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Documents 951–1000 of 2890 matching.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: On the south wall of the central shrine in the Chandramauḷīśvara temple.
Rājēndrachōḷa I. Year 8 and 10: 1020 and 1022 A.D.
This record commences with the well-known praśasti, Tirumaṉṉi vaḷara etc., of Rājēndra Chōḷa I.
This records the gift of a plate of bell-metal to god Mūlasthānam-uḍaiya Mahādēvar in Tiruvakkarai in Tirubhuvanamahādēvi-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, a brahmadēya in Jayaṅgoṇḍaśōḻa-maṇḍalam, and gifts of sheep for two perpetual lamps, one to the god Tiruvuttīśvaram-uḍaiya Mahādēva in Vaḻudavūr, a hamlet of Tiruvakkarai and the other to god Tiruva[ga]stīśvaram-uḍaiya Mahādēva in Oḻugaṟai, another hamlet of Tiruvakkarai, by Kumāri Kuṭṭi alias Abhimāṉamēru-chchōḻamuttaraiyaṉ, a resident of Āṟṟuppākkam, a northern hamlet of Tiruvakkarai.
The same donor made another endowment of sheep for a perpetual lamp in the 10th year of the king.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (Original Edition) (south-indian-inscriptions).
DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0186.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: On the south wall of the central shrine in the Chandramauḷīśvara temple.
Sadāśivarāya. Ś. 1461 (wrong for Ś. 1465: 1543 A.D.)
This is dated Śaka 1461, Śōbhakṛit. The Śaka year cited appears to be a mistake for 1465. The epigraph stops after citing the above date.
It mentions Sadāśiva-mahārāya as the son of Vīrapratāpa Raṅgayadēva who was pleased to witness the [elephant]-hunt.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (Original Edition) (south-indian-inscriptions).
DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0187.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: On the north wall of the central shrine in the Chandramauḷīśvara temple.
Vikramachōḷa. Year 12: 1129-30 A.D.
This refers to a skirmish at Māmbākkam in which Karuṇākara-chchōḻamuttaraiyan alias Śūṟṟiyadēvaṉ, younger brother of Moḻakkan Paḷḷikoṇḍāṉ alias Vikramaśōḻa Nīlagaṅgaraiyan died. In order to expiate this sin Ayyāṟan Śāttaṉ alias Rājarāja Śeṅgāṭṭu Moḻakkan is stated to have made a gift of cows for a perpetual lamp to Mūlasthānamuḍaiyār in Tribhuvanamādēvi-chaturvēdimaṅgalam in Vīrāvatāra-vaḷanāḍu in Rāja rāja-vaḷanāḍu.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (Original Edition) (south-indian-inscriptions).
DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0188.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: On the east wall of the maṇḍapa in front of the central shrine in the Chandramauḷīśvara temple.
Rājēndra I. Year 11: 1022-23 A.D.
Commences with the praśasti, Tirumaṉṉi vaḷara, etc., of the king and stops aftermentioning the above date.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (Original Edition) (south-indian-inscriptions).
DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0192.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: On the east wall of the maṇḍapa in front of the central shrine in the Chandramauḷīśvara temple.
Vikramachōḷa. Year 5: 1122-23 A.D.
This record commences with Pūmādu puṇara, etc., the praśasti of the king.
It mentions Arumbākkiḻān Araiyan of Maṇavil in Maṇavil-kōṭṭam in Jayaṅ goṇḍachōḻa-maṇḍalam.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (Original Edition) (south-indian-inscriptions).
DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0193.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: On the east wall of the maṇḍapa in front of the central shrine in the Chandramauḷīśvara temple.
Rājēndra I. Year 19: 1030-31 A.D.
This inscription commences with Tirumaṉṉi vaḷara, the praśasti of the king. It is incomplete and damaged.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (Original Edition) (south-indian-inscriptions).
DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0194.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: On the south wall of the maṇḍapa in front of the central shrine in the Chandramauḷīśvara temple.
Rājarāja I. Year 29: 1013-14 A.D.
This record commences with Tirumagaḷ pōla, etc., the praśasti of the king.
It records the gift of sheep for a perpetual lamp to God Śrī Mūlasthānam-uḍaiya Mahādēva in Tiruvakkarai, in Tribhuvanamahādēvi-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, a brahmadēya in Jayaṅgoṇḍaśōḻa-maṇḍalam by Vēḷāḷaṉ Māmbākkam-uḍaiyāṉ Śāttaṉ Alai, a resident of Pandamaṅgalam, the northern hamlet of Tiruvakkarai.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (Original Edition) (south-indian-inscriptions).
DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0195.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: On the south wall of the maṇḍapa in front of the central shrine in the Chandramauḷīśvara temple.
Kulōttuṅga I. Year 45: 1114-15 A.D.
This inscription commences with Pugaḻmādu viḷaṅga, etc., the praśasti of the king.
It records a gift of land in Neṉmali in the western hamlet of Oḻugarai alias Kulōttuṅgāśōḻanallūr of Māttūr-nāḍu by Nādan Tulaiyādaśelvan alias Rājarājappallavaraiyaṉ the headman of Vēḷūr in Kīḻvēḷūr in Aḷa-nāḍu, in Gēyamāṇikka-vaḷanāḍu, for burning a perpetual lamp to the god at Tiruvakkarai in Māttūr-nāḍu in Jayaṅgoṇḍaśōḻamaṇḍalam for the merit of his father, Peruntirukkōyil Nādanār.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (Original Edition) (south-indian-inscriptions).
DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0196.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: On the south wall of the maṇḍapa in front of the central shrine in the Chandramauḷīśvara temple.
Rājēndra I. Year 7: 1018-19 A.D.
This inscription commences with Tirumaṉṉi-vaḷara, etc., the praśasti of Rājēndra I.
It records a gift of sheep to the god at Tiruvakkarai in Tribhuvanamahādēvichaturvēdimaṅgalam, a brahmadēya in Jayaṅgoṇḍaśōḻa-maṇḍalam, for burning a perpetual lamp by Veḷḷāḷaṉ Nandi Ēṟan, a resident of Śiraiyūr, a northern hamletof Tribhuvanamahādēvi-chaturvēdimaṅgalam.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (Original Edition) (south-indian-inscriptions).
DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0197.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: On the south wall of the maṇḍapa in front of the central shrine in the Chandramauḷīśvara temple.
Rājēndra I. Year 21: 1032-33 A.D.
The title of the king Pūrvadēśamum-gaṅgaiyum-kiḍāramum-koṇḍaruḷiya Para kēsari and palaeographical considerations suggest the identity of the king with Rājēndra I,
It records the gift of a Śekaṇḍigai (gong) weighing 72 palams, by Tiṇaiyaṉ Āḍavalāṉ alias . . . Periyaṉ.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (Original Edition) (south-indian-inscriptions).
DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0198.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: On the south wall of the maṇḍapa in front of the central shrine in the Chandramauḷīśvara temple.
Kulōttuṅga I. Year 10: 1079-80 A.D.
On grounds of palaeography, the inscription may be assigned to Kulōttuṅga I.
This records the gift of sheep by Tāmar-uḍaiyāṉ Tiruvāṟaipon, the wife of Āṟaiyan [ṉa]ḍaippori Ka[rumaṉ] alias Aḻagiyasōḻa-pPallavaraiyan, a resident of Kārāṇaik kōṭṭai in Viḻupparaiya-nāḍu in Rājēndraśōḻa-vaḷanāḍu for a sandhi lamp to the god at Tiruvakkarai, for the merit of her husband.
The name of the division, Viḻupparaiya-nāḍu, seems to suggest the origin of the name Viḻuppuram, the headquarters of the taluk.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (Original Edition) (south-indian-inscriptions).
DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0199.
Emmanuel Francis.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (Original Edition) (south-indian-inscriptions).
DHARMA_INSSIIv01p0i0071.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: On the west wall of the maṇḍapa in front of the central shrine in the Chandramauḷīśvara temple.
Kulōttuṅga I. Year 7: 1076-77 A.D.
On grounds of palaeography this inscription may be assigned to Kulōttuṅga I (1070-1120 A.D.).
It seems to record some arrangement by the Nāṭṭār in the presence of Nīlagaṅgaraiyar, made in expiation of the sin committed by mistake by Paḷḷi Uḻukkai Nāḍāḻvān for having killed Pachchai Paḷḷi by an arrow in the course of a hunting expedition led by the Nāṭṭār.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (Original Edition) (south-indian-inscriptions).
DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0200.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: On the west wall of the maṇḍapa in front of the central shrine on the Chandramauḷīśvara temple.
Vikramachōḷa. Year 3: 1120-21 A.D.
