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SII 13.11: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 11. (A.R. No. 321 of 1910.) TIRUMEYJÑĀNAM, KUMBHAKONAM TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, JÑĀNAPARAMĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This record states that the assembly of Nālūr, a brahmadēya in Śēṟṟūr-kūṟṟam sold the (right of collecting the) market-fees of the bazaar-street (in their village) for a lump sum of 25 kāśu to the temple of Mūlasthānattu-Mahādēva at Tirumayānam. The early characters of the inscription make it attributable to the time of Āditya I.

Language: Undetermined.

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

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SII 13.120: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 120. (A.R. No. 27 of 1922.) TIRUVĀMĀTTŪR, VILLUPURAM TALUK, SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF A ROOM INSIDE THE ARDHA-MAṆḌAPA, ABHIRĀMĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This records the gift of a perpetual lamp made to the temple of Paramasvāmin at Tiruvāmāttūr a dēvadāna in Vāvalūr-nāḍu by a certain Śiṟiyamārāyaṉ and his brothers, on behalf (or in memory ?) of Śandirāchchaṉ, son of Kāḷi alias Mīṉavaṉ-Mārāyaṉ of Teṉṉavaṉmādēvi (village) in Ve[ṇ]-nāḍu—perhaps in expiation of some wrong done by them to the latter.

Language: Tamil.

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

DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0120.

SII 13.121: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 121. (A.R. No. 47 of 1923.) PUḶḶALŪR, CONJEEVERAM TALUK, CHINGLEPUT DISTRICT. ON STONES BUILT INTO THE WALLS OF THE KĀMĀKSHIYAMMAṈ SHRINE, KAILĀSANĀTHA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This records the decision of the assembly of Paramēśvara-chaturvēdimaṅgalam (evidently the present Puḷḷalūr) in Eyiṟ-kōṭṭam including the samvatsara-vāriyaperumakkaḷ (members of the Annual Supervision Committee) and two other dignitaries Pirāṉadhi[kārigaḷ], to purchase back and reassign the land which had originally belonged to the temple of Tirumēṟṟaḷi-Mahādēva at the village, for providing with the income therefrom for the sacred bath of the deity and worship and offerings during the three services in the temple every day. It was also resolved by them to form a flower-garden for the temple with the paṭṭi land to the north and west of the temple compound.

Language: Tamil.

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

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SII 13.122: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 122. (A.R. No. 337 of 1927.) TIRUPPURAMBIYAM, KUMBAKONAM TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, SĀKSHĪŚVARA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This records a gift of 90 sheep entrusted to two local residents, for burning a perpetual lamp in the temple of Bhaṭṭāla(ra)ka at Tiruppuṟambiyam, by a shepherd of Kuvāṟu named Nāṭṭuviṭaṅka-Perumaṉṟāḍi. Twelve of these having died, the deficiency is said to have been made up by a certain Maḻavaḍi Kaṇṇaṉ.

Language: Tamil.

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

DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0122.

SII 13.123: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 123. (A.R. No. 135 of 1929). LĀLGUḌI, LALGUDI TALUK, TRICHINOPOLY DISTRICT. ON THE BASE OF THE OUTER NORTH WALL OF THE AMMAṈ SHRINE, SAPTAṚISHĪŚVARA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This is an inscription of Rājarāja I. Its continuation is lost after the 4th line. It registers an endowment of twelve kaḻañju of gold by Ta[t*]ta Nārāyaṇi the wife of a local resident, Kauśikaṉ Bhaṭṭaṉ Ādityaṉ Ta[t*]taṉ of Śiṟukoṭṭaiyūr, providing with the interest (piḷavu-paliśai) thereon for the sacred bath of the deity with 108 pots of water on the day of Vishu in Aippigai month, in the temple of Tirunachchiyūr Mahādēva at Maṇaṟkāl, a brahmadēya in Kiḷā[r*]k-kūṟṟam, a subdivision of Maḻa-nāḍu on the northern bank.

Language: Tamil.

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

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SII 13.124: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 124. (A.R. No. 175 of 1929.) GŌVINDAPUTTŪR, UDAIYARPALAIYAM TALUK, TRICHINOPOLY DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, GAṄGĀJAṬĀDHARA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This inscription is left unfinished towards the end. It records the endowment of lands got tax-free after purchase in the village Periyavāṉavaṉmādēvichaturvēdimaṅgalam, a brahmadēya on the northern bank (of the river), by Ambalavaṉ Paḻuvūr Nakkaṉ alias Rājarāja-Pallavaraiyaṉ, to provide for the several requirements in connection with the daily worship and offerings to the deity and on special days of the year, in the temple of Śrī Vijayamaṅgalat[tu*]-Dēvar. The value in paddy of each item of expenditure is given for estimating the total annual requirement of the temple to be met from the produce of the lands. The donor figures largely in the records of Uttama-Chōḷa as an officer of the king with the title Vikramasōḻa; and he is surmised to have been held in high esteem under Rājarāja I also as evidenced by his new title Rājarāja-Pallavaraiyaṉ (M.E.R. 1929, II. 29).

