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TANJAVUR
Brihadhiswara TEMPLE
Inscriptions
INSCRIPTIONS
ON THE WALLS OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE
No.
69. On the outside of the east
enclosure.
This
inscription and the next following one (No. 70 are engraved on the right
of the entrance to the second gopura.
The inscription No. 69 consists of a list of villages which had
to supply treasurers servants and accountants to the Rajarajesvara
temple, in accordance with an order which Rajarajadeva had issued before
the 29th year of his reign. Paragraph 1 states that these
villages were situated in the Chola country, in the Pandya country, land
in Tondai-nadu which was surnamed Jayankonda-Chola-mandalam. Tondai-nadu
or Tondai-mandalam is the ancient Tamil name of the Pallava country.
In Sanskrit inscriptions it occurs as Tondira-mandala, Tundira-mandala,
and Tundaka-vishaya.
The present inscription proves that Jayankonda-Chola-mandalam, which is
referred to in many inscriptions,
is another name of Tondai-mandalam. Jayankonda-Chola, from which this
term is derived, must have been a surname of Rajaraja or of one of his
predecessors. In the Madras Christian College Magazine for
October 1890, Mr. Venkayya has shown that proper names, of which
Jayankonda-Chola forms the first member, do not occur in inscriptions
previous to the 29th year of Rajarajaâs reign, and
concludes from this fact that Jayankonda-Chola was a surname of Rajaraja
himself, assumed by him towards the close of his reign. The same surname
was subsequently adopted by another Chola king, Ko-Rajakesarivarman, alias
Rajadhirajadeva,
The form Jayankonda-Tonda-mandalam, which occurs in later inscriptions,
is evidently an abbreviation of âTondai-mandalam, alias
Jayankonda-Chola-mandalam.â
The
original of this inscription is much injured, and whole paragraphs of it
are totally lost. To facilitate reference, I have numbered consecutively
all those paragraphs, of which at least a portion is still preserved.
Translation.
1.
Hail ! Prosperity ! Before the twenty-ninth year (of the reign)
of Ko-Rajakesarivarman, alias Sri-Rajarajadeva, who, & c.,
â the lord Sri-Rajarajadeva was pleased to order that the inhabitants
of the brahmadeyas in Sora-mandalam, in Pandi-nadu, alias
Rajaraja-mandalam,
and in Tondai-nadu, alias Jayankonda-Sora-mandalam, should
supply, as long as the moon and the sun endure, to the lord of the Sri-Rajarajesvara
(temple) : (1) as temple treasurers, such Brahmanas in those
respective brahmadeyas as are rich in land, connexions, or
capital ; (2) Brahmacharins (mani) as temple servants ; and (3)
accountants for writing the accounts (of the temple). Among the
persons who are supplied, to each treasurer should be measured......... kalam
of paddy per year ; to each Brahmacharin who is a temple servant, (one)
Padakku of paddy per day and four kasu per year ; among
these, to each of ten who had taken permanent vows (?), three kuruni
of paddy per day and four kasu per year ; among the same, to each
of twenty.......... (one) padakku of paddy per day and
five kasu per year to
each person who writes the accounts, two hundred kalam of paddy
per year â to each under-accountant whom the latter has to supply,
seventy-five kalam of paddy per year, i.e., one hundred
and fifty kalam of paddy to two (under-accountants). Among
these, the Brahmacharins who are temple servants, shall receive (their)
allowance of paddy and kasu at the city treasury of the lord of
the Sri-Rajarajaesvara (temple) ; and the treasurers and
accountants shall receive (their allowances) at the up-country
treasuries of the lord of the Sri-Rajarajesvara (temple). These
allowances were engraved on stone by order of the lord Sri-Rajarajadeva.
2.
The members of the assembly of M[ngal]am in Mangala-nadu, (a
subdivision) of Arumorideva-valanadu, have to supply one Brahmana as
temple treasurer (and) one Brahmacharin as temple servant.
3.
The members of the assembly of Nedumanal, alias
Madanamanjari-chaturvedimangalam, in Nenmali-nadu, (a subdivision)
of Arumorideva-valanadu, have to supply two Brahmacharins as temple
servants.
4.
The members of the assembly of Kunriyur in the same nadu have to
supply one Brahmacharin as temple servant.
5.
The members of the assembly of [Su]r[a]n[kudi] in the same nadu
have to supply one Brahmacharin as temple servant.
6.
The members of the assembly of [Ara]rrur in the same nadu have to
supply one Brahmacharin as temple servant.
7.
The members of the assembly of Pallavanmahadevi-chaturvedimangalam in
Purangarambai-nadu, (a subdivision) of Arumorideva-valanadu, have
to supply one Brahmacharin as temple servant.
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8.
The members of the assembly of Sembiyanmahadevi-chaturvedimangalam in
the same nadu have to supply two Brahmacharins as temple
servants.
9.
The members of the assembly of Perumbalamarudur in the same nadu
have to supply one Brahmacharin as temple servant.
10.
The members of the assembly of Kalappar in the same nadu have to
supply one Brahmacharin as temple servant.
11.
The members of the assembly of Sin[gal]antaka-chaturvedimangalam in the
same nadu have to supply one Brahmacharin as temple servant.
12.
The members of the assembly of [Sanga......... alias Arumori]devaâ
chaturvedimangalam, in the same nadu have to supply two
Brahmacharins as temple servants.
13.
The members of the assembly of Keruvattur in the same nadu have
to supply one Brahmacharin as temple servant.
14.
The members of the assembly of............ chaturvedimangalam...........
have to supply one Brahmacharin as temple servant.
15.