This inscription records the assignment of pāḍikāval collected from the dēvadāna lands belonging to the god at Tiruvakkarai in Māttūr-nāḍu at the rate of 2 kalam of paddy per mā of wet land and 2 kalam of varagu per mā of dry land, by Śeṅgēṇi Ammaiyappan Pāṇḍi alias Naralōkavīra-ppēraiyan of Muññuṟṟuk-kuḍippaḷḷi in Vijayarājēndra-vaḷanāḍu in Ōymā-nāḍu for the food and other offerings to the Uḍaiyār and Āḻvār at Tiruvakkarai. The amount of paddy to be transformed into rice required for every item is stated to be five units for every two units of rice.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (Original Edition) (south-indian-inscriptions).
DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0201.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: On the west wall of the maṇḍapa in front of the central shrine in Chandra mauḷīśvara temple.
Māṟavarmaṉ Vikramapāṇḍya III. Year 6: 1288-89A.D.
This inscription commences with the praśasti Samasta bhuvanēkavīra, etc., of the king and is dated on the 273rd day of the 6th year.
It records a tax-free gift of land by the king to god Āḷuḍaiya Nāyaṉār at Tiruvakkarai, a taṉiyūr of Māttūr-nāḍu in Jayaṅgoṇḍaśōḻa-maṇḍalam, for a special daily service called Vikrama-Pāṇḍiyaṉ sandhi and an annual festival to be cailed Vikramapāṇḍiyaṉ tirunāḷ, both named after himself.
After the signatures of Guṇamaṅgalam-uḍaiyāṉ and Vaḻudiyadaraiyaṉ the phrase tirueḻuttu occurs, perhaps signifying royal assent.
Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.
Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (Original Edition) (south-indian-inscriptions).
DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0202.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: On the north wall of the maṇḍapa in front of the central shrine in the Chandramauḷīśvara temple.
Kulōttuṅga I. Year 44: 1113-14 A.D.
On account of the high regnal year, palaeography and the fact that two of the Śivabrāhmaṇas mentioned in this inscription figure also in No. 206 below dated in the 3rd regnal year of Vikramaśōḻa, Kulōttuṅgaśōḻadēva of this inscription may be identified with Kulōttuṅga I (1070-1120 A.D.).
This records the gift of 65 kāśu by Vāmaṉaṉ Śrī Rāmaṉ, a resident of Irumuḍiśōḻach-chēri in Tribuhuvanamādēvi-chchaturvēdimaṅgalam for perpetual lamps, one each for the gods Āḷuḍaiyār and Āḻvār at Tiruvakkarai, one sandhi lamp for goddess Durgā, oil for oil bath on Saturdays and māsa-tirunāḻi-eṇṇai for the first two deities. Kulaṅ-giḻavan Āttirayaṉ Kuṉṟameḍuttān Tiruiḍaiyān, Kāśyapan Paṟpanāban Tiruvēṅgaḍam and Bhāradvāji Tiruvēṅgaḍañ-Chūṟai, the śivabrāhmaṇas of the temple undertook to arrange for the burning of the lamps.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (Original Edition) (south-indian-inscriptions).
DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0203.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: On the north wall of the maṇḍapa in front of the central shrine in the Chandramauḷīśvara temple.
Kulōttuṅgachōḷa I. Year 29: 1098-99 A.D.
This inscription commences with the praśasti, Pugaḻmādu viḷaṅga, etc., of the king.
It records the dedication of the services of Aṅgāḍi, her daughter Pēraṅgāḍi and her descendants as dēvaraḍiyār to god Mahādēva in Tiruvakkarai by Amudan Paḷḷikoṇḍān, Amudan Veḷān and Amudan Uyyavandāṉ, the first being referred to as a veḷḷāḷa resident of Pandimaṅgalattu-ppāligaiyūr in Māttūr-nāḍu in Jayaṅgoṇḍaśōḻa-maṇḍalam. This document is endorsed by the first of the three donors who are evidently brothers on account of their patronymic Amudan. The other two of the signatories are apparently described as Rājaśikhāmaṇi-ppallavaraiyaṉ and as the Mūvēndavēḷān of Karikālaśōḻatteṉkarai-nāḍu, a member of the regiment called Mudikoṇḍaśōḻatterinda villigaḷ respectively.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (Original Edition) (south-indian-inscriptions).
DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0204.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: On the north wall of the maṇḍapa in front of the central shrine in the Chandramauḷīśvara temple.
Rājādhirāja II. Year [3]: 1165-66 A.D.
