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Inscriptions of the Ranganathasvamy Temple, Srirangam
VIJAYANAGARA
Kampana
No.286
(Page No. 303)
(A. R. No. 55 of 1892)
II Prakara, east wall
Saka 1293 (1371 A.D.)
Records that goppana took the image
of Ranganatha from Tirupati to Chenji, his capital and after defeating
the Muslims restored the image to Srirangam and had it installed there
with Lakshmi and Bhudevi, the consorts of the Lord. The record is dated
in Saka year 1293 expressed by the chronogram bandhupriya.
(Published in Ep. Ind., Vol. VI, p.
322)
No. 287
(Page No. 303)
(A. R. No. 47 of 1938-39)
II Prakara, west wall
Registers the gift of a Kalmadam at
the centre of the western portion of the north Vikramachoal-tiruvaidi to
Pradhani Vittahappar, son of Appraju of the Bhardvaja-gotra,
when he retored the Tiruvaidaiyattam lands to the temple at
Srirangam with the help of Vira Kampana Udaiyar, son of Vira Bukkanna
Udaiyar. The details of the date viz., Pramadi, Vaikasi, Paurnami,
Monday, Visakha, correspond regularly to A.D. 1373, May 11, Friday
(not Monday), f.d.t. 42; 87.
No. 288
(Page No. 304)
(A. R. No. 48 of 1938-39)
II Prakara, west wall
No date
States that Vitthappa, son of Apparasa
of the Bharadvaja-gotra, the Mahamantri (of the king), formed
(endowed ) a pasture land (for the temple ) between specified
boundaries, near the Yoga-Narasimha temple. (See No. 287 ante)
Bukka
No. 289
(Page No. 304)
(A. R. No. 35 of 1948-49)
II Prakara, south wall
Saka 1297 (1376 A.D.)
Registers the gift of Turaiyur, a village
in Melaimuri of Malai-nadu in Rajaraja-valanadu by Goppanangal
towards repairs, flowers gardens and a choultry at the Pallavaraya-Matha,
under the order from Chikka Udaiyar i.e Kampana son of Bukka I.
The record is dated in saka 1297, Rakshasa, Pusya (Tai 15) ba. 3,
Thursday which correspond regularly to A.D. 1376, January 10,
Thursday, 67; nakshatra Magha 12.
No. 290
(Page No. 305)
(A. R. No. 113 of 19738-38)
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Slab built into the pavement of the
Navaratri-Mandapa in front of the Tayar shrine
Date lost
Fragmentary in characters of the 14th
century A.D. Mentions . . . . . . Goppanangal as the signatory, who is
probably identical with an officer of the same name referred to in No.
289 above.
Virupaksha
No. 291
(Page No. 306)
(A. R. No. 86 of 1938-39)
II Prakara, chandana-mandapa, south wall
No date.
Contains a Sanskrit verse in Grantha,
evidently issued by king Virupaksha, expounding his creed that he
who imparts knowledge (buddhi) is the father, they who gladden (hita)
are the relatives (bandhavah) and she who is agreeable ( to her
lord) is the wife. This is the opening verse in the drama
Narayanivilasa in which the sutradhara introduces king
Virupaksha as the author of the play.
No. 292
(Page No. 306)
(A. R. No. 153 of 1938-39)
V Prakara, ChakKarattalvar shrine, mandapa,
capital of two pillars
No date.
States in verses that Virupaksha, son
of Harihara, grandson of Bukka, and the daughterâs son (dauhitra)
of Ramabhupati constructed the vimana, gopura and mandapa
to Chakrin, i.e., Chakkarattalvar and that he further made a gift of the
village Pachchil to the deity.
No. 293
(Page No. 307)
(A. R. No. 58 of 1892)
II Prakara, west wall
No date.
Contains a long prasasti of
Muddaya-Dandanayaka, minister of Harihara II, in Sanskrit and Grantha.
Published in SII., Vol. IV, No. 505.
No. 294
(Page No. 309)
(A. R. No. 54 of 1936-37)
IV Prakara, east wall
No date.
The record is unfinished . it gives the
ancestry of the king Virupaksha from Samgama and states that he
was the son of Harihara by Mallambika and the daughterâs son of
king Ramadeva of the Yadukula. Mentions a visit of the king to the sage
Vidyaranya. The inscription is in Sanskrit prose engraved in
Grantha characters.
No. 295
(Page No. 310)
(A. R. No. 88 of 1937-38 )
Aryabhattai-vasal, inner wall, left of
entrance
Saka (1305 A.D.)
