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INSCRIPTIONS
COLLECTED DURING THE YEAR 1906-07
Parantaka
I
No.12
(Page No 5)
(A.
R. No. 12 of. 1907)
Tiruvisalur,
Kumbhakonam Taluk, Tanjavur
District
Sivayoganatha
temple--- on the same wall
Parantaka
I : year 16 : 922-23 A.D.
This
record a gift of 180 sheep for burning two perpetual lamps in the temple
of Perumanadigal who was
pleased to say at Tiruvisalur, by one Arikulantakap-pallavaraiyan Alias
Markali the headman of Puliyar.
No.20
(Page No 11)
(A.
R. No. 20 of. 1907)
Tiruvisalur,
Kumbhakonam Taluk, Tanjavur District
Sivayoganatha
temple--- on the south wall
Parantaka
I : year 28 :934-35 A.D.
This
is an incomplete inscription of Parantaka I ( Madiraikonda
Parakesarivarman ) recording some gift made for burning a lamp in
the temple by serupadan Subrahmanyan a resident of Kulittandalai in
Kurumbur-nadu. This place is evidently the same as Kulittalai near Karur
in the Tiruchirappalli district.
No.22
(Page No 11)
(A.
R. No. 22 of. 1907)
Tiruvisalur,
Kumbhakonam Taluk, Tanjavur
District
Sivayoganatha
temple--- on the south wall
Parantaka
I : year 27 :933-34 A.D.
This
is damaged. It record a gift of 90 sheep for burning a lamp in the
temple by Nakkan serumirai of Milalai-nadu.
No.23
(Page No 12)
(A.
R. No. 23 of. 1907)
Tiruvisalur,
Kumbhakonam Taluk, Tanjavur
District
Sivayoganatha
temple--- on the south wall
Parantaka
I : year 41 :947-48 A.D.
This
is dated in the reign of parakesarivaraman who took Maduraim and Ilam.
It records a gift of 15 kalanju of gold by a lady named Kayilayan Utti
the wife of Eluvan Pidavan a merchant of the place, for burning a lamp
in the temple. With this amount a piece of land seems to have been
purchased by the temple. The details are lost in the damaged portion.
No.24
(Page No 13)
(A.
R. No. 24 of. 1907)
Tiruvisalur,
Kumbhakonam Taluk, Tanjavur
District
Sivayoganatha
temple--- on the south wall
Parantaka
I : year 16 :922-23 A.D.
This seems to record
a gift for a lamp in the temple by one Amalan Ayyaran the headman of
Iraiyankudi in
ngala-kurram, and also some provision made for the
sacred bath (and offering ?) of the deity on the day of Tiruvadirai (Ardra)
in Margali month.
No.27
(Page No 14)
(A.
R. No. 27 of. 1907)
Tiruvisalur,
Kumbhakonam Taluk, Tanjavur
District
Sivayoganatha
temple--- on the north wall of the central shrine
Parantaka
I : year 15 :921-22 A.D.
This records a gift
of 90 sheep for burning a lamp in the temple of Tiruvisalur
Perumanadigal by one Kavisiyan Mitunittannjan of Talaichchangadu. The sabha
and the Mahesvaras were
to protect this endowment.
No.29
(Page No 15)
(A. R.
No. 29 of. 1907)
Tiruvisalur,
Kumbhakonam Taluk, Tanjavur
District
Sivayoganatha
temple--- on the same wall
Parntaka
I : year 3
Published
in S.I.I., Vol. III, No.107
No.31
(Page No 15)
(A. R.
No. 31 of. 1907)
Tiruvisalur,
Kumbhakonam Taluk, Tanjavur
District
Sivayoganatha
temple--- on the same wall
Parntaka
I : year 22 :928-29 A.D.
This records a gift
of 96 sheep for a perpetual lamp in the temple of Tiruvisalur
Perumanadigal by Pagan Sarvadevan the headman of Kilinallur in
Kilar-kurram. The Sanskrit portion at the beginning makes mention the
gift of a gold fillet to the god by the same donor.
No.33
(Page No 16)
(A. R.
No. 33 of. 1907)
Tiruvisalur,
Kumbhakonam Taluk, Tanjavur
District
Sivayoganatha
temple--- on the same wall
Parntaka
I : date lost
This
records a gift of 90 sheep (to provide ghee) for a perpetual lamp in the
temple and another 8 sheep for burning a lamp on special days in a
month, by one Nayanavalli wife of a certain Kalikesari.
No.35
(Page No 11)
(A. R.
