Inscriptions of the Ranganathasvamy Temple, Srirangam
PANDYAS
Manabharana
No. 191
(Page No. 213)
(A. R. No. 117 of
1937-38)
V Prakara, west wall.
Commence with the parsati ,
Samasta-bhuvana-vikhyata, etc., and seems to describe
Manabharanadeva, a Pandya king with the epithets Somakula-tilaka,
Paramabhattaraka, Cholakulantaka etc., Seems to record a gift of
land made to the temple of Ranganatha by Kittidevan and
Pattamahadevi for providing two garlands (vanamalai) to the
deity. The record which is badly damaged is engraved in characters of
about the 12th century A.D.
Published in Ep. Ind., Vol.
XXXVIII, pp. 225 ff.
Maravarman sundara-pandya I
No. 192
(Page No. 214)
(A. R. No. 53 of 1892 )
East wall of the second
prakara.
Records that when the temple managers
colluded with the Ottar in misappropriating the temple funds a
large assembly comprising of all the administrative bodies met at the
West Triruvidi of Rajamahendran Tiruvidi and resolved that the
executive functions in the administration of the temple must be
entrusted to individuals carefully selected, excluding the defaulters
responsible for the misappropriation of temple funds, by rotation. Each
individual or body may perform the function for one year. The individual
must be selected on the occasion of Sripushpayagam. The record is
dated in the 9th regnal year of Maravarman
Tribhuvanachakravartin Sundara Pandya âwho gave back Sonaduâ and
quotes the details Mesha, ba 3, Friday, Visakha, which regularly
correspond to 1225 A.D., March 28, Friday, 88, 41.
(Published in S.I.I., Vol. IV, No.
500.)
Maravarman sundara-pandya II
No. 193
(Page No. 215)
(A. R. No. 77 of 1951
-52 )
IV Prakara, south
wall, right of entrance, west end.
Registers the ulvari issued by the
king at the instance of Aiyyan Malavarayan for the tax-free village
Kumaranambinallur newly formed and granted to the temple Navayan
Kondanambi of Kulamukku, a horse-dealer (kudiraichchetti) of
Malaimandalam, for worship and offerings. Mentions
Irattakulakalapuram from which a portion of the land was separated
to from the new village.
Aiyyan Malavarayan at whose instance the
lands in question were exempted from tax and Araiyan Viratamudittan
alias Pallavarayan of Chakrapaninallur in Sevvirukkai-nadu are
well-known to be high officers who served under Maravarman
Sundarapandya II (A.D. 1232-49) (S.I.I., Vol. V, No. 448) and there
fore this inscription which is dated in the third year opposite to the
eleventh (A.D. 1245-46) may be assigned to him.
Jatavarman sundara-pandya I
No. 194
(Page No. 217)
(A. R. No. 45 of 1891
)
North wall of the
second prakara
Records the victory of Sundara-Pandya
over Hoysala Somesvara and the conquest of Srirangam and refers to
the gifts made to the temple there.
(Published in Ep. Ind., Vol. III,
pp. 7 ff.)
No. 195
(Page No. 219)
(A. R. No. 60 of 1892 )
East faces of the four
pillars of the Chandana Mandapa in front of the central shrine.
Records, in Sanskrit verse written in
Grantha characters, the various gifts to the deity and the gilding of
several parts of the temple from out of the gold of the second
Tulabhara ceremony performed by the king Sundara Pandya and
alludes to his victories over Simhana and Rama of the Hoysala dynasty,
the cheras and the Cholas. The king may be identified with Jatavarman
sundara-Pandya I who bore the epithet Pommeynda-Perumal or
Hemachchadanaraja.
No. 196
(Page No. 220)
(A. R. No. 99 of 1936
-37)
Slab set up in the
Manavala-Matha in the south a Uttira-street.
States that the Sundarapandya-matha
was built for welfare of Perumal Sundara-Pandya by Varantaruvan
Eduttakkaialagiyan alias Pallavarayar of Tunjalur in
Nadivur-kurram, a sub-division of Tirumilalaikurra-nadu, for the use of
the Tridandi-sanyasis. King Sundara-Pandya may be identified with
Jatavarman Sundara-Pandya I of accession A.D. 1251 who bore the
distinguishing epithet Perumal
[1]
No. 197
(Page No. 221)
(A. R. No. 81 of 1938
-39)
South wall of
Chandana-Candapa
States that Sunadara-Pandya
defeated the Kerala and Hoysala kings and made his younger brother
Vira-Pandya, the lord of Konkana-rajya. Refers also to the
kingâs having performed the Tulabhara of gold and gilded the
vimana of the temple. The inscription is in Sanskrit verse written
in Grantha characters. The last verse of the record refers to the king
as the elder brother of Kulasekhara (vide, A. R. Ep.,
1914, Part II, para. 19). Mentions Partha- sarathi alias
Koyil-Ponmeynda-Perumal-dasan. (See No. 199 below).
