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Inscriptions of the Ranganathasvamy Temple, Srirangam
VIJAYANAGARA - I
Vijaya-Bhupati
No. 319
(Page No. 327)
(A. R. No. 53 of 1938-39 )
II Prakara, South Wall
( Sanskrit =1423 A.D.)
Registers a gift of the village
Kumarakkudi, in Malai-nadu, a sub-division of Rajaraja-valanadu, on the
north bank in Tiruchchirappalli-usavadi, by the king Vijaya-Bhupati as a
dandikai-jivita to Uttama-Nambi, a sthanika of the
temple. The village is stated to have once been include in the obali
for piyadakai-jivita. The terms dandikai and
piyadakai mean palanquin and peon respectively. The date
Subhakrit, Magha, su. Padyami corresponds to A.D. 1423, January 13,
but cannot be verified. The record bears the signature of Siruparasa
in Kannada characters.
Devaraya II
No. 320
(Page No. 327)
(A. R. No. 161 of 1951-52)
III Prakara, Aryabhattal-vasal Tiers, Inner
wall, Proper left of the Entrance
Saka 1349 (1427 A.D.)
Fragmentary. Built in at places. Seems to
refer to an endowment of land for a grove (toppu) after excluding
from it the manya and bhatta-vritt portions. The donor
whose name is lost appears to be a sattada-Srivaishnava hailing
from Pratapagiri in Uttara-desa. The details of date are mutilated but
for the years Parabhava (expired) and Plavanga (current) and the
nakshatra Anuradha and are thus insufficient for verification.
But the cyclic year Plavanga--- (Saka 1349) falling in the reign of
Devaraya (II 1422-1446 A.D.) corresponds to 1427 A.D.
No. 321
(Page No. 328)
(A. R. No. 57 of 1938-39 )
II Prakara, South Wall
Kilaka (1428 A.D.)
Records in Sanskrit written in Grantha
Characters that Sripati, chief minister and son of Annapa
who was also a minister, made a opening (dvara) in the valabhi of
the Sriranga-vimana in the cyclic year Kilaka, Vaisaka,
Paurnami, Thursday (vasana-mantri-vara) which seems to
correspond to A.D. 1428, April 29, Thursday.
No. 322
(Page No. 328)
(A. R. No. 58 of 1938-39 )
II Prakara, South Wall
Saka 1350 (1428 A.D.)
Registers
gift of a gold kalasa to god Ranga by Periyaperumal,
the sister of Chakraraya[1].
The record is dated by the chronogram atmaloka - Saka 1350,
Kilaka, ba. 12, Wednesday, Uttiram
which correspond to
A.D. 1428, October 6 Wednesday
; 21: 89. The month was Tula.
No. 323
(Page No. 329)
(A. R. No. 55 of 1938-39 )
II Prakara, South Wall
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Saka 1351 (1429 A.D.)
Registers a grant of the village
Hasticholendramangalam by Vyasa-Bharatiyogi, son of Dakshinamurti
and Maratakavalli of Chillamanta and a Disciple of Parivrajaka
Ramachandra Sarasvati, towards offerings to god Ranganatha. The
record which is said to have been composed by the donor himself is in
Sanskrit written in Grantha characters. The details of the date viz.,
Saka 1351 expressed by the chronogram (yasoloke), Saumya,
Mithuna, ba. 6, Uttirattadi, Tuesday, corresponds A.D. 1429, June
22, Wednesday (not Tuesday ), 42, f.d.n. 24.
No. 324
(Page No. 329)
(A. R. No. 50 of 1938-39 )
II Prakara, South Wall
1424-1430 A.D.
