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Documents 51–100 of 312 matching.
Valérie Gillet, Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: On the lowest part of the base of the northern façade: begins on the western side of the gomukha on the ardha-maṇḍapa and continues on the antarala (zone A); lines 7-11 are on the lowest part of the base of the sanctuary, on the eastern side (zone B). Regnal year 7 of Kōrājarājakesarivarman = Rājarāja I (circa 992 CE). There is no svasti śrī at the beginning of this inscription; many passages of this inscription remain illegible, and the translation is thus fragmentary.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: Tamil Nadu (varia) (tfa-tamilnadu-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00526.
Ramprashanth Venkatakrishnan, Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: A copper plate issued in the Jovian cycle year Kaṟā (that is, Kara) during the reign of Tirumalai Nāyaka, that is, 1651 CE, as this is the only Kara year during his reign (1623-1659 CE). Records a royal order bestowing nāṭṭāmai and māṉipam to Veṅkiṭṭi Nākkaṉ. Contains a conversation in Telugu, written in Tamil script.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: Tamil Nadu (varia) (tfa-tamilnadu-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00171.
Renato Dávalos.
Summary: Foundation inscription or label inscription of the stone temple. On the lintel of the southern door of the central shrine.
Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.
Repository: Tamil Nadu (varia) (tfa-tamilnadu-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00065.
Emmanuel Francis.
Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.
Repository: Tamil Nadu (varia) (tfa-tamilnadu-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INSTamilNadu01008.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: An incomplete set of 5 copper plates. At least one plate at the beginning and probably one plate only at the end are missing.
Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.
Repository: Tamil Nadu (varia) (tfa-tamilnadu-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INSTamilNadu01004.
Renato Dávalos.
Summary: Remission of taxes on village Nampiyātanallūr by Vāṇātarāyar for the food offerings, for feeding the ascetics (kōvaṇavar) reciting the tiruvempāvai during the festival of Mārkaḻi, and for the procession of the deity so that it listens to the cātāripaṇ at the sacred door (tiruvācal) named after Vāṇātarāyar.
Languages: English, Tamil.
Repository: Tamil Nadu (varia) (tfa-tamilnadu-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00067.
Renato Dávalos.
Summary: The record is preserved in discontinuous textual segments. The first two of the four sections record a deed of land sale (nila-vilai-piramāṇa-icaivu-tīṭṭu) to Karaiyēṟaviṭṭāḷ, a tēvaraṭiyār of the temple who installed an image of Tiruvātavūr-nāyaṉār (Māṇikkavācakar). The endowment includes food offerings for Brahmins (viprarici) and for the sandhi. The other two sections contain further details on the endowment but several portions are missing, making it highly unintelligible.
On the base of the north wall of the maṇḍapa in front of the central shrine in the Śiva temple.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: Tamil Nadu (varia) (tfa-tamilnadu-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00068.
T. N. Ramachandran, Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: Label on a Buddhist bronze.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: Tamil Nadu (varia) (tfa-tamilnadu-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00301.
