The Indian Analyst

117

Maḍappuram (H a m l e t of
Vīrāṇanallūr).

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Śaka 165[1]

Do.

Damaged. Mentions Vasavappa. Another stone lying nearby
contains fragments of the imprecatory portions of a late
inscription.

118

Tirumūlasthānam.─Stone set up
in front of the Mūlasthānēśvara
temple.

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Śaka 1641, Hēviḷaṁbi
(wrong), Āvaṇi, 17
(?), Tiruvōṇam.

Do.

States that Cheṭṭiyappa, son of Chandiraiya having worshipped
(at the temple of) Mūlasthānam-uḍaiyār, undertook to build
the northern compound wall of the temple and completed it
on the specified date. The donor is stated to be the agent of
Veṅkaṭādri-Nāyaka.

119

North wall of the central shrine,
same temple.

Chōḷa

Kulōttuṅga-Chōḷadēva

[40]th year

Do.

Damaged. Seems to record a gift for a perpetual lamp in the
temple of Mūlasthānam-uḍaiyār.

120

Another inscription in the same
wall, near the image of Sūrya.

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Do.

Do. Registers a gift of 5 kāśu for a perpetual lamp in the
temple.

121

A third inscription on the same
wall, near the image of Brahmā.

Chōḷa

Kulōttuṅga-Chōḷadēva

40th year

Do.

Partly built in. Seems to refer to some agreement arrived at
among the Śivabrāhmaṇas of Vīranārāyaṇachaturvēdimaṅ-
galam in Virudarājabhayaṅkara-vaḷanāḍu.

122

West wall of the central shrine, to
the proper right of the Umā-
mahēśvara image.

Do.

Rājēndra-Chōḷa, son of Rājarāja-
dēva.

27th year (in words)

Sanskrit verse in
Grantha.

Records the provision made for worship in the temple of
Mūlasthāna-Mahēśvara.

123

Same wall, proper left of the Umā-
mahēśvara image.

Do.

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Tamil

Contains in full the introduction, Tirumanni-vaḷara, of
Rājēndra Chōḷa I.

124

Another inscription in the same
place.

Do.

Parakēsarivarman VikramaChōḷadēva.

9th year

Do.

Records provision made for the daily offerings in the temple of
Mūlasthānam-uḍaiya Mahādēva at Vīranārāyaṇa-chaturvēdi-
maṅgalam situated in Virudarājabhayaṅkara-vaḷanāḍu. Also
registers a gift of one pon for the midday worship of the god.

125

South wall of the central shrine,
near the image of Dakshiṇāmūrti, same temple.

Do.

Rājakēsarivarman

[15]th year

Do.

Registers a gift of 8 kāśu and ten house sites with the stipula-
tion that out of the proceeds of these gifts four perpetual
lamps are to be kept in the temple of Mūlasthāna-Paramēś-
vara.

126

Same wall, near the image of
Agastya.

Do.

Parakēsarivarman ‘who took the
head of the Pāṇḍya’.

[4]th year

Do.

Built in. Seems to record a gift of tax-free land and 5 kaḷañju
of gold by Pallava….. to the god at Mūlasthāna.

127

Two stray stones built into the
walls of the maṇḍapa inside the
same temple.

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Do.

Fragmentary. Seems to record an endowment by several
individuals to the temple of Mūlattāmani-uḍaiyar. In
characters of about the 12th century A.D.

128

Second tier of the north wall, same
temple.

Chōḷa

Tribhuvanachakravartin Rāja-
rājadēva.

1[9th] year

Do.

Registers a gift of 200 kāśu for supply of oil for a perpetual
lamp in the temple of Mūlasthānam-uḍaiyār at Vīranārayaṇa-
chaturvēdimaṅgalam by several individuals.

129

Second and third tiers of the same
wall.

Do.

Do.

14th year

Do.

Records an endowment of 200 kāśu to the same temple by
Tiruchchirraṁbaḷam-uḍaiyān for perpetual lamps. The
endowment seems to have been entrusted to the sabhā.




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