Registers gift of cows by Somanathadeva,
son of pradhani Vittappa, who was the son of
Apparasar of the Bhardvaja-gotra, for a perpetual lamp in the
temple. The details of the date viz., Saka 1305, Rudhirodgarin,
Karkataka, su. 10, Monday, Hasta would correspond to A.D. 1383,
July 6, Monday, if su. 10. be emended into su 6.
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No. 296
(Page No. 310)
(A. R. No. 86 of 1938-39)
Chandana-mandapa, south wall
Saka 1305 (1383 A.D.)
Registers a gift of 20 cows by
Muddarasa, the minister of Virupaksha II, for a perpetual
lamp in the temple. Mentions Harihara, the father of the king. The
details of the date viz., Saka 1305 (in words ). Rudhirodgari,
Karttika, su. 11, Revati, Friday correspond regularly to A.D.
1383, November 6, Friday , 44; f.d.n. 27.
No. 297
(Page No. 311)
(A. R. No. 87 of 1938-39)
Chandana-Mandapa, south wall
Saka 1305 (1383 A.D.)
In Sanskrit verse written in Grantha.
Register a gift of land by Muddarasa the minister of
Virupaksha, for rearing a flower-garden for supply of garlands to
the god. The details of the viz., Saka 1305 (in chronogram
manasiaghye), Karttika, paurnami, Tuesday, Krittika correspond
regularly to A.D. 1383, November 10, Tuesday, 78; 58.
No. 298
(Page No. 311)
(A. R. No. 77 of 1938-39)
Chandana-Mandapa, south wall
Saka 1305 (1383 A.D.)
Registers the gift of perpetual lamp to
Sri Ranganatha by Devarasar, son of Sangamarasar of Velur
on the occasion of a lunar eclipse. Devarasar was a Pradhani
of Virupana. The details of the date viz., saka 1305,
Rudhirodgarin, Magha, su. Magha, Sunday, lunar eclipse correspond to
A.D.1384, February 7, Sunday, 84; 85, lunar eclipse.
No. 299
(Page No. 312)
(A. R. No. 154 of 1938-39)
Velli-gopuram, left side recess pillar.
No.date
Damaged. In Sanskrit written in Grantha.
Refers to the construction of a bridge by Muddapa-mantri of the
Kasyapa-gotra, over the river Kaveri (Sahyatmaja).
No. 300
(Page No. 312)
(A. R. No. 76 of 1938-39)
Chandana-Mandapa, south wall
Saka 1305 (1383 A.D.)
Registers a gift of 20 cows for supply of
milk to the temple by devaraya, a Pradhani of Virupana and
son of Sangamamatya. The record is composed in Sanskrit and
engraved in grantha characters, and is dated in Saka 1307 (chronogram
Senaslaghye), Krodhana, and Paurnami which cannot be verified for
want of sufficient details. The Saka year corresponds to A.D. 1385.
See. No.297 above.
No. 301
(Page No. 313)
(A. R. No. 341 of 1952-53)
Aryabhattal-vasal, inner wall, left of
entrance
Saka 1308 (1386 A.D.)
Registers a gift of 15 cows with calves
for maintaining lamps in front of the god by Kannattai, the nurse (tadi)
of Viruppanna Udaiyar in Saka 1308, Kshaya, Purattasi 25,
together with the gift of a similar number of cows and calves made in
the previous Raktakshin, Vaikasi 29, for milk and ghee offerings
to the god. The details of the former date correspond to 1386 A.D.,
September 25 and that of the latter to 1384 A.D. May 29.
No. 302
(Page No. 314)
(A. R. No. 197 Of 1951-52 )
II Prakara, Tiers Of The Chandana-Mandapa,
Facing The Nalikettan-Vasal
Saka 1312 (=1390 A.D.)
Fragmentary. Records the gift of 30 cows
and a perpetual lamp by Annappa-Udaiyar-Chaundappa, son of Vitthappa of
the Vatsa-gotra. The Saka year is expressed by the chronogram
Rajyaloke (1312) and the details, pramoda. Karttika,
Utthanadvadasi correspond to 1390 A.D., October 21.
No. 303
(Page No. 314)
(A. R. No. 72 of 1938-39)
Chandana-mandapa, west wall
Saka 1318 (1396 A.D.)
Registers gift of house sites by the
executives of the temple to Annappa Chavundappar, the Sthanika
of the temple and the son of Vitthappangal of Jaula in
Veluvala (Belvola-) desa, in recognition of his services in the
administration of the temple. The gift is said to have been sanctioned
by the god. Chavundappa is said to have consecrated the deity
Vittalantha and Provided for regular offering therein. He further made
for the god an aureola (Tiruvasigai), repaired the 1,000-pillared
mandapa and also gilded the koyilalvar i.e., vimana
of the temple. The details of the date viz., Saka 1318 Dhatu, Mithuna,
su. 2, Thursday, Punarpusam correspond regularly to A.D. 1396,
June 8, Thursday, 28; 15.
