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PANDYA INSCRIPTIONS
INSCRIPTION
OF THE EARLY PANDYAS
No. 51.
(A. R. No.
604 of 1926.)
Tenur, Madurai Taluk, Madurai District.
On a pillar lying in a ruined site.
This record of the 2 + 6th year of the reign of Sadaiya-Maran
registers a gift of 50 sheep by Velan-araiyan of the village for burning a lamp
to god Tirumerrali-Bhatara at Peruntenur in Paganur-kurram. The pillar must have belonged to the temple,
ruins of which are found in the site.
Though Tirumerrali may signify a temple of Vishnu, for Vishnu temples
are generally located in the west of the village and are called as such, a
neglected linga found in the locality indicates that the original temple
may have belonged to god Siva. In some
places Siva temples have also been called âTirumerrali.â
No. 52.
(A. R. No. 447 of 1907.)
Sinnamanur, Periyakulam Taluk, Madurai District.
On the north wall of the Lakshminarayana temple.
This inscription is dated in the 2 + 7th
of Sadaiy-Marana who is identical with Rajasimha, and registers a gift of
sheep by a certain Nagan-Vikkiramadittan for a perpetual lamp to the god Tiru.
. . . . surattevar of Arikesarinallur, a brahmadeya in Ala-nadu. As Sinnamanur was known as Arikesarinallur,
it may have been founded by the early Pandya king called Arikesarin. In another record of this king from the same
place, the god is called Tirunaduvu-Bhatara, probably because of the location
of the temple with reference to the village.
No. 53.
(A. R. No. 416 of 1917.)
Kuttalam, Tenkasi Taluk, Tirunelveli District.
On a pillar in the east verandah of the
Kuttalanatha temple.
This vatteluttu record dated in the 2 + 7th
year of the reign of Sadaiya-Maran
is incomplete and stops with the mention of Tirukkurralam in Tenvara-nadu.
No. 54.
(A. R. No. 441 of 1907.)
Sinnamanur, Periyakulam Taluk, Madurai District.
On the west wall of the Lakshminarayana temple.
The stone on which this inscription of the 2 + 8th
year of the reign of Sadaiya-Maran
had been originally engraved, has been redressed, and the record has suffered
damage. It registers a gift of 10 kalanju by a brahmana named Nakkan Duvedi (Dvivedi)
of Avichchanur, a brahmadeya of Anmaga-Nadu (the Anma-nadu of other
records), for a perpetual lamp to be burnt in the temple of god
Tirunaduvupattara at Arikesarinallur, a brahmadeya in Ala-nadu. Arkesarinallur was the ancient name of
Sinnamnur, and Tirunaduvu-Bhatara, the god of the âcentralâ temple has, as
noted above, reference to the location of the temple in the center of the
village.
No. 55.
(A. R. No. 605 of 1926.)
Tenur, Madurai Taluk, Madurai district.
On a pillar lying in a ruined site.
This inscription of the 2 + 8th year
of Sadaiya-Maran records a gift of sheep by a certain Araiyan-Tiruvarangi
for a lamp in the temple of Tirumerrali-Bhatara of Peruntenur in Paganur-kurram.
No. 56.
(A.R. No. 86 of 1907.)
Ambasamudram, Ambasamudram taluk, Tirunelveli
District.
On the base of a ruined shrine in the Tirumulanatha
temple.
The subjoined record of the 2 + 9th
year of king Sadaiya-Maran relates to the purchase of a block of
waste land lying fallow as purru and Terri to the west of the village, from the sabha
of Ilangoykkudi, and to its being made fit for cultivation by the provision of
irrigation facilities by Puvan-Paraiyan, who is described as one of the âAraiyan-anukkarâ, belonging apparently to the kingâs bodyguard.
The land which was renamed as âParaiyan-vasakkalâ was endowed the temple as kidaippuram.
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No. 57.
(A. R. No. 417 of 1917.)
Kuttalam, Tenkasi Taluk, Tirunelveli District.
