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Documents 3101–3150 of 5314 total.

SII 13.109: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 109. (A.R. No. 74 of 1914.) KĀMARASAVALLI, UDAYARPALAYAM TALUK, TRICHINOPOLY DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, KĀRKŌṬAKĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This records a gift of two adjoining plots of land measuring together one mā, after purchasing them from their owners, by Bālāsiṟiyan Bhaṭṭaṉ Śivaṉ Kūttaṉ of Ādanūr (the donor mentioned in No. 106 above) to provide for the supply of śidāri and other ingredients for fumigation during the daily services in the temple of Tirunallūr-Mahādēva at Kāmaravalli-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, a dēvadāna and brahmadēya in Innambar-nāḍu. The inscription also states that the land was made tax-free in consideration of 12 kāśu received from the donor by the Peruṅguri-Perumakkaḷ (Elders of the Assembly) of the village, who met for the purpose before the maṇḍapa heralded by the blowing of a pair of kāḷam. Among the boundaries are mentioned the channel Kōdaṇḍarāma-vāykkāl and the road Śōḻamahādēvi-vadi. Kōdaṇḍarāma was a surname of Āditya I (Travancore Archaeological Series, Vol. III, part I, p, 109), and also of Rājāditya, the son of Parāntaka (No. 318 of 1904). The inscription seems to be assignable to Sundara-Chōḷa Parāntaka II, and the date corresponds to A.D. 961, January 4. The details however, viz, Makara, Friday, Punarvasu, are not capable of verification.

Language: Tamil.

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

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SII 13.10: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 10. (A.R. No. 156 of 1908.) TIRUNAṞAIYŪR, KUMBHAKONAM TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, SIDDHANĀTHASVĀMIN TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This records the gift of a silver plate and a pot and also a chauri with gold handle, by Uḍaiyapirāṭṭiyār Śembiyaṉ-Mahādēviyār alias Pirāntakaṉ-Mādēvaḍigaḷār to the temple of Siddhēśvaram-uḍaiya-Mahādēva at Tirunaṟaiyūr in Tirunaṟaiyūrnāḍu. The inscription should be one of Rājarāja I.

Language: Tamil.

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

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SII 13.110: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 110. (A.R. No. 103 of 1914.) TIRUVEṞUMBŪR, TRICHINOPOLY TALUK, TRICHINOPOLY DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, PIPĪLIKĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This records an agreement by the assembly (Perunguṟi-sabhai) of Śrīkaṇṭhachaturvēdimaṅgalam, exempting from the several kinds of taxes, 2 vēli and 7 mā of land endowed after purchase and left in their charge, by Vēlāṉ Viranārāyaṇaṉ alias Śembiyaṉ Vēdivēḷār of Śiṟudavūr in Kiḷiyūr-nāḍu for feeding 15 Brahmans in the feeding house on the hill of Tiruveṟumbiyūr-Āḻvār every day. A lump sum is said to have been paid by the donor towards these taxes to the assembly. This person has figured as the builder of the Śrīvimāna of the temple in other epigraphs of the place including No. 104 of 1914, dated in the 7th year of Rājakēsarivarman. As this last inscription makes mention of a channel called Uttamaśīlivāykkāl, evidently after a son of Parāntaka I, all these records have to be assigned to a successor of his, either Gaṇḍarāditya or Parāntaka II Sundara-Chōḷa, both of whom were Rājakēsarins, as against the view expressed in M.E.R. 1915, II, 20, referring them all to Āditya I on the basis of the astronomical details contained in them. It is quite likely that these details would yield alternate equivalants for dates later than Parāntaka I.

Language: Tamil.

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

DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0110.

SII 13.111: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 111. (A.R. No. 117 of 1914.) ON THE WEST WALL OF THE SAME SHRINE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This records an endowment of 6 mā of land to the temple of Mahādēva on the hill at Śrīkaṇṭha-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, to provide for the supply of an uḻakku of ghee every day for a perpetual lamp in the temple, by Tāyaṉ Kaṇamuḍaiyāṉ, a resident of the village, who also made it tax-free by a lump-sum payment of gold to the sabhā.

Language: Tamil.

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

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SII 13.112: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 112. (A.R. No. 126 of 1914.) ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE SAME SHRINE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This records a gift of forty-five sheep for burning a lamp in the day-time in the temple of Tiruveṟumbi⟨y⟩ūr-Dēvar by Kallaḍai Perumān, a Veḷḷāḷa resident of Śrīkaṇṭha-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, and his wife Paraman Kallai.

Language: Tamil.

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

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SII 13.113: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 113. (A.R. No. 132 of 1914.) ON THE SAME WALL.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This records a gift of 34 sheep for burning a lamp during the three services in the temple of Āḻvār on the hill at Tiru[v*]eṟumbiyūr, and of a lamp-stand for the same, by Nārāyaṇa-Kramavittaṉ, son of Mānacha(śa)rman of Kāvanūr, a member of the Āḷum-gaṇam of Śrīkaṇṭha-chaturvēdimaṅgalam.

Language: Tamil.