Records in Tamil verse the several gifts
made and services rendered by Chakraraya to the temple, such as
(1) 1,000 kalanju of gold a dish, (2) consecration of the images
of Deyvappullurvar, (3 ) 1,000 kalanju of gold for the
pedestal of the goddess, (4) 1,000 kalanju of gold for a gold
lamp-stand, (5) a golden pot wroth 1,000 kalanju of gold, (6) a
pearl garment, (mutta bhishekam) and (7) 1,000 kalanju of
gold for a gold platter vattil and pedestal. The details of the
date of all the gifts correspond respectively to (1) A.D. 1424, April
17, Monday, 44. (2) A.D. 1425, December 30, Sunday (su. 6), 80; 39, (3)
A.D. 1427, July 19, Saturday, 64, (4) A.D. 1427, October 15, Wednesday,
(ba. 10); 79; 64(5) A.D. 1428, November 3, Wednesday, 23. (6) A.D. 1430,
January 24, Tuesday, 06. and (7) A.D. 1430. February 24, Friday,
18.
No. 325
(Page No. 330)
(A. R. No. 337 of 1950 -51 )
II Prakara, South Wall, Top belt Stone,
Proper left of Entrance, East end
No date
This is a Sanskrit verse in Grantha
recording the gift of a golden kumbha (pot) to the god by
Chakraraja. This is perhaps a reference to the same golden pot
referred to in the Tamil verse in No. 324 above.
No. 326
(Page No. 331)
(A. R. No. 93 of 1938-39 )
Chandana-Mandapa, East base
Saka 1352 (1430 A.D.)
Registers a gift of the village
Vada-kiliyur in Venba-nadu for providing offering etc., to the god by
Bemmana-Nayaka, Ramaya-and Manikka-Gangana-Nayaka of Tiruchchirappalli,
men of the bodyguard (padi) of Saluva-Nayaka. The details of the
date viz., Saka 1352, Sadharana, Vrischika, su. 12 Wednesday, Revati,
are irregular. On the day of the Uthana-dvadasi, it was the 29th
day of the solar month Tula corresponding to Saturday, 28th
October, 1430 A.D. The nakshatra Revati which commenced at
20 of the day ended the next day at 15.
No. 327
(Page No. 331)
(A. R. No. 342 of 1950-51 )
II Prakara, West Wall, Tiers, North end
Saka 1352-(1430 A.D.)
Damaged. Seems to registers a gift of 6
veli of temple land by purchase for 600 Pratapan-pon from the
temple officials Sriranganarayana Jiyar, Uttamanambi and Chakraraya
by Ilakkna-Udaiyar, son of Annadata Denayakkar of Harita-gotra and
Asvalayana-sutra for certain offerings to the god. The details of the date
viz. Saka 1352, Sadharana, Vrischika 5, . . .5, Sunday, Punarpusam,
corresponding to 1430 A.D. November 5, Sunday, 54; 25. The paksha
was bahula.
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No. 328
(Page No. 332)
(A. R. No. 46 of 1938-39 )
II Prakara, West Wall
Paritapi (1432 A.D.)
Registers the sale of Valavanallur in
Padaivittu-usavadi, as a sarvamanya village for 400 pon
to Rayar Savattu Annappa Nayakkar, son of Bukkaya-Nayakkar of Devagiri
with rights of hereditary enjoyment including the rights of selling and
mortgaging. The signatories of the document are Sriranga Narayana Jiyar,
Uttamanambi, Chakrarayar, Timmanar and Tennavan Brahmarayar. The record
is dated in the cyclic year Paritapi leading to the year Virodhikrit,
Chittirai, 26. There is apparently a mistake of juxtaposition or there
is an omission of the expression mel before chellum in the
relevant passage of the text, for, the year Paritapi follows the year
Virodhikrit and does not Precede, as the text would mean. If Uttamanambi
and Chakrarayar, two of the signatories of the record are identical with
persons of the same name figuring in the preceding inscriptions, the
cyclic year Paritapi may be Equated with Saka 1411 when the date would
correspond to April 20, 1432 A.D.
No. 329
(Page No. 333)
(A. R. No. 7 of 1938-39 )
II Prakara, East Wall.
Saka 1355 (1434 A.D.)