On a pillar in the east Verandah of the
Kuttalanatha temple
This record, dated in the 2 + 9th
year of Sadaiya-Maran, registers a gift of 3 buffaloes by
Ayyankuttan, a merchant of Idavai in
Manninadu, for maintaining half a lamp in the temple of Mahadeva at
Tirukkurralam in Tenvara-nadu. This
Idavai is identical with Idavai in Sola-nadu, in a campaign against which a
Pandya general had accompanied king Maranjadaiyan of No. 26 above.
No. 58.
(A. R. No. 418 of 1917.)
Kuttalam, Tenkasi Taluk, Tirunelveli District.
On a pillar in the east verandah in the
Kuttalanathan temple.
This Vatteluttu record of the 2 + 9th
year of Sadaiya-Maran also
comes from Kurralam in Tenvara-nadu, and registers a gift of six buffaloes by Vandalai
Konan of Nallurpandikkudi in Tenvara-nadu, for burning a lamp in the temple of
Tirukurrala-Mahadeva.
No. 59.
(A. R. No. 220 of 1932-33.)
Perungulam, Srivaikuntam Taluk, Tirunelveli
District.
On the north wall of the Tiruvaludisvara temple.
This inscription dated in the 2 + 9th
year of Sadaiya-Maran registers a gift of 50 sheep by Kudiyan
Atulagunattan of Nalkur in Venbu-nadu for burning a lamp to god
Jatamakutap-Perumal of the temple called Tiruvaludisvaram at Perungulam in
Tiruvaludi-valanadu, on behalf of his mother Suvaran-Achchi. The aganaligaiyar of the temple
agreed to burn the lamp.
No. 60.
(A. R. No. 227 of 1932-33.)
Perungulam, Srivaikuntam Taluk, Tirunelveli
District.
On the north wall of the Tiruvaludisvara temple.
This Vatteluttu inscription dated in the 2 + 9th
year of Sadaiya-Maran registers
a gift of 13 kasu by a certain Mukkan, for burning a lamp in the temple
of Tiruvaludisvarattu-Alvar at Perungulam in Tiruvaludi-valanadu, on behalf of
his mother Narasingam.
No. 61.
(A. R. No. 453 of 1929-30.)
Attur, Tiruchchendur Taluk, Tirunelveli District.
On the door-jamb of the Perumal shrine in the
Somanathesvara temple.
This record dated in some year (of a single
digit) opposite to the 2nd year of the reign of Sadaiya-Maran
is damaged at the end. It appears to
relate to a gift of land made by a certain Vikkiramakamuka-Pallavaraiyan alias
Devan-Solai of Kulattur in Alarru-nadu, who had purchased some fallow land from sabha of Shadangavi-kurichchi, a brahmadeya in Kuda-nadu and had
endowed it, after making it fit for cultivation, to the temple of
Tirunarayana-vinnagar-Devar, situated in the north of the village.
Shadangavikurichchi is the name of the village
which had been granted to brahmanas well-versed in the Shadangas or the
six components of Vedic learning. Kurichchi
is the special name for a hilly village.
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No. 62.
(A. R. No. 219 of 1932-33.)
Perungulam, Srivaikuntam Taluk, Tirunelveli
District.
On the north wall of the Tiruvaludisvara temple.
This record dated in the 2 + 10th
regnal year of king Sadaiya-Maran
registers a gift of a Sekandikai (gong) by the person mentioned in No.
59 above, on behalf of his father Maran-Kudiyan.
No. 63.
(A. R. No. 299 of 1916.)
Ambasamudram, Ambasamudram Taluk, Tirunelveli
District.
On the left door-jamb of the Frichchavudaiyar
temple.
This incomplete inscription of Sadaiya-Maran
is dated in the 2 + 11th year of his reign and stops with the
mention of Bangovkkudi in Mulli-nadu.
No. 64.
(A. R. No. 118 of 1910.)
Solavandan, Madurai Taluk, Madurai District.
