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This is damaged in places. It seems to register an endowment of 15 kaḻaṅju of gold with the interest on which 30 nāḻi of ghee was to be supplied to the temple on the day of Tiruvādiarai in Mārgaḻi month. The donor was a native of Irumbēḍu in Pāgaḷūr-nāḍu a division of Señgāṭṭu-kōṭṭam in Toṇḍai nāḍu.

This records an agreement of the Nāṭṭār (assembly) of Tiruviḷai-nāḍu to measure out once every year in their own place, 360 kalam of paddy (to a representative of the temple) for the daily offerings to the deity (in their name) during the three services in the temple.

The inscription gives the exact day of the transaction as 214 of the regnal year. It is damaged. Mention is made of a theft of the golden bowl and a fillet from the temple and of their replacement, after recovering their cost(?) from those who were probably responsible for it (by negligence).

This is a damaged and incomplete inscription of Parakēsarivarman 'who took the head of the Pāṇḍya. This records some provision made by a resident of Uttaraṅguḍi with the Sabhā of Tiraimūr for the maintenance of a paṇḍāri in the temple. A paṇḍāri is a Śaiva devotee dedicated for service in the temple like preparing flower- garlands to the deities, singing devotional hymns etc.

This records the royal order issued in the 6th year and 280th day of the king (probably Uttama-Chōḻa) under the title given above, from his palace at Paḷaiyāṟu, to the Nāṭṭār, the brahmadēya Elders and the other concerned assemblies (ūrār and Nagaraṅgaḷilār), making over 15 vēli of land at Nallāḍi village in Tirunaṛaiyūr-nāḍu as tax-free dēvadāne to the temple for the celebration, every month, of a special festival on the day of Viśākhā which was the king's natal star. The permanent tenancy over the land was conferred on Araiyaṉ Pirāntakan alias Śembiyaṉ Sōḻiyadaraiyaṉ of Siṛukuḷattūr on the stipulation that he and his heirs were to measure out every year in the temple the produce of 5 vēli of this land at 120 kalam of paddy per vēli with all the taxes exempted. The inscription which stops with line 29 is continued elsewhere, and the direction is given in the following lines as to where to look for the continuation viz. on the southern side of the ardha-maṇḍapa, the tiers near the Dakshiṇāmūrti image and other specified places.

This seems to record an endowment after purchase of 2 vēli of land called the vañjittōṭṭam, made by the assembly of Pāradāyakkuḍi in Naṛaiyūr-nāḍu, part of it being meant for providing for the expenses of a festival in the temple in honour of Varaguṇa-Viṭankar (Naṭarāja) in the month of Vaigāśi, and the balance for the maintenence of musicians who were to play on instruments during the early morning and other services in the temple. Refers to Kāri Nakkanār as the agent of the king in Koṅgu.

This records a gift of 30 kaḻaṅju of gold by Kundavaidēvi a relative(?) of queen Kokkiḷānaḍigaḷ, for burning a perpetual lamp in the temple of Mūlasthānattu-Perumānaḍigaḷ. The amount is stated to have been deposited with the Sabhā of Mādāna- maṅgalam in Naṟaiyūrnāḍu. An uḻakku of oil was to be measured out every day in the temple by a person appointed by the Sabhā for the purpose and he was to get a portion of the offered rice (for his remuneration).

The inscription begins with the praśasti of the king Tiṅgaḷēr peṛa vaḷar etc. It records a royal order issued to the dēvakarmis and other members of the establishment of Tiruviḍaimaruduḍaiyār temple, the Sabhā and the Nagarāṭṭār of Tiruviḍaimarudil, the ūrar of Tiraimūr and lastly the agent of the king, Vikramakēsari. Viḻupparaiyaṉ, who had all assembled in the temple, and conveyed through (the donee's brother) Ariyaṉ Tiruveṉṉāval alias Sōḻakulatilaka-Nṛittappēraiyaṉ to the effect that lands 7 vēli in extent had been set apart as dēvaland at Viḷanguḍi in Veṇṇāḍu. Out of this 2 vēli yielding 240 kalam of paddy per year and two house sites were to be granted in perpetuity to Araiyaṉ Tiruvidaimaruduḍaiyāṇ alias Mummuḍiśōḻa-Nṛittappēraiyaṉ styled the Perundanattu Gandharvar (Court-musi- cian?) and his heirs, to recite the pāṭavyam in the temple. Further details regarding the disposal of the remaining portion of the dēvdādna land are not available as the inscription stops incomplete.