Registers the gift of two villages
Kodiyalam in Tenkarai-Rajagambhiravalanadu and Sirudavur (Kilaimuri) in
Mala-nadu in Vadakarai Rajarajavalanadu by Anna Chavundappagal,
son of Adityadeva-Udaityar to Uttama-Nambi, the officer-in
charge of the temple, towards garlands, daily offerings and a perpetual
lamp to god Ranganatha and for the celebration of a car festival in the
month of Purattasi on the day of Uttiradam, the natal star of
Adityadeva-Udaiyar. An elephant for service during the festival and
30 cows for the lamp were also given. The details of the date viz.,
Saka 1355, Pramadi, Makara ba. 6, Friday, Hasta correspond to
A.D. 1434, January 1, Friday; 22; 70.
No. 330
(Page No. 334)
(A. R. No. 20 of 1938-39 )
II Prakara, East Wall
Saka 1355 (1434 A.D.)
The inscription is a copy of the above in
Kannada.
No. 331
(Page No. 335)
(A. R. No. 20 of 1938-39 )
II Prakara, East Wall
Saka 1357 (1435 A.D.)
Registers the gift of some lands in
Sendanpalan-Kannankudi as bhattavritti by Anna-Saundappagal
to Uttama Nambi, son of Uttama Nambi of Kasyapa-gotra and
Asvalayana-sutra at the instance of Chikka-Udaiyar, the brother
of Gajavettai Pratapa-Devaraya for supervising the conduct of the car
festival instituted in the name of Adityadeva Udaiyar, the father
of the donor, referred to in No. 329 above. The details of the date viz.
Saka 1357, Rakshasa, Makara, su. 11, Saturday, Rohini, regularly
correspond to A.D. 1435, December 31, Saturday ; 43. The
nakshatra Rohini commenced at 99 of the previous day and was current
throughout the day.
No. 332
(Page No. 335)
(A. R. No. 206 of 1951-52 )
II Prakara, Proper left Jamb at the
Western Entrance into the Chandana-Mandapa
No date
The record is in Sanskrit in Grantha. It
is damaged and mentions the ruling king Devaraya, the son of
Vijayesvara. Mentions Saluva, son of Gunda and Madambika and the
grandson of Mamgu.
No. 333
(Page No. 336)
(A. R. No. 83 of 1937-38 )
Aryabhattaal, Inner wall, Right of
Entrance
Saka 1360 (1439 A.D.)
In Sanskrit written in Grantha characters.
States that Chakraraya installed the Dasavatara images (in a
temple ) on the southern bank of the Kaveri (Sahyaja) at Srirangam. The
details of the date viz., Saka 1360 in Chronogram (nitislaghya),
Kalayukti, Mina, Paurnami, Sunday correspond to A.D. 1439,
March 1, Sunday.
No. 334
(Page No. 336)
(A. R. No. 96 of 1936-37 )
East Chittirai Street,
Chittiraitter-Mandapam
Saka 1366 (1445 A.D.)
States that this mandapa was the
gift of Sirupparasar Vittanan.
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Praudha-Devaraya
No. 335
(Page No. 336)
(A. R. No. 33 of 1938-39 )
II Prakara, North Wall
Saka 1369 (1447 A.D.)
Records an endowment of lands in the
villages Chittamur, Marakkamangalam, Iluppaiyur, Visaliyamangalam and
Mullaikkudi yeilding an annual income of 436 pon, by the minister
Siruparasara-Vitthana of Maudgalya gotra and Asvalayana-sutra
for food offering to the god on several specified occasions in the names
of himself and six others namely Sirahpradhana Heggade Madanna
Dannayaka, Siruparasa, Hiriya-Siruparasa, Rangana-Odeya, Nagayamma,
and Ammakka-Amma. The inscription is said to have been composed
by Atreya-Subrahmanya. The details of date viz., Saka 1369,
Prabhava, Ashadha, su. 12, correspond to A.D.1447, June 25,
(Sunday).
