Ingest Bucket

The inscription is slightly damaged. It registers the gift of two forehead plates to the deity out of about 14 kaḷañju of gold collected as fine from 3 members of the nagarattār community of the village by Ayan Kāmakkōḍaṉār while he was the investigating officer of the affairs of the temple (śrīkāryam) at Tirune[y]ttānam. The name of one of the nagarattār is given as Ariñjigai Neyttaṇan. This is possibly a record of the reign of Sundara-Chōḷa.

This is said to be a copy of, and to cancel, an old document engraved on a loose stone now become useless. It records an endowment of 8 mu of land after purchasing it free of all taxes from the sabhā of Tirukkōḍikā alias Kaņṇamaṅgalam, by Māśēṉaṉ Mādaṉ of Sirukāṭṭūr in Mērkkā-nāḍu, to provide for the supply of 5 pots of water (thrice?) every day by the temple servants from the river Kaviri for the sacred bath of the god. A kaḷañju of gold was also separately endowed for the purchase of a (mud) pot of one tūņi capacity every month with the interest thereon

Like all the other records of this place, this also is stated to be a copy of an old inscription engraved an a loose stone which had become useless, and hence to cancel that record. It registers an endowment of three plots of land after purchase, one for converting it into a flower-garden and the other two for the maintenance of its gardeners, for the benefit of the temple of Tirukkōḍikka by Perumbiḍigu Viñja- vadiyaraiyaṉ alias Nakkaṉ Seruviḍai of Kilandi in Malli-nāḍu. The sabhā of Kaņṇa- maṅgalam which was the other name of Tirukkōḍikkā, agreed to make the lands immune from all taxes.

This inscription is damaged and also built in. It records a gift of 90 sheep for burning a perpetual lamp in the temple at Tiruchchōṟṟuttuṟai, probably by the donor mentioned in No. 237 above. The early writing and the virāma mark over the consonants make the inscription assignable to Āditya I.

This is a bilingual record in Sanskrit (portions damaged) and Tamil, and registers an endowment of 20 Karunkāsu made to the temple by Bāradāyaṉ Sēnda- Nakkapiran baṭṭa-Sarvakratuyājiyār of kūṟṟamaṅgalam (the same as the donor of No. 169 above of the 7th year of Rājakēsarivarman), with the proviso that the annual interest of 3 kāśu accruing therefrom was to be given as prize among the competitors, excluding those who were successful in previous years, to the best reciter of prescribed portions of Jaiminiya-Samavēda before the god on the night of Tiruvadirai in Margali month. The record might be one of Sundara-Chōḷa Parāntaka II.

This is probably an inscription of Sundara-Chōḷa. It comprises two parts the earlier of which registers the sale of a land by two brothers named Bāradāyaṉ Nārāyaṇan Turutti and Bāradāyaṉ Nārāyaṇaṇ Nakkaṉ of Tirutturutti in Ārkāṭṭu- kṟṟūam, to the temple to meet the fine (daṇḍakāṇam) of 72 kalañju and odd of gold imposed by the assembly of the village upon their brother Nārāyaṇaḥ Śrīmādhavan, who however, seems to have died (or run away) without paying the fine. The land included their own portion also in addition to that belonging to their brother and to Bāra- dāyaṇ Nārāyaṇan Srikaṇṭaṉ alias Narayaṇaṇ Tāli who had stood surety to the defaulter- brother. The latter portion states that on the representation (made by these two brothers and by Tali to the king) that their land was unjustly mixed up in the sale transaction for no fault of theirs, it was restored to them by the king's orders. A portion at the end of the inscription being built in, the exact nature of the conditions of the return is not clear.

This records an endowment of 12 kaḷañju of gold left with the sabhā of Tirut- turutti for burning a lamp in the temple throughout the day-time, by Pa[rā]siriyan Piḍāranār, a resident of the village

This inscription is engraved in early characters with the virāma marked for final consonants, and may therefore be assigned to Āditya I. It is built in at the right end. It records an endowment of 25 kaḷañju of gold for burning a lamp with 5 pidi of ghee to be supplied daily from the interest thereon, by . . . yan Nāgan.

This records a gift of 30 kaḷañju of gold left with the ‘Thirty-two' (members of the assembly), for burning a perpetual lamp in the temple of Mahādēva at Tirup- palanam a devadāna in Virai-kūṟṟam, by Sembiyaṉ Arkāṭṭu-Vēlāṇ alias Maravan Nakkaṉ the headman of Puriśai in Parivaṇḍatturai a subdivision of Arkāṭṭu-kūṟṟam. Evidently an inscription of Āditya I.

