The Indian Analyst
 

Annual Reports

 

No. Place of insciption. Dynasty. King. Date.

Language and alphabet.

Remarks.
 

SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT—contd.
TIRUKKOYILUR TALUK—contd.

         
384

Śoraiyappaṭṭu.—Slab set up near a Vināyaka shrine in a street (to the back of the Vināyaka image).       

Vijayanagara

Gajavēṭṭai Pratāpa-Dē[varāyaMa]hārāya.

Śaka 1359, Piṅgala,Āvaṇi 10.

Tamil

Records the gift of the village Śuravippaṭṭu in Vāṇagōppāḍināḍu, a subdivision of Paḍaivīṭṭu-chāvaḍi, by the king as sarvamānya to a certain Sambandāṇḍār at Tiruvaṇṇāmalai for the maintenance of a maṭha.

385

Kaḷumalam.—South wall of the maṇḍapa in front of the central shrine of the Chidambareśvara temple.

Pāṇḍya.

Tribhuvanacharakravartin Sundara-Pāṇḍyadēva.

13th year              

Do.

Unfinished. Refers to a gift of land by order of the king in the time of ‘[Pi]ḷḷai’ Mābali-Vāṇarāyar to the temple at Kalumalam.

386

North wall of the same maṇḍapa

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Yuva, Tai 3

Do.

 

Built in at the beginning of lines and below. Modern. Seems to record the conferment of the kāval right in the village on a certain Vāṇādarāya by the Ūravar of Kalumalam, consequent on a theft in the village. (See also No. 269 of 1934-35) and Nos. 374 and 398 below.

387

Muḍiyanūr—Rock called Ālamarattuppārai.

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Do.

A major portion of the surface has been chipped off by the villagers in quarrying the surrounding rocks. Records an endowment of 1500 kuli of land by the Mahājanas of Muḍiyanūr to the temple of Kayilāsanāthasvāmi for the expenses of worship, etc. The characters are of the 16th century A.D. Mentions Achchut[tappa]. . . .  .

388

South wall of the central shrine of the Śiva temple in ruins.  

Pāṇḍya.

Māravarman alias Tribhuvanachakravartin.

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Do.

States that this is a copy (tulyam). Records the gift by the king of the village Vēṭpūr free of all taxes thereon to the temple of Kailāsamuḍaiya-Nāyanār at Muḍiyanūr alias Ravikulamāṇikka-chaturvēdimaṅgalam on the south bank of the Peṇṇai in Magadai-maṇḍalam. Connected with No. 268 of 1934-35 belonging to Māravarman Vīra-Pāṇḍya.

389

Walls of the Vināyaka shrine in the same temple.    

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Tribhuvanacharakravartin Kōnērinmaikoṇḍān.

5th year, 300th day

Do.

Records a royal order to the sabhā of Muḍiyanūr alias Ravikulamāṇikka-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, granting them the right of collecting the taxes over a village, excluding the portion enjoyed by a certain Kaṇḍiyadēvar as jîvita and the dēvadāna lands, for an annual rental of 250 pon.

390

Dēviyandal.—Rock on the tank bund

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Do.     

In modern characters. States that the ērimīn (tax on fishing right) was to be utilised for the repair of the tank and for raising its embankment.

391

Slab set up in a private house-site .      

Pāṇḍya.

Kōnērinmēlkoṇḍān Tribhuvanachakravartion Kulaśēkharadēva.

5th year, Āḍi 20             Do.  

Damaged. States that (the village) Dēviyārēndal with all its income was endowed (for worship) to (god) Vayirava (Bhairava)-Nāyanār .

392

Broken door-jamb lying in another private house-site.

Chōḷa

Parakēsarivarman alias Tribhuvanachakravartin Vikrama-Chōḷadēva.

[9]th year

Do.     

Much damaged. Begins with the introduction Pūmādu puṇara etc. Seems to record the gift of this pillar (kai) by two Vaḷḷāḷa residents of Kaḍambūr ‘ on the south bank of the Peṇṇai.’


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