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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.

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

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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).

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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).

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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.

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

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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.

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

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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.

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

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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.

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

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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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SII 14.142: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – No. 142. (A.R. No. 439 of 1909.) ĀDAṈŪR, KOILPATTI TALUK, TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, ĀDILIṄGĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This Vaṭṭeḻuttu record dated in the 11th year of Jaṭāvarman Sundara-Chōḷapāṇḍya is damaged at the end. It registers a gift of a lamp with stand and fifty sheep by a certain Āchchaṉ Peṟṟāṉ for maintaining a perpetual lamp in the temple of Nāṭṭīśvarattāḻvār at Ādaṉūr alias Udaiyamārttāṇḍanallūr in Śūraṅgu2ḍi-nāḍu.

Language: Tamil.

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

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SII 14.144: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – No. 144. (A.R. No. 109 of 1905.) MAṈṈĀRKŌYIL, AMBASAMUDRAM TALUK, TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE GŌPĀLASVĀMIN TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This inscription dated in the 13th year of Jaṭāvarman Sundara-Chōḷapāṇḍya registers the sale by the sabhā of Rājarāja-chaturvēdimaṅgalam to the temple of Rājēndraśōḻa-viṇṇagar-Paramasvāmigaḷ, which according to other inscriptions is known to be the temple built by the Chēra king Rājasiṁha in the name of his Chōḷa overlord.

Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.

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

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SII 14.145: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – No. 145. (A.R. No. 110 of 1905.) MAṈṈĀRKŌYIL, AMBASAMUDRAM TALUK, TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH, WEST AND SOUTH WALLS OF THE GŌPĀLASVĀMIN TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This inscription issued on the 139th day in the 13th year of Jaṭāvarman Sundara-Chōḷapāṇḍya contains the details of the sale of land by the sabhā of Rājarājachaturvēdimaṅgalam to the temple of Rājarājaśōḻa-viṇṇagar-Dēvar. As stated in some other records of this viceroy he was seated in the western maṇḍapa in the āṭṭattuveḷi or the open space reserved for plays in the palace at Rājēndraśōḻapuram, while passing the orders relative to this document. The land sold, viz., 14 and odd vēli in extent, was re-grouped into a new hamlet called Śōḻapāṇḍyanallūr and converted into a tax-free dēvadāna. The names of several revenue officials are mentioned in this record. This inscription is connected with No. 109 of 1905, i. e., No. 144 above.

Language: Tamil.

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

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SII 14.146: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – No. 146. (A.R. No. 82 of 1907.) AMBĀSAMUDRAM, AMBASAMUDRAM TALUK, TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE PERUMĀḶ SHRINE IN THE TIRUMŪLANĀTHA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This slightly damaged record is dated in the 15th year of Jaṭāvarmaṉ Sundara-Chōḷapāṇḍya and relates to the gift of land made for the merit of the merchant community called nāṉā-dēśi-diśai-āyirattu-aiññūṟṟuvar, apparently of Pāṇḍi-maṇḍalam who were residing in the quarter called Rājēndraśōḻapperunderuvu probably at Rājarāja-chaturvēdimaṅgalam. This merchant-guild figures in a number of other records in the Tirunelveli district. The donor appears to be a member of this community named Śōlai-Aiññūṟṟuvaṉ.

Language: Tamil.

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

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SII 14.147: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – No. 147. (A.R. No. 612 of 1916.) ŚĒRMĀDĒVI, AMBASAMUDRAM TALUK, TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, AMMAINĀTHA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This inscription which is dated in the 13th year of the same Sundara-Chōḷapāṇḍya registers a sale of land by the mahāsabhā of Nigariliśōḻa-chaturvēdimaṅgalam to the temple of Śrī-Kailāsamuḍaiyār after receiving the vilaipporuḷ (i. e., sale price) and the iṟaipporuḷ (i. e., the amount paid in a lump sum in lieu of the annual taxes). Among the boundaries is mentioned a channel called Nigariliśōḻa-vāykkāl.

Language: Tamil.