No. 198
(Page No. 221)
(A. R. No. 82 of 1938
-39)
South wall of the
chandana-mandapa, right of garuda-sannidhi.
Seems to contain Sanskrit and Tamil verses
in praise of a king, evidently Jatavarman Sundara-Pandya, who
defeated the Chola and Kshema. Engraved in Grantha and Tamil
characters of the 13th century A.D.
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No. 199
(Page No. 222)
(A. R. No. 83 of 1938
-39)
Same wall, below no.198
Much damaged. Seems to contain a verse in
praise of king Minavan (evidently Jatavarman Sundara-Pandya). A
section of the record however mentions the name
Ponmeynda-Perumal-dasan alias Parthasarathi (See No.
197 above ). Engraved in characters of 13th century A.D.
No. 200
(Page No. 222)
(A. R. No. 43 of 1948
-49 )
Same wall, by the side
of no.44.
Much damaged. Seems to record a provision
made for conducting certain festivals in the Perumaldevan-tirumandapam
to god Lakskhmi-Varaha-nayanar and the goddess Nachchiyar instituted by
Kulasekhara-Kalingarayar of Aricharanalaya-nallur. The record is dated
in the 8th year of Jatavarman who bears the
epithet Emmandala [munkondaruliya]. The king may be identified
with Jatavarman Sundara-Pandya I.
No. 201
(Page No. 223)
(A. R. No. 338 of 1952
-53 )
Pavitra-mandapam, inner
wall, right of the Aryabhattal-Vasal.
Damaged and built in. Seems to record the
assignment of a number of plots of land by Perumburakkadal-Bhattan of
Rajakesari-chaturvedimangalam during his last days, evidently as
provision for worship of Alagiyamanavalap perumal. Among the places
mentioned in describing the boundaries of the plots are
Bhuvanamulududaiya-nallur, Ulagamadevi-nallur, Neriyudaiya
perumal-nallur, Navudaipperumal-vaykkal, Chandadanda-vadi, Aditya-vadi,
Vanji-vali, etc.
The inscription is dated in the 8th
year of reign of Jatavarman Tribhuvanachakravartin Sundara-Pandya
and the details viz., Mina. Su. 15, Wednesday,
Hasta corresponding to A.D. 1258, March 20, Wedneday, f.d.t. 7,
89.
No. 202
(Page No. 226)
(A. R. No. 84 of 1938
-39 )
South wall of the
chandana-mandapa.
Records the order of Perumal
Sundara-Pandya issued to Vanadaraya that the management of
the temple which was hitherto vested with one group (kottu) of
officials should now be extended to members of the other groups and that
the Ariyar and ullurar be appointed to guard the treasury
(porkaval) of the temple from the month of Avani in the 10th
(A.D. 1261) year of the king, who may be identified with
Jatavarman Sundara Pandya I.
No. 203
(Page No. 226)
(A. R. No. 89 of 1938
-39 )
Same wall.
The inscription commences with the
historical introduction Samastajagadadhara etc. and Purports to
be an order issued at the request of the king by the god. States that
the administration of the temple was hitherto conducted by a body of ten
persons belonging to the Kovanavar kottu. (King) Sundara-Pandya
is said to have defined the activities of the temple, made gifts as
adukkalaippuram for maintenance of the kitchen, instituted services,
gilded the vimanas like the Sriranga-vimana as also
Sundara-Pandiyan-madil and the gopura, made duplicate sets of
ornaments for the god, constructed a palanquin (sivigai) and
presented several other articles made of gold. A representative
committee from all the groups (kottus) was constituted, two from
Kovanavar, two from Srirangamaraiyor, one from
Todavattut-tumaraiyor, two from Talaiyiduvar, one from
Vasa-ariyar and two from Arattamukki-anukkar for managing
these benefactions. The inscription is attested by the Royal Secretary
Kunnudaiyan Pallavan Vilupparaiyan of Puduchcheri and is said to have
been engraved at the instance of Sriranganarayanadasan Matturkilavan
Kurukulattaraiyan, the manager of the temple, the Kovanavar and the
Kuduvar.
The record bears the same regnal year as
the previous one but is dated a month later.
Maravarman kulasekhara I
No. 204
(Page No. 228)
(A. R. No. 7 of 1936-37
)
East wall of the room
in the south-west corner of the third prakara.
Registers a gift of land by purchase, by
Matitungan Tanininruvenraperumal alias Ariyachakravarti of
Chakravartinallur in Sevvirukkai-nadu for supplying garlands to the god
on the day of his natal star Tiruvadirai and on certain other specified
festival days. The record belonging to Maravarman alias
Tribhuvanchakravartin Kulasekharadeva I is dated in the 10th
regnal year, Dhanus, su 10. Monday, Asvati, regularly
corresponding to A.D. 1277, December 6, 53; 81.
Jatavarman sundara-pandya (II)
No. 205
(Page No. 229)
(A. R. No. 6 of
1936-37 )
Same wall.
