉ and the money was received by the assembly of Iḷamperuṅkāyirukkai in Iḍaiyāṟṟu-nāḍu who agreed to supply one nāḻi of ghee for burning the lamp. The inscription is dated in the year 4+9 of the king’s reign and the details of date, viz., Dhanus, Śadaiyam (Śatabhishaj), and Tuesday have been equated with 824 A.D. November 29, and the king is identified with Varaguṇa I.1

Language: Tamil.

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DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0012B.

SII 14.12: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – No. 12. (A.R. No. 84 of 1910.) TIRUVEḶḶAṞAI, LALGUDI TALUK, TIRUCHIRAPPALLI DISTRICT. ON THE ROCK IN FRONT OF THE JAMBUNĀTHASVĀMIN TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This record dated in the 9th year opposite to the 4th year of king Māṟañjaḍaiyaṉ is important in that it contains a few astronomical details of its date, which are capable of verification, namely, Vṛiśchika, Monday, Aśvati. These have been calculated to yield the English equivalent—A.D. 824, November 7, Monday,1 thus giving A.D. 811, as the initial date of this Pāṇḍya king. This king is referred to as Pāṇḍi-Mahārāja in line 5 and he has been identified with Varaguṇa I. This inscription registers a gift of 120 kaḻañju of gold by the king, left in the hands of Aṇḍanāṭṭu-vēḷāṉ, for burning two perpetual lamps in the temple of Tiruvāṉaikkaṟ-Perumāṉaḍigaḷ. The rock-cut cave at Tiruveḷḷaṟai contains a Śiva-liṅga in the main cell, herein called Tiruvāṉaikkaṟ-Perumāṉaḍigaḷ, and an image of Vishṇu in an adjoining cell. The rock-cut cave-temple may date from the time of the late Pallavas, as records of Dantivarmaṉ and Nandivarmaṉ are found engraved on the rock in front of the cave and in the village.

Language: Tamil.

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

DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0012.

SII 14.130: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS. No. 129-130. (A.R. Nos. 603 and 604 of 1915.) ĒRUVĀḌI, NANGUNERI TALUK, TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT. ON A BOULDER IN THE IRAṬṬAIPOTTAI ROCK. No. 130. (A.R. No. 604 of 1915.)

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: The following two labels engraved in Vaṭṭeḻuttu characters of the early 9th century A.D. are found below the images of Jaina Gods sculptured on the face of the rock overhanging a cavern on the hill. One of them states that the ascetic Ajjaṇand was responsible for the setting up of the image under which the inscription is engraved, while the other mentions a sabhā. This Ajjaṇandi has figured in similar doṇative labels at Uttamapāḷaiyam and Ayyampāḷaiyam, two other Jaina colonies in the Madurai district, which were flourishing in this period.

Language: Tamil.

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

DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0130.

SII 14.131: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – CHOLA-PANDYA VICEROYS. No. 131. (A.R. No. 213 of 1932-33.) PERUṄGUḶAM, SRIVAIKUNTAM TALUK, TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE ardha-maṇḍapa IN THE TIRUVAḺUDĪŚVARA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: In the third year of Jaṭāvarman Sundara-Chōḷa-Pāṇḍya in which this inscription is dated, a certain Veḷḷāḷa of Peruṅgulam alias Uttamaśōḻanallūr in Tiruvaḻudi-vaḷa nāḍu made a gift of sheep for burning a lamp in front of the goddess Durgaiyār in the temple of Tiruvaḻudīśvaram.

Language: Tamil.

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DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0131.