No. 304
(Page No. 316)
(A. R. No. 92 of 1937-38 )
Aryabhattal- vassal, Inner Wall
Saka 1329 (1407 A.D.)
Registers the gift of cows towards
maintaining a lamp and milk offerings to the god and goddess, by
Rangana-Udaiyar, son of Mahapradhani Jembaya-Dennayakkar. The
record is dated in saka 1329, Sarvajit, Arpasi 7, probably
corresponding to A.D. 1047, October 6.
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No. 305
(Page No. 317)
(A. R. No. 71 of 1938-39)
II Prakara, Chandana-Mandalam, West Wall.
Saka 1332 (1410 A.D.)
Registers the gift of Kaniyatchi
for sacred thread (yajnopavitam), a house, a share of offering
and two veli of tax-free land to Ellayar, son of Sangamadevar of
Kasmiradesa and belonging to Asvalayana-sutra and Gautama-gotra. The
details of the date viz., Saka 1332, Vikriri, Simha, ba. 3, Sunday,
Uttirattadi regularly correspond to A.D. 1410, August, 87, 28.
Vira Bhupati;
No. 306
(Page No. 318)
(A. R. No. 59 of 1938â39 )
II Prakara, South Wall
Saka 1335 (1413 A.D.)
States that endowment of 80 pon
made on Vaikasi 32, Jyeshtha su. 5, Friday, Virodhin corresponding to
Saka 1331, for conducting certain festivals to the god in the name
of the king on the day of his natal star Punarpusam in the month of Tai,
having been found inadequate, the king increased the endowment by an
addition of 55 pon on Ashadha su. 1 in the year Vijaya. It was
stipulated that there should be no official participation in the
management of these festival, the conduct of which was entrusted to
Uttama Nambi. The details of the first date are irregular while those
for the second viz., Vijaya, Ashadha su. 1 which is the date of
the inscription, may be equated to July 14, 1413 A.D., taking the
month as Nija-Ashadha, although it cannot be verified for want of the week-day.
Devaraya I
No. 307
(Page No. 319)
(A. R. No. 60 of 1938-39)
II Prakara, South Wall
Manmatha (1415 A.D.)
Eulogises the achievements of the king in
a chronological sequence commencing with the cyclic year Parthiva
equivalent to Saka 1327 and states that Uttama-Nambi was the
recipient of several honors such as the parasol etc., from king
Devaraya.
The last verse refers to the consecration
of the Garuda image by Chakraraja in Manmatha, Jyeshtha Sunday ,
Revati which corresponds to A.D. 1415, June 2, Sunday, [ba. 10, 75],
40.
No. 308
(Page No. 319)
(A. R. No. 90 of 1937-38)
Aryabhattal-Vasal, Inner Wall, Left of
Entrance
No date
A verse in praise of Uttama-Nambi
in Sanskrit language Grantha characters.
No. 309
(Page No. 319)
(A. R. No. 119 of 1937-38 )
Nanmugan-Gopura, Inner wall, Right QF
Entrance
No date
The inscription is in Kannada engraved in
Grantha characters. Registers a royal order (nirupa) to
Chaudappa, the executive officer of Tiruchirappalli, to restore to
Uttama â Nambi, the Sthanika of Srirangam, on a representation
made by the latter, certain concessions granted to the Sthanikas
of the place during the time of Hiriya-Sriuparasa, and in
addition, to grant him the village of Nochchagarichi (Nochchikurichchi)
along with some additional lands in another village as Sarvamanya
to be enjoyed by him in the same manner as it was being enjoyed in the
days of Hiriya-Devaraya Maharaya and Vijayaraya-Maharaya. The order
further enjoins the Parupatya to execute all the directions
Pertaining to the temple made by Uttama-Nambi. The present gift of lands
were to be added on to an earlier royal gift of villages yielding 300
honnu made on the occasion of presenting (to the god) golden horses
and chariot. In recognition of his long service, Uttama-Nambi is said to
have been honored (by the king) with bracelet, gold and necklace and
golden pinnacles (kalasa) to his house.
