South
Indian Inscriptions, Volume 2
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Tamil
Inscriptions
part
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INSCRIPTIONS
OF THE TANJAVUR TEMPLE
ADDITIONAL
INSCRIPTIONS IN THE TANJAVUR TEMPLE AND OTHER MISCELLANEOUS
RECORDS
No.69
On
the outside of the east enclosure
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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
Rajarajaâs 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 âTondai-mandalam, alias Jayankonda-Chola-mandalam.â
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.
Translation
1. Hail! Prosperity! Before the twenty-ninth year (of the
reign) of Ko-Rajakesarivarman, alias Sri-Rajarajadeva, who, &
c.,[1]
â 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 â to each person who writes the accounts, two hundred
kalam of paddy per year â 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]devaâ 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[gaiâ 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 âthe gate of Rajaraja,â 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 âthe gate of Rajaraja,â 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]
â 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 Karâ 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 Elliotâs 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 âone 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, â 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): â One large diadem (Patta),
(containing) twenty tukkam of gold of eight and a half (degrees)
fineness,[11] â 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.
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