SII 14.132: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – CHOLA-PANDYA VICEROYS. No. 132. (A.R. No. 107 of 1905.) MAṈṈĀRKŌYIL, AMBASAMUDRAM TALUK, TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE GŌPĀLASVĀMIN TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This record dated in the 4th year of the reign of Jaṭāvarman Sundara-Chōḷa-Pāṇḍya states that the assembly having met in a hall of the ambalam, made some decision about the lands and houses granted to the gardeners, drummers, potters, garlandmakers, torch-bearers and dēvaraḍiyār of the temple of Śrī-Rājēndraśōḻa-viṇṇagar-Āḻvār at Rājarāja-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, a brahmadēya in Muḷḷi-nāḍu, a subdivision of Muḍigoṇḍaśōḻa-vaḷanāḍu, a district of Rājarāja-Pāṇḍināḍu. The record is incomplete and so the full details of the transaction are not available. As stated in another inscription,1 from the same temple, the temple of Rājēndraśōḻa-viṇṇagar-Āḷvār was erected by the Chēra king Rājasimha in the name of Rājēndraśōḻadēvar, the Chōla king who was apparently his overlord.

Language: Tamil.

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DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0132.

SII 14.133: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – No. 133. (A.R. No. 108 of 1905.) MAṆṆĀRKŌYIL, AMBASAMUDRAM TALUK, TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE GŌPĀLASVĀMIN TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This fragmentary1 inscription mentions the 6th year of the reign of a king whose name, which is lost in the missing portion, may be Sundara-Chōḷa-Pāṇḍya. It is noteworthy that a seat in the kūḍam or hall of the palace was called Rājēndraśōḻa-Kārāṉai-viḻupparaiyaṉ, evidently after the name of the officer, ‘Tirumandira-ōlaināyakam’ of the same name, who also figures in this record; and that the king was seated on this seat while issuing the order, which in its entirety may have some reference to the gift of the taxes on the lands in a village called Māṉābharaṇa-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, which had been endowed as a dēvadāna to the temple of Rājēndraśōḻaviṇṇagar-Dēvar. The revenue officers mentioned here figure in other records of this viceroy.

Language: Tamil.

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DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0133.

SII 14.134: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – No. 134. (A.R. No. 70 of 1907.) AMBĀSAMUDRAM, AMBASAMUDRAM TALUK, TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE TIRUMŪLANĀTHA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This incomplete epigraph dated in the 6th year of Jaṭāvarman Sundara-Chōḷa-Pāṇḍya relates to some gift, the nature of which is not specified, made by Śēndaṉ-Nambi-Naṅgai, for burning a lamp in front of the Tirumūlasthāṉattu-Mahādēva at Tiruchchālaittuṟai in Rājarāja-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, a brahmadēya in Muḷḷi-nāḍu, a subdivision of Muḍikoṇḍaśōḻa-vaḷanāḍu, a division of Rājarāja-Pāṇḍināḍu. Śēndaṉ Irugaiyaṉ, a merchant of Kshatriyaśikhāmaṇipuram is stated to be her guardian (Mudugaṇ).

Language: Tamil.

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DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0134.

SII 14.135: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – No. 135. (A.R. No. 416 of 1929-30.) ĀTTŪR, TIRUCHENDUR TALUK, TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE IN THE SŌMANĀTHA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This record is dated in the 6th year of Jaṭāvarman Sundara-Chōḷapāṇḍya and registers a gift of two buffaloes by a certain veḷḷāḷa of Āṟṟūr-Śēndamaṅgalam, a brahmadēya in Kuḍa-nāḍu for a lamp in the temple of Sōmanāthadēva. These were left in the charge of two Śivabrāhmaṇas of the temple, who had to supply the ghee necessary for the burning of the lamp.

Language: Tamil.

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

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SII 14.136: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – No. 136. (A.R. No. 40 of 1908.) VĪRAŚIKHĀMAṆI, SANKARANAYINARKOIL TALUK, TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT. ON A PILLAR OF THE ROCK-CUT CAVE TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This record of the 8th year of this viceroy is very much damaged and appears to relate to some gift of land for maintaining a lamp in the temple of Kayilāyattu-Perumāṉaḍigaḷ at Vīravinōda-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, a brahmadēya in Kallaga-nāḍu a subdivision of Muḍigoṇḍaśōḻa-vaḷanāḍu.

Language: Tamil.

