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PANDYA INSCRIPTIONS
MEDIAEVAL PANDYAS
(JATAVARMAN
SRIVALLABHA.)
No. 226.
(A. R. No. 21 of
1927.)
Vijayanarayanam,
Nanguneri Taluk, Tirunelveli District.
On the
south wall of the Rajagopalasvamin temple.
This inscription dated in the 10th year of
Srivallabha is incomplete and refers to some transactions made in the 31st
year of Kulottunga-Choladeva, ‘who took Kollam’, relating to the
temples of Varaguna-Vinnagar-Alvar, Sathagopa-vinnagar Alvar and Sri
Raghavachakravartigal.
Vijayanarayana-chaturvedimangalam is stated to be a brahmadeya
in Nattarruppokku and a certain Sankaran Vasudevan of Turuttimangalam is said
to have been a person of note in the place (vide No. 231).
No. 227.
(A. R. No. 18 of
1929.)
Sivapuri,
Tiruppattur Taluk, Ramanathapuram District.
On the
north wall of the second prakara in the Svayamprakasa temple.
Dated in the 10th year of the king, this
record of Sirvallabha without any distinguishing attributes, registers
the gift of land in a plot called Tokkalivayal by a certain lady Panjan Uyyavandal of Aruviyur for a lamp to be
burnt in the temple of Tiruttandonrisvaram-Udaiyar.
No. 228.
(A. R. No. 111 of
1908.)
Tiruppattur,
Tiruppattur Taluk, Ramanathapuram District.
On the
north wall of the mandapa in the Tiruttalisvara temple.
This epigraph dated in the tenth year and 205th
day of the king registers remission of taxes amounting to 43 2/20 madai
on two hamlets for providing worship to the god Tiruttali-Mahadeva at
Tiruppattur a brahmadeya in Keralasinga-valanadu. At the request of Kalingarayan the king is
stated to have issued this order while he was seated in the pallikkattil
called Pandiyan in the hall Alagiyapandiyan in the inner
precincts of the palace at Madurai.
An officer named Parakramapandiya-Uttaramantri figures in
the record and so a Parakram-Pandya must have been a predecessor or at least a
contemporary of this Srivallabhadeva.
No. 229.
(A. R. No. 318 of
1908.)
Kuruvitturai,
Nilakkottai Taluk, Madurai District.
On the
north wall of the Chitrarathavallabha-Perumal temple.
This order was issued when the king was seated in the sat Pandiyarajan in the Alagiyapandiayan hall in the
palace at Solantaka-chaturvedimangalam in Paganurkurram and the 11th
year quoted in the sixth line of the record was the year in which it was
issued. Siddhakutti-Madhavan alias
Solamuttaraiyan, the kilan of Mangadu in Mangadu-nadu, a subdivision of
Puliyur-kottam, a division of Tondaimandalam had endowed some lands to the
temple of Tiruchchakrattalvar in the village in the 2nd year,
apparently of this king himself, but as a portion of them was not in the enjoyment
of the temple as tax-free devadana the king rectified this defect on a
representation made by his officer Kalingarajan. It is stated that the lands had been reconstituted into a new
village called Kulasekharamangalam from the 2nd year itself from
which it can be inferred that a Pandya king named Kulasekhara flourished at
this time. A channel called parakramapandiyapperaru
is also mentioned.
No. 230.
(A. R. No. 423 of
1929-30.)
Attur,
Tiruchchendur Taluk, Tirunelveli District.
On a
pillar in the antara of the
Somanatha temple.
Dated in the 1[1]th year of Jatavarman
Srivallabha this record registers a gift of sheep and a lamp-stand by a
brahmana lady named Andamaichchani, the wife of a certain
Sarangapani-Tirunilakanthan of Rajaraja-chaturvedimangalam, a brahmadeya
in Mulli-nadu, a subdivision of Pandi-nadu. The same lady also made a gift of money for feeding itinerant pilgrims
who came to the village (apurvigalay vanda). The lamp-stand is stated to have been cast with a figure of a
woman holding a lamp.
No. 231.
(A. R. No. 27 of
1927.)
Vijayanarayanam,
Nanguneri Taluk, Tirunelveli District.