The praśasti begins with the words Pūmādu puṇara. The inscription states that while the king was seated on his paḷḷippiḍam in the hall (tiruveḍuttukkaṭṭil) called Ēkanāyakan in the big court-yard in front of the temple, he ordered that the brahmadēya village Vaṇṇakkuḍi in Tiraimūr -nāḍu, with its lands about a hundred vēli in extent, was to be endowed as tax-free dēvadāṉa to the temple under the name Tyāgasamudra - chaturvēdimangaları, and that it was to receive rent from the lands at the rate of 60 kalam of paddy per vēli every year, according to the (revenue) settlement of the [3]8th year (of the king's predecessor Kulōttuṅga I). Four officers are mentioned at the end of the record, including Sandivigraham [Kuladi- pa]rāyar, as having issued the royal grant. The inscription also adds at the end that Nallḍāi in Tirunaṛaiyūr-nāḍu was a dēvadāṉa of the temple.

This registers an endowment of six vēli of land in three separate plots at Vikramasśōḻaṉallūr, made by the king, to meet the expenses of worship to god Vikra- maśōḻiśvaram-Uḍaiyār newly consecrated by him in the temple. The rent from these tax free dēvadāṉa lands is said to be 345 kalam of paddy, as settled in the revenue survey conducted in the 38th year (of the king's predecessor).

This records a gift of one kāśu to the temple by Śirāḷaṉ nārāyaṇan, a kaikkōḷa resident of Vikramasśōḻaṉ-Vḷēam at Gaṅgaikoṇḍasōḻapuram, for the daily supply of a (mud) pot for carrying water from the river for the sacred bath of the deity, at mid-day with the interest on the amount.

This also commences with the introduction Pūmādu puṇara etc. This registers a grant of 175 kuḻi of land after bringing it under cultivation, by one Āṭkoṇḍaṉ Arikularāja-mārāyaṉ of the Virasśōḻa-Aṇukkar (regiment?), so as to provide 10 kalam and odd of paddy per year, to meet the expenses of worship of god Mānikkakkūttar (Naṭarāja) on all days of Amāvāsyā in the year and to pay the taxes on the land. The donor also paid one kāśu for the (daily) supply of a bathing water pot to the temple out of the interest on the amount.

The introduction commences with the words Pūmālai miḍaindu. The inscription registers a gift of three ma and odd of vacant land situated on the north wing of the māḷigaitteru (Street) at Tiruviḍaimarudūr by the Nagarāṭṭār of the place, for meeting the expenses of the big annual festival in the temple. Taxes like śilvari and peruvari due on the land were to be met out of the amount deposited in the temple for the purchase of a site for a matha for the māhēśvaras, by a native of Iḷaṅgārikuḍi in Pērāvūr-nāḍu.

The inscription is dated on the 114th day of the year quoted. Portions of the record are lost. It registers the order of the king granting ten vēli of tax-free land as archanā-bhōga, to meet the expenses of worship and offerings to Āluḍaiya-Piḷḷaiyār consecrated in the temple by Vāṇādhirājaṉ (mentioned in No. 288 above) and of the festival in the month of Vaigāśi. Of these 10 vēli four are stated to have been situated in Kulōttuṅgasśōḻaṉ-Pūṇḍi alias Vikramasśōḻaṉ-Śūralūr in Tiruvaḻundūr-nāḍu a district in Jayangondaśōḻa-vaḷanāḍu; two in Virudārajabhayaṅkaranāllūr in Viḷai-nāḍu and four in Arindavanallūr in the same nāḍu. Reference is made to a revenue survey conducted in the 16th year of Kulōttuṅga-Chōḻadēva (1) who abolished the tolls'. The Tirumandiravōḻai who has signed this order was Rajanārāyaṇa-Mūvēndavēlāṉ.