Records a royal order making provision for
the maintainance of a perpetual lamp to the god Koyilponmeynda Perumal
form the taxes due from the shepherds. The inscription is dated in the
2nd year and the 124th day of
Tribhuvanachakravartin Konerinmaikondan Sundara-Pandyadeva. The
record may be assigned to jatavarman Sundara Pandya II who ascended the
throne in 1276 A.D. The regnal year quoted for the king in the record
viz. 2nd year, is too early for Jatavarman Sundara Pandya I
who seems to have acquired the title Pon-meynda-perumal sometime
after 1253 A.D., (vide A.R. Ep., 1936-37, Part II, para 39). The
date of the record will correspond to A.D. 1278.
No. 206
(Page No. 230)
(A. R. No. 44 of
1948-49)
Third prakara, north
wall of the Dorai-mandapa.
Records a gift of tax-free land capable
for yielding 2,000 kalam of paddy and a revenue of 163 pon
in the village Anbil in Ira[ja*]ra[ja]*-valanadu as madappuram to
the Srivaishnavas of the Avanivendraman-matha eastblished after the name
of the king, by Devapiran Alagiyaperumal alias Sundara Pandya
Kalingarayar of Vilattur in Milalaik-kurram. The gift seems to have been
made in the 3rd year of the king Jatavarman
Tribhuvanachakravartin Konerinmaikondan. The king is evidently identical
with a SundaraPandya who is known to have been called Avanivendaraman
and who is also known to have been born on the day of the asterism
Uttirattadi (Nos. 299 and 300 of 1943-44). Since Jatavarman
Sundarapandya I and III were born in the asterisms Mula and Pushya
respectively this king may be identified with Sundara Pandya II who
ascended the throne in 1276 A.D.
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No. 207
(Page No. 231)
(A. R. No. 53 of
1936-37 )
Same wall.
Registers a grant of house-sites for the
bhattas and for the deity apparently Vedanarayana-perumal, free
of taxes in the agaram (name not given) formed in the kingâs name
in Tirunarayanapuram. The record is engraved below No. 220 and is
damaged. The king probably is Sundara Pandya, brother of Jatavarman Vira-Pandya
(Vide Nos. 219 and 220 below ).
No. 208
(Page No. 231)
(A. R. No. 12 of
1936-37)
North wall of the third
prakara (inside), to the west of the Svarga-Vasal-Gopura.
Registers a gift of land by purchase, for
rearing a flower-garden for supplying flowers to god Alagiya-
manavala-Perumal, by Asuri Sri Lakshmabhatta-Somayali of
Kannudai-chaturvedimangalam in Pachchil-kurram, a subdivision of
Rajaraja-valanadu, one of the bhattas of the Sripadaseva
group of (appointed by ?) Perumal Sundara-Pandyadeva. The record is
dated in the Sundara Pandyadeva who may be identified with Jatavarman
Sundara Pandya II, whose 15th year of reign
corresponds to A.D. 1290-91.
Jatavarman vira-pandya
No. 209
(Page No. 232)
(A. R. No. 44 of
1936-38)
East wall of the fourth
prakara
Records an exchange of land between
Malaikkiniyaninran-bhatttan and Gomadattu Narayana-bhattan of
Vikramasola-chaturvedimangalam in connection with certain endowment to
the colony formed by Kalingaraya in the name of Perumal
i.e. Jatavarman Tribhuvanachakravartin Vira Pandya in the 10th
year of his reign. A portion of the land so exchanged is said to have
belonged formerly to a certain Kandiyadevar. Among the boundaries of the
land is mentioned a village by name Tuppanyakkar-agaram. The details of
date viz., Kumbha, ba. 13, Wednesday, Uttiradam, correspond to A.D.
1307, February 1; 80; 51, if meant for the regnal year 10, given in
1. no. 7 of the inscription.
No. 210
(Page No. 234)
(A. R. No. 50of
1936-37)
Same wall.
Registers a sale of land including the
land acquired by exchange (vide No.209 ante) by Gomadattu
Narayana-Bhattan and his brother Vainateya Bhattan to Araiyan
Periya-Perumal alias Kalingarayar of Kattikkuruchchi, for the
formation of a colony, (vide No. 211 below). The record bears the same
date as the previous inscription (No. 209) viz., 10th year,
Kumbha, ba. 13, Wednesday, Uttiradam.
No. 211
(Page No. 236)
(A. R. No. 47 of
1936-37)
Same wall.
Registers the sale deed of the lands
purchased by Periyaperumal alias Kalingarayar from
Gomadattu âNarayana-Bhattar and his brother (vide Nos 209 and 210) for
the formation of the colony Kaliyugarama-chaturvedimangalam named
after king. The details of date are the same as in No.210.
No. 212
(Page No. 237)
(A. R. No. 49 of
1936-37)
Same wall.
Purports to be order issued by the deity
while seated on the throne called the âSundara-Pandyaâ under the pearl
canopy called âSundara-Pandyaâ in the abhisheka-mandapa in the
temple on the day of Karttigai festival, in respect of house-sites
granted to the 32 bhattas in the newly formed colony the
order to take effect form the month of Chittirai in the 10th
year of the king.