The members of the assembly of K[oyilarpudu]k[kudi], alias
Kodandarama-chaturvedimangalam, in the same nadu have to supply
one Brahmacharin as temple servant.
16.
The members of the assembly of Va[nga]na[gar] in the same nadu
have to supply one Brahmacharin as temple servant.
17.
The members of the assembly of [Van]korra[n]gudi in the same nadu............
18.
The members of the assembly of.................. have to supply one
Brahmacharin as temple servant.
19.
The members of the assembly of Pa[nai]yur in the same nadu have
to supply.
20.............
one Brahmacharin as temple servant.
21...............
Ku[ru]m[ba]........ in...... nda[r]ai-[ve]lur-kurram, (a subdivision)
of Arumorideva-valanadu,..................
22.
The members of the assembly of Kurur................. have to supply one
Brahmacharin as temple servant.
23.
The members of the assembly of Konnur in the same nadu...................
24.
The members of the assembly of Arvalam in Arvala-kurram...................
have to supply two Brahmacharins as temple servants.
25........................
[A]ru[morideva]........................... one Brahmacharin as temple
servant.
26.
The members of the assembly of Vali[va]lam in the same nadu have
to supply.......................... as temple servant.
27......................
on Brahmacharin as temple servant.
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28.
the members of the assembly of Mali[nu]r in the same nadu have to
supply one Brahmacharin as temple servant.
29.
The members of the assembly........................... have to supply
one Brahmacharin as temple servant.
30....................
of [A]rinji[gaiâ chaturvedimangalam] in the same nadu.....................
31...........................
one Brahmacharin as [temple servant].
32...........................
in Pu[liy]r-nadu, (a subdivision) of Arumorideva-valanadu,..........................
33...........................
one Brahmacharin as temple servant.
34...........................
(a subdivision) of Arumorideva-valanadu..........................
35...........................
have to supply two Brahmacharins as temple servants.
36...........................
[Iran]........... in the same nadu..........................
37.
the members of the assembly of............ alias
Paramesvaramangalam,.......................... have to
supply.......................... as temple servant.
38.
The members of the assembly of....................mangalam..........................
have to supply two Brahmacharins as temple servants.
39...........................
in the same nadu..........................
40.
The members of the assembly.......................... (a subdivision)
of Kshatriyasikhamani-valanadu, have to supply...................
41.....................
have to supply...................
42....................
in Ser[rur-kurram], (a subdivision) of
Kshatriya-sikhamani-valanadu,...................
43.
The members of the assembly of [Kuda]vayil................... have to
supply one Brahmacharin as temple servant.
44....................
Nalur in the same nadu...................
45.
The members of the assembly of................... have to supply one
Brahmacharin as temple servant.
46....................
in Te[vur-nadu], (a subdivision) of Kshatriya-sikhamani-valanadu,
have to supply......... Brahmacharin as temple servant.
47....................
one Brahmcharin as temple servant.
48....................
[in the same nadu]................... Brahmacharin as temple
servant.
49.
The members of the assembly of [Kallur, alias] Sannamangalam,...................
have to supply one Brahmacharin as temple servant.
50.
The members of the assembly of Ma[ru]gal................... have to
supply one Brahmacharin as temple servant.
51.
The members of the assembly................... in Vela-[nadu], (a
subdivision) of Kshatriyasikhamani-valanadu, have to supply one
Brahmacharin as temple servant.
52.
The members of the assembly of............. [nu]r, alias
Danatonga-chatuvedimangalam,................... (a subdivision)
of Kshatriya-sikhamani-valanadu, have to supply two Brahmacharins as
temple servants.
53.
The members of the assembly of Ku[n]davai-chaturvedimangalam in
Mu[r]ai[yu]r-nadu, (a subdivision) of
Kshatriyasikhamani-valanadu, have to supply one Brahmacharin as temple
servant.
54.
The members of the assembly of lTanda[ttott]am, alias
Mummadi-Sora-chaturvedimangalam, in Tirunaraiyur-nadu, (a subdivision)
of Uyyakkondan-valanadu, have to supply one Brahmacharin as temple
servant (and) one accountant who shall write the accounts ; the
latter has to supply two under-accountants.
55.
The members of the assembly of Tiruk[ku]da[mu]kki[l] in Pam[bu]ranadu, (a
subdivision) of Uyyakkondan-valanadu, have to supply two
Brahmacharins as temple servants.
56.
The members of the assembly of Ambapurattur in Am[ba]r-nadu, (a
subdivision) of Uyyakkondan-valanadu, have to supply........
Brahmacharin as temple servant.
57.
The members of the assembly of Avvainallur and the members of the
assembly of [Pi]r[e]ttaikudi in the same nadu have to supply one
Brahmacharin as temple servant.
58.
The members of the assembly of Tiruma[ralai] in Vennadu, (a
subdivision) of Uyyakkondan-valanadu, have to supply two
Brahmacharins as temple servants.
59.
The members of the assembly of Kera[l]antaka-chaturvedimangalam in the
same nadu have to supply two Brahmacharins as temple servants (and)
one accountant who shall write the accounts ; the latter has to supply
two under-accountants.
60.
The members of the assembly of Vaigal, alias
Vanavanmahadevi-chaturvedimangalam, in the same nadu have to
supply one Brahmacharin as temple servant.
61.
The members of the assembly...................... in [Tir]ai[murn]adu, (a
subdivision) of Uyyakkondan-valanadu, have to supply one
Brahmacharin as temple servant.
62.
The members of the assembly................... in Ti[ruvarundur-nadu], (a
subdivision) of Uyyakkondan-valanadu, have to supply two
Brahmacharins as temple servants.