Language: Tamil.

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

DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0124.

SII 13.125: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 125. (A.R. No. 17 of 1931.) TIRUKKŌḌIKĀVAL, KUMBAKONAM TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, TIRUKKŌṬĪŚVARA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This is stated to be a copy of an old inscription. It records an agreement by the sabhā of Tirukkōḍikā alias Kaṇṇamaṅgalam in Nallāṟṟūr-nāḍu on the northern bank (of the river), to make immune from all taxes, a piece of land sold by them to a resident of the village by name Āttiraiyaṉ Kiḻavaṉ Kōḍikāvaṉ who endowed it to the temple of Mahādēva as meḻukkuppuṟam, i.e., for the maintenance of a servant for cleaning the premises.

Language: Tamil.

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

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SII 13.126: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 126. (A.R. No. 139 of 1931.) TIRUCHCHATTURAI, TANJORE TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, ŌDANAVANĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This records an endowment of 30 kaḻañju of gold by Vēḷāṉ Tiruveṇkāḍaḍigaḷ alias Mūvēnda-Piḍavūr-Vēḷāṉ of Piḍavūr in Piḍavūr-nāḍu for burning a perpetual lamp in the temple of Tiruchchōṟṟuttuṟai-Mahādēva. The ūrkiḻār-makkaḷ of Koḍiyālam, the brahmadēya-kiḻavargaḷ and the ūrār of the village, held themselves responsible for the maintenance of the lamp. Evidently the same gift is recorded in No. 137 of 1931 also in Sanskrit, the text of which is given below. To judge from its writing and disposition with regard to No. 138 of 1931 of the 13th year of Parāntaka I, this is possibly a record of Gaṇḍarāditya.

Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.

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

DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0126.

SII 13.127: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 127. (A.R. No. 219 of 1931.) MĀNĀMADI, CHINGLEPUT TALUK, CHINGLEPUT DISTRICT. ON THE WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, TIRUKKARĪŚVARA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This inscription is built in at the beginning of the lines. It records an endowment of a land for burning a perpetual lamp in the temple of Tirukkarapuradēva at Kaḷakkāṭṭūr (Mānāmadi) by a resident of the village.

Language: Tamil.

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

DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0127.

SII 13.128: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 128. (A.R. No. 442 of 1904.) VĒDĀRAṆYAM, TIRUTTURAIPUNDI TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON A PILLAR IN THE MAṆḌAPA IN FRONT OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, VĒDĀRAṆYĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This inscription is damaged. It seems to record an allocation of paddy from certain fields, to provide for offerings daily during the midday service in the temple of Bhuvanaviṭaṅkadēva at Tirumaṟaikkāḍu, and for (special) offerings to the deity on the festival days in the months of Aippigai and Māśi. Mention is made of Tirumaṟaikkāḍaṉ Śokkaṉ alias Śōḻiyaṅga . . . . probably a donor.

Language: Tamil.

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

DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0128.

SII 13.129: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 129. (A.R. No. 381 of 1905.) KĀVĒRIPĀKKAM, ARKONAM TALUK, NORTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, SUNDARAVARADA-PERUMĀḶ TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: The inscription is left unfinished, and stops with the mention of Paḍuvūrkōṭṭam.

Language: Tamil.

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

DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0129.

SII 13.12: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 12. (A.R. No. 329-A of 1910.) ON THE SAME WALL.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This inscription is damaged. It seems to record an endowment of an areca garden to the temple of Śaṁbarēśvara at Nālūr in Śēṟṟūr-kūṟṟam. This seems to be a record of Rājarāja I because of the close resemblance of its writing to that of a fragment of Rājēndra Chōḷa I immediately below.

Language: Tamil.

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

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SII 13.130: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 130. (A.R. No. 382 of 1905.) ON THE WEST AND SOUTH WALLS OF THE SAME SHRINE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This inscription registers a gift of 90 sheep for burning a lamp in the temple of Kīrttimā[r*]ttāṇḍa-Kāḷap[ri*]yadēva by Śambakkaṉ, son of Pandippāraṉ Kumara-Śeṭṭi, a merchant of Kīrttimā[r*]ttāṇḍa-Kāḷap[ri*]yam village in Siṟutimiri-nāḍu, a district in Paḍuvūr-kōṭṭam. The late Mr. V.Venkayya surmised that the temple might have owed its origin to the Rāshṭrakūṭa king Kṛishṇa III in whose Karhāḍ inscription (Epigraphia Indica, Vol. IV, p. 281), the king is stated to have encamped at Mēlpāḍi for constructing temples to Kālapriya, Gaṇḍamārttāṇḍa, Kṛishṇēśvara and others (M.E.R. 1906, II. 21). The Rājakēsarivarman of this inscription was very probably Sundara-Chōḷa.