This should also be an inscription of Āditya I. It records the gift of a gold necklace of rudraksha beads with a clasp (?) set with diamonds, rubies and sapphire for the god by Gangama[r*]ttāṇḍa alias Sembiyaṉ Pṟrithivigangaraiyar, son Mahādēvar (the chief) of Pangala-nāḍu. This doner has been surmised to be the brother of Alivin Kallarasi alias Sembiyaṉ Bhuvanigangaraiyar of Nos. 93 and 177 of 1931 and Sembiyaṉ Prithivigangaraiyar of No. 139 of 1928 (M.E.R. 1931, II, 8).

This record is incised in early characters and has therefore been assigned to Āditya I (M:E.R. 1931, II. 4). It registers a gift of 25 kaḻañju for a perpetual lamp in the temple by Gāndharvan Bāradāyaṉ Singaṉ Srikaṇṭhaṉ. The ends of the lines are built in.

The inscription is built in at the right end. It registers an endowment in gold made by a certain Guṇavaṉ Puttaṉ of Kaḷattūr-kōṭṭam ?] for a perpetual lamp in the temple to be maintained by the sabhā of Tirutturutti. The donor seems to be identical with Gunavan Puttadi mentioned in No. 273 above from Pillaisthānam, which is dated in the 17th year of the king. The name of his native village is given there as Kumārapāḍi in Vaidāvūr-nāḍu a subdivision of Kaḷattūr-kōṭṭam. The record is assignable to the reign of Āditya I on account of its early script.

This records a sale of a quarter portion (or vēli ?) of land (kāṟchey) by the Mila- parishad of Tirukkuḍamukkil, a dēvudān in Pambur-nāḍu on the northern bank (of the Kāvēri), to a certain Arayaṇ Kalangāmalai, a l'ellala resident of Tañjavūr who endowed it to the temple of Tirukkilkōṭṭattu-Paramasvamin for the daily feeding of a Sirayōgi in the temple. The land is said to have formed part of 4 reli which the assembly had received as abhishēka-dakshinai from the king).

This records a gift of 90 sheep for a perpetual lamp in the temple of Paramasvāmi of Kiḻkōṭṭam, by Kumaraṉñ Tūdu[va]n, a Kaikkōla resident of Tañjavūr who was a member of the Viraśōla-teriñja-Kaikkōlar (community or regiment). They were left in charge of two shepherds who were to supply 7 nāli and 1 uri of ghee every month for the purpose. Virasola was a surname of king Parāntaka I and the inscription might therefore be referred to Gaṇḍarāditya, his immediate successor.

This registers an endowment of 2 plots of land by a certain Āḻchchaṅṟān Mun- nuṟṟuvapperumāṇ alias Sōḻavēl Enādi, a resident of Tirukkaṇṇapuram (also called Srikṟishṇapuram), a dēvadāna and brahmadēya in Marugar-nāḍu, after purchasing them from a private individual and from the sabhā of the village.

This records a gift of land after purchase, made tax-free by a payment in gold to the Mahāsabhā, by Rāmaṉ Kōṉaḍigaḷ alias Pañchavaṉ Pallavaraiyaṉ of Adhirāja- maṅgalam in Vēdakkūr-nāḍu, for burning a lamp in the temple of Tiruchchēlūr- Paramēśvara. A channel called Āditya-vāykkāl and a road Naratonga-vadi are mentioned among the boundaries of this land.

This gives a list of the several articles presented to the temple of kailāsam-uḍaiyā- Mahādēva at Sembiyaṉmahadēvi-chaturvēdimaṅgalam in Ala-nāḍu by Sembiyaṉ- Mahādēvi alias Parāntakaṇ Mādēvaḍigaḷār, the mother of Uttama-Chōḷa, in the month of Mina of the year. These comprised a golden pot (weight 190 kaḷañju), two golden forehead-plates (90 kaḷañju), 3 gold flowers (11 ¼ kaḷañju), 21 gold flowers (79 ¾ kaḷañju) and two more gold flowers (5 ½ kaḷañju). Evidently this is a record of Rājarāja I.

This records an endowment made by Piśangan Aiyāṟṟaḍigaḷ of Nanandur, of 8 kaḷañju of gold left with the subha of the village, for the supply of ghee for the sacred bath of the god at Tirutturutti, a decadāna village in Arkkāṭṭuk-kūṟṟam, on the day's of sankranti.