No. 35 of. 1907)
Tiruvisalur,
Kumbhakonam Taluk, Tanjavur
District
Sivayoganatha
temple--- on the same wall
Parntaka
I : year 27 : 928-29 A.D.
This records an
endowment in land (details not given) made by Pagan Sarvadevan (the
donor mentioned in No.31 above ) also called sembiyan Kilarnattukkon,
for the maintenance of a person bringing water daily from the Kaveri for
the sacred bath of the god Madeva-Bhattarakar of Tiruvisalur in
Vembarrur alias Avaninarayana-chaturvedimangalam, during the
three services in the temple.
No.38
(Page No 18)
(A. R.
No. 38 of. 1907)
Tiruvisalur,
Kumbhakonam Taluk, Tanjavur
District
Sivayoganatha
temple--- on the same wall
Parntaka
I : year 18 : 924-25 A.D.
This records a gift
of 90 sheep for a perpetual lamp in the temple by one Araiyan Kumaran of
puduvur in Tirunaraiyur-nadu.
No.39
(Page No 18)
(A. R.
No. 39 of. 1907)
Tiruvisalur,
Kumbhakonam Taluk, Tanjavur
District
Sivayoganatha
temple--- on the same wall
Parntaka
I : year 30 : 936-37 A.D.
This is left
incomplete stopping with the mention of some provision for burning a
lamp in the temple of Tiruvasalur-Perumanadigal.
No. 61
(Page No 37)
(A. R.
No. 61 of 1907)
Kattamanchi,
Chittoor Taluk, Chittoor District
On a
rock in a garden known as Navabu-topu
Parantaka
I: year 31 : 937-38 A.D.
This is dated in the
31st year of Madiraikonda Parakesarivarman (Parantaka I) and
registers the sale of some land under the tank free of all taxes, also
of another plot irrigated by means of water lift in the village
Kilai-Kattamachchi in Tuynadu, to a resident of the village by the urar
(assembly) of the place.
No.
84
(Page No 51)
(A.
R. No. 84 of 1907 )
Ambasamudram,
Amgasamudram Taluk, Tirunelveli District
Tirumalanathasvami
temple --- on the base of a ruined shrine
This
is badly damaged Vatteluttu record which seems to belong to Parakesarivarman
and to register a gift of sheep for burning a lamp in the temple.
No.
195
(Page No 149)
(A.
R. No. 195 of 1907)
Tiruvidaimarudur,
Kumbhakonam Taluk, Tanjavur District
Mahalingasvami
temple on the same wall
Parantaka
I : year 38 : 944-45 A.D.
This is an incomplete
inscription. It mentions a dry land measuring 2-3/4 veli and belonging to
the temple of Tiruvidamarudi Alvar with its boundaries specified. Among these was a channel branching off from the old course of
the river (Palankavir). Reference
is also made to an inscription of the affairs of the temple by one
Tirupadatperundinai , the agent of Irumu[di]sola-Pullavaraiyar of
Tiruvidaimariudil .
No.
201
(Page No 151)
(A.
R. No. 201 of 1907)
Tiruvidaimarudur,
Kumbhakonam Taluk, Tanjavur District
Mahalingasvami
temple on the same wall
Parantaka
I : year 20 : 926-27 A.D.
This record an
endowment of 40 kalanju of gold by one Eran Aiyaran of of Mulaiyur in Milalainady
for ponagam and porikkari offerings to the deity during the early morning service in
the temple of Mulasthanattu-Mahadeva. The sabha of Tiraimar received about half the amount and the
Urar
of the devadana of Tiraimur, the balance, and from this investment 60
kalam of paddy was payable every year as interest. The Sabha
held itself responsible for measuring a
padakku of paddy into the temple every morning.
No.
207
(Page No 154)
(A.
R. No. 207 of 1907)
Tiruvidaimarudur,
Kumbhakonam Taluk, Tanjavur District
Mahalingasvami
temple on the same wall
Parantaka
I : year 37 : 943-44 A.D.
An inscription of the
same year recording the improvement effected to a (temple) land for
making it cultivable by one Kavaramoli Madevan alias Tondaradippodi.
The yield
from this land seems to have been intended to meet the expenses of
worship of the (goddess) Bhattaraki.
No.
222
(Page No 159)
(A.
R. No. 222 of 1907)
Tiruvidaimarudur,
Kumbhakonam Taluk, Tanjavur District
Mahalingasvami
temple on the west wall
Of the
central shrine
Parantaka
I : year 37 : 943-44 A.D.