On a stone
called Vaniyan kallu near a tank.
This record dated in the 12th year of Jatavarman
Srivallabha relates to the breaching of the tank called Manomayaneri at
Vijay-narayana-chaturvedimangalam and to its being closed by a certain Nambi
Sankaran Vasudevan of Turuttimangalam who was in charge of the village under
Iravi Kodaivarman, the ruler of Venadu. This agent is also stated to have made an endowment of land so that from
its income the bund of the tank may be repaired and maintained every year. The channel, which was also repaired by him,
got the new name of Vasudevapperaru (See No. 226 above)
This record is of interest as it gives the information that
the Venadu ruler Ravi kodai was a contemporary of Jatavarman Srivallabha.
No. 232.
(A. R. No. 476 of
1929-30.)
Sendamangalam,
Tiruchchendur Taluk, Tirunelveli District.
On the
west wall of the central shrine in the Kailasanatha temple.
This record is dated in the 12th year of Jatavarman Srivallabhadeva, and registers
sale of land by the assembly of some village, whose name is lost to the temple
of god Kailasamudaiya-Nayanar at Sendamangalam in Arrur, a brahmadeya in Kudanadu. The assembly is stated to have met in a mundapa in the
temple of god Tirunarayana-vinnagar-alvar at the same village. Mention is made of Srivallabha-valanadu, a
division of Pandi-nadu.
No. 233.
(A. R. No. 235 of
1923.)
Tirukkoshtiyur,
Tiruppattur Taluk, Ramanathapuram District.
On a pillar
in the mandapa in the nachchiyar
shrine in the Saumyanarayana temple.
This record is dated in the 13th year of Jatavarman
Srivallabha whose historical
introduction is summarized in the words ‘Sri-meykirttikkumel’ and registers the gift of takes amounting to
100 panam by the nattavar of Solapandya-valanadu, a sub-division
of Keralasinga-valanadu, for burning two lamps in the temple of Sokka-narayana
at Tirukkottiyur. This amount was
agreed to be paid annually from nattuviniyogam along with the nattuvari.
No. 234.
(A. R. No. 291 of
1923.)
Tirukkoshitiyur,
Truppattur Taluk, Ramanathapuram
District.
On the
east wall of the storeroom of the Saumyanarayana temple.
This record is dated in the 13th year of Jatavarman
Srivallabha and was issued from the throne called Kalingattaraiyan in
the Alagiyapandiyan-kudam. From it
we learn that the natal star of the king was Chittirai and that the king
remitted certain-taxes on Andur alias Nattarmangalam and Purkuli in
favour of the temple of Alagiya-manavalalvar in the east of the Periyakoyil at
Tirukkosatiyur for the conduct of a nine-day festival in the month of Aippasi,
lending with the day of the king’s asterism, Chittirai.
No. 235.
(A. R. No. 52 of
1929.)
Sivapuri,
Tiruppattur Taluk, Ramanathapuram District.
On the
north wall of the second prakara in the Svayam rakasa temple.
This inscription dated in the 15th year of
the reign of Srivallabha registers a gift of land made by Arasu
Madalaikkuttan alias Sivakarunalayan, a merchant of the Manigramam
guild of Kodumbalur for providing pittu offering to the god
Tiruttandoorisvaram-udaiyar.
The Manigramam guild of Kodumbalur is mentioned in an
earlier record of the time of the Chola king Parakesarivarman from Salem. Aruviyur, a village near Sivapuri was a
trading center and was called Desi-uyyavanda-pattam. Merchants from different localities must have colonized this
settlement.
No. 236.
(A. R. No. 324 of
1908.)
Kuruvitiurai,
Nilakkottai Taluk, Madurai District.
On the
west wall of the Chitraratha-vallabha-Perumal temple.
This record of Srivallabha is dated in the 16th
year and the 171st day. It is connected with No. 229 of the 11th year of the king
registering donations made by Mangadu-kilan, which are referred to here. These lands which had been taken up for
cultivation by a certain Sarvakratukkal had to be irrigated by a new channel
but as the sabhaiyar of
Solantaka-chaturvedimangalam objected to the digging of a new channel, the
lands could not be cultivated. On the
representation of Kalingarajan, the exchange in respect of one plat of land
recorded in No. 229 was cancelled and the lands were exempted from the payment
of antarayam taxes for four years.