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No. 310
(Page No. 321)
(A. R. No. 121 of 1937-38 )
Nanmugan-vasal, Inner Wall
No date
Records a royal order in Kannada Written in Grantha, to Sriranga-Narayana-Jiyyar, Uttam-Nambi, and the Sthanikas
of the temple that on the representation made to the king by
Uttama-Nambi, a royal gift of land in the four villages Sundakkayi,
Govattakkudi, Todaiyur and Karungulam, was made to Uttama-Nambi and his
brother Chakraraya for a service instituted in the temple in the name of
Devaraya Maharaya I and the brother were made the agents (karttas)
of the temple, exempted from the payment of the jodi on the
granted lands and remunerated in cash and in kind, in addition to an
eighth share in the contributions to the temple from these villages. The
record is not dated.
No. 311
(Page No. 322)
(A. R. No. 84 of 1937-38)
Aryabhattal-Vasal, Inner wall-Right of
Entrance
No date
States that Uttama-Nambiraya, the
brother of Chakraraya, obtained from Praudha Devaraya (I) several
honors like the royal umbrella, Ornaments, vehicles, etc., and the
proprietory rights of administration in the temple. The record is in
Sanskrit in Grantha characters.
No. 312
(Page No. 323)
(A. R. No. 85 of 1937-38)
Aryabhattal-vasal, Inner wall-Right of
Entrance
No date
Sanskrit in Grantha characters. A verse in
Praise of Uttamaraya, brother of Chakraraya.
No. 313
(Page No. 323)
(A. R. No. 82 of 1937-38)
Aryabhattal-Vasal, Inner wall-Right of
Entrance
No date
In Sanskrit written in Grantha, and Tamil
verses. Records the structural improvements made by Chakraraya
to the Annadi-Emberuman and the Maruti shrines and to the
kitchen in the Ranganatha temple, and the colonization of the precincts
of the temple of (Kattu) Alagiyasingar at Srirangam. The Sanskrit
verses are said to be composed by Vyasabharati. The Tamil verses
say that Chakraraya constructed a passage with nine pillars to the south
of the Perumaltolan-tirumandapam and the tirukkavanappatti in the
mandapa constructed by Uttamaraya, consecrated Maruti in the
mandapa constructed by him in front of the shrine of
Annadi-Emberuman and also consecrated Lakshmi in the porch near the
entrance into the kitchen of the temple.
No. 314
(Page No. 324)
(A. R. No. 80 of 1937-38)
III Prakara, Pillar, West Verandah
No date
In Tamil verse. States that a passage
covered with nine pillars was constructed by Chakraraya to the
south of Perumaltolan-tirumandapa. This is evidently
another reference to one of the constructions recorded in No. 313 above.
No. 315
(Page No. 324)
(A. R. No. 89 of 1937-38)
Aryabhattal-Vasal, Inner wall-Right of
Entrance
No date
States in Tamil verse that the eight
celestial elephant (ashta-dig-gajas) rested at the presenting
(building ) of the eight elephant (in stone) by Chakraraya to the
god; that the celestial elephant were held by the dikpalas lest
they run away in fear of these (stone ) elephants.
No. 316
(Page No. 324)
(A. R. No. 86 of 1937-38)
Aryabhattal-vasal, Inner wall
Saka 1327 (1405 A.D.)
Registers gift of cows and lands and a
silver vessel by Sivandelundan-Samanttanar for providing food and milk
offering to the god at the close of the services in the night. The
details of date viz., Saka 1327, Parthiva, Arpasi 13, correspond
to A.D.1405, October 11, Sunday. The occasion of the grant is
stated to be the lunar eclipse, the year and month being not specified.
No. 317
(Page No. 325)
(A. R. No. 352 of 1953-54)
Shrine of the Goddess Ranganayaki, North
Wall
Sarvari (1420 A.D.)
Seems to record a grant of some land made
free of taxes such as sungam, idaitturai, chekkutturai,
olukkunirppattam, vil-panam, etc., in Nochchiyam, an amara-obuli
village in Melaimuri in Vadakarai Malanadu for worship and offerings
to the Nachchiyar by the king. The details of the date viz. Sarvari,
Adi 1, falling in Devaraya Iâs reign may be equated to 1420 A.
D., June 28, but are insufficient for verification.
No. 318
(Page No. 326)
(A. R. No. 338 of 1950-51)
II Prakara, South Wall, Proper left of
Entrance, East side
(Below No. 52 of 1892)
Saka 1342 (1420 A.D.)
Registers a gift of 2 veli of land by
purchase and measured by Ulavan in the village Melaimuri
Mavadu- mangalam in Malanadu and 2 veli in Velvaykkudi for specified
offerings to god after regular worship in the morning and 30 cows for a
perpetual lamp by Mallanangal alias Madhavadasar, the pradhana
at
Chandragiri. The details of the date viz., Saka 1342, Sarvari,
Karkataka, su 1, Thursday, Pusam correspond to 1420 A.D., July
11, Thursday f.d.t. 02; 36.
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