The Indian Analyst
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Do. Sadaśivadēva Mahārāya

Śaka 147[0], [Kīlaka], Mēsha śu. 12, Thursday, Uttiram= 1548 A.D., April 19, Thursday,  ∙72, ∙22.

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Damaged and built in. The details of the gift, etc., are lost.

 

344

Do.,  do.

Do. Do.

Śaka 1470, Kīlaka, Mīna ba. 10, Friday ….. Irregular.

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Do. Seems to record a gift of the village Mēlappākkam in Sōlaśiṅgapurapparru as sarvamānya for conducting certain festivals on the day of the asterism, Aśvati, by the son (name lost) of Tōlappar, of the Yajuś śakhā. The donor is given the epithet Vēdamārgapratishṭhāpanāchārya.

345

Do. Steps of the verandah, close to the ivory images.

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Fragmentary. Refers to an endowment of 27 pon  for some specified offerings to the god. The details pertaining to the donor and the gift are lost. In late characters.

346

Do. Around the edge of the sandalstone kept near the perfumery room.

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Seems to record that the stone was the gift of some Bhaṭṭa. Do.

347

Gold pot in the temple. (This and the inscriptions following were read on the spot).

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Telugu

States that this (the gold pot) is the gift of Raṅgappayya. Records the weight of the pot as 12515 varāhas (in words). Line 4 states that the pot which was stolen by thieves was recovered, redone and restored to the temple by Raṅgappa Oḍeya. Lines 5 and 6 state that when the pot was stolen in the year Vikṛiti in Bhādrapada ba. 7 during the reign of Vijayaraṅga-Chokkanātha-Nāyaka, (son of) Viśvanātha Nāyaka, Tupākula Rāma Kṛishṇappa-Nāyuḍu recovered and restored it to the temple.

348

Gold plated staff of golden umbrella studded with precious stones.

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Do.

States that the golden umbrella was made for the god on Chaitra śuddha daśamī, Friday, in the Śaka year 1656, Ānanda, by Jiḍḍu Viśvanātha-Nāyani Vijayaraṅga Chokkanātha-Nayaka and that it was repaired in Mārgaśīrsha in the year Prabhava, corresponding to December 1927. In modern characters.

349 Gold-plated staff Nāyakas of Madura Mīnākshamma

Śaka 1656, Ānanda, Māgha śu. 2, Tuesday =1735 A. D., January 14, Tuesday  f.d.t. ∙17.

Do. States that the staff weighing 1638 va. ga. (vaṛāha gadyāṇa) was the gift of Kṛishṇājamma.
350 Another gold-plated staff Do. Do. Do. Do.

Registers gift of another staff by the same donor. The weight of the staff is marked as 1658 va. ga. and 12 na.

351 Gold milk-bowl Do. Vijayaraṅga Chokkanātha Vikārin, Māsi Do.

States that the gold bowl weighing 335½ ga. was the gift of the chief for serving milk to the god.

352 Pair of solid gold-plate feet of the god Do. Do. …. Do. States that this is the gift of the chief to the god.
353 Gold spittoon Do. Do. …. Do.

States that this is the gift to god Kastūri Raṅganāyakulu by the chief. There are three more similar spittoons, all of which bear the same inscription on them.

  UDAIYARPALAIYAM TALUK       Do.  
354

Jayaṅgoṇḍachōḷapuram.—Lintel of entrance, garbhagṛiha, Kalugumalaināthar temple.

Pāṇḍya Māravarman Tribhuvanachakravartin

[5]+1st year, Śittirai 16.

Tamil

States that the nagarattār of Jayaṅgoṇḍaśōlapuram endowed a piece of land as kuḍinīṅgādēvadāna to god Tirumalaināyanār of the village.




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