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The Indian Analyst
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South Indian Inscriptions |
SOUTH INDIAN INSCRIPTIONS VOLUME XIII INSCRIPTIONS OF RAJAKESARIVARMAN No. 1. (A. R. No. 570 of 1904.) Tiruvarur, Negapatam Taluk, Tanjore District. On the south wall of the Achalesvara shrine, Tyagarajasvamin temple. This records a gift of two silver vessels in which offerings were to be made to god Tiruvaraneri-Alvar by Udaiyapirattiyar Sembian-Mahadeviyar for the merit of Uttama-Choladeva. This is evidently an inscription of the reign of Rajaraja I whose uncle was Uttama-Chola. No. 2. (A. R. No. 586 of 1904.) Srinivasanallur, Musiri Taluk, Trichnopoly District. On the east wall of the Korangunathan temple. This records a gift of 30 sheep and 30 goats to provide ghee for a perpetual lamp in the temple of Tirukurakkuturai-Perumanadigal at Mahendramangalam, by Kappiyan Euvan Gangadharan of the village for the merit of Gangadharan Arattan. Judging from the writing the inscription may be ascribed to the reign of Gandaraditya.
No. 3. (A. R. No. 596 of 1904.) On the north wall of the same temple. This inscription gives a list of the several tax-free temple lands with their incomes specifically allocated for the various requirements (of the temple) at the instance of Araiyar Acharakanta-Brahmadhiraja to the Mulaparishad of Mahendramangalam, who had this re-engraved on stone after collecting the necessary information, by appointing a committee (varigam) for that purpose. Incidentally we learn that provision was made for the playing of music during the sribali service by seven persons, three for mattali, one for maradigai, one for talam, one for padagam and one for sengandigai. The characters of the record and its style seem to point to the time of Rajaraja I.
No. 4. (A.R. No. 514 of 1905.) Tiruvellarai, Trichinopoly Taluk, Trichinopoly District. On the west wall of the central shrine in the Jambunatha temple. This inscription records an agreement given by the Mulaparishad of Tiruvellarai to burn a perpetual lamp in the temple of Tiruvanaikkallil-Bhattarakar with the interest on 25 kalanju of gold endowed by Marudan Achchan of Sankarappadi, (a hamlet of) Tiruvellarai.
No. 5. (A.R. No. 532 of 1905.) On a pillar in the rock-cut cave, Pundarikaksha Perumal temple in the same village. This inscription is fragmentary and damaged. It stops with the mention of the big (temple ?) at Tiruvellarai.
No. 6. (A.R. No. 184 of 1907.) Uraiyur, Trichinopoly Taluk, Trichinopoly District. On the south wall of the central shrine, Panchavarnesvara temple. This inscription is built in at the end of each line. It records a gift of land by Kavuniyan Neri . . . . . . . . . . . . of Uraiyur, a brahmadeya village in Uraiyurkurram, to provide for the daily supply of ghee at one ulakku for a perpetual lamp in the temple.
No. 7. (A.R. No. 239 of 1907.) Tiruvidaimarudur, Kumbhakonam Taluk, Tanjore District. On the south wall of thecentral shrine, Mahalingasvamin temple. This records an endowment of 8 ilukkasu by a certain kuralai Duggaiya-Kramavittan of Emanallur, a brahmadeya village in Manni-nadu on the northern bank (of the Kaveri), who was an agent of a chief (?) of Kila-nadu, for the daily supply of ten plantain fruits for offering to the image of Purana-Ganapati set up on the south side of the Mulasthana at Tiruvidaimardil in Tiraimur-nadu on the southern bank. The money was entrusted to the Senaiyar (Military Community ?) of the place. The currency of Ceylon coinage here may by noted. No. 8. (A.R. No. 314 of 1907.) Tiruvisalur, Kumbhakonam Taluk Tanjore District. On the north wall of the central shrine, Sivayoganathasvamin temple. This records a gift of 90 sheep and a ram for a perpetual
lamp in the temple of Tiruvisalur-Perumanadigal at Amaninarana-chaturvedimagalam, a devadana-brahmadeya in Manni-nadu by Pannagada-Muvendavelar
of Pennagadam in Tanjavur-kurram. Avaninarayana
is a well-known surname
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