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Documents 151–200 of 2344 matching.
Renato Dávalos, Emmanuel Francis.
Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.
Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (tfa) (tfa-sii-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INStfaSIIv12p0i0245.
Renato Dávalos, Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: Gift of land for performing various services during festival, including adhyayana.
Languages: Sanskrit, None, Tamil.
Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (tfa) (tfa-sii-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INStfaSIIv08p0i0043.
Emmanuel Francis, Renato Dávalos.
Summary: Donation (nivantam) of gold (kācu) and paddy, trough a land donation, in order to meet expenses at the time of the procession of the Lord of Citamparam during festival times (tiruvāṉi, tiruvātirai, tirumāci). The recipients include Śrīmāheśvaras and 25 Brahmins who are to be fed, as well as reciters of Tiruttoṇṭattokai. Local communities of a nakaram (merchants, oil sellers, weavers, etc.) are demeed to maintain this donation.
Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.
Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (tfa) (tfa-sii-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INStfaSIIv04p0i0223.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: Construction of a sluice.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INSPallava00414.
Margherita Trento.
Summary: This plate records a gift to the Murugan temple in Tirucchendur.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: Tiruvāvaṭutuṟai (tfa-tiruvavatuturai-TN-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INSTiruvavatuturai00010.
Emmanuel Francis.
Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.
Repository: Pāṇḍya (tfa-pandya-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INSPandya10007.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: See ARIE 1943–1945 (p. 40): “In characters of about the 9th century A.D. Beginning and ends of lines built in. Seems to state that the temple of Vaikuṇṭanāthar was constructed by a Brāhmaṇa lady named Kumariccāṉi.” See Nagaswamy 1970 (p. 28): “An inscription in the 8-9th century Tamil characters recording the construction of a Viṣṇu temple called Śrī kōil Śrī Vaikuṇṭatēvar by a Brahmin lady Kumāriccāṇi, the wife of a certain Dharman, is found on a slab built into the ceiling of the ardhamaṇḍapa of Kariyamāṇikka Vaikuṇṭa Varadarājar temple.”
Language: Tamil.
Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INSPallava00372.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: See ARIE 1943–1945 (p. 40): “Incomplete. Mentions the sabhā of Civanvāyal and Niṉṟaiyūr.”
Language: Tamil.
Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INSPallava00337.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: Pillar inscription recording the construction of a sluice by Aṭavi from Tiruppālaiyūr.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INSPallava00323.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: Pillar inscription recording the construction of a front pillared hall (mukhamaṇḍapa) by Aṭavi.
Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.
Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INSPallava00117.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: See ARIE 1982-1983 (p. 125): “Fragmentary. Mentions the name of the king and the name of the village Cīyamaṅkalam in Palkuṉṟa-kōṭṭam. In characters of about the 7th century. A.D.”
Language: Tamil.
Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INSPallava00465.
Renato Dávalos, Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: Endowment of a tank and a land for the āṇṭārs (devotees) who recite the Tiruñāṉam in the sacred hall (tirukkaikōṭṭi) of the temple of the Lord of the Rājendracoḷīśvara in Mummuṭicōḻanallūr. The following texts are mentioned: Tiruñāṉam, Tirumuṟai and a text, the title of which begins with Tirukka[…]. Ramanatha Ayyar 1927 (p. 24) understands that the endowment applies to the reciters of the Tiruñāṉam, excluding the Tirumuṟai and the Tirukka[…].
Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.
Repository: Tamil Nadu (varia) (tfa-tamilnadu-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00005.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: Donation of land to a temple for daily offerings and worship, for maintaining a perpetual lamp, and for the livelihood of the priest.
Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.
Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INSPallava00228.
Renato Dávalos.
Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.
Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (tfa) (tfa-sii-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INStfaSIIv38p0i0140.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: See ARIE 2018-2019 (p. 85): “Seems to record some gift made to Cōmāṇṭanāyanār, son of Pirutikaṅkar, by Cōḻakōṇār-Marumankuṭai-Aḻakiyaṉ. In characters of the 9th century A.D.”1
Language: Tamil.
Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INSPallava00548.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: Hero-stone inscription commemorating the death of a hero (Nāyakar Ataṭṭiyār) and recording a land donation to his son Ceruvaliyār.
Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.
Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INSPallava00500.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: See ARIE 2018-2019 (p. 85): “Damaged. Seems to refer to the installation of an image of nandi by the king. In characters of the 9th century A.D.”
Language: Tamil.
Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INSPallava00383.
G.V. Srinivasa Rao, Renato Dávalos, Emmanuel Francis.
Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.
Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (tfa) (tfa-sii-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INStfaSIIv22p0i0165.
Margherita Trento.
Summary: This plate records a gift to the Murugan temple in Tirucchendur.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: Tiruvāvaṭutuṟai (tfa-tiruvavatuturai-TN-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INSTiruvavatuturai00011.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: See ARIE 1975-1976 (p. 77): “Records the death of Montaikaḷ Komāracattiyāru, the ruler of Kaḷappāḷur in a fight at Mokkappāṭi in Puṟamalai-nāṭu. In characters of the 6th century.”
Language: Tamil.
Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INSPallava00466.