On a slab set up in the platform of the railway
station.
This Vatteluttu record dated in 2 + 12th
year of Sadaiya-Maran registers a gift of 25 cows by Velan-Padari,
wife of Tennavan Anukkapperaraiyan alias Panayan Manikkan of
Perumbaganur in Paganur-kurrm, for a lamp to the temple of
Perumtirukkoyil-Devar of Tirumanam, a brahmadeya in Paganur-kurram. The cows were left in the charge of two
priests of the temple (aganaligaiyar) named Naranan-Madevan and
Munnurruvan-Tiruvaru[ra]n. The slab on
which the inscription is engraved must have originally belonged to some Siva
temple in he vicinity and been removed to the station site later on.
No. 65.
(A. R. No. 475 of 1909.)
Edirkottai, Sattur Taluk, Ramanathapuram District.
On a rock close to the Sunai-Kanthesvara temple.
This record is dated in the 14th year
opposite to the 2nd year of Sadaiya-Maran ; but as it is
damaged and incomplete, its purport cannot be made out. It mentions a kulichchevagan named
Maram-Bhattan and some donation, the nature of which is not clear, to the god
Bhatara of Sunaikkudi, a hamlet of Kuttankudi in Venbaikudi-nadu.
No. 66.
(A. R. No. 440 of 1917.)
Kuttalam, Tenkasi Taluk, Tirunelveli District.
On the east wall of the prakara in the Kuttalanatha temple.
This fragmentary inscription belongs to the 2 +
15th year of the reign of Sadaiya-Maran. It mentions Kurralam in Tenvara-nadu and
Pasupatapperumakkal. Owing to the
damaged condition of the record, it is not possible to ascertain the functions
and constitution of the Pasupatapperumakka, who, however, appear to have been
managing the affairs of the temple. They may have belonged to the Pasupata sect.
No. 67.
(A. R. No. 11 of 1927.)
Vijayanarayanam, Nanguneri Taluk, Tirunelveli
District.
On the south wall of the Manomanisvara temple.
This record dated in the 2 + 17th
year of the reign of Sadaiya-Maran is built in at the end and its
purport is not therefore clear. It
appears to relate to a gift of money made to the god Karrali-Perumanadigal of
the Manomaya-Isvaram temple by a certain Tiruvengada Erichchi. . . . . . . . .
. . in the name of Puvanavan Tirumaladhikarigal of Valainjiya-Kurichchi. The Perunguri-sabha of the village
which met in the temple on a day of the solar eclipse in that year invested this amount in the
purchase of land 6 ma in extent. As the month in which the solar eclipse occurred has not been specified,
the year cannot be calculated.
No. 68.
(A. R. No. 122 of 1905.)
Tiruppudaimarudur, Ambasamudram Taluk, Tirunelveli
District.
On the east wall of the Chandesvara shrine in the
Putarjunesvara temple.
Dated in the 2 + 18th year of Sadaiya-Maran, this Vatteluttu
record from Tiruppudaimarudur or Tiruppadumarudil as it was called in the old
days, mentions a servant of Vira-Pandyadeva, who was a native of
Malayamadevipuram in Pandimattanda-valanadu and refers to some donation made by
him, the details of which are lost. Though this Vira-Pandya is not specifically styled a Pillaiyar, to
denote his relationship to the reigning king, it is possible that he was
identical with Vira-Pandya, who figures in inscriptions with the title of
âSolanralaikondaâ. As this
Vira-Pandyaâs date of accession has been calculated to be about 946 A.D. the
Sadaiya-Maran of this record may, as otherwise indicated also, be identical
with Rajasimha, the contemporary of Parantaka, and the immediate predecessor of
Vira-Pandya.
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No. 69.
(A. R. No. 722 of 1905.)
Uttamapalaiyam, Periyakulam Taluk, Madurai
District.
Above the images n the Karuppannasvamin rock.