This inscription may be assigned to Rājādhirāja II both on grounds of palæography and on account of the donor . . . . . . . . . . . . Śambuvarāyaṉ being a later member of the family of Śambuvarāyas. Further the king bears the title Tribhuvanachakravartigaḷ which is borne only by later members of the main Chōḷa family. The year 3 is mentioned in the body of the inscription (line 8).
In lines 6 and 7 a transaction of the 12th year of śālaikalamaṟutta Rājakēsari is mentioned. This king may be identified with Rājādhirāja I.
The inscription seems to record the gift of land as dēvadāna by Muṉṉūṟṟu Śeṅgēṇi Miṇḍan Śīya . . . . . . . . Appan Śambuvarāyan of Ōymā-nāḍu. Since the inscription is built in, other details are lost.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (Original Edition) (south-indian-inscriptions).
DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0205.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: On the north wall of the maṇḍapa in front of the central shrine in the Chandramauḷīśvara temple.
Vikramachōḷa. Year 3: 1120-21 A.D.
This incomplete record mentions Kulaṅgiḻavan Paṟpanāban (Padmanābhan) Tiruvēṅgaḍam and Tiruvēṅgaḍañ-Chūṟai, the lease-holders of the temple of Mahādēvar in Tiruvakkarai in Māttūr-nāḍu and Tāḻi Di . . . . . . . . of Talaikkāviri-Mēyūr in Viḻupparaiya-nāḍu.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (Original Edition) (south-indian-inscriptions).
DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0206.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: On the north base of the maṇḍapa in front of the central shrine of Chandra mauḷīśvara temple.
Kulōttuṅga I.
This inscription belongs to the reign of Kulōttuṅga I, but the date has been lost It is mentioned that the grant was made from his camp in the garden at Ambil in Kāñchi, where he had his light refreshment (śiruśōṟu).
This inscription records the grant by the king of lands and also of the income from the levies, antarāyam and āchchiyabhōgam from the villages of Tiruvakkarai, Kōraikēṇi Peruṅgēṇi and Maṭṭaikāl apparently to the deities at the Śiva temple in ‘Tiruvakkarai’. Repairs to the temple were also provided for from the above income.
The grant is stated to have been made at the instance of a person who had the title Abhimānarāman.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (Original Edition) (south-indian-inscriptions).
DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0207.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: On the north base of the maṇḍapa in front of the central shrine in the Chandramauḷīśvara temple.
Rājēndrachōḷa [I]. Year 28: 1039-40 A.D.
On palæographical considerations this inscription may be assigned to the reign of Rājēndra I.
It seems to record an endowment for a perpetual lamp. It mentions Aḷayeṟi Kaṇḍilā[ma]rai.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (Original Edition) (south-indian-inscriptions).
DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0208.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: On the north base of the maṇḍapa in front of the central shrine in the Chandra mauḷīśvara temple.
Rājarāja I
This inscription begins with the praśasti Tirumagaḷpōla, etc., of Rājarāja I. The date portion, however, has been lost.
It seems to mention the setting up of an image for the śrībali procession by . . . . . . . Vaṉṉi Kuṉṟaṉ Kumāra[ṉ].
Language: Tamil.
Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (Original Edition) (south-indian-inscriptions).
DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0209.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: On the east wall of the maṇḍapa inside the first prākāra of the Chandramauḷīśvara temple.
Vikramapāṇḍya (III ?) Year 4: 1286-87 A.D.
The characters of this inscription are of the 13th century A.D. Hence the king Perumāḷ Vikramapāṇḍya may be identified as Māṟavarmaṉ Vikramapāṉḍya (III) who ascended the throne in A.D. 1283.
It records the construction of the maṇḍapa by the Pāṇḍya queen, Ulagamuḻudumuḍaiyār.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (Original Edition) (south-indian-inscriptions).
DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0210.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: On the west and south bases of the maṇḍapa inside the first prākāra of Chandramauḷīśvara temple.
Kṛishṇadēvarāya. Ś. 1437: 1515 A.D.
The details of date given, viz., Śaka 1437, Bhāva, Āḍi 9, correspond to 1515 A.D. July 8. The Śaka year quoted was current.
This inscription records the grant of 2 pieces of land to a Śaiva-maṭha presided over by Tiruvakkarai Tirukkāḷatti Pichchan Meññāṉa(Meyjñāṉa)-māmuṉi for māhēśvarapūjā, by Tirumalai Nāyaka,1 and the śrībhaṇḍārattār of the temple.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (Original Edition) (south-indian-inscriptions).
DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0211.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: On the south wall of the 1000 pillared maṇḍapa inside the second prākāra of the Chandramauḷīśvara temple.
Kulōttuṅga III. Year 2: 1179-80 A.D.
This inscription is dated in the 2nd Year of Kulōttuṅgachōḻadēva who was pleased to conquer Madurai and the crowned head of the Pāṇḍya, i.e., Kulōttuṅga III. The donor evidently belongs to the Śambuvarāya family and his title Pāṇḍināḍu-koṇḍān seems to indicate that he participated in the campaign against the Pāṇḍyas.
This records the building of a maṇḍapam, named Gaṇḍar Śūriyan-tirumaṇḍapam in the temple of god Āḷuḍaiyār at Tiruvakkarai in Māttūr-nāḍu in Rājarāja-vaḷanāḍu by Ammai Appaṉ Pāṇḍināḍu-koṇḍāṉ alias Gaṇḍar Sūriyaṉ Śambuvarāyaṉ.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (Original Edition) (south-indian-inscriptions).
DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0212.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: On the south base of the 1,000 pillared maṇḍapa inside the second prākāra of the Chandramauḷīśvara temple.
Kulōttuṅga III Year 16: 1194 A.D.
On palæographical grounds this inscription may be assigned to the 12th century. The details of date given viz., 16th year, Kumbha 2, Pūraṭṭādi correspond to 1194 A.D., January 25, Tuesday f.d.n. ·68.
This seems to record the gift of a lamp made of brass to god Āḷuḍaiya Nāyaṉār of Tiruvakkarai in Māttūr-nāḍu in Rājarāja-vaḷanāḍu in Jayaṅgoṇḍaśōḻamaṇḍalam. It mentions one Puṟaiśai Poṉṉambala-kKūtta[ṉ].
Language: Tamil.
Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (Original Edition) (south-indian-inscriptions).
DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0214.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: On the south base of the 1,000 pillared maṇḍapa inside the second prākāra of the Chandramauḷīśvara temple.
Kulōttuṅga III. Year 16: 1194 A.D.
For the same reasons mentioned in No. 214 above, this inscription also may be assigned to Kulōttuṅga III. The details of date given viz., 16th year, Makara 24, ba. 9, Monday, Anusham, correspond to 1194 A.D., January 17.
This records the gift of 128 cows and 4 bulls entrusted into the hands of śivabrāhmaṇas for 4 perpetual lamps to god Āḷu[ḍai*]ya Nāyanār at Tiruvakkarai, in Māttūr-nāḍu in Rājarāja-vaḷanāḍu, by . . . . . . . . . . gaśoḻa-kKāḍavarāyaṉ.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (Original Edition) (south-indian-inscriptions).
DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0215.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: On the south base of the 1,000 pillared maṇḍapa inside the second prākāra of the Chandramauḷīśvara temple.
Kulōttuṅga III. Year 16: 1193-94 A.D.
On palæographical grounds and on account of the donor Ammai Appaṉ Pāṇḍināḍukōṇḍāṉ Gaṇḍar Sūriyaṉ Śambuvarāyaṉ who is known to have been a feudatory of both Rājādhirāja II and Kulōttuṅga III (vide No. 212 above and No. 217 below), this record may be assigned to Kulōttuṅga III.
This records the gift of two five-faceted lamps with stands including iron chains to god Āḷuḍaiyār of Tiruvakkarai by Ammai Appaṉ Pāṇḍi-nāḍu-koṇḍāṉ Gaṇḍar Sūriyaṉ Śambuvarāyaṉ.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (Original Edition) (south-indian-inscriptions).
DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0216.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: On the right side of the gōpura of the first prākāra of Chandramauḷīśvara temple.
Rājādhirāja II. Year 7: 1169-70 A.D.
This inscription records the building of the gōpura to be named Gaṇḍar Sūriyaṉtiruggōpuram by Ammai Appaṉ Pāṇḍināḍu-koṇḍāṉ alias Gaṇḍar Sūriyaṉ Śambuvarāyaṉ. The same donor built in the 2nd year of Kulōttuṅga a maṇḍapa named after himself (No. 212 above) and made a gift of two lamps in the 16th year of the same king (No. 216 above).
Language: Tamil.
Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (Original Edition) (south-indian-inscriptions).
DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0217.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: On the left side of the gōpura of the first prākāra of the Chandramauḷīśvara temple.
Ś. 1352: 1430 A.D.
