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The Indian Analyst
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South Indian Inscriptions |
PART-II TAMIL AND GRANTHA INSCRIPTIONS II. INSCRIPTIONS IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF VELUR NO.43. ON A STONE AT ARAPPAKKAM NEAR VELUR This and the next-following seven inscriptions record grants to Jvarakhandesvara-svamin of Velur, i.e. to the Vellore Temple, which is nowadays called Jalakanthesvara[1]. The name of the temple is spelt Jvarakandesvara in five inscriptions, Jvarakanthesvara in two others and Jvarakandhesvara in one of them. The Sanskrit original of these various forms seems to have been Jvarakhandesvara. Jvarakhanda, âthe destroyer of fever,â would be a synonym of Javarahara, which is applied to Siva in the name of one of the Kanchipuram temples.[2] The inscriptions Nos.43 to 46 are dated on the same of the Akshya year, which was current after the expiration of the Saka year 1488, and during the reign of Sadasiva-deva-maharaja, They record grants which were made to the Vellore Temple at the request of Sinna-Bommu-nayaka of Velur by the mahamandalesvara Tirumalaiyadeva-maharaja, also called Tirumalai-rajayan, (the younger brother of) Ramaraja, with the consent of Sadasiva-Deva-maharayar. The historical results obtained from these four inscriptions are:- 1. That Sadasiva-deva of Vijayanagara was still alive in 1566-67 A.D., i.e., ten years after the latest grant mentioned in my second paper on the Karnata Dynasty.[3] 2.
That, after the death of his elder brother Rama, Tirumala-raja of
Karnata[4]
continued to acknowledge the king of Vijayanagara as his sovereign
and submitted to the title of mahamandalesvara. 3. The Sinna-Bommu-nayaka of the four inscriptions is perhaps identical with âBommi Reddi or Naidu,â to whom tradition assigns the foundation of the Vellore Temple.[5] The Vilapaka grant of Venkata I. of Karnata dated Saka 1523 mentions a certain Linga-bhupala, son of Veluri-Bomma-nripati and grandson of Virappa-nayaka-kshamapa.[6] Velluri-Bomma is evidently the same as Sinna-Bommu-nayaka of Velur. From the title âPrinceâ , which the Vilapaka grant attributes to Bomma and to his father and son, it follows that his family were petty chiefs under the kings of Karnataka, who were again nominally dependent on the kings of Vijayanagara.
The inscription No.43, as mentioned in Sewellâ Lists of Antiquities,[7] records the gift of the village of Arapakkam, where it is still found. TRANSLATION Let there be prosperity ! Hail ! After Sinna-Bommu-nayaka (of) Velur had made a petition to the illustrious mahamandalesvara Ramaraja-Tirumalaiya-deva-maharaja, - Tirumalai-rajayan, having made a petition at the feet of Sadasiva-deva-maharayar, gave the village of Arappakkam to (the temple of) Jvarakandesvara-svamin (at) Velur for (providing) all kinds of enjoyments,[8] on Wednesday the twelfth lunar day of the latter half of the month of Kumbha of the Akshaya-sainvatsara, which was current after the Saka year 1488 (had passed), while the illustrious Sadasiva-deva-maharayar was pleased to rule the earth. (Line 21.) âof a gift and protection, protection is more meritorious than a gift ; by a gift one obtains (only) heaven, by protection the eternal abode.â NO.44. ON A STONE AT ARIYUR NEAR VELUR The object of the grant is âthe village of Murukkeri-Sirreri within (the boundaries of) Arugur,â i.e., of the modern Ariyur. NO.45. ON A STONE AT ARUMBARITTI NEAR VELUR The object of the grant is the village of Arumbaritti. NO.46. ON A STONE AT SADUPPERI NEAR VELUR The object of the grant is the village of Sadupperi. NO.47. ON A STONE AT SATTUVACHCHERI NEAR VELUR This and the next-following two inscriptions are dated on the same day of the Yuva year, which was current after expiration of the Saka year 1497, and during the reign of the mahamandalesvara Sriranga-deva-maharayar. They record grants to the Vellore Temple, which were made at the request of Sinna-Bommu-nayaka of Velur by Krishnappa-nayaka Ayyan, with the consent of Sriranga-deva-maharayar. The Sriranga-deva mentioned in Nos. 47 to 49 is Srirangaraya I. of Karnata, of whom we have copper-plate grant of Saka 1497 and 1506[9] An inscription of his tributary Krishnappa-nayaka dated Saka 1500 has been translated by Mr.Rice.[10] On Sinua-Bommu-nayaka of Velur, see the introduction of No.43. The inscription No.47 records the gift of the village of Sattuvachcheri, where it is still found.
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