No. 237.
(A. R. No. 439 of
1929-30.)
Attur,
Tiruchchendur Taluk, Tirunelveli District.
On a
pillar in the south verandah of the fist prakara in the somanatha
temple.
This record of Jatavarman Srivallabha, which
commences with the usual historical introduction, is dated in the 16th
year of the king. It is much damaged;
but from the legible portions it appears to register some gift of land to a
certain Soman who is described as a Santikkuttan or one who enacted Santikkuttus,
a variety of dance and stage-play. This kuttu is defined in the commentary on the Sileppadikaram, the
early Tamil epic.
No. 238.
(A. R. No. 97 of
1908.)
Tiruppattur,
Tiruppattur Taluk, Ramanathapuram District.
On the
south wall of the mandapa in the Tiruttalisvara temple.
This record is dated in the 17th year of the
king. It registers a gift of money left
with the mulaparishad of the
village by a merchant of Aruviyur alias Desi-uyyavandapattanam named
Vdugan Uyyavandan of Tanjavur, for a flower garden for the supply of karumugai flowers to the temple of Tiruttaliyanda-Nayanar at Tirupputtur. The flower garden was called
Kilaittondiyuran-Uyyavandan.
No. 239.
(A. R. No. 231 of
1916.)
Tiruvalisvaram,
Ambaamudram Taluk, Tirunelveli District.
On the
south wall of the central shrine in the Tiruvalisvara temple.
This damaged record of the king
is dated in his 17th year and registers the exemption on taxes
granted on the devadana village named Sivacharanasekharanallur belonging to the temple of
Tiruvalisvaram-Udaiyar at Rajaraja-chaturvedimangalam, a brahmadeya in
Mulli-nadu. The order was issued by the
Senapatigal Rajaraja-Vellappa-Nadalvar and the document is signed by
Manabharana-Uttaramantrin. The ingraver
bears the name of Parakramapandya-perundachchan.
No. 240.
(A. R. No. 474 of
1916.)
Ten Tiruppuvanam, Ambasamudram Taluk, Tirunelveli District.
On the
south wall of the Pushpavanesvara temple.
This record dated in the 17th year of the
king registers a gift of sheep by Kilavan Appan alias
Srivallabha-Pandyakkon of Korkai in Kuda-nadu for burning two lamps in the
temple of Ten-Tiruppuvanamudaiya-Mahadeva in Mulli-nadu, a sub-division of
Pandi-nadu.
No. 241.
(A. R. No. 16 of
1927.)
Vijayanarayanam,
Nanguneri Taluk, Tirunelveli District.
On the
south wall of the central shrine in the Adinathaperumal Temple.
At the time of issuing this record dated in the 17th
year and relating to the temple of Varaguna-vinnagar-Alvar at
Vijayanarayana-chaturvedimangalam, the king was staying at his camp in that
place. The inscription is
incomplete. Some gift for worship to
god Sathakopa-vinnagar-Alvar is also referred to.
No. 242.
(A. R. No. 37 of
1929.)
Sivapuri,
Tiruppattur Taluk, Ramanathapuram District.
On the
south wall of the second prakara in the Svayamprakasa temple.
This inscription dated in the 18th year of
the king relates to the gift of one ma of land in Aruviyur as measured
by kuditangi by Arumunaigandar which was purchased from the officials of
Devar Duvarapativelar, for the expenses of the temple of god Pillaiyar
Desinayaka at Aruviyur alias Desi-Uyyavanadapattanam in
Keralasinga-valanadu. It is not known
why this record was engraved in this temple.
No. 243.
(A. R. No. 39 of
1929.)
Sivapuri,
Tiruppattur Taluk, Ramanathapuram District.
On the
south Wall of the second prakara in the Svayamprakasa temple.
This record of the 18th year relates to
the founding of an agaram called Seyyamangalam with the new name of
Ambalattadi-chaturvedimangalam, by Kanda-Sundan alias Duvarapativelan,
for the merit of Sundan-Kandan alias Duvarapativelan, who was presumably
his father. The lands in the village
were divided into twenty shares and granted to 20 brahmanas who colonized
therein. A tax of one diramam per ma of cultivated land, and no other tax was ordered to be levied on
these colonies. The document was caused
to be engraved in the temple by Sundan Pagaivenra-Kandan alias
Duvarapativelan.
