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SII 12.66: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar – NRIPATUNGAVARMAN. No. 66. (A.R. No. 461 of 1905). TIRUVĀLAṄGĀḌU, TIRUTTANI TALUK, CHITTOOR DISTRICT. ON THE EAST WALL OF THE FIRST PRĀKĀRA OF THE NAṬARĀJA SHRINE IN THE VAṬĀRAṆYĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This inscription is engraved below No. 64 and therefore, may also be likewise taken to be a later copy. It is dated in the 15th year of Nṛipatuṅgadēva, and it states that the assembly of Pulvēḷūr in Eyiṟ-kōṭṭam agreed to supply one uri of oil daily, by the measure Pirudimāṇikkam for burning two perpetual lamps in the temple of Tiruvālaṅgāḍu-Uḍaiyār for the amount of 30 kaḻañju of gold received by them from one Arigaṇḍa-Perumāḷ. This person may be identified with the donor of the same name mentioned as the son of Kāḍupaṭṭi-Muttaraiyar in a record of the 24th year of Nṛipatuṅga from Tirumukkūḍal.1 It may be mentioned that Kāḍupaṭṭi-Muttaraiyar figures in a record from Piḷḷaipāḷaiyam2 near Conjeeveram in the reign of Dantivarman. Nṛipatuṅga’s queen, according to No. 64 above from the same place, was Kāḍavaṉ-Mādēviyār, also known as Pṛithivīmāṇikkam,3 and the liquid measure of the temple was called Pirudimāṇikkam evidently after her name. It was probably after this queen that the Vishṇu temple at Ukkal in the North Arcot district was called Bhuvaṉimāṇikka-Vishṇugṛiham.4

Language: Tamil.

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

DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0066.

SII 12.67: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar – NRIPATUNGAVARMAN. No. 67. (A.R. No. 404 of 1905). KĀVĒRIPPĀKKAM, ARKONAM TALUK, NORTH ARCOT DISTRICT. AT THE ENTRANCE INTO THE AMMAN SHRINE IN THE KOṄKAṆĪŚVARA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This inscription states that in the 15th year of Nṛipatuṅgavarman, the assembly of Kāvidipākkam [alias] Avaṉinārāyaṇa-chaturvēdimaṅgalam agreed to measure one uḻakku of oil daily by the liquid measure Māṉāya-nāḻi, for lighting the central shrine of the temple of Tirumēṟṟaḷi-Aḍigaḷ, with the interest on 17 kaḻañju of gold received by them from Śaḍaṅkaviyār of Kaṇviḻchchil in Ōḍappuṟai. The name Avaṉinārāyaṇachaturvēdimaṅgalam must have been given to Kāvidipākkam after the surname ‘Avaṉinārāyaṇa’1 borne by Nandivarman III. The record is left incomplete and it is engraved in characters of the 11th century A.D. The stone bearing this record must have belonged originally to a temple of Vishṇu (Tirumēṟṟaḷi-Aḍigaḷ) in the village and was probably shifted here at some later time.

Language: Tamil.

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

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SII 12.68: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar – NRIPATUNGAVARMAN. No. 68. (A.R. No. 258 of 1912). PARAMĒŚVARAMAṄGALAM, MADURANTAKAM TALUK, CHINGLEPUT DISTRICT. ON A SLAB NEAR THE GAṆĒŚA IMAGE OUTSIDE THE KAILĀSANĀTHA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This inscription records that a Brahman lady Dēvachchāṉi, wife of Daṇḍiyaṅkiḻār Pāṇḍiya-Kramavittar set up the image of Gaṇapati-Bhaṭāra in the temple of Śailēśvaram at Paramēśvaramaṅ[ga]lam, constructed a shrine for it and endowed 40 kāḍi of paddy for twilight lamps and worship to the deity. 3) This form of the king’s name, as suggested in fn. l, on the previous page, is unusual. The record is dated simply in the 15th year, but the king’s name is not mentioned. Since the other face of the slab contains an inscription of Nṛipatuṅga, dated in his 16th year1 which closely resembles the present inscription in its writing, this epigraph also may be assigned to the reign of the same king.

Language: Tamil.

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

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SII 12.69: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar – NRIPATUNGAVARMAN. No. 69. (A.R. No. 257 of 1912). ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE SAME WALL.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This record states that, in the 16th year of Nṛipatuṅgavarman, the committee (gaṇapperumakkaḷ) of the temple called Śailēśvaram agreed to provide offerings during the mid-day service of the god Mahādēva at Śailēśvaram in Paramēśvaramaṅgalam in lieu of the interest on 11 kaḻañju of gold received by them from Nandi-Niṟaimati, son of Maṟamaḍakki-Viḻuppēraraiyar of Maṇṇaikuḍi. Udayachandra, the general of the Pallava king Nandivarman Pallavamalla claims to have defeated a Pāṇḍya king at Maṇṇaikkuḍi1 and if ‘Maṇṇaikuḍi Maṟamaḍakki’ is taken as an epithet of Viḻuppēraraiyar in the sense of ‘he who humbled the pride (of the enemy) at Maṇṇaikkuḍi’, it may be presumed that one of the ancestors of Viḻuppēraraiyar had taken some part in the Pallava campaigns. But as there are villages actually known by the names of Maṇṇakkuḍi and Maṟamaḍakki in the Arantangi taluk of the Tanjore district, it is also possible that the native village and hamlet of this Viḻuppēraraiyar are simply mentioned in this inscription (i.e.) Viḻuppēraraiyar of Maṟamaḍakki near Maṇṇaikkuḍi.