Language: Tamil.

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

DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0130.

SII 13.131: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 131. (A.R. No. 220 of 1906.) PĒRAṄGIYŪR, TIRUKKOYILUR TALUK, SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH AND WEST WALLS OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, RUINED ŚIVA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This inscription registers an endowment of two plots of land made by the assembly (peruṅguṟi-perumakkaḷ) of Pēriṅgūr, one for burning a perpetual lamp in the temple of Mūlasthānattu-Perumānaḍigaḷ, and the other for the daily feeding of a tapasvin in the temple, made for the merit of a servant of the temple named Gaṇavadi Nambi Ārūraṉ who is said to have sacrificed his life for the service of the deity. The exact nature of the sacrifice and the necessity for it are not given in the inscription. The former land is stated to have been left in charge of the Rudragaṇap-perumakkaḷ for being reclaimed. This may belong to Rājarāja I to whose inscription (No. 219 of 1906) on the same wall it bears a close resemblance in writing.

Language: Tamil.

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

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SII 13.132: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 132. (A.R. No. 268 of 1906.) TIRUMĀLPURAM, ARKONAM TALUK, NORTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, MAṆIKAṆṬHĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This records a gift of 20 cows for the supply of milk for the early morning service of the deity in the temple of Tirumālpēṟu-Uḍaiyār, by Madirāntakaṉ Gaṇḍarādi[t*]taṉ. This is evidently a record of Rājarāja I in whose records this donor largely figures.

Language: Tamil.

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

DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0132.

SII 13.133: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 133. (A.R. No. 215 of 1907.) TIRUVIḌAIMARUDŪR, KUMBAKONAM TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, MAHĀLIṄGASVĀMIN TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This is evidently an inscription of Rājarāja I. It states that queen [Pañcha]vaṉ-Mādēviyār paid a visit to the temple of Tiruviḍaimaruduḍaiyār to offer worship to the deity, when she was waited upon by Śiṟṟāyiluḍaiyāṉ the temple manager, the dēvakarmis, the sabhā and the nagaram (merchant guild ?) of Tiruviḍaimarudil. She is also said to have visited the big flower-garden (presented to the temple by ?) Śembiyaṉ-Mādēvi, and this occasion seems to have been marked by some gift of land for the upkeep of the gardener. At this portion the record is damaged.

Language: Tamil.

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

DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0133.

SII 13.134: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 134. (A.R. No. 322 of 1907.) TIRUVIŚALŪR, KUMBAKONAM TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, ŚIVAYŌGANĀTHASVĀMIN TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: The characters are similar to those in No. 135 below. This records a provision made for a lamp in the temple of Tiruviśalūr-Perumāḷ by Nārāyaṇi Śāni, the wife of Āridaṉ Nilakaṇṭaṉ Kāḍaṉ of Koṟṟaṅguḍi in Pērāvūr-nāḍu (s.a. Kottaṅguḍi in the Mayavaram taluk).

Language: Tamil.

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

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SII 13.135: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 135. (A.R. No. 323 of 1907.) ON THE SAME WALL.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This is a slightly damaged record, registering some provision made by a native of Paiyūr-kōṭṭam for burning a perpetual lamp in the temple of Tiruviśalūr-Āḷvār at Amaninārāyaṇa-chaturvēdimaṅgalam. Avaninārāyaṇa was a well known title of Pallava Nandivarman III (S.I.I. Vol. XII, p. 28). Paiyūr-kōṭṭam seems to have roughly comprised the present Ponneri taluk of the Chingleput district (See A.R. No. 252 of 1912).

Language: Tamil.

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

DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0135.

SII 13.136: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 136. (A.R. No. 571 of 1908.) TIRUPPALĀTTUṞAI, TRICHINOPOLY TALUK, TRICHINOPOLY DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, ĀDIMŪLĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: The inscription is badly damaged. It probably records the setting up of the image of the dvārapālaka on the southern side of the entrance by (two) persons whose names are lost.

Language: Tamil.

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

DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0136.

SII 13.137: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 137. (A.R. No. 117 of 1911.) TIRUVARĀMĒŚVARAM, MANNARGUDI TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, RĀMANĀTHĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This is incomplete and damaged. It seems to register the exemption granted by the mahāsabhā of Madanamañjari-chaturvēdimaṅgalam a brahmadēya of Neṉmalināḍu to the temple of Tiruvirāmīśvarattu-Mahādēva at the village, from the payment of taxes on one (vēli) and a half of land endowed after purchase by Tirumañjaṇappichchar, a servant (karmi) of the temple, in consideration of a lumpsum received by them from the donor.

Language: Tamil.