No. 213
(Page No. 238)
(A. R. No. 42 of
1936-37)
Same wall.
Records the ratification of the order of
the deity (in the previous record )by the temple authorities assigning
the house-sites (vide No.212), pathways, etc., out of lands carved out
of Vikramachola-chaturvedi- mangalam for the formation of
Kaliyugarama-chaturvedimangalam by Kalingarayar alias Periyaperumal,
stipulating that should an occasion arise for the donees to sell the
lands so assigned to them they should confine such transaction among
themselves or the Bhagavatas and persons of the same tenets as
themselves The bhattas were required to measure out ghee for a
lamp as tax on their house sites.
No. 214
(Page No. 239)
(A. R. No. 45 of
1936-37)
Same wall.
Registers the gift of the land referred to
in Nos. 212 and 213 above having been made tax-free by Valaivisuvan
Periyaperumal Kalingarayar of Kattikkurichchi, a hamlet of
Parantakanallur in Naduvil-kurram, a subdivision of Milalai-kurram in
Pandimandalam, to the bhattas of
Kaliyugarama-chaturvedimangalam.
No. 215
(Page No. 239)
(A. R. No. 46 of
1936-37)
Same wall.
States that some lands which had been
granted in exchange for a pathway to Kaveri from Manrachcha-nallur, Uppur,
Nochchiyam, Attani, Nelkuppai and others and include in the new colony
of Kaliyugarama-chaturvedimangalam were made tax-free from the
10th year of the kingâs reign.
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No. 216
(Page No. 240)
(A. R. No. 48 of
1936-37)
Same wall.
Records the sale of land by
Gomadattu-Narayana Bhatta and his brother to Kalingarayar who in turn
gave it over to the 32 bhatta of the agaram (Kaliyugarama-chaturvedimangalam).
The details of date viz. 10th year, Kumbha ba. 13,
Wednesday, Uttiradam are the same as in No. 209. The land is
stated to have been sold in order to from part of the pathway to Kaveri.
No. 217
(Page No. 241)
(A. R. No. 43 of
1936-37)
Same wall.
Registers a gift of land by Gomadattu
Narayana-bhatta of Vikramasola-chaturvedimangalam to the bhattas
of Kalingarayar-agaram, which was separated from the former village.
The record is engraved in continuation of No. 213 and is dated in the
12th year, Tula, ba. 10, Wednesday, Magha, corresponding
to A.D. 1308, October 9, Wednesday, f.d.t. 07; f.d.n. 19.
No. 218
(Page No. 242)
(A. R. No. 98 of
1936-37)
Four inner jambs of the
gopura in the chittirai street
Four labels, one on each jamb reading
âKaliyugaramanâ in Grantha characters of the 13th Century
A.D. Below each labels is sculptured in relief the figure of a
Gandabherunda, with a human body and two birdsâ heads facing in
opposite directions.
No. 219
(Page No. 242)
(A. R. No. 51 of
1936-37)
East wall of the fourth
prakara
Registers gift of tax-free land to the
temple of Vedanarayana-Perumal at Tirunarayanapuram in Allkarai-nadu.
Mentions SundarPandya-chaturvedimangalam fromed in the name of the
kingâs elder brother (annalvi). The Tribhuvanachakravartin
Konerinmaikondan of this record may be identified with Jatavarman
Vira-Pandya of the initial year A.D. 1296-97, in which case annalvi
Sundarapandya may be identified with Jatavarman Sundarapandya who
ascended the throne in 1276 A.D.
No. 220
(Page No. 243)
(A. R. No. 52 of
1936-37)
Same wall.
The record, also attributable to
Jatavarman of the previous inscription connected with and engraved below
No. 219 and registers a remission of taxes on lands in
Jayangondasola-chaturvedimangalam, for money received by the bhattas
of Sundarapandya-chaturvedimangalam, a hamlet of Tirunarayanapuram
in Alakarai-nadu.
No. 221
(Page No. 243)
(A. R. No. 149 of
1938-39)
South wall of the
chakrattalvar shrine.
Registers the conformations by the king of
the tax-free grant of the village Chittiravalli alias
Kerala-chaturvedimangalam in Kottaikarai-nadu, made by his father (Ayyan)
Kulasekhara, for the expenses of conducting the service called
Kulasekhara-sandi instituted in his name in the shrine of
Tiruvali-Alvar Quotes the 21st year and 290th
day of the kingsâs reign. Konerinmaikondanof the record may be
identified with Jatavarman Vira Pandya, a half-brother of
Jatavarman Sundara Pandya II. Ayyan Kulasekhara evidently refers to
Maravarman Kulasekhara II.
Jatavarman sunadra pandya III
No. 222
(Page No. 244)
(A. R. No. 40 of
1936-37)
East wall of the fourth
prakara.
