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The Indian Analyst
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South Indian Inscriptions |
INSCRIPTIONS COLLECTED DURING THE YEAR 1906 MARAVARMAN SUNDARA PANDYA INo. 354(A.
R. No. 354 of 1906) Tiruchirapalli District, Pudukottai State, Kudumiyamalai. Sikhanathasvami Temple --- On The South Wall Of The Akhilandesvari Shrine. Mar. Sundarapandya I---14th Year (A.D.1229-30) This
begins with the introduction pumaruviya Tirumadandaiyum etc. It
registers a gift of two (adjoining) pieces of land at Sikaranallur in
Kunriyur-nadu on the east bank of the river Vellaru as tiruvettai-tiruttoppu
to the temple of Tirunalakkunramudaiya-Nayanar by Sankaran Kandan
alias Kalikadinda-Pandyadeven of Kulattur in Malai-mandalam after
purchasing the same from some specified individuals, residents of the
place. The purpose of the gift is evidently to provide a garden where
the image of the god was taken in procession and worshipped on certain
festival occasions as will be seen by No. 355 below. No. 355(A.
R. No. 355 of 1906) Tiruchirapalli District, Pudukkottai State, Kudumiyamalai.. Sikhanathasvami Temple --- On The Same Wall. Tribh. (Mar) Sundarapandya I --- 14th Year (A.D.1229-30). She
king is given the attribute âwho presented the Chola countryâ as in
the inscription above. This records a further gift made by the same
donor Sankaran Kandan providing by means of an agreement with the nattar
for the supply of 10 kalam and 5 kuruni of paddy every
year by the nattar of Malai-nadu (probably by some investment
with them), for the offering of Tiruppavadai amudu to the deity
after being taken in procession to the garden (Tiruvettaittoppu)
called the Tyaganjiriyan-tiruttoppu on the respective days of
festival in the months of Margali, Masi, and Panguni. No.
362 (A.
R. No. 362 of 1906) Tiruchirapalli District, Pudukkottai State, Kudumiyamalai. Sikhanathasvami Temple --- On The Same Wall. Mar. Sundara Pandyadeva I --- 3rd Year (A.D. 1218-19)
The
king claims the attribute âwho was pleased to take the chola
countryâ, even in this third regnal year. The inscription registers a
public sale of a piece of dry land at sikaranallur in Kunrusul-nadu a
division of Ten-Konadu evidently by the Urar of the place
represented by a committee of seven persons, and its purchase by Nambi
Ponnambalakkuttan alias Udaiyan Sangeyarayar of Arrur in
Sola-Pandya-Valanadu for 2 ½ palankasu. No. 379(A.
R. No. 379 of 1906) Tiruchirapalli District, Pudukkottai State, Kudumiyamalai Melaikkoyil Rock-Cut Temple --- On The Rock Behind The Vinayaka Shrine. Tribh. Sundara Pandyadeva --- 201st Year. The
king is evidently Maravarman Sundara I (acc. A.D. 1216) as in No. 380
below. This registers a sale of 5 ma of land in the devadana
village Tirumeyyam belonging to the temple of Tiruvikrama â
Cholisvaram â udaiya â Nayanar at Menmanainallur in Kunrisul ânadu
by the trustees of the temple and the Urar of the place, for 3200
kasu, to Periyanachchi Duggai, a devaradiyal of the temple
at Tirunalakkunram. The proviso of the sale given at the end is not
clear. No.
380 (A.
R. No. 380 of 1906) Tiruchirapalli District, Pudukkottai State, Kudumiyamalai Melaikkoyil Rock-Cut Temple â In The Same Place. Mar. Tribh. Sundara Pandya I â 21+1st Year (A.D. 1236-37). This records a similar sale of another piece of land, 5 ma in extent, in the same village, by the Urar and temple trustees to Umaiyalvi Periyanachchi. In this case they also agreed to pay the kilirai on the land on behalf of the purchaser for an additional sum of money received by them. It is possible that Periyanachchi was the mother of Duggai mentioned in No. 379 above. |
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