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

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SII 13.138: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 138. (A.R. No. 127 of 1914.) TIRUVEṞUMBŪR, TRICHINOPOLY TALUK, TRICHINOPOLY DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, PIPĪLIKĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This records an agreement given, in consideration of a lump amount received from the donor, by the peruṅguṟi-sabhai of Śrīkaṇṭha-chaturvēdimaṅgalam who had assembled in the (hall called) Tiruchchitrakūḍam at the village, remitting the payment of the tax due on 4 mā of land endowed by a resident of the village named Tiruppēr Bālāśiriyaṉ Mādhavaṉ Subrahmaṇyaṉ for the daily feeding of a Brāhmaṇa versed in the Vēdas in the feeding-house attached to the temple of Tiruveṟumbiyūr-Āḻvār on the hill. This is one of the 6 inscriptions of the place assigned to Āditya I on the basis of which the dates have been calculated by the late Mr. L.D.Swamikannu Pillai (M.E.R. for 1915, Appendix F) with five possible English equivalents in the period of his reign. But it has been shown above under No. 110 that they may, with greater probability, be referred to the reign of Gaṇḍarāditya of Sundara-Chōḷa.

Language: Tamil.

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

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SII 13.139: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 139. (A.R. No. 130 of 1914.) ON THE SAME WALL.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This also, like No. 138 above, records an agreement by the peruṅguṟi-sabhai (of the village) after their deliberation in the (hall) Tiruchchitrakūḍam, exempting from tax six mā of land endowed (to the temple) by Māppāni Kāri Nakkaṉ of Valavūr, a resident of the village, for the daily feeding of a Brāhmaṇa versed in the Vēdas in the feeding house attached to the temple of Tiruveṟumbiyūr-Āḻvār on the hill, in consideration of a lump-sum received by them from the donor as iṟai-dravyam. This donor has been mentioned in No. 51 above. Possible equivalents of the date given here are discussed by Swamikannu Pillai in the M.E.R. for 1915, page 72, on the assumption that the record was one of Āditya I. This may also, like No. 138, be assignable to Gaṇḍarāditya or Sundara-Chōḷa.

Language: Tamil.

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

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SII 13.13: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 13. (A.R. No. 222 of 1911.) TIRUNĀGĒŚVARAM, KUMBHAKONAM TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON A PILLAR LYING IN A MAṆḌAPA AT THE END OF THE STREET IN FRONT OF THE NĀGANĀTHASVĀMIN TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This inscription is engraved in archaic characters and has been assigned therefore to Āditya I. It records the provision made by the Perunagarattār (merchant community) of Kumaramāttāṇḍapuram in Tiraimūr-nāḍu for the renovation of the surrounding hall (tiruchchuṟṟālai) and the gōpura in a (Jaina) temple called the Milāḍuḍaiyār-paḷḷi. Kumaramārttāṇḍa seems to have been a surname of the Pallava king Nandivarman III (No. 199 of 1907).

Language: Undetermined.

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

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SII 13.140: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 140. (A.R. No. 131 of 1914.) ON THE SAME WALL.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This registers a sale of land tax-free, by the peruṅguṟi-sabhai of Śrīkaṇṭhachaturvēdimaṅgalam to Vēdivēḷāṉ, evidently the donor mentioned in No. 51 above of the 3rd year of the king, for forming a maḍaiviḷāgam (street round the temple. Among the boundaries is mentioned a piece of land granted to the devotees who recited the Tiruppadiyam hymns.

Language: Tamil.

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

DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0140.

SII 13.141: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 141. (A.R. No. 349 of 1918.) PAḺŪR, TRICHINOPOLY TALUK, TRICHINOPOLY DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, SUNDARĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This records an endowment of ten mā of land made by Śiṟiyāṉ Parāntakaṉ of Kāraikkuḍi in Viḷattūr-nāḍu for the maintenance of two persons singing the Tiruppadiyam hymns during the three services (every day) in the temple of Paramēśvara. Being engraved in the same characters as Nos. 117 and 118 of the king’s 5th year published above, this might be assigned also to the same king (Gaṇḍarāditya).

Language: Tamil.

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

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SII 13.142: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 142. (A.R. No. 357 of 1918.) ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE SAME SHRINE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This is much damaged and seems to record a gift of land to the temple of Paramēśvara at Paḻuvūr in Viḷattūr-nāḍu.

Language: Tamil.

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

DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0142.

SII 13.143: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 143. (A.R. No. 359 of 1918.) ON THE SAME WALL.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This records the reclamation of an old plot of dēvadāna waste land, 2 mā in extent, by Ūṟaṉ Araṅgaṉ for the maintenance of a person making flower-garlands to the deity. Among the boundaries of this plot is mentioned a land belonging to the priest. This is perhaps the one referred to in No. 339 below of the same king (date lost).

Language: Tamil.

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

DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0143.

