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(INSCRIPTION COLLECTED
DURING THE YEAR 1908-09)
vijayanagara
Bujabalaraya-Immadi-Tammayadeva- Maharaya
No. 715 (Page No.
507)
(A. R. No. 664 of 1909)
Tirunedungalam,
Lalgudi Taluk, Tiruchirappalli District
North, west and south
walls of the central shrine in the temple of Nedungalanathasvamin.
Virapratapa
Bujabalaraya Immadi Tammayadeva-Maharaya.
Son of Sajuva Narasimha
: S. 1422 Durmati, Mesha (Chittiral)
Ba,
11, Friday (Avittam). Ittegular=1501 A. D.
This inscription is damaged in some
places.
It commences with a Sanskrit verse
engraved in Grantha referring to the records as the order of
Adichandesvara.
It records the founding of a village named
Virama[ra*]sanallur after a certain Somaya Viramarasar who is described
as Ayyan and as the “lord of the southern oceans”, and for his
merit, probably by Svami Narasanayakkar, by converting Vadapurakkudi in
Kiliyur-nadu. It also records that this village was gifted to the temple
of the god Tirunedungalam-udaiya-tembiran of Dakshina-Kayilayam alias
Nilalar Solaivanam in Vadakavi-nadu in Pandikulasani-valanadu to provide
for the midnight worship, for the worship on the days when Makha
asterism fell and for repairs to the temple. It is stated that this
village was given to the Talaiyari Timmana[yakkar] of the place
as saruvamanya stipulating that he should carry out the object of
the gift.
No. 787 (Page No. 575)
(A. R. No. 736 of 1909)
Purattukoyil,
Kulittalai Taluk, Tiruchirappalli District In the same place.
Bhujabalaraya :
Saka 1414, Paridhavi, Arpasi 12=1492 A. D.,
October 11. (Thursday).
This inscription is damaged and is
incomplete.
It appears to record the endowment of a
dancing girl and some other service people to the temple of [ . . . ]nar
of Kaduvankudi-nadu and the assignment to them the sutantiram, made
tax-free, from the temple and from the nadu.
It is stated that Kodumbainayaka-vlar
Simanpillai Manra [ . . .] of Kodumbalur, the accountant of the nadu
wrote the record as directed by the tanam (trust-board) and the
nadu (the executive of the division).
Narasingaraya
No. 336
(A. R. No. 318 of
1909.)
Tirukkachchur,
Chingleput Taluk, Chingleput District
South and East
walls of the Marundisvara temple.
Narasingaraya :
Saka 1406 (mistake for 1411), Saumya,
Ishaba (Vaikasi) su.
15, Thursday =1489 A. D., May 14.
This inscription records the foundation of
a new village called Marundukku-nadayapuram, on the hill at
Tirukkachchur for the merit of the king and his foremost servant (mudappavadai)
Nagamanayakkar. This was arranged by the latter’s agent
Choda-Timmanayakkar, and the karanakkar Silumarasar. It is stated that
the house sites in the place were allotted to various categories of
families on condition that from the month of Adi in the year quoted
above, for six months, they could enjoy the sites as sarvamanya
(tax-free) and from the next year onwards each of the Kaikkolar (weaver)
and other families should pay ¼ panam as tax. It is stated that people
of other religions should not occupy the place. It further states that
the palla families are exempted from the payment of the tax called
vasal-panam.
Immadi
Narasingaraya
No. 794
(Page No. 582)
(A. R. No. 743 of
1909)
Purattukoyil,
Kulittalai Taluk, Tiruchirappalli District Same wall.
Immadi
Narasingaraya : Pingala=1497 A. D.
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This inscription is badly damaged.
It appears to records a grant of village
(name lost) by the uravar of Kilak-Kaduvankudi and Melaik-Kaduvankudi in
[Mudu] sorkudi-nadu in Uratturk-kurram in Konadu alias
Kadaladaiyadilangaikonsola-valanadu to the temple of
Tirumuttisvaram-udaiya-nayanar of Kaduvankudipparru alias Purattur in
the same nadu. It is stated that the village was given as
tirunamattukkani. Kopalakkudi, Pudukkudi, Peruvettikkudi, and Aykkudi
are mentioned in connection with the description of the boundaries of
the gift-village.
Saluva-nayakkar
(name lost)
No. 337
(A. R. No. 318-A
of 1909.)
Tirukkachchur,
Chingleput Taluk, Chingleput District
South and East
walls of the marundisvara temple.
Dunmati, Margali
This inscription is also fragmentary. It
records a certain sarvamanaya (tax-free) gift to a temple (name lost)
probably for the merit of Saluva-nayakkar (name not preserved).
Krishnaraya
No. 49
(A. R. No. 47-A
of 1909)
Undavalli, Guntur
Taluk, Guntur District
In the same place as
above. Krishnaraya : No date.