This records a similar gift of cow of 5 nāḻi yield of milk, by a dēvaradiyal of the temple, Mādavan Tavamseydal alias Pukkaturai Vallabhamāņikkam.

The inscription begins with the praśasti Pugaḻ śūḻnda etc. It records a gift of 60 sheep for a perpetual lamp in the temple, by one Gaṅgaikoṇḍaśōḻa-Muṉaiyada- raiyar on behalf of Koṭṭuruḍaiyār Araiya.....of Nenmali-nāḍu a district in Arumoḻi- dēvā-vaḷanāḍu, A lamp-stand weighing 118-1/2 palam is said to have been presented. for this purpose, by the shepherd who received the sheep and agreed to measure out an uḻakku of ghee every day by the liquid measure known as Ēkanāyakaṉ evidently after the king's surname.

The introduction commences with the words Pūmālai miaḍindu. The inscription registers an order of the king, conveyed through the Tirumandiravōḻai (Royal Secretary) Madhurāntaka -Paravaināṭṭu-Mūvēndavēlāṉ, and the uḷvari executed by 7 other puravu- vari officers, granting ten vēli of land in five different plots as tax-free dēvadāṉa, for the requirements of worship and offerings to God Kulōttuṅga-Chōḷiśvaramuḍaiya-Mahādeva, consecrated by Svāmidēvar Śrikaṇṭha-Śiva for the merit of (the king's predecessor) Kulōttuṅga-Chōḻa I, at Mangāḷākkuḍia hamlet of Sōḻamārttāṇḍa-chaturvēdimaṅgalam in Maṇṇi-nāḍu a subdivision of Virudārajabhayaṅkara-vaḷanāḍu. Of this land, 8 vēli and odd is said to have formed part of a dēvadāṉa originally belonging to the temple at Viṅgunir-tirutturutti. The total yield from the lands was 1525 kalam of paddy including 1000 kalam by way of kapikkaḍan at the rate of a hundred kalam on every vēli of land. The teacher Śrikaṇṭha-Śiva was possibly the same as, if not a predecessor to, Śrikaṇṭha-Śambu the father of Śōmēśvara the royal preceptor of Kulōttuṅga-Chōḻja III, who performed the consecration ceremony of the God at Tribhuvanam temple built by his disciple (vide An. Rep. 1908, Part II, para 64).

The inscription begins with introduction Pūmādu puṇdra etc. It registers a gift of some lands, two vēli in extent, to the temple of Kulōttuṅga-Chōlśivaram-Uḍaiyār mentioned above, by one Tiruviśalūraḍigaḷ-Bhaṭṭan of Araṇaippuṛam after purchasing them from the owners. These lands and the lands already in possession of the temple and measuring one vēli were now made tax-free by the assembly of Śōḻamārttāṇḍa- chaturvēdimaṅgalam, on receipt of 105 kāśu from Śrikaṇṭha-Siva the founder of the temple.

The inscription begins with a short introduction with the words Pūmēvi valar. It registers the sale of 12 vēli and 8 mā of lands, said to have been classified into four different grades (according to yield) in the 4th year of Vikrama-Chōḻa, by the mahā- Sabhā of Kulōttuṅgasōḻamaṅgalam separated from the brahmadēya village Kēraḷāntaka- chaturvēdimaṅgalam, to one Vāmaṉaṉ Anbarkkaraiśu alias Tirunaṛaiyurnāṭṭukkōṉ of Taṇḍattottam who was to pay the dēvarkaḍamai to the temple and antarāyam of 778 kalam and odd of paddy and 21 and odd kāśu respectively. The reason for the sale seems to be that the lands became fallow by neglect on account of the sabha's inability to cultivate them and consequently arrears of the rent due to the temple had accumulated.