No. 336
(Page No. 339)
(A. R. No. 106 of 1938-39 )
II Prakara, Tiers of the West wall of the
Pagalpattu-Mandapa
Saka 1370 (1448 A.D.)
Registers a gift of land to the
sthanikas of the temple for a garden called Etirajan-tottam
for rearing various kinds of fruit trees and flowers for use in the
temple, by Karanikka Ponnambalanatha, son of Karanikka Bharati
Vitthanna of Srivatsa-gotra. The donor is said to have purchased the
plot of land for the garden for 30 honnu and to have made an
endowment of another land 2 ½ veli in extent for its formation and
maintainance in Uppur in Malenadu-Melaimuri in Tiruchinapalli-chavadi,
formerly granted to Nallar-Nayinar by Annappa-Odeyar of Tirukkovalur, in
exchange for three shares of his (the donorâs) ekabhoga village
Bharati-Vitthannapura.
The record is in Kannada engraved in
Grantha characters and is dated Saka 1370 (in words), Vibhava, Pushya,
su 2, Friday corresponding to 1448 A.D. December 27, Friday, 83.
Mallikarjuna
No. 337
(Page No. 340)
(A. R. No. 92 of 1938-39 )
II Prakara, Chandana-Mandapa, East wall
Saka 1378 (1457 A.D.)
Registers the gift of land, by purchase,
by Pallikonda-perumal-Karpura-Malavarayar for rearing a garden
for supply of vegetable and flowers to the god and for the supply of
civet ointment. The details of the date viz., Saka 1378, Dhatu, Mina,
su. 13, Tuesday, Magha regularly correspond to A.D. 1457, March
8, Tuesday; f.d.t. 25, 85.
No. 338
(Page No. 341)
(A. R. No. 46 of 1948- 49 )
II Prakara, Tiers of the Pavitra-Mandapa
Saka 1384 (1462 A.D.)
Incomplete. Seems to registers the gift of
a golden flagstaff, a golden pot, 1,000panam of . . . . Raman
Chakkaram, perhaps to be invested in lands, to the god by
Kamparasa-Mallayar, son of Era-Timmaraja of Atreya-gotra.
The details of the date viz., Saka 13[8]4 Chitrabhanu, Mithuna,
su. Padyami, Monday, Pusan, regularly correspond to A.D. 1462,
June 28, Monday. 47; 87.
No. 339
(Page No. 342)
(A. R. No. 59 of 1892)
II Prakara, West wall
Saka 1385 (1464 A.D.)
Records the order of Saluva
Tirumalaideva Maharaja, son of Saluva Gopa that the produce from all
the lands exclusive of tiruvidaiyattam lands, in excess of the
taxes assessed, may be allowed to accumulate in the treasury of the
temple. The details of the date viz., Saka 1385, Subhanu, Makara, ba.
15, Sunday, Uttiradam, correspond to A.D. 1464, January 12, Sunday, f.d.t. 01, 86.
Published in S.I.I., Vol. IV, No. 506.
No. 340
(Page No. 343)
(A. R. No. 90 of 1938-39 )
Base of The Chadana-Mandapa, East wall
Saka 1388 (1466 A. D. )
Records the gift of land in
Sendavan-Tokaikkudi and Palaikurichchi of Kakkaipadip-parru separated
from Nelmalai-nadu of [Ra]jendrachola-valanadu towards food offering
during the service conducted in the name of Pallikondan by the donor
Pallikonda Kapura-Malavarayar (See No. 337 above). The details of the
given viz., Saka 1388, Vyaya, . . . . [Ekada]si are not complete.
The Saka year corresponds to 1466 A.D.
No. 341
(Page No. 343)
(A. R. No. 195 of 1951-52)
II Prakara, Tiers of the Chadana-Mandapa
Facing the Nalikettan-vasal
Saka 1369 (1470 A.D.)