T. N. Ramachandran, Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: Label on a Buddhist bronze.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: Tamil Nadu (varia) (tfa-tamilnadu-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00302.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: Label with donor’s name on a Buddhist bronze.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: Tamil Nadu (varia) (tfa-tamilnadu-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00303.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: Label on a Buddhist bronze.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: Tamil Nadu (varia) (tfa-tamilnadu-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00304.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: Label with donor’s name on a Buddhist bronze.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: Tamil Nadu (varia) (tfa-tamilnadu-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00318.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: Label with donor’s name on a Buddhist bronze.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: Tamil Nadu (varia) (tfa-tamilnadu-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00319.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: Label or donor’s name on a Buddhist bronze.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: Tamil Nadu (varia) (tfa-tamilnadu-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00320.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: Label or donor’s name on a Buddhist bronze.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: Tamil Nadu (varia) (tfa-tamilnadu-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00321.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: Label on a Buddhist bronze.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: Tamil Nadu (varia) (tfa-tamilnadu-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00322.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: Label on a Buddhist bronze.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: Tamil Nadu (varia) (tfa-tamilnadu-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00343.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: Label on a Buddhist bronze.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: Tamil Nadu (varia) (tfa-tamilnadu-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00344.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: Label on a Buddhist bronze.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: Tamil Nadu (varia) (tfa-tamilnadu-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00345.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: Label on a Buddhist bronze.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: Tamil Nadu (varia) (tfa-tamilnadu-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00346.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: Label on a Buddhist bronze.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: Tamil Nadu (varia) (tfa-tamilnadu-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00347.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: Label on a Buddhist bronze.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: Tamil Nadu (varia) (tfa-tamilnadu-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00348.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: Label with donor’s name on a Buddhist bronze.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: Tamil Nadu (varia) (tfa-tamilnadu-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00349.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: Label with donor’s name on a Buddhist bronze.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: Tamil Nadu (varia) (tfa-tamilnadu-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00350.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: Label with donor’s name on a Buddhist bronze.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: Tamil Nadu (varia) (tfa-tamilnadu-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00351.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: Label with donor’s name on a Buddhist bronze.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: Tamil Nadu (varia) (tfa-tamilnadu-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00352.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: Label on a Buddhist bronze.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: Tamil Nadu (varia) (tfa-tamilnadu-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00353.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: Label on a Buddhist bronze.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: Tamil Nadu (varia) (tfa-tamilnadu-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00373.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: Label on a Buddhist bronze.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: Tamil Nadu (varia) (tfa-tamilnadu-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00375.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: Label with donor’s name on a Buddhist bronze.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: Tamil Nadu (varia) (tfa-tamilnadu-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00376.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: Label on a Buddhist bronze.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: Tamil Nadu (varia) (tfa-tamilnadu-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00380.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: Label on a Buddhist bronze.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: Tamil Nadu (varia) (tfa-tamilnadu-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00381.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: Label with donor’s name on a Buddhist bronze.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: Tamil Nadu (varia) (tfa-tamilnadu-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00382.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: Label on a Buddhist bronze.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: Tamil Nadu (varia) (tfa-tamilnadu-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00383.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: Donation of gold by an officer (kaṉmi) of the king of Śrīvijaya (Śrīvijaiyam) to offer jewels―rubies (māṇikkam) and emeralds (marakatam)―for a silver statue (veḷḷittirumēṉi) of Nākaiyaḻakaṉ in the Tirukkārōṇam temple in Nākapaṭṭiṉam.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: Tamil Nadu (varia) (tfa-tamilnadu-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00166.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: Donation of gold, including Chinese gold (cinakkanakam) by an officer (kaṉmi) of the king of Kiṭāram, named Agralēkai alias Kuruttaṉ Kēcuvaṉ, for offering rituals (avipali arccaṉai) to the Ardhanāri that he had installed in the Tirukkārōṇam temple in Nākapaṭṭiṉam.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: Tamil Nadu (varia) (tfa-tamilnadu-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00167.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: Foundation of a gateway (vācal) in the compound wall of the the Tirukkārōṇam temple in Nākapaṭṭiṉam by an officer (kaṉmi) of the king of Śrīvijaya (Śrīviṣaiyam), named Śrīmūlaṉ Akattīśvaraṉ, and donation of vessels and lamps probably by the same individual.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: Tamil Nadu (varia) (tfa-tamilnadu-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00165.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: Label on a Buddhist bronze, incomplete.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: Tamil Nadu (varia) (tfa-tamilnadu-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00377.
Renato Dávalos, Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: Ends of lines built in. Seems to state that the gateway of the sabhā was the gift of Āḷappiṟantāṉ Kōppe[ruñjiṅga].
Language: Tamil.
Repository: Tamil Nadu (varia) (tfa-tamilnadu-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00051.
Renato Dávalos, Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: Records a similar appointment by the tānattār of the temple, of Āḻvi Vaḷaiyamaḷakiyāḷ Patineṇpūmi-Naṅkai, a dēvaraḍiyāḷ, to sing the Tiruvempāvai (iraṇṭām-tiruppāṭṭu) and to dance before the deity on specified occasions, for three kaḻañju of gold received by them.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: Tamil Nadu (varia) (tfa-tamilnadu-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00047.