Language: Tamil.

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

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SII 1.26: original edition by Eugen Hultzsch – PART I. SANSKRIT INSCRIPTIONS. I. INSCRIPTIONS OF THE PALLAVA DYNASTY. Nos. 24 TO 30. THE PALLAVA INSCRIPTIONS ON THE KAILĀSANĀTHA TEMPLE AT KĀÑCĪPURAM. No. 26. ROUND THE INSIDE OF THE ENCLOSURE OF THE RĀJASIṀHEŚVARA TEMPLE, FOURTH TIER.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary:

Language: Sanskrit.

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

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SII 12.6: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar – Section I. No. 6. (C.P. No. 3 of 1913-14). CHURĀ GRANT OF VIJAYA-VISHṆUGŌPAVARMAN.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This copper-plate grant belongs to the reign of Dharmma-Mahārāja Vijaya-Vishṇugōpavarman (II), son of Siṁhavarman, grandson of Mahārāja Vishṇugōpavarman and great-grandson of Kandavarman(i.e., Skandavarman) and it registers the grant of the village Churā in Karmmā-rāshṭra to a Brahman named Chēsamiśarman of the Kāśyapa-gōtra and a resident of Kuṇḍūr.1 The donee was the son of Dvēdaya-Vṛiddhaśarman and the grandson of Vishṇuśarman. The record bears no regnal year and was issued on the day of Uttarāyaṇa from the royal camp at Vijaya-Palātkaṭa (i.e., Palakkaḍa). As the Sanskrit language used in the record is faulty and as the characters in which it is engraved are slightly later than those of the Māṅgaḷūr and Pīkira grants of Siṁhavarman, it is possible that this is a later copy of an earlier document.

Language: Undetermined.

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

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SII 12.70: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar – NRIPATUNGAVARMAN. No. 70. (A.R. No. 162 of 1912). TIRUVOṞṞIYŪR, SAIDAPET TALUK, CHINGLEPUT DISTRICT. ON A SLAB IN THE VERANDAH ROUND THE CENTRAL SHRINE OF THE ĀDHIPURĪŚVARA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This record is dated in the 18th year of Vijaya-Nṛipatuṅgavarman. It states that the assembly of Maṇali near Tiruvoṟṟiyūr agreed to provide offerings on the day of saṅkrānti every month to the god Mahādēva of Tiruvoṟṟiyūr for the interest on 5 kaḻañju of gold received by them from Paḻiyan Pilli, wife of Viḍēlviḍugu-Pallavaraiyar who was probably a local chief in charge of Umbaḷa-nāḍu (see plate VI).

Language: Tamil.

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

DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0070.

SII 12.71: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar – NRIPATUNGAVARMAN. No. 71. (A.R. No. 360 of 1921). TIRUVADI, CUDDALORE TALUK, SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON A PILLAR IN THE ARDHA-MAṆḌAPA OF THE TIRUVĪRAṬṬĀNĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This record of Nṛipatuṅgavarman is dated in his 18th year and registers a gift of 570 kaḻañju of gold to the Nagarattār of Adiyaraiyamaṅgalam by the Pāṇḍya king Varaguṇa-Mahārāja, for providing, with the interest on the amount, certain specified offerings to the god Tiruvīraṭṭānattu-Mahādēva of that village. The importance of the present inscription lies in the fact that the Pāṇḍya king Varaguṇavarman figures as a contemporary of and probably a subordinate under the Pallava king Nṛipatuṅgavarman.1

Language: Tamil.

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

DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0071.

SII 12.72: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar – NRIPATUNGAVARMAN. No. 72. (A.R. No. 175 of 1930). PIḶḶAIPĀKKAM, SRIPERUMBUDUR TALUK, CHINGLEPUT DISTRICT. ON A SLAB BUILT INTO THE STEPS OF THE KĀḶĪ TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This is a curious inscription dated in the 20th year of Nṛipatuṅga containing animprecation on people who stored paddy on the talam of the village.

Language: Tamil.

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

DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0072.

SII 12.73: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar – NRIPATUNGAVARMAN. No. 73. (A.R. No. 367 of 1921). TIRUVADI, CUDDALORE TALUK, SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON A PILLAR IN THE ARDHA-MAṆḌAPA OF THE TIRUVĪRAṬṬĀNĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This is a damaged record of Nṛipatuṅgapōttaraiyar dated in his 22nd year and it registers a grant of 50 kaḻañju of gold to the temple of Tiruvīraṭṭāṉattu-Mahādēva, by (queen ?) Vīra-Mādēviyār.

Language: Tamil.

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

DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0073.

SII 12.74: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar – NRIPATUNGAVARMAN. No. 74. (A.R. No. 38 of 1930-31). TIRUKKŌḌIKKĀVAL, KUMBAKONAM TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE IN THE TIRUKKŌḌĪŚVARA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This record of the 22nd year, like No. 55 above, is prefaced by the remark that ‘this is also a copy of an old stone inscription’. It is preceded by a record of the Pāṇḍya king Māṟaṉ Śaḍaiyaṉ (A.R. No. 37 of 1930-31) and followed by an epigraph of the Muttaraiyar chief Iḷaṅgō-Muttaraiyar (A.R. No. 39 of 1930-31), all of which are engraved in continuation of one another. It has been pointed out above (No. 55) that the temple at Tirukkōḍikkāval was renovated by Śembiyaṉ-Mādēviyār, the mother of the Chōḷa king Uttama-Chōḷa and that she took care to re-engrave on the new walls the old inscriptions found in the temple. The present record does not give the king’s name, but from the mention therein of Vīra-Mahādēviyār, the queen of Nṛipatuṅga-Mahārāja, it may be ascribed to Nṛipatuṅga himself. It gives the interesting information that this queen performed the hiraṇyagarbha and tulābhāra ceremonies, evidently at Tirukkōḍikkā and presented 50 kaḻañju of gold from the wealth so weighed, to the temple of Mahādēva in the village for offerings and lamp. The assembly of Tirukkōḍikkāvu alias Kaṇṇamaṅgalam received the money and undertook to conduct the endowment. Queen Vīra-Mahādēviyār is known to epigraphy for the first time only from this record.