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63.
The members of the assembly of Nallurpu[du]kkudi in the same nadu
have to supply two Brahmacharins as temple servants.
64.
The members of the assembly of Vara[gu]r in the same nadu have to
supply two Brahmacharins as temple servants.
65.
The members of the assembly of Akkalur in the same nadu have to
supply one Brahmacharin as temple servant.
66.
The members of the assembly of [Vi]lainagar, alias
Nittavinoda-chaturvedimangalam, in Vilai-nadu, (a subdivision) of
Uyyakkondan-valanadu, have to supply one Brahmacharin as temple servant.
67.
The members of the assembly of Perumulai in the same nadu have to
supply one Brahmacharin as temple servant.
68.
The members of the assembly of [Pari]yalur in the same nadu have
to supply one Brahmacharin as temple servant.
69.
The members of the assembly of Rajendrasimha-chaturvedimangalam in [A]kkur-nadu,
(a subdivision) of Uyyakkondan-valanadu, have to supply two
Brahmacharins as temple servants.
70.
The members of the assembly of Tirukkadavur in the same nadu have
to supply two Brahmacharins as temple servants.
71.
The members of the assembly of [Talai]chchangadu in the same nadu
have to supply two Brahmacharins as temple servants.
72.
The members of the assembly of Ka[ya]kkudi in Kurumbur-nadu, (a
subdivision) of Uyyakkondan-valanadu, have to supply two
Brahmacharins as temple servants.
73.
The members of the assembly of [Talichche]ri, alias [Parakrama]-Sora-chaturvedimangalam,
in the same nadu have to supply one Brahmacharin as temple
servant.
74.
The members of the assembly of Ulagu............ in the same nadu
have to supply one Brahmacharin as temple servant.
75.
The members of the assembly of [Kuru]mbapurattur in the same nadu
have to supply two Brahmacharins as temple servants.
76.
The members of the assembly of Cho[la]............[sim]ha-chaturvedimangalam
in....... r[ai]yur-nadu, (a subdivision) of Uyyakkondan-valanadu,
have to supply two Brahmacharins as temple servants.
77.
The members of the assembly of Tiruvidaikkari, a devadana in
Kurumbur-nadu, (a subdivision) of Uyyakkondan-valanadu, have to
supply one accountant who shall write the accounts ; the latter has to
supply two under-accountants.
78.
The members of the assembly of [Ganda]raditya-chaturvedimangalam in
Poygai-nadu, (a subdivision) of Rajendrasimha-valanadu, have to
supply two Brahmacharins as temple servants.
79.
The members of the assembly of Perum[bu]liyur in the same nadu
have to supply........ Brahmacharin as temple servant.
80.
The members of the assembly of Kama[rava]lli in [Mirai]-kurram, (a
subdivision) of Rajendrasimha-valanadu, have to supply two
Brahmacharins as temple servants (and) one accountant who shall
write the accounts ; the latter has to supply two under-accountants.
81.
The members of the assembly of Torur in An[da]ttu-kurram, (a
subdivision) of Rajendrasimha-valanadu, have to supply.......
Brahmacharin as temple servant.
82.
The members of the assembly of Sri-Par[a]n[taka]chaturvedimanga]lam..................
have to supply four Brahmacharins as temple servants (and) one
accountant who shall write the accounts ; the latter has to supply two
under-accountants.
83.
The members of the assembly of Adanur in Innambar-nadu, (a
subdivision) of Rajendrasimha-valanadu, have to supply one
Brahmacharin as temple servant.
84.
The members of the assembly of
Paraiya-Vanavanmahadevi-chaturvedimangalam in the same nadu have
to supply.......... Brahmacharin as temple servant.
85.
The members of the assembly of Asugur in the same nadu have to
supply one Brahmacharin as temple servant.
86.
The members of the assembly of [Seynallur]
in Mi[r]lai-[nadu], (a subdivision) of Rajendrasimha-valanadu,
have to supply one Brahmacharin as temple servant.
87.
The members of the assembly of Emanallur, alias
Trailokyamahadevi-chaturvedimangalam, in Manni-nadu, (a subdivision)
of Rajendrasimha-valanadu, have to supply two Brahmacharins as temple
servants.
88.
The members of the assembly of Vem[ba]rrur, alias [A]vaninarayana-chaturvedimangalam,
in the same nadu have to supply two Brahmacharins as temple
servants.
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89.
The members of the assembly of Idai[yarnal]lu[r] in the same nadu
have to supply one Brahmacharin as temple servant.
90.
The members of the assembly of [Idavai] in the same nadu have to
supply one Brahmacharin as temple servant.
91.
The members of the assembly................... (a subdivision) of
Rajendrasimha-valanadu, have to supply one Brahmacharin as temple
servant.
92.
The members of the assembly of [Sri-Par]anta[ka-chatu]rvedimangalam in
the same nadu have to supply one Brahmacharin as temple servant.
93.
The members of the assembly of Kadava[y]mangalam in [Na]llarrur-nadu, (a
subdivision) of Rajendrasimha-valanadu, have to supply one
Brahmacharin as temple servant.
94.
The members of the assembly of Mahaendrakottur in the same nadu
have to supply....... Brahmacharin as temple servant.
95.
The members of the assembly of........... [lam], alias Puliyur,
in................... (a subdivision) of Rajendrasimha-valanadu,
have to supply one Brahmacharin as temple servant.
96.
The members of the assembly of Sri-Viranar[ayana]-chaturvedimangalam in
the same nadu have to supply one Brahmana as temple treasurer (and)
twelve Brahmacharins as temple servants.
97.
