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Chola Inscription

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South Indian Inscriptions, Volume 2

Tamil Inscriptions

part - iii

INSCRIPTIONS  OF THE TANJAVUR TEMPLE

ADDITIONAL INSCRIPTIONS IN THE TANJAVUR TEMPLE AND OTHER MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS

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 Raja rajadeva 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 Rajaraja’s 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 “Tondai-mandalam, alias Jayankonda-Chola-mandalam.”

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.


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Translation

1. Hail! Prosperity! Before the twenty-ninth year (of the reign) of Ko-Rajakesarivarman, alias Sri-Rajarajadeva, who, & c.,[1] — 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 ‘ 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 lthe 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.

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]deva— 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.

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[gai— 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.

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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.

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.

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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][2] 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.

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 membes 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] . . . . . . . . . . ,[3] (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 . . . . . . . . . . . ,[4] (a subdivision) of R[ajendrasimha-valanadu], have to supply two Brahmacharins as temple servants.

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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 ajendrasimha-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.

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 . . . . . . . .kkandam . . . . . . . . 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.

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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][5] 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.

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 “the gate of Rajaraja,” 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 “the gate of Rajaraja,” 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.,[6] — 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).[7] 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].

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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 watchan.

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.

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.

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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.

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 tempdle 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.

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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.

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 Kar— 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 . . . . . . . . . . . tur 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.

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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.

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,[8] 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 of Devaraya, as he professes to have made the gift with the object of affecting 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 Elliot’s 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 ‘one tenth whenever it follows the word manjadi (= ½ pana-idai or panattukkam).

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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[9] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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,[10] Devar[aya] . . . . . . . . . . . was graciously ruling the earth, — 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): — One large diadem (Patta), (containing) twenty tukkam of gold of eight and a half (degrees) fineness,[11] — 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[12] (he gave) one silver diadem, (weighing) one tukkam and (one) pana-idai.


[1] The historical part of this inscription is identical with that of No. 65.

[2] Seynallur is perhaps identical with Seyualur, the birth-place of the Saiva saint Chandesvara; see the Periyapuranam, Madras edition of 1888, p. 79.

[3] Paragraphs 90 and 91 of No. 70 show that the missing name of the district was Tiru[vin]dalur-nadu.

[4] Paragraphs 99 and 100 of No. 70 show that the missing name of the district was Tirukkaruma[la-nadu].

[5] This village owes its name to the Chola king Vijayalaya, the earliest known ancestor of Rajaraja; see the Table in Vol. I, p. 112.

[6] The preserved portion of line 1 shows that the historical part of this inscription was identical with that of No. 65.

[7] Those portions of the preceding sentence, which are enclosed in square brackets, are lost at the beginning of line 2, but can be supplied with the help of the analogous wording of No. 69, paragraph 1.

[8] The same three obscure syllables are found at the beginning of the continuation of this inscription on page 227, where I had been unable to make them out owing to the injured condition of the stone, and had transcribed them as Boo . . . . .[sri]. Though the meaning of the word poyidu is unknown, its occurrence in both places suggests that it is meant for a cross reference from the last paragraph of No. 70 to the first paragraph of No. 57.

[9] The syllables yena which are preserved before punakalathu, show that either Uttarayana or Dakshinayana has to be supplied.

[10] This biruda appears to imply that kheda operations were carried on in the time of the Vijayanagara kings.

[11] Mari appears to be synonymous with marru, which occurs in the inscriptions No. 3 and No. 59.

[12] The name deity is referred to in No. 1, paragraph 33, and No. 43, paragraph 2.

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