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

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SII 14.148: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – No. 148. (A.R. No. 106 of 1905.) MANNĀRKŌYIL, AMBASAMUDRAM TALUK, TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE GŌPĀLASVĀMIN TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This epigraph dated in the 14th year of Jaṭāvarmaṉ Sundara-Chōḷapāṇḍya registers the sale of the village Māṉābharaṇa-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, a brahmadēya in Muḷḷi-nāḍu, which was the property of two brāhmaṇas of Nigariliśōḻa-chaturvēdimaṅgalam named Gōvindaṉ Mādhava-bhaṭṭaṉ and Gōvindaṉ Tiruvikramaṉ to the temple of Rājēndraśōḻa-viṇṇagar-Paramasvāmigaḷ at Rājarāja-chaturyēdimaṅgalam. It is stated that the brāhmaṇas had originally, obtained the village as the gurus, probably, of the ruling dynasty.

Language: Tamil.

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

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SII 14.149: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – No. 149. (A.R. No. 75 of 1907.) AMBĀSAMUDRAM, AMBASAMUDRAM TALUK, TIRINELVELI DISTRICT. ON THE WEST WALL OF THE TIRUMŪLANĀTHASVĀMIN TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This record of Jaṭāvarmaṉ Sundara-Chōḷapāṇḍya dated in his 14th year is incomplete. It registers a gift of a lamp by a brāhmaṇa named Ālikoṉṟai Vāsudēvakramavittaṉ of Pañchavaṉ-mādēvichchēri, a suburb of Rājarāja-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, to the temple of Śrīmūlasthāṉamuḍaiyār. In this inscription Muḷḷināḍu is described as a subdivision of Muḍigoṇḍaśōḻa-vaḷanāḍu, a division of Rājarāja-Pāṇḍināḍu.

Language: Tamil.

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

DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0149.

SII 14.14: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – No. 14. (A.R. No. 185 of 1926.) TIRUCHCHIṞṞAMBALAM, PATTUKKOTTAI TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON THE DOOR-JAMB OF THE ARDHAMAṆḌAPA OF THE PURĀTANAVANĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This record is very much damaged and only certain portions containing the name of the king, Varaguṇa-Mahārāja and the name of the village Tiruchchiṟṟēmam are preserved. The regnal year of the king namely, the 12th, opposite to the 4th, is also legible.

Language: Tamil.

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

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SII 14.150: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – No. 150. (A.R. No. 392 of 1916.) MAṈṈĀRKŌYIL, AMBASAMUDRAM TALUK, TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT. ON A STEP IN THE maṇḍapa OF THE GŌPĀLASVĀMIN TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This inscription which belongs to the 14th regnal year of Sundara-Chōḷapāṇḍya without any distinguishing epithet registers a gift of a lamp-stand and of cows for maintaining half a lamp in the temple of Rājēndraśōḻa-viṇṇagar-Āḻvār, by a servant, (name lost) of Śēralaṉmādēviyār1, queen of the Chēra king ChēramāṉAr RAśiggadēvar. As the Chēra king Rājasiṁha was a contemporary of the first viceroy Jaṭāvarman Sundara-Chōḷapāṇḍya (Ep. Ind., Vol. XI, pp. 294) this record must be attributed to him.

Language: Tamil.

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

DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0150.

SII 14.151: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – No. 151. (A.R. No. 618-B of 1916.) ŚĒRMĀDĒVI, AMBASAMUDRAM TALUK, TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL, SHRINE, AMMAINĀTHA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This inscription is fragmentary and contains a portion of the Chōḷa viceroy’s name. It is dated in the 14th year.

Language: Tamil.

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

DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0151.

SII 14.152: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – No. 152. (A.R. No. 712 of 1916.) ŚĒRMĀDĒVI, AMBASAMUDRAM TALUK, TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE maṇḍapa IN FRONT OF A SHRINE, RĀMASVĀMIN TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This inscription which is damaged at several places, is dated in the 14th year of Sundara-Chōḷapāṇḍya and registers a gift of land made by the sabhā of Nigariliśōḻachaturvēdimaṅgalam for providing certain offerings to the image of god Uyyakkoṇḍāḻvār in the temple of Nigariliśōḷa-viṇṇagar.

Language: Tamil.

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DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0152.

SII 14.153: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – No. 153. (A.R. No. 700 of 1916.) ŚĒRMĀDĒVI, AMBASAMUDRAM TALUK, TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT. ON THE EAST WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, RĀMASVĀMIN TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This epigraph dated in the 15th year of Jaṭāvarmaṉ Sundara-Chōḷapāṇḍya registers a gift of pieces of land by a certain Parāntakaṉ-Niṟaiñjāṉ alias Diśai-Āyirattaiññūṟṟuva Dasamadi . . . . . . vīraṉ for the maintenance of a watchman (tirumeykāppu) for the temple of Nigariliśōḻa-viṇṇagar-Āḻvār. The donor appears to have belonged to a trading guild as indicated by the name Diśai-Āyirattaiññūṟṟuvaṉ borne by him.