SII 13.144: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 144. (A.R. No. 444 of 1918.) TIRUVEṆKĀḌU, SHIYALI TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, ŚVĒTĀRAṆYĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This is evidently an inscription of Rājarāja I which registers in detail the stock of several gifts made to the temple at different times. These comprised coppervessels for the sacred bath of the deity presented in the 4th year of Uttama-Chōḷa by queen-mother Parāntakaṉ (or Śembiyaṉ)-Mādēviyār; a gold koḷgai set with gems presented by her in the 6th year of the same king; a golden pot for pinnacle over the temple presented by her in the 3rd year of Rājakēsarivarman, evidently Rājarāja I; another set of rich presents made in the same year by the same lady, consisting of a golden image of Chandraśēkharadēva with a gold-plated copper pedestal and silver aureola and ornaments set with gems, besides a silver plate for offerings to the same deity; a silver pot and some gold ornaments by Śōrabbaiyār Tribhuvanamādēviyār, the queen of Uttama-Chōḷa presented in the same year, and a gold flower by the same queen presented in that year in lieu of land gift for the Śivaśrāddha of her husband; some gold ornaments made with the money presented to the temple by Parakēsarivarman (evidently Uttama-Chōḷa himself) in his 10th and 11th years; a gold plate (paṭṭam) presented in the 4th year of Uttama-Chōḷa by Kōyiṟpiḷḷaiyār to the god, 2 lamp-stands by Parāntakaṉ-Mādēvi and 2 by Madhurāntaka (king); lastly 400 kāśu given by Parāntakaṉ-Mādēvi in the 2nd year of (her husband) Gaṇḍarādityadēva alias Mummuḍi-Chōḷadēva towards the Saṅkrānti bath of the deity every month and which was now, in the 6th year of Rājakēsarivarman, converted into a land-endowment by the assembly of Nāṅgūr. At the end is recorded another gift of 125 kaḻañju presented by the same queen for feeding a Brahman in the temple for the merit of her servant (aḍiyāḷ) Ilaichchiyaṉ Maḻapāḍi, for which the same assembly sold a land to her for endowment.

Language: Tamil.

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

DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0144.

SII 13.145: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 145. (A.R. No. 28 of 1920.) TIRUMALAVĀḌI, UDAIYARPALAIYAM TALUK, TRICHINOPOLY DISTRICT. ON THE RIGHT WALL OF THE GAṆAPATI SHRINE, VAIDYANĀTHA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This records a gift of 10 kaḻañju of gold for a salver (koḷgai) for the Śrībali offerings (in the temple) by Āyiravaṉ Paḍaiyāḷaṉ, the headman of Puriśai of Parivaṇḍattuṟai in Ārkāṭṭuk-kūṟṟam on the southern bank (of the Kāvēri ?) out of the amount that had been in his charge.

Language: Tamil.

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DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0145.

SII 13.146: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 146. (A.R. No. 585 of 1920.) UḌAYĀRGUḌI (NEAR KĀṬṬUMANNĀRKŌYIL), CHIDAMBARAM TALUK, SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH, WEST AND SOUTH WALLS OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, ANANTĪŚVARA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This records an endowment, tax-free, of ten plots of land after purchasing them from their several owners by Śēkkiḻāṉ Araiyaṉ Śaṅkaranārāyaṇaṉ alias Śōḻamuttaraiyaṉ of Mērpaḻuvūr in Maṇaiyiṟ-kōṭṭam of Toṇḍai-nāḍu, who left them for charitable purposes in charge of the assembly of Vīranārāyaṇa-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, called the Śāsanabaddha-chaturvēdibhaṭṭa-perumbaḍi-sahasradāna-perumakkaḷ.

Language: Tamil.

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DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0146.

SII 13.147: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 147. (A.R. No. 601 of 1920.) ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE SAME SHRINE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This records a gift of 15 1/2 kaḻañju of gold (tuḷaippoṉ) for a perpetual lamp in the temple of Tiruvanantīśvaram-Uḍaiyār at Vīranārāyaṇa-chaturvēdimaṅgalam by Jñāṉi Kālaṉ Aññūṟṟuvaṉ of Kumāramaṅgalam in Viḷattūr-nāḍu.

Language: Tamil.

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DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0147.

SII 13.148: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 148. (A.R. No. 603 of 1920.) ON THE SAME WALL.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: A gift of 16 kaḻañju of gold left in charge of the mahāsabhā, for a perpetual lamp in the temple, by Kārāmbichchēḍu Vēṅgai Pōśar Vishṇutāḻiya Daśapuriya-Sōmayāji of Paṇḍitavatsalachchēri (quarter) of the village. Paṇḍitavatsala was a surname of Parāntaka I (S.I.I. III, Intr. p. 13).

Language: Tamil.

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DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0148.

