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Documents 151–167 of 167 matching.
Renato Dávalos, Emmanuel Francis, N. Ramaswamy, Margherita Trento.
Summary: Land donation, that is, remission of taxes by provision of gold for tax payment, by Tirukkaṟṟaḷi Piccar to the god (deva) of Tiruvāvaṭutuṟai.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: Tiruvāvaṭutuṟai (tfa-tiruvavatuturai-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INSTiruvavatuturai10002.
Renato Dávalos.
Summary: Sale of 4 mā of tax-free land (iṟaiyiḻi) by the sabhai of Cāttaṉūr for the maintenance of a coconut garden (teṅku-nantavāṉam) and a flower garden (pū-nandavāṉam) to the Māhadeva at Tiruvāvaṭutuṟai.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: Tiruvāvaṭutuṟai (tfa-tiruvavatuturai-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INSTiruvavatuturai10023.
Renato Dávalos, Emmanuel Francis, N. Ramaswamy, Margherita Trento.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: Tiruvāvaṭutuṟai (tfa-tiruvavatuturai-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INSTiruvavatuturai10014.
Renato Dávalos.
Summary: Sale of land made by the tēvaraṭiyār of the temple, whose name is lost, to set up an image of Tiruvātavūr-tēvar (Māṇikkavācakar) in the third prakāra of the temple and the food offerings associated with its worship.
Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.
Repository: Tamil Nadu (varia) (tfa-tamilnadu-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00070.
Renato Dávalos.
Summary: A lacunose inscription, seemingly a recapitulative inscription, listing several endowments: an undated hereditary land endowment for singing (tēci pāṭu) before the Lord Tiruviṭaimarutuṭaiyār at the time of devotees’ assembly in front of the god (tiruvōlakkam) and another land endowment dated to the seventh regnal year of Parakesarivarman to various gods in Tiruviṭaimarutūr.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (tfa) (tfa-sii-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INStfaSIIv19p0i0181.
Renato Dávalos.
Summary: Endowment, by royal order (of Kulottuṅga II Cōḻa), of pāṇa-p-peṟu and pāṇa-k-kāṇi to a pāṇaṉ (probably the head of a group of singers) so that he sings to the Lord of Tiruviṭaimarutūr, appoints other pāṇars to sing, and trains temple-dancing girls. The endowment consists in gold, paddy produced from a minutely measured land, and a house-site.
Languages: English, Tamil.
Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (tfa) (tfa-sii-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INStfaSIIv05p1i0705.
Renato Dávalos, Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: A patikam of eleven stanzas by Tiruñāṉa Campantar in praise of the sacred Viṭaivāy (Tiruviṭaivācal). This hymn is not attested in the manuscripts of the Tēvāram, but has been included in the modern printed editions (Tēvāram 3.126).
Languages: English, Tamil.
Repository: Tamil Nadu (varia) (tfa-tamilnadu-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00026.
Renato Dávalos.
Summary: It records the resolution of a dispute between the iṣapa-taḷiyilār (also called cokka-taḷiyilār) and the tēvaraṭiyār at Tiruvoṟṟiyūr regarding temple service duties, honours, and privileges. The iṣapa-taḷiyilār were assigned service at the shrine of the god, and the tēvaraṭiyār at that of the goddess. The iṣapa-taḷiyilār were to perform dance, akamāṟkam, and cintu at the sacred hall (tirumaṇṭapa) of the God (nāyanār), while the tēvaraṭiyār did the same at the sacred hall (tirumaṇṭapa) of the Goddess (nācciyār). The tēvaraṭiyār were also to sing tiruppatiyam, tiruvempāvai, and the tiruppallāṇṭu, whilst both groups recited tiruccāḻal in turn. It also specifies the honours to be conferred upon vīraṇukkar, kaikkōḷar, and muṭṭukkārar.
Tiruñānasambandan, a supervisory official (māhēśvarakkaṇkāṇi) and others figure as signatories.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (tfa) (tfa-sii-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INStfaSIIv38p0i0195.
Renato Dávalos.
Summary: A record of the king discovering unused lands belonging to the temple and later allocating them as nivantams. The income from these lands was intended to cover the expenses of the temple, including those associated with festivals and staff, such as priests, musicians, dancers, and temple women. The endowment specifies the amount given for a reciter to chant mantras (mantrageyam) during the awakening ritual (tiruppaḷḷi eḻucci). Furthermore, fifty-three gold coins were donated for sacred food offerings in the festival of Māṟkaḻi-Tiruvātirai, during which the Lord Kāraiṇai-viṭankar was carried in procession while hearing the Tiruvempāvai. Twenty-two temple women taḷiyilār were added to the existing staff to sing and dance during this festival. Among the signatories appears the pontiff of the maṭha, Caturānapaṇṭitaṉ.
Languages: English, Tamil, Undetermined.
Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (tfa) (tfa-sii-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INStfaSIIv38p0i0128.
Renato Dávalos, Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: Land-purchase for donation.
Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.
Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (tfa) (tfa-sii-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INStfaSIIv05p1i1358.
Renato Dávalos, Margherita Trento, G. Vijayavenugopal.
Languages: English, Tamil, Undetermined.
Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (tfa) (tfa-sii-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INStfaSIIv38p0i0131.
Renato Dávalos, Margherita Trento, G. Vijayavenugopal.
Languages: English, Tamil.
Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (tfa) (tfa-sii-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INStfaSIIv38p0i0139.
Renato Dávalos, Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: Gift of money for special offerings on the day following the festival of Paṅkuṉi-Uttiram. The assembly of Kāvaṉūr alias Kamalanārāyaṇa-caturvēdimaṅkalam received the amount, i.e., 30 kācu and agreed to pay as interest 75 kalams of paddy every year for the expenses of that day.
Languages: English, Tamil.
Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (tfa) (tfa-sii-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INStfaSIIv38p0i0137.
Indra Manuel, Renato Dávalos, Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: Tiruccirāppaḷḷi, upper rock-cut cave.
Languages: English, Tamil.
Repository: Tamil Nadu (varia) (tfa-tamilnadu-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00027.
Renato Dávalos, Emmanuel Francis.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: Uttiramērūr (tfa-uttiramerur-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INSUttiramerur00068.
Renato Dávalos, Emmanuel Francis.
Summary: Nañcamutu Ceytāṉ, landowner (uṭaiyāṉ) of Mūlaṅku, set up an endowment for the Tiruvatirai festival (carry out during month of Mārkaḻi) in which the Lord who rules over Tiruvātavūr (tiruvātavūr āḷi nāyaṉārkku), most probably Māṇikkavācakar is taken out in procession as he listens to the tiruvempāvai. The endowment is also used to cover for items that were used during the Paṅkuni month festival.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: Tamil Nadu (varia) (tfa-tamilnadu-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00164.
S. Swaminathan, Emmanuel Francis, Renato Dávalos.
Summary: Purchase of waste land from the temple by Cāttaṉ Nañcamutu Ceytāṉ. The revenue from the land was utilised for providing food offerings, and consecrating an image of Tiruvātavūr-nāyaṉār (most probably, Māṇikkavācakar). Inscription INSTamilNadu00164 seems to be a closely related inscription, with the same donor and a similar endowment granted.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: Tamil Nadu (varia) (tfa-tamilnadu-epigraphy).
DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00163.