NO.115,
INSIDE THE FRONT GOPURA, TO THE LEFT, FIRST INSCRIPTION
1.King:
the illustrious mahamandalesvara Medinisvara Immadi-Narasimharaya-maharayar
(of Vijayanagara)
2.Date:
Saka 1418 expired and the Rakshasa year current.
3.Donor:Periya-Timmarasa-udaiyar.
4.Remark:The
inscription mentions a mandapa, which Erama-nayaka caused
to be built at Tiru-Virichipuram.
NO.116.INSIDE
THE FRONT GOPURA, TO THE LEFT, SECOND INSCRIPTION.
1.Date:
the Nanda year (i.e.,Saka 1395).
2.King:
the illustrious mahamandalesvara Medinisvara Gandan Katta[ri]
Saluva Dharanivaradha Narasimharaya-udaiyar (of Vijayanagara).
3.Donee:
Udaiyar Varittunai-nayanar of Tiru-Virinchipuram.
4.Remark:
The inscription mentions some nayaka, the son of another nayaka;
the names of both are obliterated.
NO.117.
INSIDE THE FRONT GOPURA, TO THE LEFT, THIRD INSCRIPTION.
1.King:
Sakalalokachakravartin Rajanarayana
2.Remark:The
inscription mentions Andi-nadu
NO.118.
INSIDE THE FRONT GOPURA, TO THE LEFT FOURTH INSCRIPTION
1.King:
the illustrious maharajadhiraja, the illustrious
Virapratapa-[Achyuta-deva]-maharayar(of Vijayanagara).
2.Date:
Saka 1463 expired and the Plava year current.
3.Remark:
The inscription mentions Kishnama-nayaka and the temple of Udaiyar
Varittunai-nayanar at Tiru-Virinchipuram.
NO.119.
INSIDE THE FRONT GOPURA, TO THE RIGHT, FIRST INSCRIPTION.
1.King:
the illustrious mahamandalesvara Medinisvara Ganga Kattari
Saluva-saluva Narasimhadeva (of Vijayanagara).
2.Date:
Saka 1404-expired and the Subhakrit year current.
3.Donor:
Nagana-nayaka
4.Donee:Udaiyar
Varittunai-nayanar of Tiru-Virinchipuram.
5.Remark:
The inscription mentions the villages of Pasumarattur and Veppur.
No.120.
INSIDE THE FRONT GOPURA, TO THE RIGHT, THIRD INSCRIPTION
1.Date:
Salivahana-Saka 1457 expired and the Nandha year current.
2.King
: the illustrious maharajadhiraja-paramesvara Achyutadeva-maharayar
(of Vijayanagara).
3.Donee:
Margasahaya-deva
of Irinchipuram(!)
4.
Remarks: The inscription mentions Siraleri (see No.123).
The grant seems to have consisted of a number of kuris
of land and to have been made for the benefit of two Brahmanas,
Timmappayan and Saivadirayar Vasantaraya-guru, who taught
the Rik-sakha and Yajuh-sakha respectively.
The second donee belonged to
the Bharadvaja-gotra and followed the Bodhayana-sutra.
No.121.
ON THE BASE OF THE BACK OF THE FRONT GOPURA, TO THE RIGHT.
1.King:
the illustrious mahamandalesvara,
the illustrious Virapratapa, (the younger brother and
successor of) Vira-Narasimha-deva, Krishnadeva-maharaya (of
Vijayanagara)
2.Date:
Saka 1435 expired and the Srimukha year current.
No.
122. ON THE BASE OF THE BACK OF THEFRONT GOPURA, TO THE LEFT
1.Date:
Saka 1432[expired] and the Pramoduta
year current.
2.Remark:
The name of the king is entirely effaced; but the inscription
begins with the same birudas, as were borne by the king
Krishnadeva of the
inscription No.121.
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NO.123.