SII 13.149: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 149. (A.R. No. 79 of 1921.) LITTLE CONJEEVARAM, CONJEEVARAM TALUK, CHINGLEPUT DISTRICT. ON THE WEST WALL OF THE DURGĀ SHRINE, KACHCHĪŚVARA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This is evidently an inscription of Rājarāja I. It records a gift of 900 sheep for the maintenance of ten perpetual lamps to be called ‘Rājarājaṉ’ after the name of the king, in the shrine of Aiñjandi-Durgā-Bhaṭṭārakī at Kachchippēḍu. The royal order was communicated by the king’s officer Kōṉ Vīdiviḍaṅgaṉ alias Villavaṉ-Mūvēndavēḷāṉ of Uttaraṅguḍi in Ārvala-kūṟṟam of Śōḻa-nāḍu, who arranged for the supply of ghee by certain individuals to whom the sheep were distributed. These sheep are stated to have been captured by Kurukāḍi-Kiḻāṉ Paramaṉ Maḻapāḍi alias Mummuḍichchōḻaṉ on the occasion of his overthrow of Śīppuli-nāḍu and Pākkai-nāḍu (Pāki-nāḍu). Of these two regions the former is known to have been subjugated by a general of Parāntaka I (M.E.R. 1913, II. 8) who is also said to have destroyed Nellore in the course of the same campaign. By Nellore this Pākkai-nāḍu should have been meant in particular. They must have been subsequently lost to the Chōḷas till they were recaptured in the reign of Rājarāja.

Language: Tamil.

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DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0149.

SII 13.14: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 14. (A.R. No. 21 of 1914.) TIRUMAṆAÑJĒRI, MAYAVARAM TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, UDVĀHANĀTHASVĀMIN TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This records an order of Śembiyaṉ-Mahādēviyār, the mother of Uttama-Chōḷa fixing the allotment of paddy for the several items of daily expense in the temple of Tirukkaṟṟaḷi-Mahādēva at Tirumaṇañjēri, near Kaḍalaṅguḍi in Kuṟukkai-nāḍu, out of the produce from 14 vēli of land endowed by her in Mūlaṅguḍi in Nallāṟṟūr-nāḍu. This is evidently an inscription of the time of Rājarāja I.

Language: Tamil.

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DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0014.

SII 13.150: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 150. (A.R. No. 80 of 1921.) ON THE SAME WALL.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This is probably an unfinished original of No. 149 above.

Language: Tamil.

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DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0150.

SII 13.151: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 151. (A.R. No. 232 of 1923.) KŌYIL-TĒVARĀYAṈPĒṬṬAI (NEAR PAṆḌĀRAVĀḌAI), PAPANASAM TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, MATSYAPURĪŚVARA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This records an agreement given by the peruṅguṟi-sabhai (Big Assembly) of Siṁhavishṇu-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, a brahmadēya in Muḍichchō[ḻa*]-nāḍu in consideration of a lump sum of 200 kaḻañju of gold expressed in terms of 3000 kalam of paddy, received by them from the donor, to exempt from all taxes the village Kundamaṅgalam endowed to the temple of Bhūmisundara-Viṇṇagar-Paramasvāmi, by Kaṇṇandai Āṟivāṇaṉ Bhūmisundaraṉ alias Sundaraśōḻa-Mūvēndavēḷāṉ of Vāḻaippandal in Vāḻaippandal-nāḍu in Palkuṉṟak-kōṭṭam, a subdivision of Toṇḍai-nāḍu, who is also said to have built the temple. The donor’s surname suggests that the record may be one of Sundara-Chōḷa.

Language: Tamil.

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DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0151.

SII 13.152: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 152. (A.R. No. 49 of 1923.) PUḶḶALŪR, CONJEEVERAM TALUK, CHINGLEPUT DISTRICT. ON STONES BUILT (IRREGULARLY) INTO THE WALLS OF THE KĀMĀKSHI-AMMA SHRINE, KAILĀSANĀTHA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This records the decision of the assembly of Paramēśvara-chaturvēdimaṅgalam in Eyiṟ-kōṭṭam in consultation with the Pirān-adhi[kāri] (officer), to enforce the obligation of the uṇaṅgaṟpiḍi land (?) on the Śivabrāhmaṇas of the temple of Śrī Taṇḍaladēva as the latter failed to burn the (stipulated) perpetual lamp (with the income therefrom), and to supervise the maintenance of the lamp in the temple themselves in future, through the perumakkaḷ doing the vāriyam for the year and the ūrāḷvāṉ.

Language: Tamil.

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DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0152.