Records that on the representation made by
Kariyamanikka Alvar, the Srikariyam, and the other temple
executives, 3645 kuli of temple land were made over towards sites
for the formation of a colony named Ravivarma-chaturvedimangalam after
Ravivarman alias Venattadigal and for a temple for
Ravinarayanap-perumal. The land for the colony is said to have been
purchased for 4,000 panam out of which 1,800 were collected at
the rate of 10 panam per kol private building sites and at 5 per
kol deserted sites, the rest going towards the cost of the cost of the
temple lands. Among the petitioners for the approval of the transaction
figures the accountant Kodai Ulkkanakkappillai of Venattadigal. The
petition was presented to the lord on the occasion of Chittiral-Vishnu
in the 8+1st year of Perumal Sundara Pandyadeva. Since the
inscription mentions Kaliyugaraman-tiruvadi among the details of
the boundaries of the sites, which must have been evidently named after
Kaliyugaraman, a title of Jatavarman Virapandya who ascended the
throne in 1296-97 A.D., the king of his record may be identified with
Jatavarman Sundarapandya of 1303 A.D., whose 9th regnal year
therefore, will correspond to A.D. 1311-12.
No. 223
(Page No. 246)
(A. R. No. 18 of
1936-37)
North wall of the
fourth prakara, opposite the mudalalvar shrine
Registers a tax-free gift of 700 ma
of land to 208 bhattas colonizing the agaram called
Kodandarama-chaturvedimangalam, newly founded and named after the
king in Tiruvarangam-Tiruppati in Vila-nadu, a sub-division of
Pandikulapati-valanadu on the southern âbank, and for offerings and
worship of dated in the 10th year and 184th day of
Tribhuvanachakravartin Konerinmaikondan who may be identified with
Jata- varman Sundar Pandya III who is well-known to have had the title
Kodandaraman. The date of the record thus correspond to A.D.
1312.
No. 224
(Page No. 247)
(A. R. No. 360 of
1953-54)
IV Prakara, wall behind
achchavayyan shrine, east of the mettalagiyasingar shrine.
Partly covered up by the flooring slabs by
the interception walls. Seems to give alist of the shareholders of the
gift village Kodandaraman-chaturvedimangalam among whom figure
Irayur Sottai Ekayanap-Periyaperumal, Sottai Sellappillai,
Kandadai-Bhagavad âRamanuja-Bhattar, etc. Regarding the formation of
Kodandarama-chaturvedimangalam, see No 223 above.
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No. 225
(Page No. 249)
(A. R. No. 29 of
1936-37)
Same wall.
Registers a grant of land to the sabha
of Jagadekavira-chaturvedimangalam in exchange for 3 veli
of land required for the temple of Kodandarama-perumal in the
new colony Kodandarama-chaturvedi- mangalam (vide No. 223). The
record is dated in the 11th year and the 170th
day of the king, corresponding to A.D. 1313. Sundara Pandya
Kalingarayar figurer as one of the signatories in the record.
No. 226
(Page No. 249)
(A. R. No. 19 of
1936-37)
IV Prakara, north wall,
opposite to the svarga-vasal.
Registers a tax-free gift of 106 ma
of land by the king in Kodandarama-chaturvedimangalam to the
deity named Kodandarama-perumal after the king, and the bhattas
of the colony (vide No 223 ). The record is dated in the 12th
year and 102nd of the kingâs reign and is engraved in
continuation of No. 223. God Kodandadrama-perumal is identical with god
Lakshminarayana âperumal of No. 223. Nettur-Udaiyan Kalingarayan
figures as a signatory in this and two following numbers. The date of
the record will be A.D.1314 in the reign of Sundara-Pandya III.
No. 227
(Page No. 250)
(A. R. No. 20 of
1936-37)
Same wall.
Registers a further gift of 20 ma
of tax-free land the king to the same bhattas. This record
engraved in continuation of the previous inscription (No.226) is dated
in the 12th year and 102nd day of the
king.
No. 228
(Page No. 251)
(A. R. No. 21 of
1936-37)
Same wall.
Registers another gift of 34 ½ (veli?)
of land by the king in Turaiyur in Mala-nadu alias Rajaraja âvalanadu,
to the bhattas and the god of the same agaram. Engraved in
continuation of No. 227. This is also dated in the 12th
year and 102nd day of the king (vide.No.227).
Maravarman kulasekhara II
No. 229
(Page No. 252)
(A. R. No. 21 of
1936-37)
North wall of the
fourth prakara.
Registers sale of a plot of garden-land to
the bhatta of Kodandarama-chaturvedimangalam by Srivaikunda-dasan
of Tirumeyam. The record belongs to the 2nd year of
Konerinmaikondan Tribhuvanachakravartin Kulasekharadeva. Since the
bhattas of Kodandarama-chaturvedimanglam (vide No. 228 above )
figure in the transaction recorded in this and the following numbers.