Language: Tamil.

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

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SII 12.75: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar – NRIPATUNGAVARMAN. No. 75. (A.R. No. 179 of 1915). TIRUMUKKŪḌAL, CONJEEVERAM TALUK, CHINGLEPUT DISTRICT. ON A SLAB SUPPORTING A BEAM SET UP IN THE INNER ENCLOSURE OF THE VEṄKAṬĒŚA-PERUMĀḶ TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This record states that, in the 24th year of Vijaya-Nṛipatuṅgavikramavarman, the assembly of Śīyapuram in Ūṟṟukkāṭṭuk-kōṭṭam agreed to maintain a perpetual lamp in the temple of Vishṇu-Bhaṭāra at Tirumukkūḍal for the interest on 30 kaḻañju of gold received by them from Arigaṇḍa-Perumāṉār,1 son of Kāḍupaṭṭi-Muttaraiyar. The interest on 30 kaḻañju came to 4(1/2) kaḻañju, calculating at the rate of 3 mañjāḍi per kaḻañju. For this 4(1/2) kaḻañju the assembly of Śīyapuram agreed to supply oil at a uniform rate of 40 nāḻi per kaḻañju for maintaining the lamp. Paḻaiyaśivaram near Tirumukkūḍal is called Śīyapuram in inscriptions.

Language: Tamil.

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

DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0075.

SII 12.76: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar – NRIPATUNGAVARMAN. No. 76. (A.R. No. 60 of 1923). PUDUPPĀKKAM, CONJEEVERAM TALUK, CHINGLEPUT DISTRICT. ON A SLAB BUILT INTO THE FLOOR OF THE MAṆḌAPA IN FRONT OF THE SAPTAMĀTṚI SHRINE IN THE ŚELLIYAMMAN TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This fragmentary record is dated in the 24th year of a king whose name is partially lost and registers a gift of land as bhaṭṭavṛitti by Śivanandi . . . . . of Śūnṟūr and another, whose name is lost, both members of the āḷum-gaṇa of Nal[lil]maṅgalam in Mēṟpaḷugūr-nāḍu, a subdivision of [Maṇa]yiṟ-kōṭṭam. From its palaeography the record may be attributed to the 9th century A.D. and considering the high regnal year, it can be taken as belonging to Nṛipatuṅgappōttaraiyar.

Language: Tamil.

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

DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0076.

SII 12.77: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar – NRIPATUNGAVARMAN. No. 77. (A.R. No. 414 of 1923). PĒRAṆAKKĀVŪR, CONJEEVERAM TALUK, CHINGLEPUT DISTRICT.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This is a damaged record of the same king dated in his 24th year.

Language: Tamil.

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

DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0077.

SII 12.78: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar – NRIPATUNGAVARMAN. No. 78. (A.R. No. 22 of 1930-31). TIRUKKŌḌIKĀVAL, KUMBAKONAM TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON THE WEST WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE IN THE TIRUKKŌḌĪŚVARA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This record of the 24th year of Vijaya-Nṛipatuṅgavikramavarman, like No. 74 above, is stated to be a copy of an old stone inscription. It is engraved in continuation of a record of the Pāṇḍya king Māṟañjaḍaiyaṉ (A.R. No. 21 of 1930-31) and followed by an inscription of the Chōḷa king Rājakēsarivarmaṉ (A.R. No. 23 of 1930-31). It registers an agreement made by the assembly of Nāraṇakka-chaturvēdimaṅgalam to burn a perpetual lamp in the temple of Mahādēva at Tirukkōḍikāvu for the interest on 15 kaḻañju of gold received by them from Veṭṭuvadi-Araiyaṉ alias Mallaṉ Vēṅgaḍavaṉ of Koṇḍa-nāḍu.

Language: Tamil.

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

DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0078.

SII 12.79: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar – NRIPATUNGAVARMAN. No. 79. (A.R. No. 397 of 1905). KĀVĒRIPPĀKKAM, ARKONAM TALUK, NORTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON A STONE BUILT INTO THE CEILING OF THE MAṆḌAPA IN FRONT OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE IN THE VARADARĀJA-PERUMĀḶ TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This is a damaged record of Vijaya-Nṛipatuṅgavikrama[varman] dated in the 25th year recording an agreement made by the assembly of Avaninārāyaṇa-chaturvēdimaṅgalam to supply one uḻakku of oil daily to a maṭha. The Śaṭṭapperumakkaḷ mentioned here was probaly a governing body of the maṭha.

Language: Tamil.

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

DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0079.

SII 1.27: original edition by Eugen Hultzsch – PART I. SANSKRIT INSCRIPTIONS. I. INSCRIPTIONS OF THE PALLAVA DYNASTY. Nos. 24 TO 30. THE PALLAVA INSCRIPTIONS ON THE KAILĀSANĀTHA TEMPLE AT KĀÑCĪPURAM. No. 27. ROUND THE OUTSIDE OF THE SHRINE OF MAHENDRAVARMEŚVARA.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary:

Language: Sanskrit.

