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INSCRIPTIONS
COLLECTED DURING THE YEAR 1905-1906
JATAVARMAN
SUNDARAPANDYA I
No. 196
(Page No.
158)
(A.
R. No. 196 of 1906)
South
Arcot District, Tirukkoyilur Taluk, Gramam.
Sivalokanatha
Temple – On The South Wall Of The Selvambika Shrine.
Jat.
Sundara-Pandya I – 18th Year (A.D. 1268-69)
The
inscription begins with the Sanskrit prasati of
the king, Samastajagad-adhara
etc. The record is damaged. It seems to register
an endowment of land made by the king expenses of
worship and offerings to the deity of the day of a
special festival instituted in his name, and for the
formation of a garden where the god was to be taken in
procession on such occasions. Provision is also made for
the daily supply of 200 lotus flowers to the temple and
of 2000 lilies on festival days by the grant of 2-¼
veli of land to one Vikrama-pandyan alias Sri
Mulasthana-Velan for the purpose. The god is called
Sriyarruttali Mulasthanam-Udaiyar
Bokkanankuduttaruliya-Nayanar.
No.
197 (Page No.
159)
(A.
R. No. 197 of 1906)
South
Arcot District, Tirukkoyilur Taluk, Gramam.
Sivalokanatha
Temple – On The West And South
Walls Of
The Same Shrine.
Jat.
Sundara-Pandya I – 15th Year (A.D.
1265-66).
This
also begins with the prasasti Samasta-jagad-adhara etc.
It is damaged in places. The inscription records
(another) endowment by the king of 9 ½ veli of land,
free of all taxes, for the expenses of the service
instituted in the temple in the name of the ruling king
by Vira-Pandya. Reference is made to some lands granted
in the time of Kopperunjingadeva.
No.
198 (Page No.
160)
(A.
R. No. 198 of 1906)
South
Arcot District, Tirukkoyilur Taluk, Gramam.
Sivalokanatha
Temple – On The North And West Walls Of The Same
Shrine.
Jat.
Sundara-Pandya I – 19th Year (A.D.
1269-70).
This
also begins with the same introduction
Samasta-jagad-adhara etc. It is damaged in the middle
portion. It registers another endowment of land tax-free
by the king, but the extent of the land and the purpose
of the gift are lost in the damaged portion. Out of this
land one veli was to be set apart as jivita for
Vikrama-Pandyan alias Sri Mulasthana-velan (mentioned in
No. 196 above) for a (further) daily supply of 1200
lotus flowers to the temple.
No.
260 (Page No.
204)
(A. R. No. 260 of
1906)
North Arcot
District, Cheyyar Taluk, Narasamangalam.
Ruined Siva
Temple – On The South Wall Of The Central Shrine.
Jat.
Sundara-Pandya I – 7th Year (A.D. 1257-58)
The
inscription commences with introduction Samasta jagad
adhara etc., which is however a short one in this case.
The details of the date are given as Vrischika, ba. 3,
Monday, Mrigasirsha corresponding to A.D. 1256, November
4. The record is incomplete stopping with the mention of
one Pundravardhana Narayana-Bhatta, a nambi performing
worship in the temple of Arulala-Perumal at Tiruvattiyur
a quarter of Tenai Perumbakkam, and of another person, a
resident of Dusi Agaram, to whom the uravar of
Narasamangalam in Mavandur nadu a division of
Kaliyur-kottam in Jayangondasola-mandalam are said to
have sold their village in public
auction.
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