INSIDE THE BACK GOPURA
1.King:
the illustrious mahamandalesvara rajadhiraja rajaparamesvara,
the illustrious Achyutadeva-maharayar or Achyutaraya (of Vijayanaraga).
2.Date:
Saka 1454 expired and the Nadana year current.
3.Donee:
Udaiyar Varittunai-nayanar or Sri-Virinchesvara.
4.Donor:
the karanika(=karanam) Virapayan or Viraya, who belonged
to the Gautamanvaya.
5.Object
of the grant: (a). the village of Siraleri within the
boundaries (sima) of Kavanur;
(b) the village of Virasur, excluding the agrahara of
Kirai-Virarasurand including the open (i.e., unfortified)
place (tirappu) of Angarayan-kuppam.
6.Remark:
This inscriptione mentions the mandapa of Samburayan,
which may have formed part of the Virinchipuram temple.
Nos.124
TO 129. ON STONES BUILT INTO THE FLOOR OF THE COURT-YARD OF THE
VIRICHIPURAM TEMPLE.
NO.124.
This
and the next inscription belong to the same king, as No.108.
The present inscription is dated âin the ninth year of
Ko-Vijaya-Nadivikramavarman.â
NO.125.
This inscription is dated âin the forty-seventh year of
Vijaya-Nandivikramavarman.â
NO.126.
This
inscription is dated in the third (?) year of Madirai-konda
Ko-Parakesari-varman.
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NO.127.
The
stone, which bears the subjoined inscription, is unfortunately
very much worn. The
text, as far as it can be made out, runs as follows:-
âIn
the 5th year of Ko-Parakesarivarman, alias Udaiyar
Sri-rajendra-deva, who,. . . . having taken the seven and a half
lakshas of Iratta-padi, having set up a pillar of victory
(jayastambha) at Kollaram (?); having reduced to powderâ¦. the
whole army of Ahavamalla at Koppam on the bank of the Peraru, having taken all the
elephants, horses, treasures of women and riches of Ahavamalla,
who had turned his back and fled, and having performed the
coronation of heroes,-was pleased to sit on the throne of
heroes,-we, the villagers of Gangama[r]tandapuram in
Miyarai-nadu, (a division) of Adhiranjedra-vala-nadu in
Jayangonda-Sora-mandalam,[gave] to Mahadeva of the Somesvara (temple)
at our village for the purposes of worship. . . . . . three
hundred kuris; for a tiru-nandavanam . . . . . . .
. . three hundred kuris;
for two lamps. . . . . .â
An
inscription of the same Rajendra-deva, which is dated in the
ninth year and is found in a niche of the Varahasvamin Tample at
Mamallapuram, was published by sir Walter Elliot. He identified Ahavamalla with the Western Chalukya king
Ahavamalla II. or Somesvara I.
(about Saka 964 to about 990), who, according to
inscriptions and according to the Vikrammankacharita (sarga
i, verses 90, 115, 116), fought with the Cholas.
The Rajendra-deva of the present inscription and of Sir
Walter Elliotâs inscription may be indentified with that
Rajendra-deva of the Suryavamsa, whose daughter
Madhurantaki was married to the Eastern Chalukya king
Rajendra-Choda (Saka 985 to 1034) according to verse 12 of the
Chellur grant.(No.39)
No128.
This
inscription mentions Sakalalokachakravartin Rajanarayana
Sambuvaraya[n] and seems to record a gift to Varittunai-appan
No.129.
On
this stone, the name of Sambuvaraya and part of one of his birdudas
(Aragiya) are visible;see the introduction of the Poygai
inscriptions (Nos.59 to 64).
Nos.130
TO 132. INSCRIPTIONS OF THE ISVARA TEMPLE AT AMMUNDI NEAR
VIRINCHIPURAM.
The
southern wall of this temple is covered with several Chola
inscriptions. None of them can be made out completely, as the
letters are much obliterated, as the stones are, to all
appearance, not in their original order.
No.130.