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

DHARMA_INSSIIv01p0i0027.

SII 12.7: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar – MAHENDRAVARMAN I. No. 7. (A.R. No. 354 of 1904). KUḌIMIYĀMALAI, PUDUKKOTTAI STATE. ON A ROCK TO THE SOUTH OF THE MĒLAKKŌYIL TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This inscription which is engraved in the Pallava-Grantha characters of the 7th century A.D., consists of a musical treatise composed by a royal disciple of Rudrāchārya. Though the name of the king is not mentioned, the characters of the record as well as the title ‘Saṅkīrṇajāti’ assumed by the Pallava king Mahēndravarman whose inscriptions are also found in the region round Trichinopoly, have led to the attribution of this record to the same Pallava monarch, who, we know, achieved distinction in the realm of architecture, literature and drama. A little to the north of this inscription, over the Valampuri-Gaṇēśa image is engraved the word ‘parivādini-ē,’ meaning a lute with seven strings ‘only’, which indicates that the musical instrument intended for the notations used in this record was the Vīṇā.

Language: Undetermined.

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

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SII 12.80: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar – NRIPATUNGAVARMAN. No. 80. (A.R. No. 172 of 1930). PIḶḶAIPPĀKKAM, SRIPERUMBUDUR TALUK, CHINGEEPUT DISTRICT. ON THE BASE OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE OF THE RUINED ŚIVA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This is a damaged record of Nṛipatuṅgavikramavarman dated is his 2* year and it registers a gift of 6 mā of land for providing offerings to the god Mahādēva at Piḷḷaippākkam by a certain Ayyakkuṭṭiyār for the merit of his elder brother Piḷḷaippākkiḻār of Piḷḷaippā[kka*]m.

Language: Tamil.

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

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SII 12.81: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar – NRIPATUNGAVARMAN. No. 81. (A.R. No. 172-A of 1929-30). ON THE SAME BASE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This fragmentary inscription of the same king is engraved in continuation of the above record and it registers a gift of 7 mā of land to the temple by a certain [Pā]dirikiḻār Śiṅgaṉ. The regnal year of the king is lost.

Language: Tamil.

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

DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0081.

SII 12.82: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar – NRIPATUNGAVARMAN. No. 82. (A.R. No. 394 of 1905). KĀVĒRIPPĀKKAM, ARKONAM TALUK, NORTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON A STONE BUILT INTO THE NORTH WALL OF THE MAṆḌAPA IN FRONT OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE IN THE VARADARĀJA-PERUMĀḶ TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: The date of this fragmentary inscription of Nṛipatuṅgavarman is partly lost. It mentions the assembly of Kāvidippā[kkam] alias Amaninārāyaṇa-chaturvēdimaṅgalam and Viḍēlviḍugu . . . in Māṅgāḍu-nāḍu, a subdivision of Paḍuvūr-kōṭṭam.

Language: Tamil.

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

DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0082.

SII 12.83: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar – NRIPATUNGAVARMAN. No. 83. (A.R. No. 108 of 1933-34). ACHCHARAVĀKKAM, CHINGLEPUT TALUK AND DISTRICT. ON A SLAB LYING NEAR THE AGASTĪŚVARA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This is an incomplete record of Nṛipatuṅgavarman, the date of which is, however, lost. It records a gift of 800 kuḻi of land as archchanābhōga to provide for worship to the god Agattiśrīttēvar (Agastīśvara) by a certain Śaṅkaṉ.

Language: Tamil.

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

DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0083.

SII 12.84: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar – APARAJITAVARMAN. No. 84. (A.R. No. 62 of 1923). PUDUPPĀKKAM, CONJEEVERAM TALUK, CHINGLEPUT DISTRICT. ON A SLAB LYING IN THE COMPOUND OF THE ŚELLIYAMMAN TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This is a fragmentary inscription of Aparā[jitavarman] dated in his 3rd year. It seems to register a remission of taxes by the assembly of Nallil[maṅgalam], which is also mentioned in a record of [Rāja]kēsarivarman from the same village (No. 61 of 1923). Nallilmaṅgalam is probably identical with the modern Puduppākkam itself.

Language: Tamil.

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

DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0084.

SII 12.85: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar – APARAJITAVARMAN. No. 85. (A.R. No. 351 of 1908). MĀṄGĀḌU, SRIPERUMBUDUR TALUK, CHINGLEPUT DISTRICT. ON A SLAB BUILT INTO THE FLOOR OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE IN THE VAḶḶĪŚVARA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This is a mutilted incription, also dated in the 3rd year of Vijaya-Aparājitavarman. It registers a gift of gold for a lamp and offerings to the god Tiruveḷḷikīḻ-Mahādēva at Māṅgāḍu by the mother of•• kka-Mahādēviyār, who was related to . . . piḍugu Taḷittēvanār of Kachchippēḍu. The puḷḷi is invariably marked in this record.

Language: Tamil.

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

DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0085.