Dorotea Operato.
Summary: It states that, as a result of the collection of kāṇikkai from the ryots of the Right-hand and Left-hand classes by the officers of state on each change of regime or administration, the former became impoverished and ran away from their homes to other kingdoms consequently worship and festivals in temples ceased and the land became infested with disease causing intense mental anguish to the people.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (tfa) (tfa-sii-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INStfaSIIv22p0i0161.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: Statement ownership and/or commission of an oil-press.
Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.
Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INSPallava00434.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: Cave inscription recording the donation of goats for maintaining a perpetual lamp.
Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.
Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INSPallava00446.
Emmanuel Francis.
Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.
Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (tfa) (tfa-sii-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INStfaSIIv19p0i0394.
Emmanuel Francis.
Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.
Repository: Tamil Nadu (varia) (tfa-tamilnadu-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00205.
Emmanuel Francis.
Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.
Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (tfa) (tfa-sii-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INStfaSIIv13p0i0049.
Emmanuel Francis.
Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.
Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (tfa) (tfa-sii-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INStfaSIIv19p0i0135.
Emmanuel Francis.
Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.
Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (tfa) (tfa-sii-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INStfaSIIv19p0i0229.
Emmanuel Francis.
Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.
Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (tfa) (tfa-sii-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INStfaSIIv19p0i0230.
Emmanuel Francis.
Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.
Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (tfa) (tfa-sii-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INStfaSIIv13p0i0206.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: Hero-stone inscription commemorating the death of a hero.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INSPallava00288.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: Hero-stone inscription commemorating the death of a hero in a fight.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INSPallava00284.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: Label to a figure represented on a hero-stone. See inscriptionPallava 284 for the hero-stone inscription on the same slab, after which the date of this label is conjectured.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INSPallava00527.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: Hero-stone inscription commemorating the death of Cāmi.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INSPallava00402.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: Stele with an inscription recording a donation, after purchase, of a land for supplying ghee for maintaining perpetual lamps.
Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.
Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INSPallava00144.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: Stele inscription recording a donation of gold (?) for maintaining perpetual lamps (?).
Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.
Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INSPallava00181.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: Stele inscription recording a donation of land for maintaining a tank. Parameśurāmeśvara temple at Guḍimallam.
Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.
Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INSPallava00110.
Dorotea Operato.
Summary: Refers to a quarrel between the Right and Left hand castes which lasted for four years.
Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.
Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (tfa) (tfa-sii-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INStfaSIIv41p0i0204.
Dorotea Operato.
Summary: Gathering of representatives of different villages, comprising members of the Right and Left hand classes, for the punishment of a culprit.
Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.
Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (tfa) (tfa-sii-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INStfaSIIv41p0i0201.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: Hero-stone inscription commemorating the death of a hero.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INSPallava00253.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: Hero-stone inscription commemorating the death of Kāṭaṭi Kaṟakkaṉ, who fell during a fight.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INSPallava00513.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: Hero-stone inscription commemorating the death of Aṭiyār who fell at Ciṟiyūr in a battle with Kārōniri Bāṇarāja.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INSPallava00252.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: Donation of land for providing water and fire in a god’s temple.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INSPallava00444.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: Donation of the village of Iḷaiyāṉ Puttūr as brahmadeya by Parāṅkucaṉ1 to the Brahmin Nārāyaṇabhaṭṭasomayājin of the Bhāradvajagotra.
Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.
Repository: Pāṇḍya (tfa-pandya-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INSPandya10001.
G. Vijayavenugopal, Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: Commemoration of a tiruppaṇi ("glorious temple service") by the ascetic Guṇasāgara, disciple of the master Jinasena of the Sena congregation, in Tirumayilāpuri. It is not clear if the inscribed bronze is the tiruppaṇi itself (in which case the record is about the donation / installation of this bronze image) or if the tiruppaṇi was performed in respect of this preexisting bronze image. It is neither clear if Tirumayilāpuri is just the seat of the Sena congregation or also the place of installation of the bronze image.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: Tamil Nadu (varia) (tfa-tamilnadu-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00002.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: Slab inscription recording the construction of a temple (taḷi) and donation of land for sacred food offerings (tiruvamutu) and a flower garden (nantavāṉam), at the time of the Tiruvātirai festival.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INSPallava00448.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: Hero-stone inscription commemorating the death of a hero.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INSPallava00313.
Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: Memorial stone set up in honour of a victorious cock.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INSPallava00401.
Valérie Gillet, Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: Lakṣmīnārāyaṇa temple, Javantināthapuram, Lālkuṭi taluk, Trichy district. On a stone (perhaps was it a doorjamb originally?), embedded in the right-side cement pillar of the gate. Regnal year 9 opposite to 4 of Māṟañcaṭaiyaṉ, aviṭṭa day, which falls on Monday in the month of dhanus.1 The last syllable of each line is not visible, even on the estampage published in 1940–1950 in EI 28, but can be easily guessed in most of the cases and thus restored in the text in square brackets with an asterisk. The inscription stops abruptly, the remaining part of it perhaps covered by cement.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: Pāṇḍya (tfa-pandya-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INSPandya00341.
Emmanuel Francis.
Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.
Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INSPallava00077.