No. 244.
(A. R. No. 532 of
1911.)
Sermadevi,
Ambasamudram Taluk, Tirunelveli District.
On the
west wall of the first prakara in the Bhaktavatsala temple.
This record of the 19 + 1st year has to be
attributed to Jatavarman Srivallabha though there are no specific
indications of this identity. It
registers gifts of money by a certain Atkondavilli, Attiyuralvan and
Uyyakkondan of Attiyur for burning lamps in the temple of
Sribhaktapriyattu-ninraruliya-Paramasvamin at Seravanmadevi-chaturvedimangalam
a brahmadeya in Mulli-nadu.
No. 245.
(A. R. No. 100 of
1905.)
Ambasamudram,
Ambasamudram Taluk, Tirunelveli District.
On the
north wall of the Erichchavadaiyar shrine.
This inscription is dated in the 20th year of
Jatavarman Srivallabha and registers a gift of land for the expenses of the
temple of god Tiruppottudaiya-mahadevar at Rajaraja-chaturvedimangalam a brahmadeya
in Mulli-nadu. The previous tenants of
this land were removed and it was renamed as Nalayira-vilagam and made tax free
from the day Jupiter enters Kumbha.
No. 246.
(A.R. No. 108 of
1908.)
Tiruppattur,
Tiruppattur Taluk, Ramanthapuram District.
On the
north wall of the mandapa in the
Tiruttalisvara temple.
This record of the 20th year of
Tribhuvanachakravartin Srivallabhadeva registers a gift of 25 cows and a
bull by a vellala of Kurralur in Keralasinga-valanadu, for a lamp in the
temple of Sritali-Paramesvara at Tirupputtur.
No. 247.
(A. R. No. 109 of
1908.)
Tiruppattur,
Tiruppattur Taluk, Ramanathapuram District.
On the
north wall of the mandapa in the
Tiruttalisvara temple.
This record, which is also dated in the 20th year of the
king, registers the gift of 25 cows and a bull by the wife of Mahamatra
Periyalvan of Budanur in Marugal-nadu, a subdivision of Geyamanikka-valanadu, a
district of Sola-manadalam. Swanalikkal
is mentioned as the temple measure.
No. 248.
(A. R. No. 115 of
1908.)
Tiruppattur,
Tiruppattur Taluk, Ramanathapuram District.
On the
north wall of the kitchen in the Tiruttalisvara temple.
This record is also dated in the 20th year
of the same king and states that the kitchen (irumalaippalli) in the
temple of Tiruttaliyandar at Tiruppattur, a brahamadeya in
Keralasinga-valanadu was constructed by Ulagamulududaiyar, who is called the
queen (mudikkil-nambirattiyar)
No. 249.
(A. R. No. 38 of
1929.)
Sivapuri,
Tiruppattur Taluk, Ramanathapuram District.
On the
south wall of the second prakara in the Svayamprakasa temple.
This record states that Velan Uyyaniraduvan of Pandangudi in
Sura-nadu made a gift of a field called Anjadagadan for the kitchen expenses in the temple of
Tiruttandonir-Isvaramudaiyar at Nripasekhara-chaturvedimangalam in the 20th
year of the reign of Srivallabhadeva.
No. 250.
(A. R. No. 371 of
1929-30.)
Kattarimangalam,
Tiruchchendur Taluk, Tirunelveli District.
On the
south wall of the Vira-Pandyesvara temple.
This record which begins with the usual historical
introduction is dated in the 19th year and 500th
day of Jatavarman Srivallabha, and was issued while he was seated on the
throne called Kalingattaraiyan in his palace at Madurai in the Subdivision
Madakkulakkil. On the representation of
Sundara-Pandya, who is described as ‘nam-pilai’, the lands in the village of
Kattanimangalam belonging to the temple of god Manavira-vinnagar-Alvar in
Manavira-valanadu were transferred as tax-free devadana for the expenses
of worship, etc., in the temple of Virapandyesvaram-Udaiyar of the village.
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