This inscription records in Tamil verse the construction of a gōpuram and tirumaṇḍapam for the god at Vakkarai by Śemmandai Gāṅgēyaṉ, the chief of Kambakkaḷiṟṟaṇṇalidūr (?).
Language: Tamil.
Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (Original Edition) (south-indian-inscriptions).
DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0218.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: On the left side of the gōpura of the first prākāra of Chandramauḷīśvara temple.
This inscription also in verse and in modern characters records the renovation of gōpura and maṇḍapa by Śevva[ṉṉa]ṉ. The structures are stated to have been originally built by Gāṅgēyaṉ (vide No. 218 above).
Language: Tamil.
Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (Original Edition) (south-indian-inscriptions).
DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0219.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: On the east base of the gōpura of the first prākāra of the Chandramauḷīśvara temple.
Śāḷuva Narasiṅgadēva. 1483 A.D.
The titles of Śāḷuva Narasiṅgadēva are given as Śrīman Mahāmaṇḍalīśvaraṉ mēdiṉimīśuragaṇḍa Kaṭṭāri. This inscription is dated on the 28th day in Kārttigai of Śōbhakṛit which will correspond to 1483 A.D., November 26. Narasā-Nāyaka (evidently of the Tuḷuva family) is mentioned in this record as an agent of the king.
This records an order of Narasa-Nāyaka exempting the dēvaḍiyār of god Āḷuḍaiya nayiṉār of Tiruvakkarai from the payment of kalattuṭṭi as Karaikkāṭṭu-ppaṟṟu and Śeṅgāṭṭu-ppaṟṟu were not included in Kōliyanallūr Śīmai (Tiruvakkarai was perhaps included in one of the above two paṟṟus).
Language: Tamil.
Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (Original Edition) (south-indian-inscriptions).
DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0220.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: On the west base of the gōpura of the first prākāra of Chandramaulīśvara temple.
Śōbhakṛit.
This inscription engraved in late characters records the fixation of the levy on looms at 1/4 paṇam per loom and the resettlement of the weaver community after there had been a quarrel between the various communities, by Nāga Raḍḍiyār and Liṅgā Raḍḍiyār of Śri Naraśā-Paṇḍitar-nāḍu.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (Original Edition) (south-indian-inscriptions).
DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0221.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: On the south base of the ruined Śiva shrine within the Chandramauḷīśvara temple.
Rājarāja I. Year 16: 1000-01 A.D.
This incomplete record commences with the praśasti, Tirumagaḷ pōla, etc., of the king. The donor Śembiyaṉ-mādēviyār is mentioned here as the queen of Gaṇḍarādittadēva and the mother of Uttamachōḷa. This queen, who, it is stated, built this temple called Śivalōkam at Tiruvakkarai in stone also figures as the builder of the temple at Tiruvārūr (vide No. 617 below).
This records the grant of the village Maṇali in Āṉmūr-nāḍu in Ōymā-nāḍu, as dēvadāṉa for god Paramasvāmigaḷ at Śivalōkam, the stone temple built by Śembiyaṉ mahādēviyār. The amount to be paid by the residents of Maṇali to the temple both in kind and in cash towards every item of provisions for worship, offerings and other connected services is given in elaborate detail.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (Original Edition) (south-indian-inscriptions).
DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0222.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: On the south base of the Varadarāja Perumāḷ shrine in the Chandramauḷīśvara temple.
Kulōttuṅga I. Year 27: 1096-97 A.D.
This inscription commences with the praśasti, Pugaḻmādu viḷaṅga, etc., of the king.
This seems to record some gift made by Kuḍippaḷḷi Śēndan Nāgan alias Rājēndra śōḻa Viḻuppādirāśan of Poygaipākkam, in Paṉaiyūr-nāḍu in Rājēndraśōḻa-vaḷanāḍu for the merit of his younger brother Śēndan Kārāṇai alias Kiḍārattaraiyaṉ. Other details are lost as the inscription is incomplete.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (Original Edition) (south-indian-inscriptions).
DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0223.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: On the west base of the Varadarāja Perumāḷ shrine in the Chandramauḷīśvara temple.
Kulōttuṅga I. Year 41 : 1110-11 A.D.
This inscription records the gift of 3 sheep for a sandhi lamp for god Tiruvakkarai Ālvār by a shepherd (maṉṟāḍi) Śelvan Vaḍugan.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (Original Edition) (south-indian-inscriptions).
DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0224.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: On the west base of the Varadarāja Perumāḷ shrine in the Chandramauḷīśvara temple.
Kulōttuṅga I. Year 41: 1120-21 A.D.
This inscription seems to record a gift similar to the one recorded in No. 224 above, by Aḻagaṉ, a shepherd.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (Original Edition) (south-indian-inscriptions).
DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0225.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: On the north base of the Varadarāja Perumāḷ shrine in the Chandramauḷīśvara temple.
Kulōttuṅga I. Year 3[0]: 1099-1100 A.D.
This epigraph commences with the praśasti, Pūmādu viḷaṅga, etc., of the king.
This mentions Śeṅgāṭṭu Moḻakkan alias Marudāntakapperiyaraiyan, the kuḍippaḷḷi of Vaḷḷaippākkam, in the eastern hamlet of [Tri]bhuvaṉamahādēvi-chaturvēdimaṅgalam in Jayaṅgoṇḍaśōḻa-maṇḍalam and Marudagaṇḍaṉ Marudānta . . . . . . . . . . . ., the kuḍippaḷḷi of Veḷuṅgambāḍi of Paṉaiyūr-nāḍu. Other details are lost as the inscription is incomplete.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (Original Edition) (south-indian-inscriptions).
DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0226.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: On the west wall of the maṇḍapa in front of the Varadarāja Perumāḷ shrine in the Chandramauḷīśvara temple.
Adhirājēndra. Year 2: 1068-69 A.D.
This epigraph contains two portions, one in Sanskrit and the other in Tamil. The former engraved in Grantha characters records that Kōtachōḷaka Vimāna originally built of brick was now rebuilt of stone by Śēndaṉ (Jayantan) Poyakāpati. The Tamil portion which is incomplete while recording the same fact describes him as Kumāri Śēndaṉ alias Jayaṅgoṇḍaśōḻa Viḻupparaiya-nāḍāḻvāṉ, a kuḍippaḷḷi of Poypākkam in Paṉaiyūr-nāḍu in Rājēndraśōḻa-vaḷanāḍu. (See Introḍuction).
Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.
Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (Original Edition) (south-indian-inscriptions).
DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0227.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: On the north base of the maṇḍapa in front of the Varadarāja Perumāḷ shrine in the Chandramauḷīśvara temple.
Kulōttuṅga I
This inscription which commences with the short praśasti, Pugaḻmādu viḷaṅga etc., of Kulōttuṅga I stops abruptly after mentioning the king’s titles Rājakēsarivarman alias Tribhuvanachakravarttigaḷ.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (Original Edition) (south-indian-inscriptions).
DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0228.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: On the north base of the maṇḍapa in front of the Varadarāja Perumāḷ shrine in the Chandramauḷīśvara temple.
Vikramachōḷa. Year 8: 1125-26 A.D.
This inscription records the gift of 12 sheep for a sandhi lamp to the Āḻvār at Tiruvakkarai in Māttūr-nāḍu by Śēṭṭan (Jyēshṭhan) Tiruvāṟai, a shepherd of Gaṅgaikoṇḍaśōḻapuram in Naḍuviṟ-kūṟu in Śōḻa-maṇḍalam. The sheep were made over to the care of Kulaṅgiḻavan Āttraiyan Tirunāḍuḍaiyāṉ, a lease-holder of the temple.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (Original Edition) (south-indian-inscriptions).
DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0229.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: At the entrance (left side) into the Varadarāja-Perumāḷ shrine in the Chandramauḷīśvara temple.
Year 24.
This inscription in Tamil verse is dated in the year 24 of the reign of an unnamed king. Palaeographically it may be assigned to the 11th century.
It records the construction of a door to the temple of Vishṇu (Māl) at Vakkarai by Kaṇḍaṉ Turuvvaikon of Maḍandai (?).
Language: Tamil.
Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (Original Edition) (south-indian-inscriptions).
DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0230.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: On the south wall of the central shrine in the Vṛishabhapurīśvara temple.
Rājādhirāja I. Year 27: 1044-45 A.D.
This inscription commences with the praśasti, Tiṅgaḷērtaru etc., of Rājādhirāja I.
It records the gift of 96 sheep for a perpetual lamp for god Tiruttāntōṉṟi Mahādēva in Kīḻvaḻich-Chēvūr in Śiṅgapura-nāḍu in Rājēndraśōḻa-vaḷanāḍu, by Nārāyaṇaṉ Rājarājaṉ alias Kēraḷāntaka-ppallavaraiyan, the kiḻavaṉ of Vāñjiyūr and the Perun danam officer.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (Original Edition) (south-indian-inscriptions).
DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0231.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: On the south wall of the central shrine in the Vṛishabhapurīśvara temple.
Rājarāja I. Year 26: 1010-11 A.D.
This inscription contains portions of the praśasti, Tirumagaḷ pōla etc., of Rājarāja I.
It seems to record an endowment of sheep for a perpetual lamp by a vāṇiyaṉ of Tañjāvūr. It also seems to record another endowment for a perpetual lamp.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (Original Edition) (south-indian-inscriptions).
DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0232.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: On the west wall of the central shrine in the Vṛishabhapurīśvara temple.
Rājēndra I.
This inscription commences with the praśasti, Tirumaṉṉi vaḷara of Rājēndra I and stops after a few lines.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (Original Edition) (south-indian-inscriptions).
DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0233.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: On the north wall of the central shrine in the Vṛishabhapurīśvara temple.
Rājarāja I. Year 23: 1007-08 A.D.
This inscription commences with the praśasti, Tirumagaḷ pōla, etc., of Rājarāja I.
It records the arrangement made for the distribution of wages to the various servants in the temple of god Tiruttāntōṉṟi-Mahādēva in the eastern division of Śiṅgapura-nāḍu maintained by the kāttār (?) of Puduppāḍi-kkallēri alias Iravikula māṇikkapuram, by Valivalaṅgiḻāṉ Vēḷāṉ Sūriyaṉ alias Sundara-śōḻa Mūvēndavēḷāṉ.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (Original Edition) (south-indian-inscriptions).
DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0234.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: On the north wall of the central shrine in the Vṛishabhapurīśvara temple.
Rājarāja I. Year 24: 1008-09 A.D.
This inscription commences with the praśasti, Tirumagaḷ pōla, etc., of the king.
It seems to record the assignment of paddy measured out by merchants of the village and merchants that come from outside as their contribution to the levies called kōlaḷavu, kāl and śiṟṟūrāṭchi collected in the village Puduppāḍikkallēri alias Iravikulamāṇikkapuram, a part of Śēvūr for burning two lamps to god Tiruttaṉṟōṉṟi-uḍaiyār. A share of the contribution is stated to be allotted for the maintenance of the temple servants and the members of the matha attached to the temple.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (Original Edition) (south-indian-inscriptions).
DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0235.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: On the north and west walls of the central shrine in the Vrishabhapurīśvara temple.
Rājēndra (I?). Year 10: 1021-22 A.D. (?)
This inscription is dated in the 10th year of Parakēsari Rājēndra. On palaeographical considerations and also on account of the absence of the title Tribhuvanachakravartigaḷ, the king may be identified with Rājēndra I.
It records a gift of sheep for a perpetual lamp to god Tiruttāṉṟoṉṟi Mahādēvar of Śēvūr by Eḻuvan-Āḍavalān, the inhabitant of [Arak]karānmūr in Ōymā-nāḍu.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (Original Edition) (south-indian-inscriptions).
DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0236.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: On the south wall of the maṇḍapa in front of the central shrine in the Vṛishabhapurīśvara temple.
Rājarāja I. Year 22: 1006-07 A.D.
This inscription commences with the praśasti, Tirumagaḷ pōla, etc., of Rājarāja I.
It records the setting up of the image of Umā-Bhaṭṭāraki for god Āḍavallār, by Vaṇṇa[kkan Aiyā]ṟaṉ alias Chittirayāḷi, a member of the corps called Janaṉāthatteriñja-valaṅgai Vēḷaikkāṟar, in the army of Śrī Rājarājadēva, and a Veḷḷāla resident in Ravikulamānikkapuram, in the eastern division of Śiṅgapura-nāḍu.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (Original Edition) (south-indian-inscriptions).
DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0238.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: On the south base of the maṇḍapa in front of the central shrine in the Vṛishabhapurīśvara temple.
Parāntaka I. Year 21: 927-28 A.D.
This inscription is dated in the reign of Madiraikoṇḍa Parakēsari.
It records the endowment of sheep for a perpetual lamp for god Tiruttāṉṟōṉṟip-Pe[rumāṉaḍigaḷ] by Kū[ṟṟa]ñchēṉaṉ of Nambipuram in Pā[ṇ]ḍi-nāḍu, an agent of Brahmapallavaraiyar.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (Original Edition) (south-indian-inscriptions).
DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0239.