Kulasekhara of this inscription who was a Maravarman, according to the
following inscription must be identified with Maravarman Kulasekhara who
ascended the throne in 1314 A.D., and who was therefore a junior
contemporary of Jatavaraman Sundara pandya (accession 1302 A.D. ) in
whose name the above mentioned village was formed. A comparison of the
details of date given in this inscription with the same details
occurring in the following inscriptions will show that the expression
âedir-am-anduâ meaning âthe year opposite to âwas inadvertently
omitted in this inscription. Hence the details of date given in this and
the following numbers (230-34) would correspond to A.D.1316, January
13, Tuesday ; 53; f.d.n. 93.
No. 230
(Page No. 253)
(A. R. No. 23 of
1936-37)
Same wall.
Records the sale of garden-land by the
official of the Eduttarkai-Alagiya-Nayanar shrine at Tiruvarangam to the
bhattas of Kodandarama-chaturvedimangalam founded in the name of
Perumal Sundara-Pandyadeva. The inscription is dated in the (2+1st)
year of the kingâs reign in Makara, ba. 3, Uttiram Tuesday; which
details are identical with those of the previous record but for the
omission in the former of the âoppositeâ year quoted.
No. 231
(Page No. 254)
(A. R. No. 25 of
1936-37)
Same wall.
Also records a similar transaction by
Piraguvali Nittan alias Koyiponmeyndaperumaldasan, a dasanambi
of Tiruvarangam, to the bhattas of
Kodandarama-chaturvedimangalam.
No. 232
(Page No. 255)
(A. R. No. 26 of
1936-37)
Same wall.
Also record the sale of a garden-land by
the official of the shrine of the goddess Sriranganayaki to the same
bhattas.
No. 233
(Page No. 256)
(A. R. No. 27 of
1936-37)
Same wall.
Records the sale of a garden-land to the
bhattas by Arulalap-perumal alias Piraguvali
Alagiyaperumaldasan, a dasanambi of Tiruvarangam-Tirup-pati.
No. 234
(Page No. 257)
(A. R. No. 28 of
1936-37)
Same wall.
Registers a similar sale of garden-land to
the bhattas by Karumanikkalvan alias Anukkavillidasan, a
dasanambi of Tiruvarngam-Tiruppati. Among the boundaries of the
land sold is mentioned the gareden of Kulasekhara Brahmarayar alias
Chollappillai, a Sripadamtangum-nambi.
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No. 235
(Page No. 258)
(A. R. No. 98 of
1937-38)
West wall of the fourth
prakara.
Registers a sale of garden-land to the
bhattas of Kodandarama-chaturvedimangalm by a number of persons. The
record belongs to the 2+1st year of Maravarman Tribhuvanachakravartin Kulasekhara and is dated in Mesha, ba 7,
Thursday, Sadayam. The details of date correspond to A.D. 1316
April 15, Thursday. Since the combination of Sadaiyam with the other
details given is impossible, it may be considered to be a mistake for
Uttiradam or Sravanam.
No. 236
(Page No. 259)
(A. R. No. 97 of
1937-38)
West wall of the fourth
prakara.
Registers a sale of land to the bhattas
of Kodandarama-chaturvedimangalam by Kuravaiseri Narayana-bhatta
Sarvvakratu of Nagalamahadevi-chaturvedimangalam. The record belongs to
the 2+1st regnal year of the kind and the details of the date
Viz., Mesha, ba. 10, Sundya, Revati, correspond to A.D.
1316, April 18. Here also the combination of the nakshatra Revati
with the other details is impossible and therefore it must be taken as a
mistake for Purattadi.
No. 237
(Page No. 260)
(A. R. No. 95 of
1937-38)
Same wall.
Registers a sale of land to the bhattas
of Kodandarama-chaturvedimangalam by Alikkonrai
Devaraya-Bhatta of Nagalamahadevi-chaturvedimangalam an
agrahara in Vila-nadu, a sub-division of Pandikulapati-valanadu. The
record is dated in the 2+1st year (vide No.230 of the kingâs
reign) and the details of the date i.e., Mesha, ba. 11 Sunday,
Uttirattadi correspond regularly to A.D. 1316, April 18, f.d.t.
09; f.d.n. 83. The kingâs name Jatavarman seems to be wrongly quoted
for Maravarman.
No. 238
(Page No. 261)
(A. R. No. 98-A of
1937-38)
West wall of the fourth
prakara.
Records the sale-deed of the lands
mentioned in No.235 on the 23rd of Vaikasi in the same year
i.e., on May 17, 1316., a month later than the date quoted in
No. 235 above.
No. 239
(Page No. 262)
(A. R. No. 41 of
1936-37)
East wall of the fourth
prakara, in continuation of no.222 above.
Records a tax-free gift of lands in
Todaiyur, Nattanangudi, Malavanur and several others villages to the
bhattas of Ravivarma-chaturvedimangalam and the god Ravinarayana
perumal (vide No.222) by the king Tribhuvanachakravartin
Konerinmaikondan (vide No. 240 following) while he was camping at
Kannanur on the 24th day of his 2+1st regnal
year. Since the village was formed in the year opposite to the
eighth year of Perumal Sundarapandya identified with Jatavarman
Sundarapandya III (No. 222 above )the king of this record may be
identified with Maravarman Kulasekhara II.