SII 13.153: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 153. (A.R. No. 364 of 1924.) MĒLAPPAḺUVŪR, UDAIYARPALAIYAM TALUK, TRICHINOPOLY DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE AGASTYĒŚVARA SHRINE, AGASTYĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This records the gift of a lamp-stand and an endowment of 12 kaḻañju of gold for burning a perpetual lamp in the shrine of Mahādēva on the southern side of the temple of Avanikandarppa(gandharva)-Īśvaragṛiham, by Nakkaṉ Akkāranaṅgaiyār the daughter of Dēvaṉār ‘of this Taḷi’ and wife of prince (Piḷḷai) Śēramāṉār. In No. 385 of 1924 from the same place, dated in the 27th year of Rājarāja I, his queen Pañchavan-Mahādēvi is referred to as the daughter of Dēvanār of Avanikandarppapuram. The identity of ‘Piḷḷai Śēramānār’ is not known. He was possibly a feudatory chief holding an important position under the Chōḷa king. Friendly relationship is known to have prevailed between the Chēras and the Chōḷas since the time of Āditya I (S.I.I. Vol. III, No. 89).

Language: Tamil.

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DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0153.

SII 13.154: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 154. (A.R. No. 383 of 1924.) ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CHŌḶĒŚVARA SHRINE, SAME TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: Another gift of 12 kaḻañju of gold for burning a perpetual lamp in the shrine of Mahādēva on the northern gate of the same temple and a lamp-stand by Nakkaṉ Akkāra-Naṅgaiyār (See No. 153 above).

Language: Tamil.

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DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0154.

SII 13.155: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 155. (A.R. No. 362 of 1925.) PAḺAṄKŌYIL, POLUR TALUK, NORTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON A PILLAR IN FRONT OF THE MUKHA-MAṆḌAPA, PHALAGRĀHĪŚVARA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: The inscription is badly damaged. The portion to the right of this which is in the same script records a gift of gold for a perpetual lamp in the temple of Mahādēva at Paḻaṅgōḷūr by Chāmuṇḍē . . . ., son of Pāpaiyaṉ, an officer under Nuḷambar Vīraśōḻa. Both this Pāpaiyaṉ and Vīraśōḻa figure in No. 361 of 1925 from the same place, dated in the 29th year of an unspecified king. The latter was possibly a local chieftain who was subordinate to Rājarāja I and was also known as Vīra-Chōḷa.

Language: Tamil.

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DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0155.

SII 13.156: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 156. (A.R. No. 187 of 1926.) TIRUCHCHIṞṞAMBALAM, PATTUKOTTAI TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON A PILLAR IN THE ARDHA-MAṆḌAPA, PURĀTANAVANĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This records an endowment of land made by Pūdi Uttamaṉ of Vēḻvūr for offerings in the temple of Mahādēva at Tiruchchiṟṟēmam, a dēvadāna-brahmadēva village in Rājarāja-nāḍu. It was made tax-free by the ūrār of Kuḷakkuḍi in Puṉṟiṟkūṟṟam for a lump-sum of 12 1/2 kaḻañju received by them from the donor. The name of the nāḍu suggests a late date for the inscription. Śiṟṟēmam of Jñānasambandar is evidently this village and not Śittāmūr in the Tirutturaipundi taluk as taken by some hitherto (M.E.R. 1926, II. 9).

Language: Tamil.

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DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0156.

SII 13.157: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 157. (A.R. No. 122 of 1934.) TIRUPPŌRŪR, CHINGLEPUT TALUK, CHINGLEPUT DISTRICT. ON THE EAST, NORTH AND WEST WALLS OF THE DĒVAYĀNAI-AMMAṆ SHRINE, SUBRAHMAṆYA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: The stones containing this inscription are misplaced and some are lost. It seems to register an undertaking given by the mahāsabhā of the village Kāyār alias Kamalanārāyaṇa-chaturvēdimaṅgalam in Kumuḻi-nāḍu, a subdivision of Āmūr-kōṭṭam in Jayaṅkoṇḍaśōḻa-maṇḍalam, to see to the proper maintenance of offerings, worship and lamps in the temple of Subrahmaṇyadēva at Tirupporiyūr in the same nāḍu, with the endowments made by some private individuals of the place. The name Jayaṅkoṇḍaśōḻamaṇḍalam came to be applied to the country evidently after Rājarāja I. Since the alphabet of the inscription is also very late, the record may be assigned to the reign of Rājakēsarivarman Kulōttuṅga-Chōḷa I (M.E.R. 1934, II-15).

Language: Tamil.

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

DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0157.

SII 13.158: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 158. (A.R. No. 588 of 1904.) ŚRĪNIVĀSANALLŪR, MUSIRI TALUK, TRICHINOPOLY DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE KORAṄGUNĀTHAṈ TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: The inscription registers a sale of garden-land at Iśaṇaikkuḍi to the temple of Tirukkurakkuttuṟaip-Perumānaḍigaḷ by Pāṉachchaṉ Dūvēdi Nārāyaṇaṉ Kāḷi of Mayindiramaṅgalam (Mahēndramaṅgalam), a brahmadēya village. One of the boundaries mentioned is a land said to belong to the Chaturvēdibhaṭṭa-ttāna(sthāna)-peru. makkaḷ.