The king meant here is evidently Kulōttuṅga-Chōḻa III with his Tirumandiravōḻai Minavaṉ-Mūvēndavēlāṉ mentioned as signatory at the end. The inscription is dated in the 320th day of the year, and records a royal gift of 2 vēli of land in Irumarabuntūya -Perumāḻ-nallūr in Tiraimūr -nāḍu as tirunāmattukkāṇi and as tax-free dēvadāṉa for the expenses of worship to the image of Piḍāri Yōgirunda (Yōgindra)-Paramēśvari set up in the fourth prākāra of the temple.

This is much damaged. It seems to record the decision of the Śri-Rudras and Śri Māhēdśaras and also the people of the Brahmasthānas assembled in the hall Ēkanāyaṉka-tirukkāvaṇam in the temple, allotting the income from certain lands for the expenses of worship on monthly and annual festivals in the temple. In continuation of this is a record of an endowment made in the 5th year of the king. of lands measuring 17 vēli in extent situated in Edirilisśōḻa-chaturvēdimaṅgalam and its hamlet Kumāramaṅgalam, for the temple repairs to be carried out with the kaḍamai and other income therefrom.

This begins with the Sanskrit introduction Samasta-bhuvandikavira etc. of Māṛavarman Vikrama-Pāṇḍya whose date of accession was 1283 A. D. It is dated in the 226th day of his 3rd regnal year. In this panegyric Vikrama claims to have been a friend of the Kēraḷa, and a foe of the Chōḻa, Laika kings, an overlord of chiefs Kshēmēsvara, Nārasiṁha-Kāṭaka Vira Gaṇḍaōgpāla and the Kākatiya Gaṇapati and to have crowned himself at Kñāchipura. The inscription is damaged after the 8th line, and seems to register a gift of 30 vēli of land as dēvadāṉa-ṛiaiyili for the expenses of worship and offerings to the deity during the daily service in the temple instituted in the name of the king, and on some special festival days every month. The lands are stated to be situated at Tirumaṅgalam and other villages.

This registers a sale of 1/8 vēli of land situated to the north of Tiruviśalūr, to a certain (body?) Kāḍaṉaṅgattār of Tañjavür in Tañjāvūr-kūṟṟam by two (brothers) Vaḍugaṉ Maṉṟan and Vaḍugaṉ Kāli of Veḷimānallūr in Uṛṛukkaṭṭukkōṭṭam a division of Toṇḍai-nāḍu. This transaction between the two parties should have been effected for the benefit of the temple for the record to be engraved here.

This registers the gift of a silver pot weighing 294 kaḻaṅju for the abhishēka (bath) of the god by a queen (Nambirāṭṭiyar) whose name is not clear. It might perhaps be Nak[kaṉ Aru]moḻi Prati(mādēviyar). Tiruviśalūr is here stated to have formed part of Vēmbaṛṛūr alias Sōḻamārttāṇḍa-chaturvēdi maṅgalam, a dēvadāṉa - brahmadēya situated in Maṇṇi-nāḍu a subdivision of Rājēndrasiṁha - vaḷanāḍu to the north of the river.

This also begins with the same introduction. It records a gift of land, half vēli and odd in extent, for a perpetual lamp in the temple by queen Vānavaṉmā- dēviyar the mother of Rājēndra-Chōḻa (No. 448 of 1918). The details of her relation- ship as also of the land are lost in the damaged portion. A reference is made to the land-survey evidently of the time of Rājarāja 1.

This is built in at the top and in the middle. It registers a gift of 200 kāśu to the temple by Rudraṉ Arumoḻi alias Prithumahādēviyār queen of Rājarājadeva for the daily feeding of five Brāhmaṇas therein. With this money the temple purchased some lands from two or three private individuals as investment towards this provision.

This is built in at the end of the lines. It seems to register a grant of one vēli and 4 ma of land at Rājāakēsari - chaturvēdimaṅgalam a brahmadēya in nallūr-nāḍu a division of Nittavinōda-vaḷanāḍu, and a house (or site) at Vembaṛṛür alias Sōḻamārttānda-chaturvēdimaṅgalam to an Ambaṭṭa resident of the latter place by name Araiyaṉ Uttamasśōḻaṉ alias Rājēndrasśōḻa-Prayōgadaraiyaṉ as Śalyakriyā- bhōga (surgery-grant ?), by Aḻvār Sri Parāntakan Kundavāippirāṭṭiyar (the paternal aunt of the king and elder sister of Rājarāja I), while she was staying in the palace at Paḻaiyāṟu.