No. 240
(Page No. 263)
(A. R. No. 22 of
1936-37)
West wall of the fourth
prakara.
Engraved in continuation of No. 228
registers a remission of taxes on certain lands purchased by the
bhattas of Kodandarama-chaturvedimangalam towards temple
site, garden and sites for the watchmen. The record is dated the 2+1st
year and 213th day of Tribhuvanachakravartin
Konerinmaikondan who may be identified with Maravarman Kulasekhara
II. Narayana Anantan, a signatory in the record also figures in the
record No. 241 below.
No. 241
(Page No. 264)
(A. R. No. 39 of
1936-37)
North wall of the
fourth prakara.
Records the assignment of the vrittis
to the temple, the Brahmanas and services out of the lands referred
to in the previous record. The village Ravivarma-chaturvedimangalam is
stated to have been founded in the name of the king described as
Tribhuvanachakravartin Konerinmaikondan by whom the record is issued.
The date at the end of the record makes it assignable to the reign of
Maravarman Kulasekhara II (compare the numbers above). Narayana Anantan,
a signatory of this record figures also in No.240 above.
No. 242
(Page No. 265)
(A. R. No. 38 of
1936-37)
Same wall.
Records the order (terippu) issued
in the 4th regnal year of the king from his camp at
Kannanur communicating the royal sanction to the remission of taxes
on 5 veli of land left out of the 30 veli of which 25 had
already been assigned in favour of the bhattas of
Ravivarma-chaturvedimangalam (No.241).
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No. 243
(Page No. 266)
(A. R. No. 37 of
1936-37)
Same wall.
Registers the assignment of the 5 veli
of land referred to in the previous record to the bhattas of
the agaram on the same day specified in the previous record.
No. 244
(Page No. 267)
(A. R. No. 36 of
1936-37)
Same wall opposite the
chandra-pushkarani.
Records the remittance into the temple
treasury by Srivaikundadasan a sum of 2,200 panam, part of which
was relished as cost of lands in Jagadekavira-chaturvedimangalam
sold to certain bhattas of Ravivarma-chaturvedimangalam,
part towards temple services and the rest by way of fines collected from
the Ariyar and the Kaikkolas. The amount so remitted was
earmarked towards the purchase of a palanquim, an aureole, etc. for the
temple.
The record is dated in the 4th
year, Adi 10, of Maravarman Tribhuvanachakravartin Kulasekharadeva
who may be identical with Kulasekhara II of the previous numbers.
The date may correspond to A.D. 1317, July 7.
No. 245
(Page No. 267)
(A. R. No. 101 of
1937-38)
West wall of the fourth
prakara.
Registers another sale of land to the
bhattas of Kodandarama-chaturvedimangalam by Devapperumal-sani,
wife of Tiruvengadadasam, a dasanambi of Tiruvarangam. The
record is dated in the fourth regnal year and the details quoted
of the date viz., simha, ba. 13, Mondya, Pusam, seem to
correspond to A.D. 1317, August 5, Friday (not Mondya );87; f.d.n.
13.
No. 246
(Page No. 269)
(A. R. No. 96 of
1937-38)
Same wall.
Registers a sale of land to the bhattas
of Kodandaram-chaturvedimangalam by two brothers
Alagapperumal alias Koyilkattaperumal-Nambi and Alvar alias
Nalantigal-Narayana Amudanar of Kudavayil. The record is dated in
the forth regnal year and the details of date viz., Simha, su.
8, Tuesday, Anusham seem to correspond to A.D. 1317 August 16,
Tuesday, 32. But Anusham ended at 75 on the previous day.
No. 247
(Page No. 270)
(A. R. No. 100 of
1937-38)
Same wall.
Registers a similar sale of land to the
bhattas of Kodandarama-chaturvedimangalam by
Tirupparkadal-dasan alias Tirumalaitandar, a dasanambi of
Tiruvarangam. The record belongs to the Fourth regnal year and
quotes the details Tula, su. 14, Thursday, probably corresponding
to A.D. 1317, October 20, The star was Asvati.
No. 248
(Page No. 271)
(A. R. No. 99 of
1937-38)
Same wall.
Registers another sale of land by
Nalantigal Narayana Amudinar of Kudavayil, to the bhattas of
Kodanda-rama-chaturvedimangalam. The record belongs to the 4th
year of the king but the details quoted viz. Kumbha, ba. 9, Monday,
Uttirattadi are irregular. The combination of Navami and Uttirattadi
in Kumbha is impossible.
No. 249
(Page No. 272)
(A. R. No. 115 of
1938-39)
East wall of the third
prakara.