This registers an endowment of half (vēli and 2 mā of land for the midday offerings to the god Tiruchchōṟṟuttuṟai-Mahādēva by Māṇandai Srikaṇṭhaṉ Bhaṭṭārakaṉ, the brahmadēya -Kiḻavaṉ (headman) of the village.

This record is stated to be a copy of an earlier inscription dated in the 4th year of the reign of Māṟanjaḍaiyaṉ and relates to the gift of 15 kaḻañju for burning a lamp in the temple of Tirukkōḍika-Mahādēva, by Araiyaṉ-Kaḷvaṉ of Paṉaiyūr in Peraiyūr-nāḍu. The money was left in the custody of the sabhā of Nāraṇakka-chaturvēdimaṅgalam. The original stray stones on which the record had been engraved having become useless, it is said that they were replaced and the old record re-engraved on the new stones.

The record stated to be a copy of another inscription made during some repairs in the temple states that Varaguṇa-Mahārājar endowed 180 kaḻañju of gold for burning from the interest thereon three perpetual lamps before the images of Sri Sarasvati and Gaṇapati in the temple at Tirukkōḍikā alias Kaṇṇamaṅgalam. The existence of an auxiliary shrine for the goddess Sarasvati at this early period is of interest. The regnal year in this inscription appears to be some numeral, of which the first digit is 1, but there appears to be some mistake in the copy.

This inscription of Māṟanjaḍaiyaṉ of the year opposite to the year which was itself opposite to the fourth year of the king comes from Āḍuturai. From a record of the Chōḻa king Uttama-Chōḻa. it is learnt that this temple was rebuilt during his reign by his pious mother Sembiyaṉ-Mahādēviyār, and so the characters in which this record is engraved are later that the time of Varaguna to whom this and the next record can be attributed. This epigraph registers some provision made for the supply of one uri of oil daily to the temple of Mahādēva at Tirukkuraṅgāduturā in Tiraimūr-nāḍu. Kuraṅgāḍutuṟai has been curtailed into the modern name of Āḍuturai.

This Tamil record dated in the 4 + 4th year of Māṟanjaḍaiyaṉ registers a gift of 138 cows and 100 kāśu by the king for the supply of milk and ghee and for maintaining two perpetual lamps in the temple of Bhaṭāra of Tirukkiḻkōṭṭam in Tirukkuḍammūkkur, i.e., Kumbakōṇam. The regnal year of this inscription corresponds apparently to the year 4 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1, quoted in the Āḍuturai records (No. 7 above)

This records a gift of 36 sheep for a lamp in the temple by Korran Küttan alids Sembiyan Arkkāṭṭuvēļān of Arkkādu in Arkkāṭṭu-kūrram.

This records a gift of 90 sheep for a lamp in the temple of Mahādēvs Tiruppalanam in Vira-kurram by Pandan Kaṇṭābaraṇan alias Vāņa. Purakkiliyur-nādu.

This records a gift of 25 kal̤añju of gold, for burning a perpetual lamp in the temple at Tiruppalaṇam a dēvadānr in Mi ai-kurram, by Namban Kandan a servant of Marudam-Baṭṭan alias Sōlavēļār the headman of Karugāvūr in Avūr-kūrram. The gift was left in charge of three persons against the security of their land in the village.

This records a similar gift of 20 kalañj for a perpetua' lamp and a silver basin for offering water to the god during worship, by Nakkan Gaṇavadiyal kan son of Devaṇār of Tiruchchōrrutturai of Ki ār-kūrram.

This records a gift of 90 sheep for a perpetual lamp in the same temple, left with two shepherds of the village, by a certain Miran Malaipe....the headman of Puiyur in Arumpuliyur of Aruvala-nāḍu.

This records the gift of a land as endowment for the daily offerings during the evening service in the temple of Tiruchchelur-Mahādēva, and for providing for the daily supply of 4 pots of water from the river Kuraļai (Kuḍamurutți) for the sacred bath of the God, by Tiruvaḍiga! Aiyanaḍi of Siṛuvēlür in Пlaiyur-nāḍu on the southern bank of the river. This land is said to have been got in exchange for a flower-garden adjacent to another which had been previously presented by the donor (See No. 139 above).

This records a tax-free sale of a land situated along the river at Kuriyākkuḍi- man alam by the sabha of Viḍēlviḍugu-chaturvēdimangalam a brahmadiya in Nallarrur-nāḍu to the revenue authorities of the state (puravuvari-tiņaikkaļattār) for 3b0 kāśu (for being assigned to the temple). Mention is made, while giving the boundaries of the land, of a previous sale of another position of the land to one Virasekhara-Mūvēndavēļār.