The members of the assembly of Kurukkai kin Kurukkai-nadu, (a
subdivision) of Rajendrasimha-valanadu, have to supply one
Brahmacharin as temple servant.
98.
The members of the assembly of Kavirimangalam in the same nadu
have to supply one Brahmacharin as temple servant.
99.
The members of the assembly of Kada[langu]di in the same nadu
have to supply one Brahmacharin as temple servant.
100.
The members of the assembly of Ka................... [in Tiruvali-nadu,
(a subdivision) of Rajendrasimha-valanadu], have to supply one
Brahmacharins as temple servant.
101.
The members of the assembly of............... [k]kudi in [Ti]..........,
(a subdivision) of Rajendrasimha-valanadu, have to supply one
Brahmacharin as temple servant.
102.
The members of the assembly of Tirunanriyur in the same nadu have
to supply one Brahmacharin as temple servant.
103.
The members of the assembly of Marapidugudevi-chaturvedimangalam in the
same nadu have to supply two Brahmacharins as temple servants.
104.
The members of the assembly of [Pe]ru[nga]nbur in Ven[naiyu]r-nadu, (a
subdivision) of Rajendrasimha-valanadu, have to supply one
Brahmacharin as temple servant.
105.
The members of the assembly of Pap[pa]rkudi in the same nadu have
to supply................... as temple servant.
106.................................
have to supply one Brahmacharin as temple servant.
107.
The members of the assembly of............. [chatu]rvedimangalam
in...................,
(a subdivision) of R[ajendrasimha-valanadu], have to supply two
Brahmacharins as temple servants.
108.
The members of the assembly of Tirukkarumalam in the same nadu
have to supply one Brahmacharin as temple servant.
109.
The members of the assembly of Tenur in the same nadu have to
supply one Brahmacharin as temple servant.
110.
The members of the assembly of Na[ngur] in Nangur-nadu, (a subdivsion)
of Rajendrasimha-valanadu, have to supply two Brahmacharins as temple
servants.
111.
The members of the assembly of Kunram in the same nadu have to
supply one Brahmacharin as temple servant.
112....................
in the same nadu................... one Brahmachrin...................
113....................
in Adigai[mangai-nadu], (a subdivision) of
Rajaendrasimha-valanadu, have to supply two Brahmacharins as temple
servants.
114.
The members of the assembly of Panchavanmahadevi-chaturvedimangalam in
Konda-nadu, (a subdivision) of Rajendrasmha-valanadu, have to
supply two Brahmacharins as temple servants.
115.
The members of the assembly of Kumaraditya-chaturvedimangalam in
Ne[luvur]-nadu, (a subdivision) of Rajendrasimha-valanadu, have to
supply one Brahmacharin as temple servant.
116.
The members of the assembly of Nayadiramangalam in Pidavur-nadu, (a
subdivision) of Rajendrasimha-valanadu, have to supply one
Brahmacharin as temple servant.
117.
The members of the assembly of................. [chaturvedimangalam]...................
have to supply................... as temple servant.
118.
The members of the assembly of [Ma]hendramangalam...................
have to supply one Brahmacharin as temple servant.
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119.
The members of the assembly of Kshatri[ya]simha-chaturvedimangalam in
the same nadu have to supply one Brahmacharin as temple servant.
120.
The members of the assembly of Tiruvellarai in [Vada]va[ri]-nadu, (a
subdivision) of Rajasraya-valanadu, have to supply two Brahmacharins
as temple servants.
121.
The members of the assembly of Parakrama-[S]o[ra-chatu]rvedimanagalam in
Ka[lara-ku]ram, (a subdivision) of Rajasrya-valanadu, have to
supply...................
122.
The members of the assembly................... have to
supply................... as temple servant.
123.
The members of the assembly of Sangatti-chaturvedimangalam
in...................kandam................... have to supply one
Brahmacharin as temple servant.
124.
The members of the assembly of Rajasraya-chaturvedimangalam in
Uraiyur-kurram, (a subdivision) of Keralantaka-valanaldu, have to
supply one Brahmana as temple treasurer (and) two Brahmacharins
as temple servants.
125.
The members of the assembly of Ar[rinji]g[ai]-chaturvedimangalam in the
same nadu have to supply................... as temple servant.
126.
The members of the assembly of................... [tan]dalai...................
(a subdivision) of Keralantaka-valanadu, have to supply one
Brahmacharin as temple servant.
127....................
one Brlahmacharin as temple servant.
128.
The members of the assembly of Karali-chaturvedimangalam in
Tattaiga[la]-nadu, (a subdivision) of Keralantaka-valanadu, have
to supply one Brahmacharin as temple servant.
129.
The members of the assembly of Sora-Uttama-chaturvedimangalam in
Suralur-kurram, (a subdivision) of Keralantaka-valanadu, have to
supply one Brahmacharin as temple servant.
130.
The members of the assembly of................... dimangalam in [Vi]l[a-n]adu,
(a subdivision) of Pandyakulasani-valanadu, have to supply two
Brahmacharins as temple servants.
131.
[The members of the assembly of Sorama]hadevi-chaturvedima[ngalam] in
the same [nadu have to supply] one [Brahmacharin as temple
servant].
132.
The members of the assembly of [Ma]lari, alias
Srikanda-chaturvedimangalam, in the same nadu have to supply one
Brahmacharin as temple servant.
133.
The members of the assembly of Idaiyarrumangalam in Idaiyarru-nadu, (a
subdivision) of Pandyakulasani-valanadu, have to supply two
Brahmacharins as temple servant.
134.
The members of the assembly of Tonda[v]ai-chaturvedimangalam in the same
nadu have to supply one Brahmacharin as temple servant.