This
is dated âin the 11th(?) year of
Ko-Rajakesarivarman, alias Chakravartin Sri-Kulottunga-Sora-deva.â
No.131.
This
inscription is engraved to the right of No.130 and may have been
intended for its continuation. It records a gift of land from
the inhabitants of Aimbundi (the modern Ammundi) to their
Siva temple, which bore the name of Muppanaiyisvara.
The gift was made before the god Adidasa Chandesvara-deva.
TRANSLATION
Having
poured water into the blessed hand of Adidasa Chandesvara-deva,
we, the inhabitants of Aimbundi in Miyagarai-nadu, a division in
the north of Pangala-nadu, (which forms part) of
Jayankonda-Sora-mandalam, gave the land specified below as a tiru-nandavanam
to (the god) Mahadeva of the Muppanayisvara (temple)
in our village. The southern boundary is to the north of our
tank; the western boundary is to the east of the field of Tomban;
the northern boundary is to the south of the road; the eastern
boundary is . . . . .
No.132.
This
inscription is dated âin the 10th (?) year of Tirubhuvanachakravartin
koneri Men-konda Kulottunga-Sora-deva.â The donor was
Sengeni-Ammaiyappa. . . . . Perumal, alias
Vikrama-Sora-Sambuvarayan.
No.133.
ON THE RIGHT OF THE FRONT WALL OF A MANDAPA AT KARANIPAKKAM NEAR
VIRINCHIPURAM.
This
inscription is dated during the reign of Vira-Venkatapatirayar
and in the Srimukha year.
This is Saka 1556, two years before No.107 and three
years before an inscription of Venkata II. published in the Indian Antiquary, vol. XIII, p.125.
The inscription records that Govindappa-nayaka caused the
mandapa to be built and allotted some land in
Karanipakkam for the mandapa to be built and allotted
some land in Karanipakkam for the mandapa, which was to
be used as a watershed and sattram.
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Nos.134
TO 137. INSCRIPTIONS AT KIR-MUTTUGUR NEAR VIRINCHIPURAM.
At
this village, there are four stones with sculptures and rough
inscriptions. The
sculptures are the following:-on stone No.134, a man with a bow;
on stone No.135, an elephant and a bird; on stone No.136, an
armed man; and on stone No.137, a man fighting with a tiger.
No.134.
This
and the next inscription are dated in the third and eighteenth
year, respectively, of Ko-Vijaya-Narasimhavarman.a
No.136.
This
and the next inscription are dated in the twenty-ninth and
thirty-second year, respectively, of Madirai-konda
Ko-Parakesarivarman.
No.138.
ON A STONE IN THE VIRA TEMPLE AT MALAYAPATTU NEAR VIRINCHIPURAM.
1.King:
the illustrious mahamandalesvara
Venkatadeva-maharayar.
2.Date:
Saka 15[2]4 expired and the Subhakrit year current.
3.Donor:
Bommu-nayan Nangama-nayaka, i.e., Nangama-nayaka, the son
of Bommu-nayaka.
4.Donee:
the Vira Temple at Marilyappattu.
No.139.
AT THE SRIRANGANAYAKA-SVAMIN TEMPLE AT PALLIKONDA NEAR
VIRINCHIPURAM, TO THE LEFT OF THE FRONT DOORWAY.
This
inscription is dated in the Durmati year, which was
current after the expiration of the Saka year 1554.
The third symbol of the Saka date is not quite clear.
There is a mistake either in the Saka or in the cyclic
year, as the only Durmati year of the 16th
century corresponded to the current Saka year 1544. The inscription mentions the temple of Ranganatha-Perumal at
Pallikondai.
No.140.
ON A STONE AT SEDUVALAI NEAR VIRINCHIPURAM
1.King:
the illustrious mahamandalesvara, the illustrious
Sadasivadeva-maharayar (of Vijayangara).
2.Date:
Salivahana-Saka 1489 expired and the Prabhava year
current.
3.Donee:the
linga of Margasahaya at Tiru-Virinchipuram.
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