Fragmentary. Seems to record the gift of a
village as sarvamanya by a mahasamanta (name lost) to the
deity on the occasion of an eclipse. The details of the date are lost,
except for the Saka year 1392 corresponding to 1470 A.D.
No. 342
(Page No. 344)
(A. R. No. 91 of 1937-38
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Aryabhattal-Vasal,
Inner wall
Saka 1393 (1472 A.D.)
Registers the gift of the village
Mullikkudi in Mel-Sengilinadu, a sub-division of Kattu-nadu alias
Jayasinga-kulakala-valanadu, by Devaraya alias
Tirumalairaya-samantanar who bears the epithets Takkar-kkuttakkan
and Rahutta-mindan for offerings to god during the service
named after him. The details of date Saka 1393, Khara, mina ba. 1,
Uttiram correspond to A.D. 1472, February 25.
No. 343
(Page No. 344)
(A. R. No. 62 of 1938-39 )
II Prakara, South wall
Saka 1393 (1473 A.D.)
Registers a gift of land after purchase,
for providing certain offering to the god in the name of
Pallikonda-perumal Karpuram Malavarayar alias
Alagiya-Manavaladasar and four house (two of them from Uttam-Nambi)
where Mushtimadhukaram was to be served. Among the boundaries of
the land is mentioned a garden called Mahapatram-toppu. The
details of the date viz. Saka 1393, Khara, Mina ba. 7, Sunday, Kettai
correspond regularly to A.D. 1472, March 1, Sunday, 89, 93.
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No. 344
(Page No. 345)
(A. R. No. 164 of 1951-52)
III Prakara, Aryabhattal-Vasal, Tiers,
Inner wall, Proper Right of Entrance
Saka 1394 (1472 A.D.)
Built in and fragmentary. The details of
the grant portion are lost. Mention Uttama-Nambi and Avanakar-kottu (?).
The details of date viz., Saka 1394, Nandana, Tula, Su . . . . .
Friday corresponds to 1472 A.D. October 9, Friday. The tithi was
8; 91; 48.
No. 345
(Page No. 345)
(A. R. No. 22 of 1938-39 )
II Prakara, East Wall
Saka 1394 (1472 A.D.)
Records that after purchasing 3 veli
of land for 6,000 panam from the Sthanikas of Srirangam
temple as Senapatipperuvilai, Mahamandalesvara Timmayyar,
son of Saluva Kamparasar Mallayar endowed the same towards
offerings to the god Tiruvarangachchelvar after performing the service
called Ayodhya Ramanujayan avasaram. The details of the viz.
Saka 1404, Sobhakrit, Kumbha, ba. 11, Thursday, Pusam correspond to
A.D. 1483, August 28, Thursday, 96, f.d.t. 52.
No. 346
(Page No. 346)
(A. R. No. 13 of 1938-39 )
II Prakara, East Wall
Saka 1411 (1489 A.D.)
Registers a gift of two village
Chattuvantangal and Arapperunchelvi on the southern bank of the Palaru
in Padaivittu-usavadi in Tondaimandalam, by Kandadai Ayodhya
Ramanuja-ayyangar, asattada-parama ekangi of
Tiruvarangam-Tiruppati, to god Ranganatha for offerings during
Ramanujayan-avasaram and to feed Srivaishnava Brahmanas with the donorâs
share of the offerings in the Ramanuja-kutam situated to the west of the
Pallavarayar-matha, on the eastern portion of the southern row of the
Vikrama-cholan-tiruvidi. The villages granted by the Rayar are stated to
have been acquired by the donor from their Brahmanas owners. The details
of the date viz. Saka 1411, Saumya, Rishabha su. 10. Sunday, Uttiram
regularly correspond to A.D. 1489, May 10, Sunday. 36, 18.
The Koyilolugu (Edited by
Krishnamachariyar in 1888 A.D., p.69) describes the association of his
Ramanujayyangar with this temple in greater details.
