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South Indian Inscriptions


 

INSCRIPTIONS COLLECTED DURING THE YEAR 1906

PARANTAKA

No.303

(A. R. No. 303 of 1906)

North Arcot District, Walajapet Taluk, Tirumalpuram.

Ruined Vishnu Temple --- On The Same Wall.

Parantaka I --- 31st Year (A.D. 937-38)

This registers a gift of land for burning a perpetual lamp in the temple of Perumanadigal at Govindapadi in Valla-nadu by Amudan Perral alias Pallavan Madeviyar of Kanattur in Umbala-nadu the queen of Solapperumanadigal (Parantaka).

No. 307

(A. R. No. 307 of 1906)

North Arcot District, Walajapet Taluk, Tirumalpuram.

Ruined Vishnu Temple --- On The Same Wall

Madiraikonda Rajakesarivarman (Sundara – Chola- Parantaka II) -- 17th Year (A.D. 968-69)

This records a joint gift by three persons providing for burning a perpetual lamp in the temple of Govindapadi-perumanadigal.

No. 308

(A. R. No. 308 of 1906)

North Arcot District, Walajapet Taluk, Tirumalpuram.

Ruined Vishnu Temple --- On The Same Wall.

Madiraikonda Rajakesarivarman (Sundara – Chola-Parantaka Ii) 17th Year                                       (A.D.968-69)                                           

This also records a gift for a perpetual lamp of 96 sheep by one Kesavan Raman alias Sembiyan Panaiyurnattu – Velan of Panaiyur in Panaiyur – nadu a division of Solanadu on the Southern bank of the river (kaveri), to the temple at GovindaPadi.         

No. 309

(A. R. No. 309 of 1906)

North Arcot District, Walajapet Taluk, Tirumalpuram.

Ruined Vishnu Temple --- On The Same Wall.

Parantaka I --- 31st Year (A.D. 967-68) 

This is damaged. It seems to record a gift made to the temple at Govindapadi, of a gold salver to hold the sacred offerings to the deity, by the King on the day of a solar eclipse, when he visited the temple and made a present of svanamedani (suvarnamedini (?) to the god. 

No. 310

(A. R. No. 310 of 1906)

North Arcot District, Walajapet Taluk, Tirumalpuram.

Ruined Vishnu Temple --- On The Same Wall.

Parantaka I --- 40th Year (A.D. 966-67) 

The king is called Parakesarivarman “who took Madirai and Ilam”. This is also damaged and perhaps also engraved by an ignorant scribe. It registers an endowment of 2000 kuli of land after purchase by Devan Govindan alias piranta [ka*] Anukki Solanayakan of Pulikudi (?) in Serrur-kurram for burning a perpetual lamp in the temple at Govindapadi in Valla-nadu. 

No. 311

(A. R. No. 311 of 1906)

North Arcot District, Walajapet Taluk, Tirumalpuram.

Ruined Vishnu Temple --- On The Same Wall.

Parantaka I --- 34th Year (A.D. 940-41)

This records a gift of 30 pon for making a crown to (the image god) Govindapadi-Perumanadigal by Olukkai Viranarayanan alias Anantavikrama-pallavaraiyar probably an officer of the king.

No. 313

(A. R. No. 313 of 1906)

North Arcot District, Walajapet Taluk, Tirumalpuram.

Ruined Vishnu Temple --- On The Same Wall.

Parantaka I (Parakesarivarman Who Took Madirai And Ilam)

41st Year (A.D. 947—48)

This records a gift of 100 sheep for a perpetual lamp in the temple of perumanadigal at Govindapadi by Nediyatali Puvan Maran a native of  Kodungolur in Malainadu. 

No. 314

(A. R. No. 314 of 1906)

North Arcot District, Walajapet Taluk, Tirumalpuram.

Ruined Vishnu Temple --- On The Same Wall.

Parantaka I – 31st Year (A.D. 937-38)

This records a gift of a perpetual lamp to the Perumanadigal at Govindapadi in Valla-nadu a division of Damarkottam in Tondai-nadu, by queen Amanima-Deviyar on behalf on her elder sister Kamban Gunakanti. The donor is also called Rasingam and referred to as a Manavasi (native) of Poliyur in Poliyur-Nadu adivision of Pandi-nadu.

No. 318

(A. R. No. 318 of 1906)

North Arcot District, Walajapet Taluk, Tirumalpuram.

Ruined Vishnu Temple --- On The Same Wall.

Parantaka I – Date Lost.

This is a mere fragment of an inscription. Below it are found two lines of writing which mention some  agreement (ottolai) given by Orri Rajadittan a resident of the village and by some others.

No. 319

(A. R. No. 319 of 1906)

North Arcot District, Walajapet Taluk, Tirumalpuram.

Ruined Vishnu Temple --- On The Same Wall.

Parantaka I –12th Year (A.D. 918 – 19) 

This registers an endowment (details not given) made by one Mayan peruman of Punjirrur in Kilar – kurram for the daily feeding of five Brahmanas in the matha (attached to the temple) of Perumanadigal at Govindapadi in tondai – nadu.

No. 341

(A. R. No. 341 of 1906)

North Arcot District, Walajapet Taluk, Tirumalpuram.

Ruined Vishnu Temple --- On The Same Walls.

Parantaka I --- 39th Year (A.D. 945 – 46)

The details of the date are given as Ani, su. 5, Mula, Friday which would correspond to A.D. 946.

This registers a sale on this date of 12 patti of tax-free garden land at Pidariyar kulattur belonging to Karrali Mayiletti Nilakantan, a merchant of Korramavalampadi in Kachchippedu (Kanchipuram) to the temple of Paramasvami at Govindapadi in Valla – nadu, a division of  Damarkottam. Among the boundaries of the land is mentioned a river called the Pariyaru. 

No. 347

(A. R. No. 347 of 1906)

Chingleput District, Kanchipuram Taluk, Uttukadu.

On A Stone Set Up Near The Local Tank Bund.

Parantaka I --- 32 Year (A.D. 938-39)

The inscription states that this tank was dug by Orriyur-Peruman son Narumanjirai (?) Kaliyotti of Urrukkadu a division of Urrukkattu-kottam.

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