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

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SII 13.114: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 114. (A.R. No. 133 of 1914.) ON THE SAME WALL.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This seems to be an inscription of Sundara-Chōḷa. The details of the date given, viz., Mithuna, Wednesday, Svāti, correspond to A.D. 961, May 29. This records an undertaking given by the Peruṅguṟi-sabhai of Śrīkaṇṭha-chaturvēdimaṅgalam who held their sitting on the hill of Tiruveṟumbiyūr-Āḻvār, that they would not confiscate the property (dēvasvam) of the temple on grounds of default in the payment of taxes, as the temple was not bound to pay any kind of taxes. The assembly also declared that they would ostracise such a person as suggested, ordered or himself made the confiscation, and would treat him as “an annoyance to the village,” besides making him liable for fine at the hands of the Māhēśvaras.

Language: Tamil.

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

DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0114.

SII 13.115: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 115. (A.R. No. 359 of 1917.) TIRUVĀṆḌĀRKŌVIL (NEAR PONDICHERRY, FRENCH INDIA). ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, PAÑCHANADĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This registers a sale of some plots of land to the temple of Tiruvāṟai-Nakkaṉkōyil-Paramasvāmin at Tribhuvanamahādēvi-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, by the peruṅguṟiperumakkaḷ (assembly) of the village, effected in the 28th year of Kannaradēva (Rāshṭrakūṭa Kṛishṇa III) as compensation for the silver and gold vessels and jewels of the temple which had been utilised by them for sabhā-viniyōga (expenses ?) in former years. The sabhā refer in this sale transaction to a land endowed by them to the temple as dēvadāna in the 14th year of king Parāntaka I. The Rājakēsarivarman of this inscription should evidently refer to the Chōḷa king who reigned after the 28th year of the Rāshtrakūṭa king, i.e., A.D. 967 and, as such he can be identified with Rājarāja I. (M.E.R. 1918, II. 23). The name of the village seems to indicate its origin to Tribhuvanamahādēvi, a queen of Parāntaka I.

Language: Tamil.

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

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SII 13.116: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 116. (A.R. No. 135 of 1918.) TIRUVAIYĀṞU, TANJORE TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, PAÑCHANADĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: The inscription is damaged and incomplete. It seems to record a gift of 25 kaḻañju of gold for the endowment of a piece of land after purchasing it (probably tax-free) from the nagarattār of Śivapuri, for a lamp in the temple of Mahādēva at Tiruvai-āṟu by Payitāṅgi Vāḷuva-Nāgaṇi, the wife of Nāgakumāraṉ Vādāvi-Araiyaṉ of . . . . . . Kaḷakkuḍi. Both Śivapuri and Kaḷakkuḍi are in the Tinnevelly district.

Language: Tamil.

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

DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0116.

SII 13.117: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 117. (A.R. No. 346 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 land, one vēli in extent, as tax-free dēvadāna for the requirements of daily offerings and worship and a perpetual lamp in the temple of Paramēśvara at Tiruppaḻuvūr in Viḷattūr-nāḍu, by Mahimālaiya Irukkuvēḷ alias Parāntakaṉ Vīraśōḻaṉ. The donor seems to have belonged to the family of Irukkuvēḷs of Koḍumbāḷūr figuring in the Pudukkōṭṭai inscriptions, and should have been a feudal chief under Parāntaka I or II. The Rājakēsari of this inscription might therefore refer to Gaṇḍarāditya or Sundara-Chōḷa. Since however, the record mentions a lunar eclipse in the month of Kanyā—one occurred in A.D. 954 (September 15) and another in A.D. 955 (September 4)—it is more probably that of the former.

Language: Tamil.

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

DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0117.

SII 13.118: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 118. (A.R. No. 348 of 1918.) ON THE SAME WALL.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This is an incomplete inscription. This seems to have been intended in its original form to record an endowment of another half a vēli and half mā of land by the same chief in addition to the gift mentioned in No. 117 above for providing offerings, etc., on a bigger scale. From the disposition of the stones containing this and the preceding record and also No. 141 below, it appears as if they belonged to another temple and were used again after dismantlement in the construction of the present structure. This is also probably an inscription of Gaṇḍarāditya.

Language: Tamil.

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

DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0118.

SII 13.119: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 119. (A.R. No. 565 of 1920.) UḌAYĀRGUḌI (NEAR KĀṬṬUMANNĀRKŌYIL), CHIDAMBARAM TALUK, SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, ANANTĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This records a gift of 13 kaḻañju of gold for burning a perpetual lamp in the temple of Tiruvanantīśvara⟨m⟩-Uḍaiyār at Vīranārāyaṇa-chaturvēdimaṅgalam on the north bank, by Irāyūr Śoṭṭai Aiyanaṁbi-Bhaṭṭa a resident of Śrīdhara-Nārāyaṇachchēri (quarter) of the village. The shepherds of the place with whom this money was entrusted agreed to the daily supply of an uḻakku of ghee for the purpose. This may be a record of either Gaṇḍarāditya or Sundara-Chōḷa.

Language: Tamil.

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

DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0119.

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).

DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0121.

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).

DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0012.

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).

DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0131.

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).

DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0134.

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).

DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0137.

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).

DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0138.

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).

DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0139.

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).

DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0013.

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).

DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0141.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0153.