No. 347
(Page No. 347)
(A. R. No. 336 of 1938-39 )
II Prakara, East Wall,
Base Tiers (lowest) Commencing from the steps
partly built in and
covered up by Darin Built Over
Date lost
In fragmentary. The first fragment refers
to certain land grant for daily worship of dvarapalas Jaya and
Vijaya. The second which also refers to a land grant mentions god
Malaikuniyaninra-Perumal, Kandadai Ramanujay-yangar and
Chennappa-udaiyar.
No. 348
(Page No. 348)
(A. R. No. 22 of 1938-39 )
II Prakara, North Wall
Sadharana (1490 A.D.)
Incomplete. States that on behalf of
Perunkondai Annadata Da[n*]nayaka Udaiyar of Harita-gotra, certain
offerings to god including a lamp and garlands were to be made from the
income of lands in Uruttava [Be] mmana-alli alias
Srirangarajapuram in Mukkunra-nadu, a sub-division in Perunkondai-rajyam.
The details of the date viz., Sadharana, Purattasi 12 may be
equated with 1490 A.D., September 11, since the record is
Palaeographically assignable to the 15th century A.D.
No. 349
(Page No. 348)
(A. R. No. 141 of 1938-39 )
Inner wall of the Araybhattal-Vasal, left
of entrance
Saka 1413 (1491 A.D.)
Registers a gift of gold (30 kalanju)
taken as Senapatipperuvilai for a garden to the extent of 1,000
kuli measured by Irajavipatan, by Muvendiraiyar Pillai.
The details of the date viz., Saka 1413, Virodhikrit, Simha, ba. 2,
Sunday, Uttirattadi correspond regularly to A.D. 1491, August 21,
Sunday, 37, 56. Among the boundaries to the garden are mentioned two
gardens named after Dalavay Timmayar and Singama Nayakkan.
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No. 350
(Page No. 349)
(A. R. No. 207 of 1951-52 )
II Prakara, Proper left Jamb at the
Western Entrance into the Chandana-Mandapa
Saka 1413 (1492 A.D.)
Registers a gift of the villages
Koramangala, Ariyamangalappatti and two other villages (name not clear
) as sarvamanyato the god for feeding Brahmanas daily at
Srirangam. The donorâs name is lost. The details of the date viz.
Saka 1413, Virodhikrit, Phalguna, su. 10, Monday, are irregular.
If su 10 is a mistake for su 1, the details regularly correspond to 1492
A.D., January 10.
Konerideva-Maharaja
No. 351
(Page No. 350)
(A. R. No. 115 of 1937-38 )
V Prakara, Proper left
Jamb at the Entrance
into the Sokkappanaivasal-Gopura
Paridhavin ( 1492 A.D.)
States that the doorway was built in the
year Paridhapi and that it was the gift (kayinkariyam) of
Konerindeva-Maharaja. The details of date viz., the 26th
of Avani, Friday, dvitiya, Uttiram regularly correspond to A.D.,
1492 August 24 Friday, f.d.t. 21; 49.
No. 352
(Page No. 351)
(A. R. No. 115 of 1937-38 )
V Prakara, Door jamb,
Sokkappanaivasal-Gopura
Paridhavin ( 1492 A.D.)
Registers a gift of land in
Pichchandarkoyil for offerings of musarodaram (curd-rice) to the
god in the name of Konerideva-Maharaja. The date Paridhavin, Margali
1, may be equated to 1492 A.D., November 27.
No. 353
(Page No. 351)
(A. R. No. 81 of 1936-37 )
Slab set up in front of the Dhanvantari
Shrine
Saka 1415 (1493 A.D.)
