The Indian Analyst

137

Same tier, south wall  

Do.

Parakēsarivarman ‘who took the
head of the Pāṇḍya’.

4th year

Do.

Partly built in. Seems to register gift of lands, after purchase,
for feeding Brāhmaṇas in the temple of MūlasthānattuĀlvār at the brahmadēya village Vīranārāyaṇa-chaturvēḍimaṅgalam, by Vīraśikhamaṇip-Pallavaraiyan alias PailavapPēraraiyan.

138

Same place

Do.

Parakēsarivarman

1[1 ?]th year

Do.

Records gift of money by a private individual for a perpetual
lamp in the temple of Mūlasthāna-Mahādēva at the brahma-
dēya village Vīranārāyaṇa-chaturvēdimaṅgalam.

139

Fragments of tier stones from the same temple.

Do.

Tribhuvanachakravartin Vīra-rājēndra-Chōḷadēva.

7th year

Do.

One of the fragments seems to refer to certain gifts of land for a
perpetual lamp.

140

Stones built into the eastern wall of the prākāra (outside), same temple.

Do.

Kulōttuṅga-Chōḷadēva ‘who took
Madura’.

4th (?) year

Do.

Seems to record a gift of money made by several individuals
for a perpetual lamp.

141

Stone built into the northern wall of the prākāra (outside), same temple.

Vijayanagara

Achyutadēva-Mahārāya

Śaka 1400 (?)

Do.

Records the grant of all taxes such as puravari, etc, for the
Mahāpūjā and other services in the temple of Mūlasthānam
by Veṅkaṭādri-Nāyaka for the victory of the king.

142

Fragments of slabs built into the west wall of the prākāra (outside), same temple.

Chōḷa

Rājādhirājadēva

6th year

Do.

Registers a gift of land for one (?) perpetual lamp in the temple
of Mūlasthānam-uḍaiyār by Tirunāḍuḍaiyāḷ, wife of Tiru-
veṇkāḍu-bhatṭan, (a resident) of Kōdaṇḍarāmañchēri in
Vīranārāyaṇa-chaturvēdimaṅgalam.

143

Fragments built into the same wall

Do.

Rājakēsarivarman Tribhuvana-
chakravartin Rājādhirājadēva.

3rd year

Do.

Seems to record a provision made for services to god Mūlasthā-
nam-uḍaiyār by Sōmadēva-bhaṭṭan of Umaiyūr, a resident of
Kōdaṇḍarāmachchēri, and gifts of land Kaḷappāḷarāyar for a lamp to the same god after purchase from Uyyavalan
alias Paḍampakkanāyakan.

144

Fragment built into the step at the doorway, southern prākāra wall, same temple.

Do.

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Do.

Seems to record a gift of land. Mentions Irēvadāsakramavittan
alias Malaiyanūr-aiyyan. In characters of about the 12th
century A. D.

 

KURNOOL DISTRICT
DRONACHALAM TALUK

 

 

 

 

 

145

Sarapharājapuram.─Rock near the Būrgamma-kaṭṭa sluice on the way to Peṇḍēkallu.

..

….

..

Telugu (archaic)

In Chalukyan characters of about the 8th century A.D. Reads
So[gu]ma me.

146

Nandi pillar set up in front of the Īśvara temple at Peṇḍēkallu, hamlet of Sarapharājapuram.

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Śaka 1598, Naḷa.
Jyēshṭha, ba. 30.
Thursday, solar
eclipse= A.D. 1676.
June 1, Thursday,
∙36 ; solar eclipse.

Telugu

Registers a gift of land, by the Reḍḍis and Karaṇams of the
village of Sarapharājapuram situated midway between
Rāmaḷḷakōṭa and Penḍēkallu, to Vātaṁbhaṭlu, the archaka of the temple of Rāmēśvarasvāmin for conducting worship and
offerings to god. The gift was made during the administration of the Kandanavōlu-paṭṭaṇa by Sūraparāju-Khāna, son of Baḍēkhānu Sāhebu.




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