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INSCRIPTIONS
COLLECTED DURING THE YEAR 1906
MARAVARMAN
SUNDARA PANDYA II
No.
387
(A.
R. No. 387 of 1906)
Tiruchirapalli
District, Pudukkottai State, Tirumayyam.
Rock-Cut
Siva Temple – On The South Wall.
Mar.
Tribh. Sundara-Pandyadeva (Ii*)---
7th Year (A.D. 1245).
The
details of date are given as [Risha ]bha, 13,su. 10, Sunday, Uttiram,
which would correspond to A.D. 1245, May 7.
The
inscription gives details of the settlement of a long standing dispute
between the trustees of the two adjoining Siva and Vishnu temples of
Tirumeyyattu Mahadeva and Tirumeyyattu – Ninraruliya – Peruman,
which had resulted in the negleet of their lands and the stoppage of
worship in both. A meeting was held in the presence of Appanna –
Dandanayaka, the brother-in-law of Ravideva Dandanayaka (who is said to
have taken possession of the nadu on behalf of his lord Hoysala
Vira- Somesvara), of all the representative inhabitants of the naud
nagaram and the Villages of Kana-nadu alias
Virudarajabhayankara-valanadu, and several other important persons of
whom a long list is given. They sent for the two parties concerned and
asked for the accounts as they stood on that day. They then arrived at
an arrangement satisfactory to both. The paddy yield of some lands
common to them was to be shared in the ratio of two to three. Lands at
Urriyur and Mangalam except those specifically assigned to one or the
others were divided equally. Some devadana lands belonging
exclusively to the Vishnu temple were exchanged for those of another
Siva temple of the place called Vanavanmadisvaram- Udaiyur. Certain
lands were to go to the priests of the Vishnu temple and certain others
assigned to the Siva temple. Lands at Andakkudi and Perundurai were to
continue in the name of Ninraruliya-Peruman as before. The spring to the
east was to belong to this god and
the stone well near the bali-pitha to Mahadeva. A dividing
wall of erected between the two temples, was to be built according to a
specified plan, leaving the western portion of the two temples open.
Each temple was to bear its own cost of maintaining the uvachchar
playing music in the temple according to its needs. Old stone
inscriptions relating to each temple except those, which had been
cancelled, were to be re-engraved in the respective temples having been
copied over from the other.
This
arbitration of the dispute by Appanna-Dandanayaka and the mention of the
conquest of Kana-nadu by Vira-Somesvara from an unknown adversary in the
reign and country of the Pandya king, deserve to be noted, as perhaps
showing the dependence of the latter upon the former and
the friendly relations of the two at the time. There are four more lines
mentioning names of signatories, but they are hopelessly damaged.
(A.
R. No. 387 A of 1906)
Tiruchitapalli
District, Pudukkottai State, Tirumayyam.
Rock-Cut
Siva Temple – In The Same Place.
This
is built in at the beginning of lines and is also incomplete. It is a
verse inscription in characters of about the 13th century
A.D. It seems to be in praise of some merchant community whose members
made name and money in such cities as Varunapati, Vellur Nellur, Kanchi,
Pumpugar, Palaiyarai and Ten-Madurapuri. It refers to a gift of lamp to
god Siva at Madurai (Manendiya-Karamudai-Marudar).
No.
388
(A.
R. No. 388 of 1906)
Tiruchirapalli
District, Pudukkottai State, Tirumayyam.
Rock-Cut
Temple --- On The Same Wall.
Mar.
Tribh. Sundara Pandyadeva (II) --- 10+1st Year. (A.D.
1249-50)
The
inscription is damaged in places. It records an endowment of some lands
measuring 8 ma in extent, as urkkil-iraiyili by the Sabha
of Tirumayyam for the maintenance of the Uvachchar in the temple
of Mahadevar, at the instance of the representatives of the Nadu,
Nagaram and the villages. The epigraph makes a reference to the
settlement of the dispute mentioned in No. 387 above. A certain
Tiruvengadattunambi is said to have made a representation to (dandanayakkar)
Appannar on behalf of the temple on this matter, in answer to which the
above permission was accorded to the Sabha for the endowment.
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