The details of the date are given as Kumbha, ba. 1. Monday, Anusham but are irregular.This registers a sale of land which was tank-irrigated and which measured 2 mā, 3 kāṇi and odd in extent for 800 kāśu to the temple of Tiruviśālūr-Uḍaiyār by Amudāḍṇāḷ-Sāni, wife of Gōmaḍattu Yajñamapināyaka-Bhaṭṭa of Kiḻānaḍichchēri a quarter of Vēmbaṛṛūr , with her son Śrirāma-Bhaṭṭa acting on her behalf as mudukṇa (guardian). The land is said to have formed part of a bigger plot presented by her husband to her and to her son (another) Mahādēva-Bhaṭṭa, the latter of whom had previously sold his share to the temple.

This records a gift of land 10 śey (mā?) in extent, after purchasing it from the temple itself, of Mahādēva at Tirukkuraṅgāḍutuṟai in Tiraimūr -nāḍu, by Śattaṉ Aruvāṭṭāran a member of the Pirāntaka-teriñja-Kaikkōḻar (regiment of the king?) for burning one perpetual lamp and nine ordinary lamps during the services in the temple, on behalf of four ladies (probably close relations of the donor) attached to the royal palace (Kōdaṇḍavēḷam) at Tañjāvūr.

This is damaged. The introduction begins with the words Pugaḻ mādu vilḷaṅga. The inscription records a gift of 3 1/4 kaḻaṅju of gold to the temple for burning a perpetual lamp, by one I[rugṇa]ḍi-Uḍaiyāṇ of Ambar in Ambar-nāḍu. Tiraimūr - nāḍu in which Tirukkurangāḍutuṛai was situated is said to have formed a division of Ulaguyyakkoṇḍasśōḻa-vaḷanāḍu.

This is possibly an inscription of Rājarāja II, in which case the date would be 1161-62 A. D. It is damaged and seems to register a sale of 7 mā of land belonging to the temple to one...koṇḍaśōḻa-Pallavaraiyaṉ. The Śivabrāhmaṇas who received the amount from the purchaser agreed to measure out 3 kalam and odd of paddy every year to the temple. The purchaser is said to have improved the land by digging a well therein and to have agreed to certain obligations to fulfil to the temple, which are lost in the damaged portion of the record. Suṅgaṉtavirttasśōḻa- Pērāṛu is referred to as the northern boundary of the land.

The details of the date are given as Tulā, ba. 3, Sunday, Rōhiṇi, which would correspond to A. D. 1229, October 7. This registers an endowment of 500 kuḻi of land named Añjōḻāṉ-viḷāgam for rice offering to the goddess Tiruppaḷḷi-aṛai Nāchchiyār during the early morning service in the temple, by Araiyaṉ Tiruvēgambam- uḍaiyāṇ of Porōśaikkuḍi in Uyyakkoṇḍar-vaḷaṇāḍu, who had also consecrated the goddess. The land was exempted from the taxes like antarāyam and pāṭṭam by the aḍaippu-mudalis (?) and the mahāsabhā of the village (Nallōr-Pudukkuḍi) in which the land was situated. After offerings the rice was to be distributed among the members of the temple establishment. During the service the name of the donor was to be announced in the words "Porōśaikkuḍaiyāṇ -Tambirāṉ has come".

This is the royal order issued to the authorities of the temple of Tiruvaiyāṟ Uḍaiyār at Kulōttuṅgasśōḻaṉ-Kuṛṛāḻam in Tiruvaḻundūr-nāḍu a division of Jayan gonḍaśōḻa-vaḷanāḍu naming the tax free grant mentioned in No. 374 above, viz. 4 1/4 vēli and odd of garden land at Virarājēndra-chaturvēdimaṅgalam yielding an annual rent of 60 kalam of paddy per véli, and 6 ½ kāśu in addition by way of income from the areca-nut palms for the requirements of daily worship etc., to the deity, as an equivalent of 200 kalam of paddy per year which had been presented by the king in his 29th year.