Language: Tamil.

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DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0153.

SII 14.154: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – No. 154. (A.R. No. 111 of 1905.) MAṈṈĀRKŌYIL, AMBASAMUDRAM TALUK, TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE GŌPĀLASVĀMIN TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This inscription is dated in the 16th year of Jaṭāvarmaṉ Sundara-Chōḷapāṇḍya and states that the Chēra king (Śēramāṉār) Rājarājadēvar was present at the western gōpura of the temple of Rājēndraśōḻa-viṇṇagar-Paramasvāmigaḷ while issuing the order making the ten vēli of land in Māṉābharaṇa-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, a tax-free village belonging to the temple, as kuḍinīṅgā-dēvadāna to six persons, who in return had to measure as vāḍākkaḍaṉ 2600 kalam of paddy per year. The measure called aṉavaratadāṉaṉ is mentioned.

Language: Tamil.

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DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0154.

SII 14.155: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – No. 155. (A.R. No. 77 of 1907.) AMBĀSAMUDRAM, AMBASAMUDRAM TALUK, TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE TIRUMŪLANĀTHASVĀMIN TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This record dated in the 16th year of Jaṭāvarmaṉ Sundara-Chōḷapāṇḍya registers a gift of sheep and 6 paḻaṅkāśu by a veḷḷāḷa of Vīdiviṭaṅkanallūr, a hamlet of Rājarājachaturvēdimaṅgalam, for maintaining a lamp in the temple of Tiruchchālaittuṟaiuḍaiya-Mahādēva.

Language: Tamil.

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DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0155.

SII 14.156: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – No. 156. (A.R. No. 72 of 1907.) AMBĀSAMUDRAM, AMDASAMUDRAM TALUK, TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE TIRUMŪLANĀTHASVĀMIN TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This is a damaged record belonging to the 17th year of a certain . . . .-Śōḻapāṇḍyadēva, who was evidently Jaṭāvarman Sundara-Chōḷapāṇḍya. The name of God Tiruchchālaittuṟai-Īśvarar in . . . . . . . . . . . . chaturvēdimaṅgalam is mentioned as also come provision made for burning a lamp in this temple, the details of which are lost.

Language: Tamil.

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DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0156.

SII 14.157: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – No. 157. (A.R. No. 619 of 1916.) ŚĒRMĀDĒVI, AMBASAMUDRAM TALUK, TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH AND WEST WALLS OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, AMMAINĀTHASVĀMIN TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This inscription issued on the 7th day of the 17th year of Sundara-Chōḷapāṇḍya is of interest in that its wording follows the conventional form adopted in the Chōḷa period for documents conveying lands. Two vēli of land lying within the four boundaries specified with meticulous detail, in the village called Kallūr in Mēlvēmba-nāḍu in Muḍigoṇḍaśōḻa-vaḷanāḍu were given to the temple of Śrīkayilāsamuḍaiya-Mahādēva, at the request of Ammāṉ, after having separated this land from the original division and constituting it into a new unit called Śivapādaśēkharanallūr from the 16th year of Sundara-Chōḷa’s viceroyalty. ‘Śivapādaśēkhara’ was a title of Rājarāja the Great and hence this endowment was made in his honour. Certain taxes such as aḻagerudu-kāṭchikkāśu and kāṭchi-erudu-kāśu were remitted on these lands which were now made tax free dēvadāna. Sundara-Chōḷapāṇḍya is described as having been seated in the western hall of the palace at Rājēndra-śōḻapuram at the time of issuing this order.

Language: Tamil.

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DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0157.

SII 14.158: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – No. 158. (A.R. No. 622 of 1916.) ŚĒRMĀDĒVI, AMBASAMUDRAM TALUK, TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE IN THE AMMAINĀTHASVĀMIN TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This inscription is dated in the 17th year of Jaṭāvarmaṉ Sundara-Chōḷapāṇḍya and registers a gift of fifty rams by Maṉṉaṉ Śūṟṟi of Tirunallūr in Tirukkaḻumalanāḍu in Rājēndraśiṅgavaḷanāḍu, a district of Śōḻamaṇḍalam for burning a perpetual lamp and a twilight lamp in the temple of Śrīkayilāsamuḍaiyār situated on the southern bank of Muḍigoṇḍaśōḻappērāṟu at Nigariliśōḻa-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, a brahmadēya in Uttamaśōḻa-vaḷanāḍu, a division of Rājarāja-Pāṇḍināḍu.

