South Indian Inscriptions

INSCRIPTIONS COLLECTED DURING THE YEAR 1905-1906

JATAVARMAN SUNDARAPANDYA I

No. 196  (Page No. 158)

(A. R. No. 196 of 1906)

South Arcot District, Tirukkoyilur Taluk, Gramam.

Sivalokanatha Temple – On The South Wall Of The Selvambika Shrine.

Jat. Sundara-Pandya I – 18^th Year (A.D. 1268-69)

The inscription begins with the Sanskrit prasati of the king,  Samastajagad-adhara etc. The record is damaged. It seems to register an endowment of land made by the king expenses of worship and offerings to the deity of the day of a special festival instituted in his name, and for the formation of a garden where the god was to be taken in procession on such occasions. Provision is also made for the daily supply of 200 lotus flowers to the temple and of 2000 lilies on festival days by the grant of 2-¼ veli of land to one Vikrama-pandyan alias Sri Mulasthana-Velan for the purpose. The god is called Sriyarruttali Mulasthanam-Udaiyar Bokkanankuduttaruliya-Nayanar.

 No. 197  (Page No. 159)

(A. R. No. 197 of 1906)

South Arcot District, Tirukkoyilur Taluk, Gramam.

Sivalokanatha Temple – On The West And South

Walls Of The Same Shrine.

Jat. Sundara-Pandya I – 15th Year (A.D. 1265-66).

This also begins with the prasasti Samasta-jagad-adhara etc. It is damaged in places. The inscription records (another) endowment by the king of 9 ½ veli of land, free of all taxes, for the expenses of the service instituted in the temple in the name of the ruling king by Vira-Pandya. Reference is made to some lands granted in the time of Kopperunjingadeva.

 No. 198 (Page No. 160)

(A. R. No. 198 of 1906)

South Arcot District, Tirukkoyilur Taluk, Gramam.

Sivalokanatha Temple – On The North And West Walls Of The Same Shrine.

Jat. Sundara-Pandya I – 19th Year (A.D. 1269-70).

This also begins with the same introduction Samasta-jagad-adhara etc. It is damaged in the middle portion. It registers another endowment of land tax-free by the king, but the extent of the land and the purpose of the gift are lost in the damaged portion. Out of this land one veli was to be set apart as jivita for Vikrama-Pandyan alias Sri Mulasthana-velan (mentioned in No. 196 above) for a (further) daily supply of 1200 lotus flowers to the temple. 

No. 260 (Page No. 204)

(A. R. No. 260 of 1906)

North Arcot District, Cheyyar Taluk, Narasamangalam.

Ruined Siva Temple – On The South Wall Of The Central Shrine.

Jat. Sundara-Pandya I – 7th Year (A.D. 1257-58)

The inscription commences with introduction Samasta jagad adhara etc., which is however a short one in this case. The details of the date are given as Vrischika, ba. 3, Monday, Mrigasirsha corresponding to A.D. 1256, November 4. The record is incomplete stopping with the mention of one Pundravardhana Narayana-Bhatta, a nambi performing worship in the temple of Arulala-Perumal at Tiruvattiyur a quarter of Tenai Perumbakkam, and of another person, a resident of Dusi Agaram, to whom the uravar of Narasamangalam in Mavandur nadu a division of Kaliyur-kottam in Jayangondasola-mandalam are said to have sold their village in public auction.

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