SII 12.86: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar – APARAJITAVARMAN. No. 86. (A.R. No. 31 of 1912). SATYAVĒḌU, PONNERI TALUK, CHINGLEPUT DISTRICT. ON A STONE LYING IN THE COURTYARD OF THE MĀTAṄGĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This inscription, dated in the 4th year of Aparājitavarman, registers a gift of the village Tuṟaiyūr including its income in gold and puravu for conducting worship in the temple of Mahādēva at Tirumataṅgaṉpaḷḷi1 in Tekkūr-nāḍu, a subdivision of Paiyyūr-Iḷaṅkōṭṭam, by Kumārandai Kuṟumbarādittan2 alias Kāḍupaṭṭippēraraiyaṉ who is stated to have belonged to Śēra-nāḍu. The term puravu3 may be explained as a tax on land, which was collected either in kind or coin (cf. puravu-poṉ: S.I.I. Vol. II, p. 512). A special department called puravuvari-tiṇaikkaḷam seems to have managed its collection. Tuṟaiyūr which is said to have been situated in Tekkūr-nāḍu may be identified with the village of the same name in the Madurantakam taluk of the Chingleput district.

Language: Tamil.

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DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0086.

SII 12.87: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar – APARAJITAVARMAN. No. 87. (A.R. No. 158 of 1912). TIRUVOṞṞIYŪR, SAIDAPET TALUK, CHINGLEPUT DISTRICT. ON A SLAB BUILT INTO THE FLOOR OF THE VERANDAH ROUND THE CENTRAL SHRINE IN THE ĀDHIPURĪŚVARA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This record of Vijaya-Aparājitavarman, dated in his 4th year, registers an agreement made by the sabhā and the amṛita-gaṇa of Ādambākkam, a suburb of Tiruvoṟṟiyūr to burn a perpetual lamp in the temple of Mahādēva at Tiruvoṟṟiyūr in lieu of the interest on 30 kaḻañju of gold received by them from Amatti alias Kuṟumbakōḷali, the mistress of Vayiramēgaṉ alias Vāṇakōvarayar, who is referred to as the son of a certain Perunaṅgai. The influence of Vāṇakōvarayar who was probably a local chieftain, seems to have extended as far as Maṇampūṇḍi in the South Arcot district (A.R. No. 233 of 1934-35). The interest on 30 kaḻañju was calculated at 3 mañjāḍi per kaḻañju (i.e. at 15 per cent). The puḷḷis are invariably marked in the record.

Language: Tamil.

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DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0087.

SII 12.88: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar – APARAJITAVARMAN. No. 88. (A.R. No. 161 of 1912). ON ANOTHER SLAB IN THE SAME PLACE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This is also dated in the 4th year of Vijaya-Aparājitavarman and it registers a similar agreement made by the sabhā and the amṛita-gaṇa of Ādambākkam to maintain a perpetual lamp in the same temple for the interest on 30 kaḻañju of gold received by them from Śappakkaṉ alias Pātradāni, the mistress of Vayiramēgaṉ alias Vāṇakōvaraiyar, son of Sāmi-Akkaṉ. As Vāṇakōvaraiyar is called the son of Perunaṅgai in the previous inscription, it is possible that the latter and Śāmi-Akkaṉ were identical. From the way in which this lady is introduced in the record, it is surmised that she should have been a mistress of the king (Ep. Rep. for 1913, p. 90.) The term amṛita-gaṇa is mentioned only in the inscriptions of Aparājita at Tiruvoṟṟiyūr. It represents a committee which was probably connected with the āḷumgaṇattār who were the direct managing members of a village, and distinct from the general members of the village assembly.1 [It was perhaps mainly connected with the management of the offerings and lamps of the god-Ed]. The puḷḷis are marked in this record also (See Plate VI).

Language: Tamil.

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DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0088.

SII 12.89: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar – APARAJITAVARMAN. No. 89. (A.R. No. 32 of 1912). SATYAVĒḌU, PONNERI TALUK, CHINGLEPUT DISTRICT. ON A STONE IN THE ARDHA-MAṆḌAPA OF THE MĀTAṄGĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This inscription is dated in the 5th year of Aparājitavarman. It registers a gift of 100 sheep for burning a perpetual lamp in the temple of Mādēva (i. e., Mahādēva) at Tirumataṅgaṉpaḷḷi by Pōṟṟinaṅgai, wife of Kumārandai Kuṟumbarādittan alias Kāḍupaṭṭippēraraiyaṉ mentioned in No. 86 above. The liquid measure Viḍēlviḍugu mentioned in the inscription was probably named after the surname either of Nandivarman III or Nṛipatuṅgavarman.1

Language: Tamil.

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DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0089.

SII 1.28: original edition by Eugen Hultzsch – PART I. SANSKRIT INSCRIPTIONS. I. INSCRIPTIONS OF THE PALLAVA DYNASTY. Nos. 24 TO 30. THE PALLAVA INSCRIPTIONS ON THE KAILĀSANĀTHA TEMPLE AT KĀÑCĪPURAM. No. 28. FRONT WALL OF THE FIRST NICHE TO THE RIGHT OF FRONT ENTRANCE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary:

Language: Sanskrit.

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DHARMA_INSSIIv01p0i0028.

SII 12.8: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar – MAHENDRAVARMAN I. No. 8. (A.R. No. 411 of 1904). TRICHINOPOLY, TRICHINOPOLY TALUK, TRICHINOPOLY DISTRICT. ON THE BEAM AND PILLARS IN THE UPPER CAVE ON ‘THE ROCK.’

