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South Indian Inscriptions

 
No. Place of inscription. Dynasty. King. Date. Language and alphabet. Remarks.
  TRICHINOPOLY DI STRICT. TRICHINOPOLY TALUK.          
1 Srirangam.─East wall of the second prākāra in the Raṅganātha temple. Vijayanagara Achyutadēva-Mahārāya Śaka 1461, Viḷaṁbi, Pushya, ba. 30, Sunday. Kannaḍa Records (royal) gift of a kirīṭa and a karṇa-patra to god Raṅganātha at Śriraṅgam through Veṅgaḷayya, the rāyasam of Rāmābhaṭḷayya.
2 Same wall Do. Do. Śaka 1457, Manmatha, Karkaṭaka, ba. Amāvāsyā, Wednesday, Punarpūśam. Tamils and Grantha Registers gift of the village Kaḍambankurichchi in Kilaṅgunāḍu belonging to Rājarājapurachchāvaḍi, for providing curd-rice offerings to Uraiyūrvalli-Nāchchiyār, by Oṁkarāja Chenna-Bālayadēva-Mahārāja who has a number of birudas such as ‘Uraiyūr-puravarādhīśvara’, ‘Chōḷakula-tilaka’ etc. Registers also a gift of gold and silver ornaments by the same chief to the goddess.
3 Do. Do. Do. Śaka 1457, Manmatha, Dhanus, śu. 8, Thursday, Rēvatī. Tamil Registers gift of gold by Periya Kōnamman, wife of Periya Tirumalaidēva-Mahārāja, son of Salakkaiyadēva-Mahārāja of the Sūrya-vaṁśa, for offerings to the god, from which Śrī-Vaishṇavas had to be fed in the tirumāḷigai of Kandāḍai Aṇṇan Appan of the Vādhūla-gōtra.
4 Do. .. …. Paritāpi, Arpaśi 5 Do. Incomplete. Appears to refer to some wrongful collection of Nāṭṭukkāṇikkai taxes on the tiruviḍaiyāṭṭam lands belonging to the temple.
5 Do. .. …. Śaka 1419, Piṅgaḷa, Karkaṭaka, ba. 4, Tuesday, Pūraṭṭādi. Do. Registers gift of gold by Narasamman, the wife of Mahāmaṇḍalēśvara Kommarāja Periya Timmarāja-Uḍaiyar for offerings to the god from which latter, a portion was to be utilised for a feeding charity in the Rāmānujakūṭam conducted by Kanḍāḍai Rāmānujayyaṅgār.
6 Do. .. ….

Nandana, Paṅguni, Ēkādaśī.

Do. Incomplete. Refers to some gifts (not specified) by Rudramū[r*]ttiyappan, son of Nallama Mummuḍi. . .  . .. . . . . . . . . ..of Kāṅgayanallūr, on behalf of Vīrappa-Nāyaka.
7 Do. Vijayanagar Dēvarāya-Mahārāya Śaka 135[5], Pramādi, Makara, ba. 6, Friday, Hasta. Do. Registers gift of the villages Koḍiyālam and Śirudavūr to Uttama-Nambi, the officer in charge of the temple, by [Anna] Chauṇḍappa, son of Ādityadēva for conducting a car festival in the temple on the day of Uttirāḍam, the natal star of the donor’s father. An elephant was also presented to the temple for service during the same festival.
8 Do. Do. Veṅkaṭapatidēva-Mahārāya Śaka 1534, Paridhāvi, Mēsha, śu. 3, Thursday, Rōhiṇī. Do. Registers gift of money by Rāmānuja-Jīyar of the lineage of Yatīndrapravaṇaprabhāva Piḷḷailōkāchārya-Jīyar for offerings to the god during the tiruvaddhyanam festival in the month of Chittirai.
9 Do. Do. Achyutadēva-Mahārāya Śaka 1458, Durmukha. Telugu Incomplete. Registers gift of gold and ornaments to the temple by Akkājamma, daughter of Timmarāju Salakarāju, who was the son of Peddayadēva-Mahārāja who has a number of birudas.
10 Do. .. …. Viḷambi, Māgha, śu. 11. Do. Connected with No. 1 above. Veṅgaḷaya is stated to be the son of  Pōchirāju Timmaya of the Kauṇḍinya-gōtra.


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