Language: Tamil.

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

DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0158.

SII 14.159: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – No. 159. (A.R. No. 337 of 1929-30.) KUṆḌALAKŪTTU, SATTUR TALUK, RAMANATHAPURAM DISTRICT. ON A ROCK TO THE NORTH OF THE PERUMĀḶ TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This record dated in the 17th year of Jaṭāvarmaṉ Sundara-Chōḷapāṇḍya registers a gift of 25 sheep by Vē[mba]ṉ-Pūvaṉ, a merchant of Vāṉavaṉmādēvipuram in Iruñjōṇāḍu, a subdivision of Rājarāja-Pāṇḍināḍu, to the temple of Kūḍaṟkuḍi-Mahādēva. Kūḍaṟkuḍi was the original name of the present Kuṇḍalakkūttu, and is mentioned in the Eṟukkaṅguḍi inscription of Śrīvallabha, the Early Pāṇḍya king among the places wherein Iruppaikkuḍi-Kiḻavaṉ had made some benefactions.

Language: Tamil.

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

DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0159.

SII 14.15: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – No. 15. (A.R. No. 137 of 1908.) TIRUPPATTUR, TIRUPPATTUR TALUK, RAMANATHAPURAM DISTRICT. ON A SLAB IN THE PRĀKĀRA OF THE TIRUTTAḶĪŚVARA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This record belongs to the reign of the Pāṇḍya king Varaguṇa-Mahārāja and is dated in the 4th year and 4635th day of his reign. The puḷḷi is marked in many consonants which fact proves its early date. The Sanskrit verse at the beginning states that a certain Kaḍambavēḷāṉ donated 15 kāśu and that from its interest a lamp was to be maintained in the temple of Śiva of Nūtanagrāma. The Tamil portion records that Maṟavaṉ Aṇukkappēraraiyaṉ alias Kaḍambaṉvēḷāṉ of Perumāttūr in Muttūṟṟu-kūṟṟam made a gift of 15 paḻaṅgāśu and a lamp stand for burning a perpetual lamp in the temple and another similar amount for the supply of garlands to the deity. Tirupputtūr (Nūtanagrāma) is said to be a brahmadēya in Koḻuvūr-kūṟṟam.

Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.

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

DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0015.

SII 14.160: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – No. 160. (A.R. No. 327 of 1916.) TIRUVĀLĪŚVARAM, AMBASAMUDRAM TALUK, TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE VĀLĪŚVARA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This record is connected with No. 161 below to which it is complementary, and was issued while Sundara-Chōḷapāṇḍya was seated in the western pavilion in the āṭṭattuveḷi in the palace precincts at Rājēndraśōḻapuram. It relates to a gift of 5 vēli of land by purchase from the mahāsabhā of Rājarāja-chaturvēdimaṅgalam for the expenses of conducting festivals in the temple of Tiruvālīśvaram-uḍaiyār and for feeding 25 brāhmaṇas and for the reading of the Śivadharma. The income from this land was ordered to be utilised for the above-mentioned items of charity by the king’s uncle (ammāṉ), as already stated in the other record, from the 16th year of Sundara-Śōḻapāṇḍya’s reign.

Language: Tamil.

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

DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0160.

SII 14.161: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – No. 161. (A.R. No. 332 of 1916.) TIRUVĀLĪŚVARAM, AMBASAMUDRAM TALUK, TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE VĀLĪŚVARA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This record is dated on the 65th day of the 17th year of Jaṭāvarmaṉ Sundara-Chōḷapāṇḍya and is connected with No. 160 above. It was issued when the viceroy was seated in the dinner hall on the seat called Rājēndraśōḻa-Atimūrkhachcheggīrai in the pavilion (chittirakūḍam) in the garden called Puttaṉ to the north of Madurai in Māḍakkuḷakkīḻ, a subdivision of Madhurāntaka-vaḷanāḍu, on the 53rd day of the 17th regnal year and was entered in the variyilIḍu (tax register) on the 65th day of the same year. Under instructions from the Ammāṉ or uncle of the viceroy, land in Kākkalūr, a suburb of Rājarāja-chaturvēdimaṅgalam was purchased and endowed to the temple of Tiruvālīśvaram-uḍaiyār for conducting festivals and for feeding brāhmaṇas. Provision was also made for reading the Śivadharmam in the temple referred to in the other record1 from the same temple. It may be noted that the name of the seat on which the viceroy was seated was apparently derived from the name of one of his officers Tirumandtta ōlaināyakam Rājēndrasōḻa-Atimūrkhachcheṅgīrai.