This is built in at the ends of lines. It records a similar sale of 3 mā of land at Kīl̤-Kumāramaṅgalan by the same assembly, probably to a different person (name lost) for maintaining a flower-garden out of the yield of another coconut garden, and for burning a perpetual lamp in the temple for each of the mā of land.

This is very probably an inscription of Rājēndra-Chōḷa I. It is damaged in places. It records an endowment of 5 pieces of land at Pēraṅgālakkuḍi after purchase (from the temple) and reclamation for feeding 4 Brāhmaṇas in the temple of Tiruppal̤anam in Mir̤ai-kūr̤r̤am, (after the daily midday offerings), by Kar̤r̤aḷi-Baṭṭālakan̤ a member of the regiment Arumol̤idēva-teriñja Kaikkōḷar.

This records a gift of 30 kal̤añju of gold for burning a perpetual lamp in the temple under the name Kumaramattaṇḍan, by Alivin- Kallarasi alias Sembiyan Buvani- gangaralyan. The donor has been taken as the younger brother of the Western Ganga chief Gangamärttäṇḍan alias Sembiyan Prithivigangaraiyan and son of Rājāditya Mahādēva (M.E.R. for 1931, Part II, para 8). This is an inscription of Parāntaka I.

This records a gift of 90 sheep made on the day of a solar eclipse by Sēdi.... wife of siddavadattadigal (the chief) of Malaḍu for burning a perpetual lamp n the temple.

This is engraved in continuation of the above inscription. It records a gift of 90 sheep for a perpetual lamp in the same temple by a certain . . . . Rudraśingan̤, who left them in charge of a local shepherd for the daily supply of an ulakku of ghee.

This records a gift of 2 ma and a kani of land in Vänavaamadevi-chaturvedi- maigalum in Innambar-nalu on the northern bank of the river, for burning 1 perpetual lamps in the temple of Aditta-lavaram-Udaiyar at Tiruppurambiyam a divadana separated from Andittu-kügram, by Setti Peruman of Magarkuḍi in Maparkuḍi-nadu also on the northern bank. This Manarkali is probably the same as Manikkudi in the Kumbhakonam taluk. Vanavan-Madevi was a queen of Uttama Chola.

This registers a gift of 20 kal̤añju of gold made by (the chief) Tennavan̤ Mal̤anāṭṭuvēḷān̤ alias Kor̤r̤an̤ Mār̤an̤, for burning a perpetual lamp in the temple with an ul̤akku of ghee daily, and 20 cows (for ghee) for performing the sacred bath of the god on the day of saṅkrānti in each month. The donor seems to be the same as Śembiyan̤ Maul̤anāṭṭuvēḷān̤ mentioned in an inscription attributable to Āditya I (S.I.I. Vol. XIII, No.313). This may be assigned to Parāntaka I.

This records a gift of 96 sheep for burning a perpetual lamp in the temple of Tiruttanttonri-Bhattara at Tirumalalai in Vennadu by (a chief?) Muttan Eduīniyar on behalf of his wife (deviyar) Achchan Kaliyugat-taniyugat-tayar Viranaraniyar. The sabha of the place agreed to maintain the gift. This is probably a record of Uttama-Chōla.

This has been left incomplete. It records an endowment of 143 and odd and 145 and odd kafanju of gold made respectively by Araran Ambalattaḍigaļār and Ugat. tayan Sörabbaiyār two of the queens of Uttama-Chöla for the same purpose as is mentined is Nos. 311 and 383 above, of providing for offerings to the god on the day of Kettai in Chittirai month the birthday asterism of Sembiyan-Mahadeviyar the mother of Uttama-Chola and founder of the temple. The money was deposited with Sdaanabaddha-chaturvedi-bhattat-tānapperrmakka! (committee), which was also appointed by the queen mother.

This records an endowment of land after purchasing it tax-free from the assem- bly of the village, to the temple of Kayilayam-udaiya.Mahādēva at Tripura.... mangalam a brahmadiya in Kurumbo[r*]-nādu, by Gōpan Sākappu.... a queen cf Uttama-Chōla. It is stated that the copper-plate document relating to this endowment was deposited in the temple of Sripugalūr-Uḍaiyār.