Renato Dávalos, Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: Seems to record the appointment of Būmāḻvi, daughter of Poṟkōyil-Naṅgai, as the devaraḍiyāḷ of the temple for performing the śākkai on festival occasions and to sing the Tiruvempāvai (kaṭai-k-kāppu), before the deity on certain terms (details lost) on the demise of one Uṭaiyanācci, alias Kulottuṅga Cōḻa-māṇikkam, daughter of Tiruvēkampa-Naṅkai.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: Tamil Nadu (varia) (tfa-tamilnadu-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00046.
Renato Dávalos, Emmanuel Francis, Margherita Trento.
Summary: Possibly one of the foundation inscriptions of the temple. Installation of the image of Turkkai (Sanskrit Durgā) by Vaikāvuṭaiyāṉ Ceṉṉi Nalla Nākavēḷāṉ, probably corresponding to the adjacent niche.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: Tamil Nadu (varia) (tfa-tamilnadu-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00028.
Renato Dávalos, Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: Installation of the image of Dakṣiṇā (dakṣiṇamūrtti) and endowment of wet lands both made by Maṇṭai Poṉṉaṉ, alias Muṭi[…]cōḻa Malaiyamāṉ from Cāttiyakkam.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: Tamil Nadu (varia) (tfa-tamilnadu-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00034.
Renato Dávalos, Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: Records the grant of Tiruppēru, a hamlet of Tōḻiyūr on the north bank (of the river), with all its taxes, as sarvamānya for the expenses of special worship and offerings on the days of Makhā in the temple of Nalla-Nāyaṉār, for the welfare of Rājā Kōnēridēva-Mahārāja who is given the birudas, Paṭṭu-kaṭṭārirāyaṉ, Vasavaśaṅkaraṉ, Madiyādamannar-maṇa-vāḷaṉ and Kānchīpuravarādhīśvaraṉ.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: Tamil Nadu (varia) (tfa-tamilnadu-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00044.
Renato Dávalos, Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: Stone inscription (wall) recording the construction of a maṇḍapa1 named after Poṉparappināṉ alias Rājarāja and constructed by Cunta⟨ra⟩-paṭṭaṉ alias Tillai Nāyaka Vēḷāṉ, lord of Āṟṟūr.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: Tamil Nadu (varia) (tfa-tamilnadu-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00045.
Renato Dávalos, Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: Records an endowment of land at […] Vindalūr, a suburb of Pāṇṭapuram in Ālāṟṟūr-kūṟṟam, a subdivision of Malāṭu, alias Jananātha-[vaḷanāṭu], for a perpetual lamp in the temple at Na[llūr] which is stated to be in the same kūṟṟam, by Māṇikkanāyaṉ Gangayarāyaṉ, son of Cempōti Villa-vataraiyar of Paḻampaṭṭiṉam in Paṭṭiṉa-nāṭu, a subdivision of Śembūr-kōṭṭam
Language: Tamil.
Repository: Tamil Nadu (varia) (tfa-tamilnadu-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00049.
Renato Dávalos, Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: Two verses in praise of Paruvūrnāṭṭu-Nambi as a devotee of Śiva and a patron of poets.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: Tamil Nadu (varia) (tfa-tamilnadu-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00050.
Renato Dávalos, Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: Pillar inscription registering the construction (ceyvittāṉ) of a dancing hall nitta-maṇḍapa1 by Cuntaṉ Paṭṭaṉ alias Tillai Nāyaka Vēḷāṉ, lord of Āṟṟūr.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: Tamil Nadu (varia) (tfa-tamilnadu-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00052.
Renato Dávalos, Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: Stone inscription (base of wall) providing the length of a measurement rod. Middle tier of northern base of the mukhamaṇḍapa.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: Tamil Nadu (varia) (tfa-tamilnadu-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00053.
Renato Dávalos, Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: Seems to be the continuation of INSTamilNadu00031 and INSTamilNadu00032. The donor’s name, Dharmaputtiraṉ, may be another alias for Kāṭavarāyaṉ. This record would therefore summarise the other two endowments, which was originally intended for sacred services and food offerings, to include the expenses of temple worship (arccana-bhoga).
Language: Tamil.
Repository: Tamil Nadu (varia) (tfa-tamilnadu-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00033.