135....................
in the same nadu have to supply one Brahmacharin as temple
servant.
136.
The members of the assembly of........... chaturvedimangalam...................
(a subdivision) of Pandyakula[sani-valanadu], have to supply one
Brahmacharin as temple servant.
137.
The members of the assembly of Tiru[p]per in Eyi-nadu, (a subdivision)
of Pandyakulasani-valanadu, have to supply one Brahmacharin as temple
servant.
138.
The members of the assembly of Rajakesari-chaturvedimangalam in
Nallur-nadu, (a subdivision) of Nittavinoda-valanadu, have to
supply one Brahmana as temple treasurer (and) three Brahmacharins
as temple servants.
139.
The members of the assembly of Vi[sai]ya[la]ya-[chaturvedimangalam]
in............ nd[ara]-nadu, (a subdivision) of
Ni[ttavinoda-valanadu], have to supply..................
140.
The members of the assembly of I[ru]m[buda]l, alias
Manuku[lasula]-ma[ni-chaturve]dimangalam, in A[vur]-kurram, (a
subdivision) of Nittavinoda-valanadu, have to supply two Brahmacharins
as temple servants.
141.
The members of the assembly of [Amu]tti[ra]valli in the same nadu
have to supply two Brahmacharins as temple servants.
142.
The members of the assembly of Jananatha-chaturvedimangalam in
Mudi-chchonadu, (a subdivision) of Nittavinoda-valanadu, have to
supply two Brahmacharins as temple servants (and) one accountant
who shall write the accounts ; the latter has to supply [two]
under-accountants.
143....................
one Brahmacharin as temple servant.
144.
The members of the assembly of [Ki]r[p]pu[ndi],
alias [Oloka]mahadevi-chaturvedimangalam, in Venni-kurram, (a
subdivision) of Nittavinoda-valanadu, have to supply two Brahmacharins
as temple servants.
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145.
The members of the assembly of [Pu]vanur, alias
Avankesari-chaturvedimangalam, in the same nadu have to supply
one Brahmacharin as temple servant.
No.
70. On
the outside of the east enclosure.
This
inscription consists of a list of villages in the Chola country, which
had to supply watchmen for the temple, in accordance with an order which
Rajarajadeva had issued before the 29th year of his reign.
The last paragraph (114) states that, owing to want of space, the
inscription is continued on the south of âthe gate of Rajaraja,â i.e.,
on the left of the entrance to the second gopura. This missing
portion is identical with the inscription No. 57, which professes to be
the continuation of an incomplete inscription on the north of âthe
gate of Rajaraja,â i.e., on the right of the entrance to the
second gopura.
Translation.
1.
[Hail ! Prosperity ! ] Before the twenty-ninth year (of the reign)
of Ko-Rajakesarivarman, alias Sri-Rajarajadeva, who, & c.,
â the lord Sri-Rajarajadeva [was pleased to order the inhabitants of
the] brahma [deyas] in Sora-mandalam [should supply temple
watchmen] to the lord of the Sri-Rajarajesvara (temple).
To each of the temple watchmen who are supplied, the inhabitants of the
respective villages which have supplied the temple watchmen, shall
measure one hundred kalam of paddy per year. This paddy has to be
supplied and daily allowances (padi) have to be paid every year,
as long as the moon and the sun endure, out of the tax due by the
inhabitants of the respective villages. These allowances were engraved
on stone by order of the lord Sri-Rajarajadeva.
2.
The members of the assembly of [Vima]lachittama[ngal]am in I[n]ga[na]du,
(a subdivision) of Arumorideva-valanadu, have to supply one temple
watchman.
3.
[The members of the assembly of Nedumana]l, alias
Madanamanjari-[chaturvedimangalam, in Nenmali-nadu], (a subdivision)
of Arumo[rideva-valanadu, have to supply........ temple watchman.]
4.
The members of the assembly of Kunriyur [in the same nadu] have
to supply one temple watchman.
5.
The members of the assembly of Pallavanmahadevi-chaturvedimangalam in
Puran[gara]m[bai-nadu], (a subdivision) of Arumorideva-valanadu,
have to supply one temple watchman.
6.
The members of the assembly of Sembiyanmahadevi-chaturvedimangalam in
the same nadu have to supply one temple watchman.
7.
The members of the assembly of Perumbalamarudur in the same nadu
have to supply one temple watchman.
8.
The villagers of................... ngalam in the same [nadu have
to supply........ temple watchman]. 9.
The villagers of Sirramur in..............rukkuram....................
have to supply one temple watchman.
10.
The members of the assembly of Kurukkai in I............... du, (a
subdivision) of Arumorideva-valanadu, have to supply one temple
watchman.
11.
The members of the assembly of Kiraiyil, alias [Pa]ram[e]svaramangalam,
in Ala-nadu, (a subdivision) of Arumorideva-valanadu, have to
supply one temple watchman.
12.
The members of the assembly of Sembiyanmahadevi-chaturvedimangalam in
the same nadu have to supply one temple watchman.
13.
The members of the assembly of Tirunaraiyur in Tirunaraiyur-nadu, (a
subdivision) of Kshatriyasikhamani-valanadu, have to supply one
temple watchman.
14.
The members of the assembly of [Si]t[o].............. m, alias
Abhimanabhusha[na-chatu]rvedimangalam, in the same nadu have to
supply one temple watchman.
15.
The members of the assembly of.......... ayakudi in the same nadu
have to supply one temple watchman.
16.
The villagers of [Van]daranje[ri] in the same nadu have to supply
one temple watchman.
17.