Published in S.I.I., Vol. XVI, No. 88
No. 447
(A. R. No. 426 of
1909)
Siddhalimgamadam,
Tirukkoyilur Taluk, South Arcot District Same wall.
Krishnaraya-maharaya:
Srimukha, Chittirai 1(2) =1513 A.D. April 7, (Thursday).
This inscription is built in at the
bottom.
It records a gift of 500 kuli and as
iraiyili in [Tiruppulippagava] lur for a nanda lamp to the god
Tiruppulippagavar, by a certain Mannari Tiruppulipperan, son of
Devapperumal while Taranikkamanarasaiyan, was ruling over the
Tiruvadi-raiyam. It is stated that the land was probably left in charge
of a certain Kali Kalappalan.
No. 600 (Page No.
415)
(A. R. No.569 of
1939)
Durgi, Palnad
Taluk, Guntur District
On a slab set up
near a platform in the temple.
Krishnaryadeva Maharaya : Saka 1440 (Bahudhanya)
Published in S.I.I., Vol. XVI, No. 67.
No. 714 (Page No.
506)
(A. R. No. 663 of
1909)
Manachchanallur,
Lalgudi Taluk, Tiruchirappalli District
A slab set up in
a grove of trees.
Krishnadeva-maharaya: S. 1433, Srimukha, Tula (Aippasi) su. 12,
Friday, Revati.
Irregular=1512 A. D., October 22, f.d.n. 23.
But it was Saka
1434 and the cyclic was Angirasa.
This inscription is written in Tamil and
Grantha characters.
It records a gift of the village Uppur,
made by the king, to the temple of Sri-Ranganathan, evidently, of
Srirangam, for planting a grove by the Srivayishnaval (Srivaishnavas)
and for conducting festivals.
Achyutadeva
No. 572 (Page No. 397)
(A. R. No. 544 of
1909.)
Vemalurpadu,
Palnad Taluk, Guntur, District
On a pillar lying
near the Siva temple.
Virapratapa-Achyutadeva_maharaya : 1530 A. D.
Published in S. I. I., Vol. XVI, No. 93.
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Sadasivadeva
No. 615 (Page No. 419)
(A R. No. 584 of 1909)
Macherla, Palnad
Taluk, Guntur District
On a slab set up
in the courtyard of the Virabhadresvara temple in the same village.
Virapratapa-Sadasivarayadeva-Maharaya : Saka 1476 (Ananda)
Published in S. I. I., Vol. Xvi, No. 191.
Srirangadeva-maharaya
No. 270
(A. R. No. 255 of
1909.)
Kunnattur,
Chingleput Taluk, Chingleput District
Slab set up near
the Perumal-koyil tank.
Virapratapa
Srirangadeva Maharaya : Saka. 1501, Bahudhanya,
Makara (Tai),
Mahodaya=1576 A. D., January 26. The week-day was Monday.
The inscription is damaged at the end. It
states that the king was ruling from Vidyanagara, and records grant of
the village Kunrattur on the holy occasion of mahodaya, to the god
Talasayanapperumal of Tirukkadalmallai (i.e., modern Mamallapuram), for
worship, offerings, festival and for rearing gardens, and for all other
services, including the Sahasranam-archana. The gift-village is stated
to be situated in Perumbukka-sirmai in Tirukkalukkunrapparru, in
Mugandur-nadu in Amurk-kottam in Padaividu-raiya in
Gangai-kondasola-mandala. The gift was made for the merit
Venkatapatideva-maharaja, the brother of the king, by the former’s agent
Goppa[na] Dalavay-Tirumalai-nayakkar.
No. 750(Page No. 539)
(A. R. No. 699 of 1909)
Turaiyur, Lalgudi
Taluk, Tiruchirappalli District Same wall.
Tribh
Konerinmaikodan (Rajaraja III): Year 22=1237-38 A. D.
This inscription records a gift of land,
by the king as tax-free devadana, in Turaiyur in Ira[ja]ra[ja]-valanadu
to the temple of the god Ulaguyyavandacholisvaram-udaiyar built at the
place by Sembiyan Viratarayan of Vellur. It is stated that the land
belonged to the same donor. A number of officials figure as signatories.
Venkata II
No. 346
(A. R. No. 327 of 1909)
Kuvam,
Tiruvallore Taluk, Chingleput District Same wall.
Venkatapatiraya of
Anaigondi: Bahudhanya, Tai 3=1578 A.D., December 31 (Wednesday)
It records a gift of 100 kuli of land in
Tiribhuvanamadevi-vilagam in Kuvam, as guru-
Papattu (home to the guru) to Salai Appar
of Elumatti by a certain Naranappanayakar. The gift is stated to be for
the merit of the uravar.
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