This records a gift of 90 sheep for a perpetual lamp in the temple by one Araiyaṉ Kumaraṉ of Puduvūr in Thirunaṛaiyūr-nāḍu.

The inscription gives the same short introduction of the king and the details of date also are the same. This registers a gift of two pieces of land measuring 7 mā and odd in extent by the Brāhmaṇa and Veāḷḷḷa land owners of Śivapādaśēkhara-chaturvēdimaṅgalam to the temple of Tiruvaiyāruḍaiyār so as to provide it with 60 kalam of paddy per year free of any taxes (iṛai). This paddy is said to have been originally measured out to the temple of Soṉṉavāṛaṛivār of which their village was the dēvadāṉa but was now transferred therefrom for reasons not stated. The donors undertook to pay the iṛai on the lands themselves and also not to collect the antarāyam (rent?) which seems to have been due from such tax-free lands.

The king is here called Tribhuvanaviradēva who performed the anointment of heroes and victors after having taken Madurai, Iḻam. Karuvūr and the crowned head of the Pāṇḍya .' The details of the date given viz., Rishabha, ba. 10, Monday, Uttiraṭṭādi would give the equivalent A. D. 1211, May 6. This registers a gift of a quarter (vēli) of land belonging to the Sabhā of nallūr-Pudukkuḍi, to the temple of Tiruvaiyāṟuḍaiyār as tirunamattukkāṇi and ūrkiḻ-iṛaiyili after relieving it from the previous holder.

This bears the same short introduction and details of date as Nos. 380 and 381 above. It records a gift of a hundred kalam of paddy per year due to the mahā-Sabhā of [Rājēn]dra-chaturvēdimaṅgalam as iṛai (for sabhā-viṉiyōgam) from Maṅgalaṅkiḻāṉ Āṇḍukoṇḍan Amuḍāḻvāṉ a veḷḷāḷa landlord of the place on his land, to the temple of Tiruvaiyāṛuḍaiyār.

The king is called Tribhuvanaviradēva who took Madurai, Iḻam (and Karuvūr) and the crowned head of the Pāṇḍya , and performed the anointment (of heroes and victors). The inscription is much damaged in the first half. It seems to register an endowment of land by one Tirunaṭṭapperumāṉ a resident of Āṉaich- chūḻ in Tiraimūr -nāḍu a division of Uyyakkoṇḍar-vaḷanāḍu for the requirements of worship, both daily and special. to god Tiruveṇkāduḍaiyār consecrated by the donor in the western portion of the first prākāra in the temple of Tiruviḍaikkuḷam- Uḍaiyār at the place. This seems to have been added to two vēli of land at Danavinōdanallūr presented to the main temple in the 25th year of the king by Arayaṉ Ediriliśōḻar alias Śōḻiyavaraiyar of Pālaivayal under the name Śōḻiyavaraiyar- kuḍikkāḍu and supplemented by the latter with another gift of one vēli of land in the next year. It is not clear why there was an interval of 14 years between the gift and its recording on stone.

This seems to be an inscription of Rājarāja III and it refers to the fixation of rent in paddy accruing from the lands now granted, in the 40th year of Āḻvaṉ by which is evidently meant the predecessor king Kulōttuṅga III. The inscription records the royal order to the tax-officers to grant the uḻari to the temple of Tiruviḍaikkuḷam-Uḍaiyār at Āṉaichchūḻ remitting the ṟiai (rent) due from four fields measuring 11 vēli and odd in extent in all. The income in paddy thus granted to the temple is said to have amounted to 476 and odd kalam. The Tirumandira-ōḻai issuing the order was Minavaṉ-Mūvēndavēlān-

The inscription begins with the introduction Puyal vāyttu vaḷam peruga etc. The details of date are given as Kaṟkāṭaka, śu. 12, Saturday, Mūlam (=A. D. 1187, July 18.) This records the formation of a village under the name Kulōttuṅgasśōḻaṉ Nyāyaparipāla-chaturvēdimaṅgalam by grouping the several lands purchased from the surrounding villages to the extent of six vēli by Edirilisśōḻaṉ alias Iruṅgōḻaṉ of Sēndamaṅgalam in Neṉmali-nāḍu, a division of Rājēndraśōḻa-vaḷanāḍu, who got the royal order for its entry in the uḷvari register before presenting the village to the temple as tirmṉmattukkāṇi and ur-iṟaiyili for providing for worship and repairs in the temple. The land actually under account in the revenue register is said to have measured 5 vēli and odd.