Language: Tamil.

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

DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0161.

SII 14.162: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – No. 162. (A.R. No. 102 of 1905.) AMBĀSAMUDRAM, AMBASAMUDRAM TALUK, TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE ERICHCHĀVUḌAIYĀR TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This Vaṭṭeḻuttu record dated in the 18th year of Jaṭāvarmaṉ Sundara-Chōḷapāṇḍya is engraved in the Erichchāvuḍaiyār shrine, and the stones are somewhat disarranged. The object of the record seems to be the provision made for burning lamps in the shrines of Tiruppōttuḍaiyār and Mūlasthāṉam-uḍaiyār at Tiruchchālaittuṟai in Rājarājachaturvēdimaṅgalam, a brahmadēya in Muḷḷi-nāḍu, a subdivision of Muḍigoṇḍaśōla-vaḷanāḍu. Two other disconnected fragments are found on some slabs embedded in the walls of the same shrine.

Language: Tamil.

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

DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0162.

SII 14.163: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – No. 163. (A.R. No. 83 of 1907.) AMBĀSAMUDRAM, AMBASAMUDRAM TALUK, TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT. ON THE WEST WALL OF THE PERUMĀḶ SHRINE IN THE TIRUMŪLANĀTHA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This record which is dated in the 19th year of Jaṭāvarmaṉ Sundara-Chōḷapāṇḍya is very much damaged, but from the existing traces it is evident that it registers a gift of twenty-five sheep by a person, whose name is obliterated, for the maintenance of a lamp in the temple of Tiruchchālaittuṟai-Mahādēva at Rājarāja-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, a brahmadēya in Muḷḷi-nāḍu, a subdivision of Muḍigoṇḍaśōḻa-vaḷanāḍu, a division of Rājarāja-Pāṇḍināḍu.

Language: Tamil.

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DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0163.

SII 14.164: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – No. 164. (A.R. No. 630 of 1916.) ŚĒRMĀDĒVI, AMBASAMUDRAM TALUK, TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE IN THE AMMAINĀTHASVĀMIN TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This record is dated in the 19th year of Jaṭāvarmaṉ Sundara-Chōḷapāṇḍya. It states that 2 vēli of land which had been granted as dēvadāna to the temple of Kayilāsamuḍaivār at Nigariliśōḻa-chaturvēdimaṅgalam by the Chōḷapāṇḍya viceroy and which had been constituted into a separate revenue unit under the name of Śivapādaśēkharanallūr had originally been taken over for cultivation by the ūrār who had the kāṇi right over Kallūr in Mēlvēmba-nāḍu, a subdivision of Muḍigoṇḍaśōḻavaḷanāḍu. But as they were unable to pay the taxes thereon, they relinquished their cultivation rights in favour of the dēvakaṉmis of the temple, who now took over the lands, and gave an undertaking to the Puravari-tiṇaikkaḷattār and the Varippottagamuḍaiyār, the revenue officials, not to interfere in any matter whatsoever with the lands in future. The record is connected with No. 157 above in its subject matter.

Language: Tamil.

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

DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0164.

SII 14.165: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – No. 165. (A.R. No. 81 of 1907.) AMBĀSAMUDRAM, AMBASAMUDRAM TALUK, TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE maṇḍapa IN THE TIRUMŪLANĀTHA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This is dated in the 20th year of Jaṭāvarmaṉ Sundara-Chōḷapāṇḍya and registers a gift of buffaloes by a private person for maintaining a lamp in the temple of Mūlastha-āṉ muḍaiyār at Tiruchchālaittuṟai in Rājarāja-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, a brahmadēya in Muḷḷi-nāḍu.

Language: Tamil.

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

DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0165.