This Vatteluttu record, dated in the 2 + 18th
year of the reign of Sadaiya-Maran is much damaged and refers to
some Tirthappalli, the Jaina temple, and to Korkai in Kuda-nadu.
No. 70.
(A. R. No. 550 of 1911.)
Kovilkulam, Ambasamudram Taluk, Tirunelveli
District.
On the south wall of the Tennalagar temple.
This incomplete inscription dated in the 2 + 19th
year of Sadaiya-Maran refers to the temple of god Vinnagar Devar of
Tiruppodiyil and to some donation, the details of which are not preserved in
the inscription, made on behalf of a certain Kadan-Seynokki.
No. 71.
(A. R. No. 421 of 1906.)
Seviliperi, Tirunelveli Taluk, Tirunelveli
District.
On the south wall of the Alagar temple.
This inscription dated in the 2 + 19th
year of Sadaiya-Maran
registers a gift of 25 sheep for a lamp to be burnt in the temple of
Karumanikkadeva of Ten-Tirumalirunjolai in Kilkalakkurram, by Appinangai, the
wife of Satrubhayankara-Muttaraiyan of Alangudi, a village in
Irunjola-nadu. From the fact that the
donatrix is styled an arasiyar, her husband Satrubhayankara-Muttaraiyan was probably a Pandya feudatory
of some note in this region. Anukkan is
mentioned as the title of Appinangaiâs father. Probably he belonged to the Anukkuppadai or the kingâs
bodyguard. This title appears to have
been used for such personal service to the king, as in
Tennavan-Anukkapperaraiyan in No. 64 above.
No. 72.
(A. R. No. 409 of 1906.)
Seviliperi, Tirunelveli Taluk, Tirunelveli
District.
On the north wall of the central shrine in the
Alagar temple.
This record is dated in the 19th year to the 2nd year of
Sadaiya-Maran and registers a gift of 50 sheep made by Karambichchettu
Parpanabban Tiruvengadam residing in Nandivarma-chaturvedimangalam, a village
in Uraiyur-kurram on the southern bank (of the Kaveri) in Sonadu, for a
perpetual lamp to be burnt in the temple of god Karumanikkadeva, who was
pleased to be manifest at Ten-Tirumalirunjolai, which was the ancient name of
this temple. Seviliperi appears to have
got this name to distinguish it from Alagarkoyil, apparently the
Vada-Tirumalirunjolai in the Madurai district.
No. 73.
(A. R. No. 551 of 1911.)
Kovilkulam, Ambasamudram Taluk, Tirunelveli
District.
On the south wall of the Tennalagar temple.
This mutilated record of the time of Sadaiya-Maran
is dated in the 2 + 19th year of his reign, and appears to
register a gift of sheep made by a certain Adigal . . . . . . . . . . .
evidently for burning a almp in the temple of god Tiruppodiyil-Vinnagar-Devar
in Vitankanallur.
No. 74.
(A. R. No. 228 of 1932-33.)
Perungulam, Srivaikuntam Taluk, Tirunelveli District.
On the north wall of the Tiruvaludisvara temple.
This inscription is dated in the 2 + 22nd
year of the reign of Sadaiya-Maran and is the highest regnal year so
far found for him. It registers a gift
of 2 shares of land to Pudangudiyan of Nattamangalam made by the Sattapperumakkal,
aganaligaiyar, patiyar and panchacharyas of the temple of
Tiruvaludisvaram at Perungulam in recognition of the service rendered by him in
redeeming the lands in Kuranguni to the temple, and in having secured the
remission of taxes on them.
No. 75.
(A. R. No. 552 of 1911.)
Kovilkulam, Ambasamudram Taluk, Tirunelveli District.
On the south wall of the Tennalagar temple.
This undated record from
Kovilkulam belongs to the same period, as the donor named Kadan and his wife
Narseynokki figure in No. 70 of the 2 + 19th year of Sadaiya-Maran. A gift of 25 sheep evidently for a lamp to
be burnt in the temple is registered in this inscription.
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