A slight deviation is found in the historical introduction in that it adds the "Twelve Thousand Islands" to the usual list of the king's conquests. The reference is evidently to the Maldives which are said to have been known by that name in ancient tradition, and which the king should have conquered late in his reign. (Prof. K. A. N. Sastri's The Coḻas. Vol. I, p. 220). The inscription registers an agreement given by the mahāSabhā of Vēmbaṛṛūr alias Sōḻamārttāṇḍa-chaturvēdimaṅgalam a brahmadēya in Maṇṇi-nāḍu, to the temple of Tiruviśalūr-Mahādēva. A sum of 458 kāśu was endowed to the temple and deposited with the assembly by queen Dantiśaktiviṭaṅkiyār alias Lōkamahādēviyar on the occasion of the performance of tulābhāra by the king and of hiraṇyagarbha by herself in the temple. As interest on this amount they undertook to measure out annually 229 kalam of paddy at the rate of 1 tūṇi and 1 padakku on every kāśu per year, and with this paddy the ūr-vāriyam and kuḍumbu committees of the year were to meet the daily requirements of akkāraḍalai offering to the god.

This refers to the quarter vēli of land previously set apart by the temple authorities for offerings to god Pichchadēvar in the temple, and records an addition of a mā and half of land and ten kāśu besides, obtained as gift for providing for offerings and for burning a lamp during three services to the god instead of the old two. The transactions of the temple, it may be noted, are said to be carried on by Chaṇḍēśvara acting as agent on behalf of the god. Reference is made to the revenue survey by which probably the addition of the land was possible.

This records a gift of 53 kāśu by a woman servant of the royal household by name Āyiravan Kagrali, for burning a perpetual lamp and a twilight lamp in the temple respectively for the merit of her brother Vichchädiran Kuñjiramallan and mother Karogi. Out of this amount 3 mã and 3 kani of land was purchased for 45 kādu, the balance of 8 kāśu being deposited (for interest) with the devakanmis. Tiruvidalur is here referred to as situated in Vēmbaṛṛūr alias Sōḻamārttāṇḍa-chaturvēdimaṅgalam.

This is an inscription of the 5th year of Kulōttuṅga-Chōḻadēva (II?), recording an endowment of three plots of land after purchase at Edirilisōḻamaṅgalam a dēvadāṉa village to (the temple of) Tiruviśalūr-Uḍaiyār, by a lady by name ŚiriyāṇḍāḷSāni the wife of one Kurōvi Ātkoṇḍan-Bhaṭṭan, for the maintenance of a perpetual lamp in the temple with the produce thereof after paying the taxes due on the lands. Edirilichōḻa and Virudāraja-bhayṅakara are known to have been the titles of king Kulōttuṅga-Chōḻa I.

This inscription is damaged in some places. It records a gift of 25 kāśu for burning a nandā lamp using one ul̤akku of ghee daily in the temple of the god Tiruchchenner̤i-uḍaiyār of Tiruchcherai alias Irājasundari-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, by an individual named Kor̤r̤amān Kōṭṭai Gaṇapatiyāl̤vān of Karivēḍu, in [ . . . ] nāḍu, in Dāmar-kōṭṭam in Jayaṅgoṇḍa-śōl̤a-maṇḍalam. It is stated that the gift was received with the undertaking to burn the lamp accordingly for ever, by the Śivabrāhmaṇas of the temple, including Kāmakāyakan̤ Jayaṅgoṇḍān Kunikkumpirān alias Nārpatteṇṇāyira-baṭṭan̤, Āttirayan Śivapura [ . . . . ] Āl̤vān alias Aṇukka-nambi, Āritan Periyān Ponnambalakkūtta [ . . . ], Gavutaman [ . . . ] Āl̤ [ . . . . ]mbi and Āttiraiyan Baṭṭan Karuvuṇāyaka-baṭṭan.