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: Of the two monolithic caves, one at the foot and the other half-way up, of ‘the rock’ at Trichinopoly, the latter alone contains inscriptions, two of which, published in South Indian Inscriptions, Vol. I, pages 29 and 30, state that the cave (upper) was constructed by Guṇabhara (i.e.) Mahēndravarman I. A verse inscription (No. 9 below) engraved on the beam over the inner row of pillars here, calls the cave ‘Laḷitāṅkura-Pallavēśvara-gṛiham’ after the title ‘Laḷitāṅkura’ of this king, which also occurs in his record at Pallāvaram. His birudas are engraved in bold Pallava-Grantha and Tamil characters on all the pillars in the upper cave at Trichinopoly. The outer wall of the sanctuary in this cave seems to have contained an inscription, but only a few letters of its first line are now visible, the rest being completely damaged. The name ‘Mahēndravikrama’ is found mentioned in the inscription on the extreme left outer pillar and most of the birudas occurring here are also found in the records of this king at Pallāvaram and other rock-cut excavations of his time. Some of these titles are unintelligible and appear to be Telugu in origin. The bottom of each of the four pillars contains a biruda in the Pallava-Tamil characters, of which only two are now clear, viz. Piṇapiṇakku and Chitti[rakāra]ppuli. It is of interest to note that the birudas are alphabetically arranged and so engraved on the front face of the pillars. The same arrangement, though followed in the Pallāvaram inscription, is not so conspicuous there as in the present record (plates I and II). The characters employed in the present inscriptions are of an ornate nature and provide an interesting contrast with the simpler variety of letters found in the Pallāvaram record of the same king, where almost all these birudas are repeated. A description of the cave is found in the Memoir of the Archaeological Survey of India, No. 17, pages 13-15.

Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu, Undetermined.

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DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0008.

SII 12.90: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar – APARAJITAVARMAN. No. 90. (A.R. No. 190 of 1912). TIRUVOṞṞIYŪR, SAIDAPET TALUK, CHINGLEPUT DISTRICT. ON A SLAB BUILT INTO THE FLOOR OF THE MAṆḌAPA IN FRONT OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE IN THE ĀDHIPURĪŚVARA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: On this slab of stone, three records are engraved one in continuation of another in the same hand. The name of the king in the first record is damaged, the second is dated in the 7th year of Kampavarman1 while the third belongs to the 6th year of Aparājita. They appear, therefore, to have been engraved on the slab in the same time; but what necessitated the procedure is not clear. The last record registers an agreement made in the 6th year of Vijaya-Aparājitavikrama-Pōttaraiyar, by the assembly of Maṇali, hamlet of Tiruvoṟṟiyūr, to burn two perpetual lamps before the god Mahādēva at Tiruvoṟṟiyūr, in lieu of the interest on 60 kaḻañju of gold received by them from the community of Māhēśvaras. The endowed amount was invested with the assembly as fixed deposit bearing interest at the usual rate of 3 mañjāḍi per kaḻañju. The assembly promised also to give two meals daily to the person who came to collect the interest and if they failed in their duty, they agreed to pay a fine of 8 1/2 kāṇam per day to the court of justice.

Language: Tamil.

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

DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0090.

SII 12.91: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar – APARAJITAVARMAN. No. 91. (A.R. No. 163 of 1912). ON ANOTHER SLAB IN THE SAME PLACE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This is a document similar to the above, dated in the 7th year of Vijaya-Aparājitavarman. It registers the agreement made by the sabhā and the amṛita-gaṇa of Ādambākkam to burn a perpetual lamp in the same temple for the interest on 30 kaḻañju of gold received by them from Mādēvi-Aḍigaḷ, queen of Aparājita. The puḷḷis are marked in this inscription.

Language: Tamil.

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

DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0091.

SII 12.92: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar – APARAJITAVARMAN. No. 92. (A.R. No. 159 of 1912). ON ANOTHER SLAB IN THE SAME PLACE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This inscription records an endowment of 60 kaḻañju of gold, made in the 8th year of Vijaya-Aparājitavarma-Pōttaraiyar, by Paiytāṅgi Kaṇḍaṉ, chief of Kāṭṭūr in Vaḍakarai Iṉṉambar-nāḍu, a subdivision of Śōḻa-nāḍu, for providing on the day of his natal star Svātī, offerings to the deity and for burning a perpetual lamp in the temple of Mahādēva at Tiruvoṟṟiyūr. The money was deposited with the Karmakkīḻvar of Tiruvoṟṟiyūr and the offerings included rice, ghee, plantains, sugar, vegetables, arecanuts, betel-leaves, tender cocoanuts, pañchagavya, sandal paste and camphor.

Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.

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

DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0092.

SII 12.93: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar – APARAJITAVARMAN. No. 93. (A.R. No. 180 of 1912). ON ANOTHER SLAB IN THE SAME PLACE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This is a verse inscription of Aparājitavikramavarman dated in his 12th year. It refers to a gift of land, after purchase from a resident of Igaṇaimūdūr, for offerings, perfume, incense and for a perpetual lamp to the god Chōḷamālyīśvara at Oṟṟimudūr (i.e.,) Tiruvoṟṟiyūr. The name Oṟṟiyūr with its Sanskrit equivalent Ādhipurī meaning a ‘mortgaged city’ is explained by a local tradition of the place.

Language: Tamil.

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DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0093.

SII 12.94: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar – APARAJITAVARMAN. No. 94. (A.R. No. 433 of 1905). TIRUTTAṆI, TIRUTTANI DIVISION, CHITTOOR DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE IN THE VĪRAṬṬĀNĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This inscription in Tamil verse composed by a king, whose name is, however, not revealed, states that the temple at Tiruttaṇiyal was constructed of black granite by Nambi Appi. This person figures as donor in the next inscription belonging to Aparājita. The composer of the present record may, therefore, be taken as Aparājita himself. The structure of the Vīraṭṭānēśvara temple where the present inscription is found, therefore, affords a definite landmark for studying the evolution of Pallava temple architecture.

Language: Tamil.

