The Indian Analyst
 

Annual Reports

 

No. Place of inscription. Dynasty. King. Date. Language and alphabet. Remarks.
  SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT—contd. TIRUKKOYILUR TALUK—contd. Siddhaliṅgamaḍam­─contd.          
262 West and south walls of the same shrine. Sāḷuva Mahāmaṇḍalēśvara Narasiṅgadēva-Mahārāja. Śaka 1393, Vikṛiti, Arpaśi 13, trayōdaśī, Monday. Tamil States that, as the temples and several villages in the sīmai of the temple of Tiruppulippagava-Nāyanār had been deserted and fallen into ruin for several years owing to the Oḍḍiyan-galabhai, Annamarasa, the agent of the king, arranged for revival of worship therein, for the merit of his master, by the restoration of the mānya grants enjoyed by the temples previously.
263 East wall of the maṇḍapa in front of the same shrine. Chōḷa Parakēsarivarman alias Tribhuvanachakravartin Vikrana-Chōḷadēva. 14th year Do. Incomplete. Records a gift of land by purchase by Pākkan Muḍikoṇḍān and Udaiyañjeydān, the sons of a maid servant (of the royal household ?), for special offerings of the god Mahādēva at Śirrīṅgūr, a brahmadēya in Kurukkaikūrram, a subdivision of Malāḍu alias Jananātha-vaḷanāḍu.
264 North wall of the same maṇḍapa Vijayanagara Achyutadēva-Mahārāya, son of Narasiṅgadēva-Mahārāya. Śaka 1454, Nandana, Makara, śu. 10, Monday, Hasta. Do. Records the gift of the hamlet Kōyilānpaṭṭu and a land called Dāsaṅkollai in Tiruppulippagavanallūr as tax-free tirunāmattukkāṇi for worship and repairs in the temple, by Annama-Reḍḍiyār and Ponnambalanāthar, with the permission of Ayyan Śaruvappaiyan , the younger brother of Rāmābhaṭṭarayyan, for the merit of the latter.
265 Same wall .. …. Śukla (expired), Pramōdūta (current), Chittirai 9. Do. Seems to record an order of the agent (name lost) of Vaiyappa-Nāyaka giving the benefit of the channels flowing through Akkalimaṅgalam and Puduppāḷaiyam to the residents of those villages, as the people of Iḍaiyāru declined to utilise it evidently owing to some disadvantage. This transaction was ratified by the latter in the presence of the muddirai-manushan Veṅkaṭayyan.
266 Śaravaṇambākkam.─ Three slabs built into the side of a platform in front of the Māriyamman temple. .. …. Kali 4863, Chītrabhānu, Āvaṇi 16, Saturaday. Do. Much damaged. Records the consecration of the shrine of Māriyamman at Gōpālpuram, hamlet of Śravaṇambākkam and a gift of land for worship therein.
267 Śirumadurai.─ South wall of the centrals shrine in the Chokkanāthēśvara temple. Pāṇḍya Jaṭāvarman alias Tribhuvanachakravartin Vikrama-Pāṇḍyadēva

7th  year (in words)

Do. Registers a grant of land by the ūrār of Śiru-Marudai as tirunāmattukkāṇi under the name Māhēśvaranallūr to the temple of Alagiya-Nāyanār in the village, for forming a tirumaḍaiviḷāgam.
268 Stones built into the walls of the Vēṇugōpālasvāmin temple. Pāṇḍya Vikrama-Pāṇḍya 8th year, . . . . . . . , chaturdaśī, Friday, Punarpūśam. Do. Portions lost. Begins with the introduction ‘Samasta-bhuvanaikavīra’. Seems to record a gift of land to the temple of god Vēdanā . . . . . . . . . .  in Śirumadurai-agaram on the north bank of the river Peṇṇai in Rājarāja-vaḷanāḍu, a subdivision of Naḍuvil-maṇḍalam, by Orrikoṇḍa-Piḷḷai Tiruchchiṟṟaibalam-uḍaiyār. Quotes a gift of land made in the 60th year of Avaniyāḷappiranda Kōpperuñgadēva.

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