This inscription records that the mahāsabhai (assembly) of Brahmadēyam Viśalūr sold 3 mā of land in Tiruchcher̤ai to the temple of the god Tiruchchenner̤i-uḍaiyār for 7-½ kal̤añju of gold and gave it to the temple as tax-free land. It mentions a land belonging to a temple of Gaṅgaikoṇḍaśōl̤aviṇṇagarāl̤vār and a canal called the Rājarāja-vāykkāl on the boundary of the gift-land.

This inscription records that the assembly of Śrīvān̤avanmādēvich-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, a Brahmadēyam in Śēr̤r̤ūr̤-kūr̤r̤am in Kulōttuṅgaśōl̤a-vaḷanāḍu met in the temple of the god Tirunārāyaṇaviṇṇagarāl̤vār of the same place, and decided to sell away certain lands belonging to them as well as to some other people who had not paid the dues on it, on the orders of the king. Accordingly the assembly sold to the temple of the god Tiruchchenneri-uḍaiyār of Śrīrājasundarich-chaturvēdimaṅgalam of the same nāḍu, for a sum of 51 kāśu. Among the boundaries of the sold land are mentioned lands belonging to the temple of Tiruchchittirakuṭattāl̤vār, and to the temple of Tiruppaṇaṅkaḍuḍaiya-mahādēvar and also the place Kulōttuṅgaśōl̤anallūr.

This inscription is slightly damaged. It refers to the king as ‘who destroyed the ships at Śālai’. It records a gift of a silver image (of the god ?) weighing 424 kal̤añju, and a copper image of Chaṇḍēśvaradēvan weighing 500 palam, by a certain Nakkan̤ Nallatt-aḍigaḷ, a member of the Irājarājatteriñja-kaikkōḷa community, who was the son of Aṇukkan̤ Mahamalli, a peṇḍāṭṭi of the vēḷam of Irāsakēsari-panmar.

This inscription which is damaged in some places contains the praśasti of the king beginning with Tiṅgaēḷr taru, etc. It states that the Peruṁgur̤i sabhai of Pāvaikkuḍi, a Brahmadēyam in Veṇṇāḍu in Uyyakoṇḍār-vaḷanāḍu, assembled under the tamarind tree on the bank of the Sutamallivāykkāl, decided to give lands, made tax-free, for (worship and offerings) to the image of a certain deity (name not clear), set up in the temple of the god Tirunallamuḍaiya-mahādēvar at Tirunallam, a Brahmadēyam in Veṇṇāḍu in the same [vaḷa*]nāḍu. The land was given to the temple as ir̤aiyili (made tax-free) on receipt from the temple a sum of 135 kāśu plus 3¼ mā kāśu. It is stated that the sabhai had agreed to bear all the expenses connected with the land, and that permission to get this record engraved on the temple and on copper-sheet was given to the temple servants. After this a long list of the names of the members of the sabhai is appended.

This inscription refers to the king as ‘who destroyed the ships at Śālai’ It records a gift of land specified in detail by a certain Ar̤injigai Nin̤r̤an of Vaḍagarai-maṅgalam in Veṇṇāḍu for worship and offerings in the temple of the god Tirumūlattān̤amuḍaiya-mahādēvar of the same place. It is stated that the worship was offered 4 times daily and provision for food-offerings, 4 nandā lamps, and one sandhi lamp for bathing image of the deity in ghee, milk, and curds on Saṅkrānti days, for clothes and for the kalaśa-pūja ceremony was made by the same donor. It also records a gift of land to the uvachchars of the temple for sounding one talaippar̤ai, three maddaḷi, one karaḍigai, one sēgaṇḍi and one pair (aṇai) of hand-bell (kaimaṇi). It records yet another gift by the same donor of land to those who performed the services of alagiḍudal and mel̤ukkiḍudal in the temple.