SII 14.166: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – No. 166. (A.R. No. 625 of 1916.) ŚĒRMĀDĒVI, AMBASAMUDRAM TALUK, TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, AMMAINĀTHASVĀMIN TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This belongs to Jaṭāvarmaṉ Sundara-Chōḷapāṇḍya, as his title Jaṭāvarmaṉ is given, and it registers the usual gift of fifty sheep by Araiyaṉ Ambalanāthaṉ for burning a lamp in the temple of Śrīkayilāyam-uḍaiya-Mahādēva. The regnal year is [20].

Language: Tamil.

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

DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0166.

SII 14.167: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – No. 167. (A.R. No. 395 of 1929-30.) ĀTTŪR, TIRUCHCHENDUR TALUK, TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE IN THE SŌMANĀTHĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This record registers a gift of fifty sheep made by a soldier belonging to the battalion called Sundara-Śōḻapāṇḍyatterinda-paḻaiyarāḷ for burning a lamp in the temple of Sōmanāthadēva at Āṟṟūr. There are several instances in which battalions were named after the name or surname of the reigning king, and the soldier of this record belonged to one such regiment named after Sundara-Chōḷapāṇḍya. From later Pāṇḍya records, it is learnt that a Pāṇḍya army was stationed at Peruṅguḷam, a village situated near Āṟṟūr, and this Chōḷa regiment may also have been in occupation of that village at this period. As records of this viceroy later than the 23rd year are not known the date read doubtfully as [30] may probably be 20.

Language: Tamil.

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

DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0167.

SII 14.168: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – No. 168. (A.R. No. 64 of 1905.) ĀṈAIMALAI, MADURAI TALUK, MADURAI DISTRICT. ON THE ROCK IN THE ROCK-CUT TEMPLE OF NARASIṀHA.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This inscription of the 21st year of the viceroy registers a gift of sheep by a private person for a lamp in the temple of god Narasiṅgadēva at Āṉaimalai.

Language: Tamil.

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

DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0168.

SII 14.169: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – No. 169. (A.R. No. 65 of 1905) ĀṈAIMALAI, MADURAI TALUK, MADURAI DISTRICT. ON THE ROCK IN THE ROCK-CUT TEMPLE OF NARASIṀHA.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This inscription of Jaṭāvarmaṉ Sundara-Chōḷapāṇḍya is dated in the 21st year of his rule. It is incomplete, but from the available portion it appears to refer to some gift made for the maintenance of a perpetual lamp in the temple of Narasimha, by the wife of Śēndaṉ-Bhaṭṭaṉ of Iṟaiyāṉaraiśūr, which is a place in the Tirukkoyilur taluk of the South Arcot District. Āṉaimalai is said to be situated in Kiḻiraṇiyamuṭṭam in Rājēndraśōḻa-vaḷanāḍu, a district of Rājarāja-Pāṇḍināḍu.

Language: Tamil.

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

DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0169.

SII 14.16A: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – No. 16A. (A.R. No. 26 of 1912.) TIRUCHCHENDŪR, TIRUCHCHENDUR TALUK, TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT. ON TWO SLABS SEUPP IN THE SUBRAHMAṆYASVĀMIN TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This inscription of Varaguṇa-Mahārāja registers the gift by the king, of 1,400 kāśu for meeting the various annual requirements of the temple of Subrahmaṇyabhaṭārar. The money was invested by the king’s three officers Iruppaikkuḍikiḻavaṉ, Śāttamperumāṉ and Aḷaṟṟūrnāṭṭukkōṉ with the administrative bodies of various villages which were required to pay annually interest in grain to the temple at two kalam per kāśu per year. The record is dated in the year 13 opposite to a certain year (lost), of the king’s reign. The amount of 1,400 kāśu is stated to have been made over on the 5001st day (line 7). Published in Epigraphia Indica, Vol. XXI, pp. 101 ff.

Language: Tamil.

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

DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0016A.

SII 14.16: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – No. 16. (A.R. No. 138 of 1908.) TIRUPPATTŪR, TIRUPPATTUR TALUK, RAMANATHAPURAM DISTRICT. ON A SLAB LYING IN THE AṄGĀḶAMMAṈ TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This record also comes from Tiruppattūr and is dated in some year, which was probably [4]1 and 4985th day of king Māṟañjaḍaiyaṉ’s reign. It registers that Manōmayaṉ-Māṟaṉ, the kāvadi of Iḷaveṇbaikkalattirukkai, presented 150 sheep for the maintenance of a perpetual lamp to the god Jalaśayaṉattu-BhaTArar at TirupputtUr, a brahmadēya in KoḻuvUr-kUṟṟam. This image must have been one of Vishṇu in his recumbent form, but no traces of it are seen now. The term KAvadi signifies a ‘revenue officer’ and is found applied to even petty officials in the Chōḷa country at this period. As in No. 9 above, the corporate body called the ‘ĀyiratteḻunUṟṟuvar’ were to be in charge of this charity also.