This record which purports to have
emanated form the deity, registers the gift of 48 house-sites to 48
bhattas of Kodandarama-chaturvedimangalam by Ramanujan Udaiyar,
Karumanikkalvan, Sriranga-narayanatadan and other officers, in the month
of Chittirai, in the 5th year of Kulasekhara. In addition to
the house sites, the donees were given 24 dishes of food offerings
provided for the services of ponmeydan-sandi named after
Sundarapandya of former times and of Kodandaraman-sandi
instituted after âourâ Sundarapandya as described by the deity. The
record adds that the village was formed at the ellaikkarai by
Karumanikkalvan of Tiyur in Milalaikkurram. No. 250 below which is
connected with this record adds that this village was founded for the
good health of Perumal Sundarapandya. The setting of forty-eight
bhattas in this village is perhaps an additional arrangement made in
the 5th year of the reign of Kulasekhara.
No. 250
(Page No. 273)
(A. R. No. 116 of
1938-39)
Same wall.
Records the assignment of the 48
house-sites referred to in the previous record in Tai in the 5th
year of the kingâs reign.
No. 251
(Page No. 275)
(A. R. No. 371 of
1953-54)
Kottaram; outer wall
facing the Garuda-Mandapa.
Damaged. Seems to record the gift,
probably of land, by Pulavan Peruman alias Sundara-pandya
Villadha-rayan of Mannikkodu, Uyyavandan. . . . . and Validipanmar
alias . . . . . from Malai-mandalam. The details of the gift are
lost. The record is dated in the 10th regnal year of
the king and the details viz., Makara, ba . . . .mi, Monday, Anilam
regularly correspond to A.D.1323, January 3. The tithi
was dasami.
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No. 252
(Page No. 276)
(A. R. No. 319 of
1952-53)
South wall of the
Tirukkuralappan (vamana) shrine.
Records an undertaking by the residents of
the tirunamattukkani village Pallikondan-tiruvadikkuraiyur to
remit paddy and cash, the former at one nali and a uri Per
kalam and the latter at half ma per panam, into the
temple treasury for offering to the image of Ranganatha consecrated by
Alagiyamanavalap-Perumal at Alvar-Tirunadudaiyapiran-tirumaligai and
stipulates confiscation of the property of defaulters in the
undertaking. The record is dated on the 6th day of Masi in
the 30th year of the kingâs reign, which may correspond
to A.D. 1344, January 30.
Vira Kulasekhara
No.253
(Page No. 276)
(A. R. No. 86 of
1936-37)
Stone in the pavement
of the mandapa in front of the tayar shrine.
Fragmentary. Seems to record a gift of
land at Appikkudal for offerings to god Eduttakai-Alagiya-Nayanar. The
record is dated in the 5th year of Perumal
Vira-Kulasekharadeva. It is engraved in characters of about the 15th
century. In the absence of others details it is not possible to identify
the king.
Miscellaneous
No. 254
(Page No. 277)
(A. R. No. 122 of
1937-38)
On a slab set up in the
Vedavyasa- Bhattar -Tirumaligai in the north Chittirai street.
Damaged. Seems to refers to a matha
and mentions Sundarapandyadeva. The slab bears the Pandya emblems of a
pair of fish with two ankusas and the Vaishnava Chakra,
parasol and chauris. In characters of the 13th century
A.D.
No. 255
(Page No. 277)
(A. R. No. 359 of
1953-54)
IV Prakara, wall behind
Achchavayyan shrine, east of the Mettalagiyasingar shrine.
Partly covered up by the flooring slabs
and by the intercepting walls. Seems to record a grant by purchase of
some tirunamattukkani land in Jagadekavira-chaturvedimanglam
by Mangalur Rudranarayana-bhattan for supply of garlands to god
Eduttakai-Alagiya-Nayanar. In characters of about the 12th
century.
No. 256
(Page No. 278)
(A. R. No. 325 of
1950-51)
II Prakara,
senaimudaliyar shrine, proper right of entrance.
Damaged. Seems to record some additions
made to the manadapa by Tunjalur-udaiyan Araiyan . . . . . .
alias Gangeyarayan. In characters of about the 13th century
A.D.
No. 257
(Page No. 278)
(A. R. No. 51 of
1938-39)
II Prakara, south wall.
No date.
Purport to be an order issued by god
Ranganatha directing a council of 23 members of whom ten are to be
selected from out of the kottu of the temple, four from the
sanyasins and desantris, five representing the 18 mandalas
and four representing the Chera, Chola, Pandya kings and the
Kshatriyas of the north, to appoint a sanyasin versed in the
Vaishnava lore and with the interest of the temple at heart and
belonging to either Pangayachchelviyur alias Vellarai or
Parantaka-chaturvedimangalam alias Salagramam or the
Nalayiravar-Brahmadeyam in Pandi-mandalam, to took after the properties
of the temples situated in several places, with provision made for his
maintenance Mentions the appointment of armed Velaikkaras to help the
sanyasin in discharging his duties. In characters of the 13th
century A.D.
[1]
A.R.E.p., 1936-37, part II, para 39.
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