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Place of inscription. |
Dynasty. |
King. |
Date. |
Language and alphabet. |
Remarks. |
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TRICHINOPOLY DISTRICT—contd. TRICHINOPOLY TALUK—contd.Jaṁbukēṥvaram—contd. |
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| 132 |
South wall of the same prākāra (outside), left of entrance. |
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Telugu |
Modern. States that Sadāśiva-Dīkshita planted the pillar of Śivanāmatrayam which established his fame. |
| 133 |
Same wall |
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Tamil |
States that this is the linear measure for measuring the wet lands of Tiruvēnaikkā. The length is indicated by two + marks at either end and measure about 4 feet. |
| 134 |
Do., right of entrance |
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Do. |
States that this wall and the entrance were the gift of Anna Chauṇḍappa-Uḍaiyar, son of Āditta-Uḍaiyar. The writing belongs to the 15th century A.D. |
| 135 |
Slab set up near a dilapidated maṭha near the outermost eastern gōpura. |
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Śaka 1506, Tāraṇa, Paṅguni 6. |
Sanskrit in Grantha and Tamil. |
Purports to record an order of god Chaṇḍēśvara conferring upon Chandraśēkharaguru-Uḍaiyar the headship of the Pāśupata-maṭha with the right of worship and management of the temple of Tiruvānaikkā-Uḍaiyār. |
| 136 |
Slab set up near the outermost western gōpura. |
Madura Nāyaka |
Viśvanātha Kṛishṇa Vīrappa-Nāyaka |
Śaka 1517, Manmatha, Vṛiśchika, ba. 14, Thursday, Anusha. |
Tamil |
Records the gift of the annual income of 47 pon due to the chief from the valaikkāra (fishermen) families settled in Trichinopoly, for worship and offerings to god Kaṅkāḷanātha, set up by him in the temple, on one of the days during the principal festival. |
| 137 |
Uraiyūr.—Slab fixed in the maṇḍapa in front of the central shrine in the Nāchchiyār temple. |
Vijayanagara |
Veṅkaṭapatidēva-Mahārāya, ‘ who witnessed the elephant hunt.’ |
Śaka 1521, Vikāri, Kaṛkaṭaka, ba. 3, Sunday, Śatabhishaj. |
Do. |
Records gift of 2 vēli of land by Viśvanātha-Nāyakkar Kṛishṇappa-Nāyakkar at Mēlvayalūr in Uṛaiyūr-kūrram, a subdivision of Malai-nāḍu in Rājagambhīra-vaḷanāḍu, for offerings to the image of Saint Tiruppāṇālvār at Uraiyūr, for the merit of his mother Tirumalaiyamman. |
| 138 |
Kumāravayalūr.—North wall of the central shrine in the Agnīśvara temple. |
Chōḷa |
Rājarājakēsarivarman |
3rd year |
Do. |
Records sale of land made tax-free by the ūrār of Vayalūr in Uraiyūr-kūrram to a merchant named Perumān Viṭaṅkan, (who endowed it) for a lamp in the maṇḍapa called ‘ Aiññūrruvan ‘ built by him. |
| 139 |
Same wall |
Do. |
Rājakēsarivarman ‘ who destroyed the ships at Śālai’. |
1[3]th |
Do. |
Records another sale of land at Paḷḷaṅguḍi-Tennūr by the ūrār to the same donor, who is also called here Tiruveḷḷarai-Māyilaṭṭi, (who endowed it) for the proper maintenance of the maṇḍapa mentioned above. |
| 140 |
South wall of the same shrine |
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Do. |
In characters of the 11th century A. D. Fragmentary. Seems to record a gift of land left in charge of the ūrār of Vayalūr for supplying ghee for a lamp. |
| 141 |
Same wall |
Chōḷa |
Rājakēsarivarman |
[3] 1st year |
Do. |
Records gift of 30 kalañju of gold by the standard weight Viḍēlviḍugu-kal, by a native of Vaḷabhi-nāḍu for a lamp in the temple of Mahādēva at Vayalūr in Uṛaiyūr-kōṭṭam. The gift was entrusted to the ūrār who purchased a land therewith as a permanent endowment. |