This is built in at the right end. It records a gift of 25 kal̤añju for burning perpetual lamp in the temple by one Vaḷḷuvan Nam . . . . . of the Vēḷar-paḍai, who was a native of Kuśakkuḍi in Eyil-nāḍu.

This is engraved in peculiar characters and the meaning is obscure. It purports to be a document (sādanam) with a duplicate in copper-plate(?), issued by the nagarattar and the padi assembled together, making a grant of a thousand kalam of paddy "to this god".

The inscription is not correctly engraved. It is also unfinished. It seems to record a purchase of some land from the sabha of Sirupuliyur by the ūrār of Karainalūr in Pērāvūr-nāḍu for gift to god Kavaiyāļvār (?).

This is stated to be a copy of an old stone inscription engraved on a loose slab, which was now consequently of no use and hence cancelled. It registers a gift of 96 sheep made by one Võmban Kaliyōṭṭi of Padur in Irungōlappadi, during the management of Pichchadevar for burning a perpetual lamp in the temple of Mahādēva at Tirukkōḍikaval in Nallarrur-naḍu on the northern bank of the river.

This records a gift of 30 kal̤añju of gold for a perpetual lamp in the temple to, be maintained by the sabha of Tirutturutti, by Mullür-Nangaiyar the mother of the Chōla queen (Sōlamā lēviyar) the consort of Parakesarivar man. This donor is already known from Nos. 45 and 125 of 1895 (See Introduction.)

The details of date viz. Miṉa śu. 5, Thursday, Rōhiṇi correspond to 1182 A.D., March 11. This records the gift of 150 kāśu of gold for a perpetual lamp to the deity in the Tirumaṟaikkāḍu temple, in Kuṉṟūr-nāḍu, a sub-division of Umbaḷa-nāḍu by Guṉa- malaippāḍi-uḍaiyāṉ Gaṅgaikoṇḍan Rājārājadēva alias Kottappichchōḻar. The Sivabrāh- maṇas received the money and undertook to supply one nāḻi of ghee by the standard measure vēdavaṇa-nāyakan, out of the interest on the endowed amount.

The details of date, viz. Makara śu 1 Wednesday, Tiruvōṇam correspond to 1250 A.D., January 5, Wednesday. This inscription records that the Sivabrāhmaṇas of the temple of Tirumaṟaikkāḍu- Uḍaiyār, in Umbaḷa-nāḍu, agreed to maintain a perpetual lamp in the temple, with the income from the 1/4 veli of land in Anapāyachaturvēdimaṅgalam after paying all the dues on the land granted by Paḷḷiyāḷvi, the elder sister of (akkai?) Tiruchchiṟṟambalamuḍaiyāṉ of Sāṭṭanguḍi in Vandāḻai-vēlūr-kūṟṟam, a sub-division of Rājēndrachōḻa-vaḷanāḍu. Śivallava (Śrivallabha-)ppeṟāṟu is mentioned as one of the boundaries of the gift land.

On palæographical considerations, the king may be identified with Rājārājā III. This inscription records the gift of jewels in gold and silver such as tiruneṟṟimālai (forehead plate) bāhu-valaiyam (armlet), tirukkaichchari (oracelet), tirumutaittaḍam (breast plate), tiruvāram (necklace), udarabandhanam (belt), tiruppiṟai (crescent), etc., to god Maṇavāḷa-nāyanār and the goddess Nāchchiyār of Tirumaṟaikkāḍu by Periyāṉ Selkalāṇḍāṇ of Nelvēli, a merchant of Kulōttuṅgaśōḻappāṭṭiṉam. Also gives the weight of gold and silver for these jewels.

This inscription records the gift of land as tirunāmāṭṭukkāṇi to a deity (name lost) whose image was set up by Maluvali Selvan, a mudali in the temple of Tirumaraik- kāḍuḍaiyār. The sabha of Kundavai-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, a brahmadeya in Idaiyala- māḍu of Rājēndra-solavaḷanāḍu made the land free from taxes such as antarāyam, kuḍimai, and nāṭṭu viniyogam.

On palaeographical grounds the king may be identified with Rājārājā III. This records the gift of 35 vēli of land, by Peruntiruvāṭṭi Kayilaikkilāṭṭi, a śāntikkūtti made free from taxes including antarāyam, kuḍimai, kōyiṟṟamappēṟu and nagara- viniyogam by the Nagarāṭṭar of Rājēndrasinga-pūram in the western division (Mēlaivagai) of Umbaḷa-nāḍu, for various offerings including damanaka flowers during the spring festival to god Tirumaṟaikkāḍu-uḍaiyār..