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9 West wall of the same prākāra . . . . . Śaka 1602, Raudri, Kumbha, śu. 7, Sunday, Svāti. Tamil Registers gift of land, by purchase, by Vāthūkula (Vādhūla)- dēśikar for offerings to the god on several occasions, including the day on which he was taken in procession to Kōṭṭai Chennama-Nāyakkar-maṇḍapam.
10 Beam of the maṇḍapa on the north side of the same prākāra. Nāyaka Vijayaraṅga Chokkanātha-Nāyaka . . Telugu States that the Vēdapārāyaṇa-maṇḍapa is the gift of the king. A copy of this record is also engraved on the beam of the maṇḍapa in the west side of the same prākāra.
11 Inner wall of the north side of the same prākāra near the Svarga-vāśal. [ Vijayanagara] . . . . . . Grantha Gives the genealody of Viṭṭhala of the Āravīti family and registers the grant of two villages for providing offerings, worship etc., to the god Śrīraṅganātha and the gift of Sūrya-and Chandra-prabhā (vāhana) for the god’s procession during festivals.
12 Same wall Pāṇḍya Jaṭāvarman alias Tribhuvanachakravartin Sundara-Pāṇḍyadēva. 15th year, Āvaṇi 21 Tamil Registers gift of land by purchase for rearing a flowergarden for supplying flowrs to god Alagiyamaṇavāḷa-Perumāḷ, by the temple priest Āsūri Lakshmabhaṭṭa-Sōmayāji of Kaṇṇuḍai-chaturvēdimaṅgalam in Pāchchil-kūrram, a subdivision of Rājarāja-vaḷanāḍu, for the money received from Perumāḷ Sundara-Pāṇḍya.
13 Do. Vijayanagara Sadāśivadēva-Mahārāya Śaka 1467, Viśvā. vasu, Phālguṇay śu 7, Monday, Rōhinī. Grantha and Tamil Registers gift of the village Chitāmaṇi to Śrīśailapūrṇāchārya Tātāchārya alias Auvukku Tiruvēṅkaṭayaṅgār by Mahāmaṇḍalēśvara Rāmarāja, for worship and offerings to the god in the manner in which they were formerly conducted in the time of Nalantigal Nārāyaṇa-jīyar, for the merit of himself and the king. Refers to the erosion of the river Kāvērī  into Śrīraṅgam and its diversion near Chintāmaṇi in the time of a Chōḷa king, and to the compensation in land in the Koḷakaṭṭai village granted to the Brahman residents of Chintāmaṇi.
14 East wall of the same prākāra Chōḷa Rājakēsarivarman alias  Chakravartin Kulōttuṅga-Chōḷadēva. 39th year Tamil Begins with the introduction ‘ Pugalśūlnda puṇari’ etc. Built in at the end. Seems to register a gift of land by purchase by Āriyan Vāsudēva-Bhaṭṭan alias [Rājarāja-Brah]mārāyan of Anishṭhānam in Kāśmīradēśam.
15 Same wall Do. Do. 15th Do. Do. Registers gift of land, by purchase, by rājarājan Madhurāntakan alias Vatsarāja, for worship and offerings to the god Alagiyamaṇavāḷa-Perumāḷ, on the day of his natal star Mṛigāśīrsha and for feeding Śrīvaishṇavas in the madhurāntakadēvan-maṭha during two festival days.
16 Base of the kitchen on the east side of the same prākāra. Vijayanagara Veṅkaṭapatidēva-Mahārāya Śaka 1533, Virōdhikṛit, Siṁha, ba. 13, Tuesday, Pūram. Do. Registers gift of money by Paramēśvaran, son of Maṅgā-Śeṭṭi, a merchant of Śrīraṅgam, for offerings to the god, when halting at the Viṭṭhalarājan-maṇḍapa in the Sāḷuvanāyakan-tōppu, when taken in procession to Uraiyūr on the 5th and 6th days of the Brahmōtsava festival.
17 West wall of the fourth prākāra Chōḷa Parakēsarivarman alias Tribhuvanachakravartin Tribhuvanavīradēva, ‘ who having taken Madura, Īlam, Karuvūr and the crowned head of the Pāṇḍya, was pleased to perform the ancintanent of heroes and victors.’ 35th year, Tulā, śu. 13, Wednesday, Rēvatī. Do. Incomplete. Begins with the introduction  ‘ Puyal vāyttu’ etc. Records that certain land were purchased and given as tirunāmattukkāṇi for worship and offerings, to god Alagiyamaṇavāḷa-Perumāḷ by Ambalavan-Kōyilālvār, a lady who was under support (mudugaṇ) of Ambalavan Periya-Perumān alias Jagadēkavīra-Āchārya of Rājarājapura.

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