This inscription
seems to record a decision of the Sabha
of Tiraimur, the Nagarattar of Tiruvidaimarudil and some other dignitaries, who had met in
the Natakasalai of the temple,
to set apart the income from a certain (temple) land for the purchase of
180 nali of oil required for
burning lamps in the temple on the three festival days every month viz.
days of Arda and Satabhishaj and on Amavasya. Reference is made to the
administration (araychchi) of one Vasudevanar of Kurumbil.
No.
223
(Page No 159)
(A.
R. No. 223 of 1907)
Tiruvidaimarudur,
Kumbhakonam Taluk, Tanjavur District
Mahalingasvami
temple on the same wall
Parantaka
I : date lost
This is also an
inscription of Parantaka I, with its pieces disjointed and damaged.
It seems to register gifts of lands made by some persons to the
temple, including a plot of 9 ma
granted by a lady who is called a Talaikkoli
( a title of distinction in music). Mention is made of a daughter of one Talichcheri Devanar, but it
is not clear whether these two names refer to one and the same person.
No.
224
(Page No 160)
(A.
R. No. 224 of 1907)
Tiruvidaimarudur,
Kumbhakonam Taluk, Tanjavur District
Mahalingasvami
temple on the same wall
This is dated like
No.222 above in the 37th year but the kings name is not
given. It is damaged in
places. It refers to
Vasudevanar of Kurumbil and to some provision made by way of land-gift
for burning eight lamps every night during the sribali
offerings in the nataka-salai of the temple.
No.
227
(Page No 162)
(A.
R. No. 227 of 1907)
Tiruvidaimarudur,
Kumbhakonam Taluk, Tanjavur District
Mahalingasvami
temple on the same wall
Parantaka
I : year 37 : 943-44 A.D.
This refers to the
same (officer) Kurumbil Vasudevanar as in No. 222 above mentioned.
It records a division by the Sabha
and Nagarattar and others
assembled in the nataka-Sali
to burn a dipamala of
seventeen lights in front (of the central shrine) every night beginning
with twilight and ending with the midnight service of the deity, with
the income derived from two plots of dry land and 4
ma of garden land,
given on lease to a merchant by name Mayan sankaran of
Kumaramarttanda-puram.
No.
234
(Page No 165)
(A.
R. No. 234 of 1907)
Tiruvidaimarudur,
Kumbhakonam Taluk, Tanjavur District
Mahalingasvami
temple on the same wall
Parakesarivarman
: year 7
Published
in S.I.I. Vol. XIX, No.
181.
No.
235
(Page No 165)
(A.
R. No. 235 of 1907)
Tiruvidaimarudur,
Kumbhakonam Taluk, Tanjavur District
Mahalingasvami
temple on the south wall of the
central shrine
Parantaka
I : year 31 : 937-38 A.D.
This is damaged and
seems to register an endowment of 28
kalanju and odd of gold by one Tali Kumaran of Tengur in
Nalangilinallur-kurram to provide for feeding two Brahmanas in the
temple daily with the interest thereon, and another gift of money for
burning two perpetual lamps, before the deity.
No.
238
(Page No 166)
(A.
R. No. 238 of 1907)
Tiruvidaimarudur,
Kumbhakonam Taluk, Tanjavur District
Mahalingasvami
temple on the south wall of the central shrine
Parantaka
I : year [3]6 : 942-3 A.D.
This is damaged in
places. It seems to
register an endowment of 15 kalanju of gold with the interest on which 30
nali
of ghee was to be supplied to the temple on the day of Tiruvadirai in
Margali month. The donor
was a native of Irumbedu in Pagalur-nadu a division of Sengattu-kottam
in Tondai nadu.
No.
240
(Page No 167)
(A.
R. No. 240 of 1907)
Tiruvidaimarudur,
Kumbhakonam Taluk, Tanjavur District
Mahalingasvami
temple on the same wall
Parantaka
I : year 3[7] : 944-5 A.D.
This is an incomplete
fragment, stopping with the mention of Tiruvidaima-[rudil].
No.
241
(Page No 168)
(A.
R. No. 241 of 1907)
Tiruvidaimarudur,
Kumbhakonam Taluk, Tanjavur District
Mahalingasvami
temple on the same wall
Parantaka
I : year 29 : 936-7 A.D.
This registers a gift
of 96 sheep for burning a perpetual lamp in the temple for the merit of
a lady named Devan Perral by her son (?) Giriyan Adari of
Tiruttanda-puram.
No.
245
(Page No 169)
(A.
R. No. 245 of 1907)
Tiruvidaimarudur,
Kumbhakonam Taluk, Tanjavur District
Mahalingasvami
temple on the same wall
Parantaka
I : year 17 : 924-5 A.D.