Language: Tamil.

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

DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0016.

SII 14.170: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – No. 170. (A.R. No. 330 of 1916.) TIRUVĀLĪŚVARAM, AMBASAMUDRAM TALUK, TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE IN THE VĀLĪŚVARAM TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This inscription belongs to the 21st year of Jaṭāvarmaṉ Sundara-Chōḷapāṇḍya and registers a gift of 35 cows by a maid-servant of queen Ulaguḍaiya-pirāṭṭiyār name Bhaktargaḷ-paṇḍāram, for burning a perpetual lamp to god Tiruvālīśvaram-uḍaiya-Emberumāṉ at Rājarāja-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, a brahmadēya in Muḷḷi-nāḍu.

Language: Tamil.

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

DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0170.

SII 14.171: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – No. 171. (A.R. No. 99 of 1924.) PERICHCHIKŌYIL, TIRUPPATTUR TALUK, RAMANATHAPURAM DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE BHAIRAVA SHRINE IN THE SUGANDHAVANĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This record is dated in the 21st year of the viceroy who is referred to as Jaṭāvarmaṉ alias Uḍaiyār [Vi]raśōḻa pāṇḍyadēva and registers a gift of land by a certain Kuḻāśaṉi Māḷuvamāṇikkam alias Adhirājarāja-Puṉguṉṟa-nāḍāḻvāṉ for providing offerings to the image of god Kshētrapāla at Mēṉmarudūr alias Jayaṅgoṇḍa-śōḻanallūr in Gaṅgaikoṇḍaśōḻa-vaḷanāḍu, a division of Rājarāja-Pāṇḍināḍu. This record appears to belong to the first viceroy of the name of Sundara-Chōḷapāṇḍya, as a different viceroy with the high regnal year of 21 cannot be otherwise accounted for.

Language: Tamil.

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

DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0171.

SII 14.172: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – No. 172. (A.R. No. 473 of 1929-30.) ĀTTŪR, TIRUCHCHENDUR TALUK, TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT. ON A STONE IN THE PAVEMENT OF THE AMMA SHRINE IN THE SŌMANĀTHESVARA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This inscription dated in the 21st year of Jaṭāvarmaṉ Sundara-Chōḷapāṇḍya is damaged at the end. It registers some gift made by Lōkāditta-kkūttaṉ of the Bhāradvāja-gōtra, a resident of Āṟṟūr-Śēndamaṅgalam for burning a lamp in the temple of Sōmanāthēśvara alias Teṉ-Tiruppūvaṇamuḍaiyār at Āṟṟūr-Śēndamaṅgalam, a brahmadēya in Kuḍa-nāḍu, a subdivision of Uttamaśōḻa-vaḷanāḍu. Teṉ-Tiruppūvaṇam must have been so named after the god of the same name in the Ramanathapuram district.

Language: Tamil.

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

DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0172.

SII 14.173: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – No. 173. (A.R. No. 4 of 1931-32.) ALAGARKŌYIL, MELUR TALUK, MADURAI DISTRICT. ON A PILLAR IN THE SUNDARA-PĀṆḌYAN-maṇḍaapa IN THE TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This record is dated in the [22]nd year of a certain Jaṭāvarmaṉ Śrī-Chōḷapāṇḍya and registers some gift, the details of which are lost, by a certain brāhmana lady of Śōḻapāṇḍya-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, a brahmadēya in Karunilakkuḍi-nāḍu, for maintaining a nilai-viḷakku in the temple of god Tirumāliruñjōlai-niṉṟaruḷiya-Paramasvāmin in Kīliraṇiyamuttam in Rājēndraśōḻa-vaḷanāḍu, a division of Rājarāja-Pāṇḍināḍu. He may perhaps be identified with Jatāvarmaṉ Sundara-Chōḻapāṇḍya for whom records of the 22nd year are known.

Language: Tamil.

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

DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0173.