Language: Tamil.

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DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0158.

SII 13.159: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 159. (A.R. No. 599 of 1904.) ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE PAṬṬĀBHIRĀMASVĀMIN SHRINE, VIŚVANĀTHASVĀMIN TEMPLE IN THE SAME VILLAGE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: The inscription is much damaged. It seems to record a gift of land by the sabhā to provide for (unguents and) sandal-paste for (the image of) Durgā-Bhaṭāriyār of the Mūlasthāna.

Language: Tamil.

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DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0159.

SII 13.15: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 15. (A.R. No. 466 of 1918.) TIRUVEṆKĀḌU, SHIYALI TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON A PILLAR NEAR THE NORTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, ŚVĒTĀRAṆYĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This is a damaged inscription recording a gift of 96 sheep (for a lamp). Mention is made of Perunaṟkiḷḷi-Chōḷa (See No. 21 below).

Language: Tamil.

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DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0015.

SII 13.160: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 160. (A.R. No. 320 of 1910.) TIRUMEYJÑĀNAM, KUMBAKONAM TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON THE WEST WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, JÑĀNAPARAMĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This records a tax-free gift of land for offerings (to the deity) during the midnight service (in the temple) by the assembly (perumakkaḷ) of Paḻaya Śembiyaṉ-Mahādēvi-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, a brahmadēya on the southern bank (of the Kāvēri). The mention of the village which is named after the mother of king Uttama-Chōḷa makes the record assignable to the next king after him, viz., Rājarāja I.

Language: Tamil.

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DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0160.

SII 13.161: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 161. (A.R. No. 251 of 1913.) ORAGAḌAM, CHINGLEPUT TALUK, CHINGLEPUT DISTRICT. ON A ROCK TO THE SOUTH OF THE VĀḌĀMALLĪŚVARA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This inscription is much damaged. It mentions the village Pallavamallachaturvē[dimaṅgalam], so named evidently after the Pallava king Nandivarman II.

Language: Tamil.

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DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0161.

SII 13.162: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 162. (A.R. No. 101 of 1914.) TIRUVEṞUMBŪR, TRICHINOPOLY TALUK, TRICHINOPOLY DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, PIPĪLIKĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This inscription records an agreement made by the peruṅguṟi-sabhai of Śrīkaṇṭha-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, a brahmadēya on the southern bank (of the Kāvēri) remitting, in consideration of the receipt of a lump amount, the payment of taxes on four and a half vēli and half mā of land endowed by Vēṅgai Iḷaiya-rudrakumāra-Kramavittaṉ of the village, for feeding three Śivayōgis and two Brāhmaṇas in the feeding house on the hill of god Tiruveṟumbiyūr-Āḻvār. The characters of the epigraph make it assignable to a period later than Parāntaka (I)’s reign. The probability is that it might belong to Gaṇḍarāditya (See No. 138 above). The details of date given in the inscription, viz., 6th year, Makara, Tuesday, Ārdrā, also agree for A.D. 955, January 9, Tuesday; the nakshatra ended at ·06.

Language: Tamil.

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DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0162.

SII 13.163: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 163. (A.R. No. 102 of 1914.) ON THE WEST WALL OF THE SAME SHRINE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This inscription is left incomplete. It registers the sale by the peruṅguṟisabhai of Śrīkaṇṭha-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, a brahmadēya on the southern bank, of the right of using the water in their tank for irrigating a land endowed to the temple of Tiruveṟumbiyūr-Āḻvār after purchasing the same from the sabhā of Peruveṅgūr, by Veṇbai . . . . Vēdivēḷār ‘who built the śrīvimāna’ of the God (See No. 51 above). Land for digging a channel to carry the water to the land by means of a sluice from this tank is also stated to have been sold to the donor by the sabhā. This is probably a record of the reign of Rājarāja I.

Language: Tamil.

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DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0163.

SII 13.164: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 164. (A.R. No. 104 of 1914.) ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE SAME SHRINE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This inscription registers a sale of land, after purchasing bits of it themselves from several residents of the village, by the assembly of Peruveṅgūr, a brahmadēya in Viḷā-nāḍu to Vēḷāṉ Vīranārāyaṇaṉ alias Śembiyaṉ Vēdivēḷāṉ of Siṟudavūr in Kiḷiyūr-nāḍu ‘who had built the śrīvimāna of god Tiruveṟumbiyūr-Āḻvār,’ for being endowed by him to that temple. They are stated to have received from him in addition to the cost of land, a lump-amount as iṟaikāval-dravyam towards the payment of all taxes on the gift-land. Among the boundaries of the land is mentioned a hamlet forming part of Uttamaśīli-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, a village named after prince Uttamaśīli, son of Parāntaka I. The details of the date agree for A.D. 991, January 15, Thursday, and thus the inscription may be assigned to Rājarāja I.

Language: Tamil.

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DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0164.