The villages of Ku[ru]r in the same nadu have to supply one
temple watchman.
18.
The villagers of the Karkudi in the same nadu have to supply one
temple watchman.
19.
The members of the assembly of Serrur in Serrur-kurram, (a
subdivision) of Kshatriyasikhamani-valanadu, have to supply one
temple watchman.
20.
The members of the assembly of Kudavayil in the same nadu have to
supply one temple watchman.
21.
The members of the assembly of Na[lur] in the same nadu have to
supply one temple watchman.
22.
The members of the assembly of [In]gan in I[n]ganadu, (a subdivision)
of Kshatriyasikhamani-valanadu, have to supply one temple watchman.
23.
The members of the assembly of Alattur in Tevur-nadu, (a subdivision)
of Kshatriyasikhamani-valanadu, have to supply one temple watchman.
24.
The members of the assembly of P[e]rungadambur in [Ala-n]adu, (a
subdivision) of Kshatriyasikhamani-valanaldu, have to supply one
temple watchman.
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25.
The members of the assembly of Papp[a]rkudi in the same nadu have
to supply one temple watchman.
26.
The members of the assembly of Porundambo[ndai] in the same nadu
have to supply one temple watchman.
27.
The members of the assembly of Kott[a]rakkudi in Pattina-kurram, (a
subdivision) of Kshatriyasikhamani-valanadu, have to supply one
temple watchman.
28.
The members of the assembly of Tirukka[nna]ngudi in the same nadu
have to supply one temple watchman.
29.
The members of the assembly of Kallur, alias [Sa]nnamangalam, in
the same nadu have to supply one temple watchman.
30.
The members of the assembly of Ma[ru]gal in Ma[ru]gal-nadu, (a
subdivision) of Kshatriyasikhamani-valanadu, have to supply one
temple watchman.
31.
The members of the assembly of [I]........................ k[kudi] in
the same nadu have to supply one temple watchman.
32.
The members of the assembly of [Pu]da[nu]r in the same nadu have
to supply one temple watchman.
33.
The villagers of Vai[p]pur in the same nadu have to supply one
temple watchman.
34.
The villagers of [Ta]njavur in the same nadu have to supply one
temple watchman.
35.
The members of the assembly of [A]diyappimangalam in Tiruvarur-kurram,
(a
subdivision) of Kshatriyasikhamani-valanadu, have to supply one temple
watchman.
36.
The members of the assembly of Raja[ma]lla-chaturvedimangalam in [V]ela-nadu,
(a subdivision) of Kshatriyasikhamani-valanadu, have to supply
one temple watchman.
37.
The villagers of Pe[ru]m[b]or in the same nadu have to supply one
temple watchman.
38.
The members of the assembly of Pugalo[ga]mankka-chaturvedimangalam in
Panaiyur-nadu, (a subdivision) of Kshatriyasikhamani-valanadu,
have to supply one temple watchman.
39.
The members of the assembly of Tanda[tto]ttam, alias
Mummadi-Sora-chaturvedimangalam, in [Tiru]nar[aiyu]r-nadu, (a
subdivision) of Uyyakkondan-valanadu, have to supply one temple
watchman.
40.
The members of the assembly of Pa[mbu]ram in Pambura-nadu, (a
subdivision) of Uyyakkondan-valanadu, have to supply one temple
watchman.
41.
The members of the assembly of Ka[d]ai[k]kudi in the same nadu
have to supply one temple watchman.
42.
The villagers of [Nal]lavur in the same nadu have to supply one
temple watchman.
43.
The villagers of [Adiya]raiyakurumbal in [A]mbar-nadu, (a subdivision)
of Uyyakkondan-valanadu, have to supply one temple watchman.
44.
The villagers of Nallarundur in the same nadu have to supply one
temple watchman.
45.
The villagers of Ma[ru]davur in Ma[ru]gal-nadu, (a subdivision)
of Uyyakkondan-valanadu, have to supply one temple watchman.
46.
The members of the assembly of Tiru[ma]ra[lai] in Vennadu, (a
subdivision) of Uyyakkondan-valanadu, have to supply one temple
watchman.
47.
The members of the assembly of Vaigal, alias Vanavanmahadevi-chaturvedimangalam,
in the same nadu have to supply one temple watchman.
48.
The members of the assembly of Tirun[a]llam in the same nadu have
to supply one temple watchman.
49.
The villagers of Karu[vi]li in the same nadu have to supply two
temple watchmen.
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50.
The villagers of Vaya[lu]r in the same nadu have to supply one
temple watchman.
51.
The members of the assembly of Sattanu[r] in Ti[r]ai[mu]r-nadu, (a
subdivision) of Uyyakkondan-valanadu, have to supply one temple
watchman.
52.
The members of the assembly of Akkalur in Tiruvaru[ndu]r-nadu, (a
subdivision) of Uyyakkondan-valanadu, have to supply one temple
watchman.
53.
The villagers of Ayirkadu in the nadu have to supply one temple
watchman.
54.
The members of the assembly of [Vilai]nagar, alias
Nittavinoda-chaturvedimangalam, in Vilai-nadu, (a subdivision) of
Uyyakkondan-valanadu, have to supply one temple watchman.
55.
The numbers of the assembly of Perumulai in the same nadu have to
supply one temple watchman.
56.
The members of the assembly of [Pariyalu]r in the same nadu have
to supply one temple watchman.
57.
The villagers of [Ti]r[aimur] in the same nadu have to supply one
temple watchman.
58.
The members of the assembly of Rajendrasimha-chaturvedimangalam in
A[kkur]-nadu, (a subdivision) of Uyyakkondan-valanadu, have to
supply one temple watchman.