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

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SII 14.137: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – No. 137. (A.R. No. 615 of 1916.) ŚĒRMĀDĒVI, AMBASAMUDRAM TALUK, TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, AMMAINĀTHA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This incomplete record dated in the [10]th year of Jaṭāvarman Sundara-Chōḷa pāṇḍya registers a gift made by the Śivabrāhmaṇas of the temple of Chōḷēndrasiṁha-Īśvaramuḍaiyār at Nigariliśōḻa-chaturvēdimaṅgalam in regard to something which was done in the temple of Śrīkayilāyamuḍaiyār in the same village.

Language: Tamil.

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

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SII 14.138: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – No. 138. (A.R. No. 618-A of 1916.) ŚĒRMĀDĒVI, AMBASAMUDRAM TALUK, TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE IN THE AMMAINĀTHA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: These two disjointed fragments appear to belong to Jaṭāvarman Sundara-Chōḷapāṇḍya and refer to separate gifts of money and land made by a few persons for burning a lamp in the temple of Kayilāsamuḍaiyār (?). The year 10 is mentioned in fragment 1 while fragment 2 refers to year 8(?), Nambirāṭṭiyār and to the ōṇam festival.

Language: Tamil.

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

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SII 14.139: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – No. 139. (A.R. No. 5 of 1927.) VIJAYANĀRĀYAṆAM, NANGUNERI TALUK, TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH AND WEST WALLS OF THE MAṈŌNMANĪSVARA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This inscription is dated in the [10]th year of Jaṭāvarman Sundara-Chōḷapāṇḍya out it is incomplete, and does not contain information as to the nature of the transaction it was intended to record. After this is another fragmentary portion dated in the 14th year of a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pāṇḍyadēva. Vijayanārāyaṇam is called Jayaṅgoṇḍa śōḻa-chaturvēdimaṅgalam and was a brahmadēya in Nāṭṭāṟṟuppōkku in Uttamaśōḻavaḷanāḍu.

Language: Tamil.

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

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SII 14.13: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – No. 13. (A.R. No. 105 of 1905.) AMBĀSAMUDRAM, AMBASAMUDRAM TALUK, TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT. ON A SLAB BUILT INTO THE FLOOR OF THE ERICHCHĀVUḌAIYĀR TEMPLE. (THE SLAB IS NOW IN THE MADRAS MUSEUM.)

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This record dated in the 4+12th year of the reign of Varaguṇa-Mahārāja registers the gift of 290 kāśu to the sabhī of Iḷaṅgōykkuḍi in Muḷḷi-nāḍu for worship and offerings to the God Bhaṭāra in the Śrīkōyil of Tiruppōttuḍaiyār. The gift was made when Varaguṇa was stationed at Araiśūr on the bank of the Peṇṇai river in Toṇḍaināḍu.

Language: Tamil.

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

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SII 14.140: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – No. 140. (A.R. No. 76 of 1907.) AMBĀSAMUDRAM, AMBASAMUDRAM TALUK, TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT. ON THE WEST AND SOUTH WALLS OF THE TIRUMŪLANĀTHA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This record, the date of which is lost in the damaged portion but which may have been within 10, belongs to Jaṭāvarman Sundara-Chōḷapāṇḍya and registers a gift of 16 kāśu and a lampstand by Bhuvaṉiperuvaḻi alias Śaṅkaranārāyaṇappēraiyaṉ, a Veḷḷāḷa of Rāyaśikhāmaṇi, for maintaining a perpetual lamp in the temple of Mūlasthāṉattu-Paramēśvara at Tiruchchālaittuṟai in Rājarāja-chaturvēdimaṅgalam.

Language: Tamil.

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

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SII 14.141: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – No. 141. (A.R. No. 115 of 1905.) TIRUVĀLĪŚVARAM, AMBASAMUDRAM TALUK, TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE VĀLĪŚVARA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: The record dated in the 11th year of Jaṭāvarman Sundara-Chōḷapāṇḍya registers a gift of cows by the mahāsabhā of Rājarāja-chaturvēdimaṅgalam for burning a lamp in the temple of god Tiruvālīśvaramuḍaiyār. Several other similar endowments are also recorded in continuation of this gift.

Language: Tamil.

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

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