Records a gift of 2 veli of land for
worship and offering to god Dhanvantari-Emberuman newly installed by the
donor and for supply of medicinal decoction (kudinir) to the god
by Srinivas alias Sriranga Garuda-vahana-Bhatta, son of Alagiyamanavala Mangaladaraya who was one of the bhattal-kottu of
the temple in the time of Irandakalamedutta-Perumal Kudal
Chakravala-Nambi alias Uttamanambi-Pillai. The donor is stated to
have revived the hospital (arogya-salai) which had been in the
charge of his ancestor Garudavahana-Bhatta and which had been destroyed
by fire. The date of the record viz., Saka 1415, Pramadi, Rishabha su.
5, Monday, Pushya corresponds 1493 A.D., May 20, 55, 12.
No. 354
(Page No. 353)
(A. R. No. 54 of
1938-39)
II Prakara, south wall
Nala (1497 A.D.)
Registers grant of some lands as the gift
of Chikka Narasa-Nayaka, son of Narasa-Nayaka, towards garlands and food
offerings for the god. The measure Rajavibhatan is mentioned. The
grant was made on the occasion of a lunar eclipse. The details of the
date viz., Nala, Makara, su. Paurnami, Wednesday, Ayilyam correspond
to A. D. 1497, January 18, 72, f.d.n.25. (lunar eclipse).
No. 355
(Page No. 355)
(A. R. No. 5 of 1938-39)
II Prakara, east wall
Saka 1419 (1497 A.D.)
Registers the gift of 320 pon by
Narasamman, wife of Mahamandalesvara Kommaraja Periya Timmaraja
Udaiyar,
for a perpetual lamp and for offerings to god Ranganatha, a portion of
which offerings was to be utilized for date viz., Saka 1419, Pingala,
Karnataka, ba. 14, Tuesday, Purattadi corresponds regularly to
A.D.
1497, July 18, 62, 39.
No. 356
(Page No. 354)
(A. R. No. 144 of
1938-39)
Inner wall of the
Aryabhattal-Vasal, right of entrance
Saka 1421 (1499 A.D.)
Records the gift of a garden by purchase
for gold paid as Senapatipperuvilai by Mulvay Somarasar Kumara
Viramarasayyan. The details of the date viz., Saka 1421, Siddharthi,
Vrischika, su 11, Wednesday, Revati correspond regularly to A.D. 1499,
November 13, Wednesday, 69, 98.
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No. 357
(Page No. 355)
(A. R. No. 92 of
1936-37)
Inner wall of the
vithala shrine in the Rangavilasa-Mandapa.
Saka 1422 (1500 A.D.)
States that Kandadai Madhavayyangar, a
disciple of Kandadai Ramanujayyangar, the dharmakarta of the
Ramanujakutam at Tiruvarangam-Tirupati, constructed a temple to the
north of the Nanmugan-gopuram and consecrated therein the images of
Vitthalesvara and Madhurakavi-Alvar and arranged for their worship and
also constructed a kitchen. The details of the date viz., Saka 1422
expressed by the chronogram Rudravandye, Raudri, Makara, su. 10,
Monday, Rohini correspond to A.D. 1500, December 30, 25; f.d.n. 87, the
week day was, however, Wednesday, not Monday. Soma in the text is
obviously a mistake for Saumya.
No. 358
(Page No. 356)
(A. R. No.23 of 1938-39)
II PRAKARA, EAST WALL
Dundubhi (1502 A.D.)
Seems to record a gift of land after
purchasing it for 25 varaha for supplying garlands, cocoanuts,
betel leaves etc. to the god by Chikka Narasana-Nayaka, on the occasion
of a lunar eclipse on the full-moon day of Karttika in the year Dundubhi.
Mentions Venkatmma. The details of date are probably equivalent to
A.D.
1502, October, 15, Saturday (not Wednesday), which was a day of
full-moon and lunar eclipse.
No. 359
(Page No. 357)
(A. R. No. 339 of
1950-51).
II Prakara, same wall
Same as No. 358 above.[2]
[1]
The remarks against this number in the Report sates that the
slsterâs name is not given. Female names having Perumal as their
part are not unknown.
[2]
The Saka year read in the Report is a mistake
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