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DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0094.

SII 12.95: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar – APARAJITAVARMAN. No. 95. (A.R. No. 435 of 1905). ON THE SAME WALL.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This inscription refers to a remission of taxes made by the assembly of Tiruttaṇiyal in the 18th year of Vijaya-Aparājitavikramavarman, on 1000 kuḻi of land situated to the north of the temple, purchased by Nambi Appi from the cultivators of the village and given over to the dharmigaḷ of the village for providing offerings to and burning two twilight lamps in the temple of Tiruvīraṭṭānattudēva in the same village. The donor is evidently identical with the builder of the temple mentioned in the above inscription. The dharmigaḷ were perhaps a body that managed the charitable endowments and trust property in the village.

Language: Tamil.

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DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0095.

SII 12.96: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar – APARAJITAVARMAN. No. 96. (A.R. No. 396 of 1923). TIRUPPULIVANAM, CONJEEVERAM TALUK, CHINGLEPUT DISTRICT. ON THE WEST WALL OF THE KITCHEN IN THE VYĀGHRAPURĪŚVARA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This record of Tribhuvanachakravartin Tribhuvanavīradēva (i. e. Kulōttuṅgachōḷa III), dated in his 37th year (corresponding to A.D. 1215, June 7, Sunday), is included here because it notices an inscription of Aparājita engraved on the walls of the temple of Tiruppulivaṉam-Uḍaiyār. A copy of this record is also found at Uttaramallūr (A.R. No. 67 of 1898). The assembly of Uttaramēlūr alias Rājēndraśōḻa-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, an independent village in Kāliyūr-kōṭṭam, a subdivision of Jayaṅgoṇḍaśōḻa-maṇḍalam, agreed to maintain before the god Tiruppulivaṉamuḍaiya-Nāyaṉār, all the perpetual lamps for which inscriptions were found in the temple. One such record belongs to Aparājitavikramavarman dated in the 14th year and it gives Rājamāttāṇḍaṉ as the surname of Aparājita. This epigraph states that on the day of solar eclipse, the king made a gift of 100 kaḻañju of gold for burning four lamps in the temple. The solar eclipse cited in the record is, however, not helpful in fixing the initial date of Aparājita.

Language: Tamil.

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

DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0096.

SII 12.97: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar – KAMPAVARMAN. No. 97. (A.R. No. 402 of 1923). POṞPANDAL, CONJEEVERAM TALUK, CHINGLEPUT DISTRICT. ON THE DURGĪ-STONE FIXED IN THE VILLAGE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This inscription, dated in the 2nd year of the reign of Kampavarman, registers the sale, to a certain Valiyāṇai, of the right of collecting one kāḍi of paddy per crop, by the assembly of Poṟpondai in Kuṟumpuṟai-nāḍu, a subdivision of Kaḷattūrkōṭṭam for the upkeep of the tank Malaiveḷḷapperuṅkuḷam. Kuṟumpuṟai-nāḍu must have comprised the territory round about Poṟpandal near Chingleput town. The god Kuṟumpiṟai-Nayiṉār is also referred to in an inscription1 from Śālavākkam, a village close to Poṟpandal. The special imprecation attached to the inscription viz. ‘that the defaulter will incur the sin of having destroyed Kachchippēḍu’, indicates the great reverence with which the town of Kāñchīpuram was regarded at this period.

Language: Tamil.

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DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0097.

SII 12.98: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar – KAMPAVARMAN. No. 98. (A.R. No. 398 of 1905). KĀVĒRIPPĀKKAM, ARKONAM TALUK, NORTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON A STONE BUILT INTO THE CEILING OF THE VARADARĀJA-PERUMĀḶ TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This is a fragmentary record of Vijaya-Kampavarman dated in the 6th year. It seems to register a gift of gold by a certain Kumāra-Kra[mavittaṉ].

Language: Tamil.

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DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0098.

SII 12.99: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar – KAMPAVARMAN. No. 99. (A.R. No. 189 of 1912). TIRUVOṞṞIYŪR, SAIDAPET TALUK, CHINGLEPUT DISTRICT. ON A SLAB BUILT INTO THE FLOOR OF THE MAṆḌAPA IN FRONT OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE IN THE ĀDHIPURĪŚVARA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: It is stated in this record of Kampavarman, dated in the 7th year, that the assembly of Maṇali, hamlet of Tiruvoṟṟiyūr, agreed to burn a lamp in the temple of Mahādēva at Tiruvoṟṟiyūr for the interest on 15 kaḻañju of gold received by them from Vēmbaṉ Kuṇuṅgaṉammaṉ of Iṛaiyāṉchēri in Mayilārppu. This inscription must be a copy since, as stated already (No. 90 above), it is engraved in continuation of an inscription where the king’s name is lost and followed by a record of Aparājita the first line of which is engraved in continuation of the present inscription.

Language: Tamil.

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DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0099.

SII 1.29: original edition by Eugen Hultzsch – PART I. SANSKRIT INSCRIPTIONS. I. INSCRIPTIONS OF THE PALLAVA DYNASTY. Nos. 24 TO 30. THE PALLAVA INSCRIPTIONS ON THE KAILĀSANĀTHA TEMPLE AT KĀÑCĪPURAM. No. 29. THIRD NICHE TO THE RIGHT OF FRONT ENTRANCE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary:

Language: Sanskrit.

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DHARMA_INSSIIv01p0i0029.