This records an
agreement of the Nattar (assembly) of Tiruvilai-nadu to measure out once
every year in their own place, 360 kalam of paddy
(to a representative of the temple) for the daily offerings to the deity
(in their name) during the three service in the temple.
No.
246
(Page No 170)
(A.
R. No. 246 of 1907)
Tiruvidaimarudur,
Kumbhakonam Taluk, Tanjavur District
Mahalingasvami
temple on the same wall
This is a damaged
record probably of the same king (Parantaka I), mentioning a gift of 91
sheep for a lamp. The
temple authorities who received the gift agreed to make an offering of
rice in addition, to the deity on the day of Pushya in the month of Tai.
No.
248
(Page No 170)
(A.
R. No. 248 of 1907)
Tiruvidaimarudur,
Kumbhakonam Taluk, Tanjavur District
Mahalingasvami
temple on the same wall
Parantaka
I : year [12] : 919-20 A.D.
Like No. 246 above
this also registers a similar gift of 91 sheep for a perpetual lamp and
an offering to the god on the day of Pushya in Tai, by one Sankaran of
Puttur in Milalai-nadu.
No.
250
(Page No 172)
(A.
R. No. 250 of 1907)
Tiruvidaimarudur,
Kumbhakonam Taluk, Tanjavur District
Mahalingasvami
temple on the same wall
Parantaka
I : year 36 : 943-4 A.D.
This is damaged.
It records the gift of a golden fillet for the god and a dish
(for holding offerings) also made a gold, during the administration of
Vasudevan Kurumbil (figuring in No. 227 above.)
No.
251
(Page No 172)
(A.
R. No. 251 of 1907)
Tiruvidaimarudur,
Kumbhakonam Taluk, Tanjavur District
Mahalingasvami
temple on the same wall
Parantaka
I : year 34 :
941-2 A.D.
The inscription gives
the exact day of the transaction as 214 of the regnal year. It is damaged.
Mention
is made of a theft of the golden bowl and a fillet from the temple and
of their replacement, after recovering their cost (?) from those who
were probably responsible for it (by negligence).
No.
252
(Page No 172)
(A.
R. No. 252 of 1907)
Tiruvidaimarudur,
Kumbhakonam Taluk, Tanjavur District
Mahalingasvami
temple on the same wall
Parantaka
I : year 38 : 945-6 A.D.
This registers some
provision made for a perpetual lamp in the temple by one Anukkan Araiyan
for the merit of Arinjigai-Pirattiyar. This princes was the grand daughter of the king, being the
daughter of Arikulakesari (Arinjaya) and was married to a Bana chief, in
whose memory she made a gift to the temple at Tirunagesvaram in the
reign of Parantaka II Sundara-Chola (Vide S.I.I.,
Vol. XIII, No. 197).
No.
258
(Page No 177)
(A.
R. No. 258 of 1907)
Tiruvidaimarudur,
Kumbhakonam Taluk, Tanjavur District
Mahalingasvami
temple on the same wall
Parantaka
I : year [30] : 936-37
A.D.
This seem to record
an endowment after purchase of 2 veli
of land called the vanjittottam,
made by the assembly of Paradayakkudi in Nariyur-nadu, part of it being
meant for providing for the expenses of a festival in the temple in
honour of Varaguna-Vitankar (Nataraja) in the month of Vaigasi, and the
balance for the maintenance of musicians who were to play on instruments
during the early morning and other services in the temple. Refers to Kari Nakkanar as the agent of the king in
Kongu.
No.
259
(Page No 178)
(A.
R. No. 259 of 1907)
Tiruvidaimarudur,
Kumbhakonam Taluk, Tanjavur District
Mahalingasvami
temple on the same wall
Parantaka
I : year 24 : 930-31 A.D
This records the gift
of 90 sheep for a perpetual lamp in the temple, made by one Marudan
Puttan of Anaimangalam in Pattina-Kurram.
No.
261
(Page No 178)
(A.
R. No. 261 of 1907)
Tiruvidaimarudur,
Kumbhakonam Taluk, Tanjavur District
Mahalingasvami
temple on the same wall
Parantaka
I : year 19 : 925-26
A.D.
This records a gift
of 30 kalanju of gold by Kundavaidevi a relative (?) of queen
Kokkilanadigal, for burning a perpetual lamp in the temple of
Mulasthanattu-Perumadigal. The
amount is stated to have been deposited with the Sabha of Madana-mangalam in
Naraiyurnadu. An ulakku of oil was to be measured out every day in the temple
by a person appointed by the Sabha
for the purpose and he was to get a portion of the offered rice (for his
remuneration)
No.