59.
The members of the assembly of [Ti]ruk[kadavur] in the same nadu
have to supply one temple watchman.
60.
The members of the assembly of Ta[lai]chchangadu in the same nadu
have to supply one temple watchman.
61.
The members of the assembly of talichch[e]ri, alias [Pa]rakrama-Sora-chaturvedimangalam,
in [Ku]ru[mbur]-nadu, (a subdivision) of Uyyakkondan-valanadu,
have to supply one temple watchman.
62.
The members of the assembly of Iraiyanseri in the same nadu have
to supply one temple watchman.
63.
The members of the assembly of Ti[ruvid]aikkari, a devadana in
the same nadu have to supply three temple watchman.
64.
The villagers of Nedungadu in the same nadu have to supply one
temple watchman.
65.
The members of the assembly of [Ga]ndaraditya-chaturvedimangalam in
Poygai-nadu, (a subdivision) of Rajendrasimha-valanadu, have to
supply two temple watchmen.
66.
The members of the assembly of Perum[bu]liyur in the same nadu
have to supply one temple watchman.
67.
The members of the assembly of Parthivasekha[ra]-chaturvedimangalam in [Mi]rai-kurram,
(a subdivision) of Rajendrasimha-valanadu, have to supply one
temple watchman.
68.
The members of the assembly of Kavaiya[t]talai, alias
Pandita-Sora-chaturvedimangalam, in A[nd]attu-kurram, (a subdivision)
of Rajendrasimha-valanadu, have to supply one temple watchman.
69.
The villagers of Sattimangalam in the same nadu have to supply
one temple watchman.
70.
The members of the assembly of
Paraiya-Vanavanmahadevi-chaturvedimangalam in Innambar-nadu, (a
subdivision) of Rajendrasimha-valanadu, have to supply one temple
watchman.
71.
The members of the assembly of Asugur in the same nadu have to
supply one temple watchman.
72.
The members of the assembly of Kottaiyur in the same nadu have to
supply one temple watchman.
73.
The inhabitants of Er, alias Mum[ma]di-Soramangalam, in the same nadu
have to supply one temple watchman.
74.
The members of the assembly of [Sri]-Parantaka-chaturvedimangalam in the
same nadu have to supply two temple watchmen.
75.
The members of the assembly of S[ey]nallur in [Miralai-nadu], (a
subdivision) of Rajendrasimha-valanadu, have to supply one temple
watchman.
76.
The members of the assembly of Emanallur, alias
Trailokyamahadevi-chaturvedimangalam, in Manni-nadu, (a subdivision)
of Rajendrasimha-valanadu, have to supply one temple watchman. 77. The
members of the assembly of Ve[mba]rrur, alias [A]vaninarayana-chaturvedimangalam,
in the same nadu have to supply one temple watchman.
78.
The members of the assembly of Idavai in the same nadu have to
supply one temple watchman.
79.
The members of the assembly of Pananda[di] in the same nadu have
to supply one temple watchman.
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80.
The members of the assembly of Kattur in Vilattur-nadu, (a
subdivision) of Rajendrasimha-valanadu, have to supply one temple
watchman.
81.
The members of the assembly of O....................... r in Karâ nadu
(a subdivision) of Rajendrasimha-valanadu, have to supply one
temple watchman.
82.
The members of the assembly of Sri-Vi[ran]ara[yana-cha]turvedimangalam,
a free village (? Taniyur), have to supply six temple watchmen.
83.
The members of the assembly of Kurukkai in Kurukkai-nadu, (a
subdivision) of Rajendrasimha-valanadu, have to supply one temple
watchman.
84.
The members of the assembly of Kavirimangalam in the same nadu
have to supply one temple watchman.
85.
The members of the assembly of Kattiyar-brahmadeyam in the same nadu
have to supply one temple watchman.
86.
The members of the assembly of [Vara]gur in the same nadu have to
supply....... temple watchman.
87.
The members of the assembly of Kada[lan]gudi in the same nadu
have to supply one temple watchman.
88.
The members of the assembly of [Ma]l[likudi] in [Tiruva]li-nadu, (a
subdivision) of Rajendrasimha-valanadu, have to supply one temple
watchman.
89.
The members of the assembly of Tiruvali in the same nadu have to
supply............. temple watchman.
90.
The members of the assembly of......... in Tiru[vin]dalur-nadu, (a
subdivision) of Rajendrasimha-valanadu, have to supply one temple
watchman.
91.
The members of the assembly of [Thiru]nanriyur in the same nadu
have to supply one temple watchman.
92.
The members of the assembly of Mara[pidugudevi]-chaturvedimangalam in
the same nadu have to supply one temple watchman.
93.
The villagers of [Kanjaranagar] in the same nadu have to supply
one temple watchman.
94.
The members of the assembly of Perunga[n]bur in Ve[nnai]yur-nadu, (a
subdivision) of Rajendrasimha-valanadu, have to supply one temple
watchman.
95.
The members of the assembly of Ma[dula]velur in the same nadu
have to supply one temple watchman.
96.
The members of the assembly of........... ttur in the same nadu
have to supply one temple watchman.
97.
The members of the assembly of Vellur in the same nadu have to
supply one temple watchman.
98.
The members of the assembly of Sodiya[kku]di in the same nadu
have to supply one temple watchman.
99.
The members of the assembly of U[d]aiyadi[tya-chaturv]edimangalam in
Tirukkaruma[la-nadu], (a subdivision) of Rajendrasimha-valanadu,
have to supply one temple watchman.
100.
The members of the assembly of Tirukkarumalam in the same nadu
have to supply one temple watchman.