SII 12.9: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar – MAHENDRAVARMAN I. No. 9. (A.R. No. 411-A of 1904). ON THE BEAM ABOVE THE INNER ROW OF PILLARS IN THE UPPER CAVE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This is a Sanskrit verse engraved in Pallava-Grantha characters1 stating that the (upper) cave called ‘Laḷitāṅkura-Pallavēśvaragṛiham’ was constructed by the Pallava king Laḷitāṅkura (i.e. Mahēndravarman I).

Language: Sanskrit.

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DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0009.

SII 1.2: original edition by Eugen Hultzsch – PART I. SANSKRIT INSCRIPTIONS. I. INSCRIPTIONS OF THE PALLAVA DYNASTY. Nos. 1 TO 23. THE PALLAVA INSCRIPTIONS OF MĀMALLAPURAM AND CĀḶUVAṄKUPPAM. Nos. 1-17. INSCRIPTIONS ON THE DHARMARĀJA RATHA, MĀMALLAPURAM. A. First storey: b. East. No. 2.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary:

Language: Sanskrit.

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

DHARMA_INSSIIv01p0i0002.

SII 1.30: original edition by Eugen Hultzsch – PART I. SANSKRIT INSCRIPTIONS. I. INSCRIPTIONS OF THE PALLAVA DYNASTY. Nos. 24 TO 30. THE PALLAVA INSCRIPTIONS ON THE KAILĀSANĀTHA TEMPLE AT KĀÑCĪPURAM. No. 30. FIFTH NICHE TO THE RIGHT OF FRONT ENTRANCE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary:

Language: Sanskrit.

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

DHARMA_INSSIIv01p0i0030.

SII 13.100: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 100. (A.R. No. 321 of 1927.) INNAMBŪR, KUMBAKONAM TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON A STONE BUILT INTO THE MAṆḌAPA IN FRONT OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, AKSHARAPURĪŚVARA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This is an incomplete inscription recording the construction of a Vishṇu temple by Śatti Aṟiñjigai alias Teṉṉavaṉ Viḻupparaiyaṉ after his own name at Innambar in Innambar-nāḍu, and some provision (details lost) made by him to feed five Brahmans in the temple every day after offerings to the deity.

Language: Tamil.

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DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0100.

SII 13.101: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 101. (A.R. No. 149 of 1928.) TIRUPPAḺANAM, TANJORE TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON THE WEST WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, ĀPATSAHĀYĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This is an incomplete and damaged inscription recording the endowment of a land made after purchase and reclamation, by Nakkaṉ’ Kāñjaṉ, a merchant of Tiruppaḻaṉam, for the maintenance of two gardeners employed for the upkeep of the two flower gardens given to the temple by his father Viśākaṉ Nakkaṉ.

Language: Tamil.

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DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0101.

SII 13.102: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 102. (A.R. No. 23 of 1931.) TIRUKKŌḌIKĀVAL, KUMBAKONAM TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON THE WEST WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, TIRUKKŌṬĪŚVARA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This is one of severāl earlier inscriptions on loose stones which were lying in the temple and were collected and re-engraved on its walls by the order of the king’s mother Śembiyan-Mahādēvī in the reign of Uttama-Chōḷa, when the temple was rebuilt by her of stone from its original brick structure (M.E.R. 1931, II, 9). It registers a sale of land, free of taxes, executed by the sabhā of Nāraṇakka-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, a brahmadēya village of Nallāṟṟūr-nāḍu on the north bank, to the temple at Tirukkōḍikkā.

Language: Tamil.

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DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0102.

SII 13.103: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 103. (A.R. No. 123 of 1931.) TIRUCHCHATTURAI, TANJORE TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, ŌDANAVANĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This inscription is damaged and the portion from the 5th line onwards is engraved in smaller characters. It seems to record an endowment in land for feeding two Brahmans, a Brahmaṅ woman and some yōgis in the temple every day, made by two ladies Nakkaṉ Kavaḍiyakkaṉ and her sister Nakkaṉ Vichchiyakkaṉ, both daughters of a certain Dēvaṉār of the village. As both these persons also figure in No. 122 of 1931 of the 23rd year of Parāntaka I, the present record is attributed to Sundara-Chōḷa in the M.E.R. for 1931, II. 4. But it may with greater possibility, be assigned to Parāntaka’s son and nearer successor Gaṇḍarāditya.

Language: Tamil.

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DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0103.

SII 13.104: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 104. (A.R. No. 7 of 1905.) KĪḶŪR, TIRUKKOYILUR TALUK, SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, VĪRAṬṬĀNĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This records a gift of 90 sheep and a lamp-stand (Īḻa-viḷakku) for burning a lamp in the temple of Tiruvīraṭṭānattu-Āṇḍār at Tirukkōvalūr in Kuṟukkaikūṟṟam, a subdivision of Milāḍu, by Puḷīṣayyaṉ Sāmi Abbai alias Malāḍa-Mādēviyār, the wife of Vikramachōḷa-Malāḍuḍaiyār and the daughter of the Pāṇḍya king. The alphabet of the inscription closely resembles that of No. 8 of 1905 engraved below this, which is one of Rājēndra-Chōḷa I.

Language: Tamil.

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DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0104.

SII 13.105: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 105. (A.R. No. 329 of 1906.) TIRUMĀLPURAM, ARKONAM TALUK, NORTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, RUINED VISHṆU TEMPLE.

Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: This records a gift of sheep for a lamp in the temple of [Gō]vindapāḍiniṉṟaruḷiṉa-Perumānaḍigaḷ by Sōmaṉ Śaṅkaranārāyaṇaṉ, the headman of Kurukāḍi.

Language: Tamil.

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DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0105.