262
(Page No 179)
(A.
R. No. 262 of 1907)
Tiruvidaimarudur,
Kumbhakonam Taluk, Tanjavur District
Mahalingasvami
temple on the same wall
Parantaka
I : year 18 : 924-25
A.D.
This records a gift
of 20 kalanju of gold
deposited with
Sankarappadiya (guild) of Kumaramarttandapuram in Tiraimur-nadu, by a
merchant of the place by name Nakkan Pandan, for a perpetual lamp in the
temple. The former agreed
to measure an ulakku of oil
every day.
No.
266
(Page No 182)
(A.
R. No. 266 of 1907)
Tiruvidaimarudur,
Kumbhakonam Taluk, Tanjavur District
Mahalingasvami
temple on the same wall
Parantaka
I : year 13 : 919-20 A.D.
This record a gift of
90 sheep for a perpetual lamp in the temple, by a certain Kumaradi
Varamoli a native of Kattivayal in Mutturru-kurram a subdivision of
Pandi-nadu.
No.
269
(Page No 183)
(A.
R. No. 269 of 1907)
Tiruvidaimarudur,
Kumbhakonam Taluk, Tanjavur District
Mahalingasvami
temple on the same wall
Parantaka
I : date lost
This is damaged.
It records a gift of gold to the temple by a certain Adigai Suran
probably to provide a special service to Nakkan (Nataraja).
No.
315
(Page No 224)
(A.
R. No. 315 of 1907)
Tiruvisalur,
Kumbhakonam Taluk, Tanjavur District
Sivayoganatha
temple on the same wall
Parantaka
I : year 23 : 929-30 A.D.
This records a gift
of 190 sheep by Purvadeva-Adigal, for burning two perpetual lamps in the
temple of Perumanadigal at Tiruvisalur in
Amaninarayna-chaturvedi-mangalam a devadana
and brahmadeya on the northern
bank (of the Kaveri) and provision for three more lights, one before
Aditya-Pidarar, (Sun-God), one before Kutta-Peruman (Nataraja) and one
in the Tirukkavanam hall. The
donor is referred to as the mother of the king (Rajakesarivarman) in No.
333 of 1907 assigned to Parantaka II Sundara-Chola. She must have been the consort of prince
Arinjaya. (Vide S.I.I. Vol. XIII, No. 271).
No.
316
(Page No 225)
(A.
R. No. 316 of 1907)
Tiruvisalur,
Kumbhakonam Taluk, Tanjavur District
Sivayoganatha
temple on the same wall
Parantaka
I : year 23 : 929-30 A.D.
This records a gift
of 90 sheep for a perpetual lamp in the temple by one kadan [Ta]ngam a
resident of Tanjavur in Tanjavur-kurram.
No.
319
(Page No 225)
(A.
R. No. 319 of 1907)
Tiruvisalur,
Kumbhakonam Taluk, Tanjavur District
Sivayoganatha
temple on the same wall
Parantaka
I : year lost
This records a gift
of 90 sheep for a lamp by a lady by name Nayanavalli wife of one
Kalikesari, son of Karaikkadudaiyar. Another 8 sheep was also presented by her for a lamp (being burnt
on a special day every month)
No.
321
(Page No 225)
(A.
R. No. 321 of 1907)
Tiruvisalur,
Kumbhakonam Taluk, Tanjavur District
Sivayoganatha
temple on the same wall
Parantaka
I : year 37 : 943-44
A.D.
This records a gift
of 45 sheep for a lamp by one Samadhi Korri wife of Kaviniyan sankaran
Tolan of Tirumalalai on the south bank of the river.
No.
328
(Page No 228)
(A.
R. No. 328 of 1907)
Tiruvisalur,
Kumbhakonam Taluk, Tanjavur District
Sivayoganatha
temple on the west wall of the central shrine
Paranataka
I : year 41 : 947-48 A.D.
This is much damaged.
It seems to record a gift of 15
kalanju of gold for burning a lamp in the temple, by a merchant of
the place by name Oralaikkudan.
No.
329
(Page No 228)
(A.
R. No. 329 of 1907)
Tiruvisalur,
Kumbhakonam Taluk, Tanjavur District
Sivayoganatha
temple on the same wall
Parantaka
I : year lost.
This records also
some gift for a perpetual lamp in the temple by a lady by names Somani-Nagai
the wife of a resident of Mahendramangalam a brahmadeya in Tiraimur-nadu.
No.
330
(Page No 228)
(A.
R. No. 330 of 1907)
Tiruvisalur,
Kumbhakonam Taluk, Tanjavur District
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