101.
The members of the assembly of Tenur in the same nadu have to
supply one temple watchman.
102.
The members of the assembly of Nangur in Nangur-nadu, (a subdivision)
of Rajendrasimha-valanadu, have to supply two temple watchmen.
103.
The members of the assembly of Kunram in the same nadu have to
supply one temple watchman.
104.
The members of the assembly of Ma[ru]dur in the same nadu have to
supply one temple watchman.
105.
The members of the assembly of Perundottam in Adigaimangai-nadu, (a
subdivision) of Rajendrasimha-valanadu, have to supply two temple
watchmen.
106.
The members of the assembly of Panchavanamahadevi-chaturvedimangalam in
Konda-nadu, (a subdivision) of Rajendrasimha-valanadu, have to supply
two temple watchmen.
107.
The members of the assembly of Kumaraditya-chaturvedimangalam in
Ne[luvu]r-nadu, (a subdivision) of Rajendrasimha-valanadu, have to
supply one temple watchman.
108.
The members of the assembly of Nayadiramangalam in Pidavur-nadu, (a
subdivision) of Rajendrasimha-valanadu, have to supply one temple
watchman.
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109.
The members of the assembly of Jayan[k]o[n]da-Sorachaturvedimangalam in
Vesalip[pa]di, (a subdivision) of Rajendrasimha-valanadu, have to supply
one temple watchman.
110.
The members of the assembly of Valavanmahadevi-chaturvedimangalam in
I[ru]ngolappadi, (a subdivision) of Rajendrasimha-valanadu, have to
supply one temple watchman.
111.
The members of the assembly of Mahe[ndra]mangalam in Mimalai, (a
subdivision) of Rajasrya-valanadu, have to supply one temple watchman.
112.
The members of the assembly of Tiruvellarai in Vada[vari]-nadu, (a
subdivision) of Rajasraya-valanadu, have to supply two temple watchman.
113.
The members of the assembly of Perumarudur in Kir-Palaru, (a
subdivision) of Pach[chi]r-kurram in Rajasraya-valanadu, have to supply
one temple watchman.
114.
Poyidu,
As the space at this spot is not sufficient, the portion which is
missing here, was engraved on stone to the south of the sacred gate of
Rajaraja, to the north of the shrine of A[gnid]eva, on the lower portion
(?), on the east wall of the enclosure (?), commencing from the
northern...........
No.
71. On the east wall of the
central shrine.
The
beginning of the first five lines of this inscription is hidden by a
flight of steps, which has been constructed in front of the shrine after
the time when the inscription was engraved. The record is dated in the
cyclic year Kshaya which was current after the expiration of the Saka
year 1368 (A.D. 1446-47), and during the reign of Devar [aya II.] (of
Vijayanagara). It describes a few gold and silver ornaments which were
presented to the temple by a certain Vallabhadeva. This person was
probably a military officer o Devaraya, as he professes to have made the
gift with the object of effecting in return the conquest of the world.
While,
in the Chola inscriptions of the Tanjore temple, the weight of ornaments
is given in karanju, manjadi and kunri, the subjoined
inscription employs for this purpose the tukkam of ten pana-idai.
From the table of weights, which is contained in Sir Walter Elliotâs Coins
of Southern India, p. 47, and which is based on a Malayalam work
entitled Kanakkusaram, it appears that the tukkam and pana-idai
of the subjoined inscription must be identical with the karanju
and panattukkam (= 2 manjadi) of the metrical system.
Although the pana-idai or panattukkam (= 1/10 karanju)
is not mentioned in the Tanjore inscriptions of the Cholas, it is there
presupposed by the fact that the Tamil term ma (1/20) is used to
denote âone tenth whenever it follows the word manjadi (= ½ pana-idai
or panattukkam).
Translation.
(On
the day) of the nakshatra Purva-Phalguni, which corresponded to a
Wednesday and to the fifty tithi of the first fortnight, at the
auspicious time of...........................
in the Kshaya samvat[sara] which was current after the
Saka year 1368, while........................the destroyer of [hostile]
kings, the disgracer of those kings who break
their word, the disgracer of the three kings (of the South), he
[who takes] every country which he sees, [but never gives back a country
which he has taken], the lord of the four oceans (viz.,) the
eastern, southern, western and northern (oceans), who was pleased
to witness the elephant hunt, Devar[aya]........... was
graciously ruling the earth, â Vallabhadevar, the son of Saundarasar
of the............ gotra (and) of the Asvalayana-sutra,
gave [to the god at] Tanjavur (the following presents), with the
desire to accomplished the conquest of the world (dig-vijaya) : â One
large diadem (Patta), (containing) twenty tukkam of
gold of eight and a half (degrees) fineness, â at the rate of ten pana-idai
to one tukkam ; one diadem, (containing) seventeen tukkam
and eight pana-idai (of gold) of eight (degrees)
fineness ; one diadem, (containing) six tukkam and two pana-idai
(of gold) of eight (degrees) fineness ; one neck-ring
(pattaikkarai), (containing) two tukkam (of gold)
of eight (degrees) fineness ; two joined neck-rings, (containing)
three tukkam (of gold) of eight and a half (degrees)
fineness ; (one) nose-ornament (mukkutti), weighing two
pana-idai ; two eyes for the idol (tirukkanmalar), (containing)
one tukkam (of gold) of nine (degrees) fineness ;
one breast-ornament (padakkam), (containing) four tukkam
(of gold) of eight (degrees) fineness. To (the god)
Kshetrapala
(he gave) one silver diadem, (weighing) one tukkam
and (one) pana-idai.
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