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The Indian Analyst
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South Indian Inscriptions |
(INSCRIPTION COLLECTED DURING THE YEAR 1908-09) PANDYA No. 43 (Page No 31) (A. R. No. 42 of 1909) Kunnakkudi, Tiruppattur Taluk, Ramanathapuram District On the north wall of the Agastyesvara shrine at the food of the hill. Jatavarman Rajarajan-Sundara-pandyadeva This inscription is built in at the end and damaged. It gives details of date such as trayodasi, Monday and Punarpusa, the other details being in the built-in part. It seems to register the sale of the village Mullikkundu, a devadana of god Tenarru-Nayakar, as kudininga-kani to a person (name lost), by the trustees of the temple of the god mentioned above.
No. 207
(A. R. No. 195 of 1909.) Avanashi, Avanashi Taluk, Coimbatore District Same wall. . . . . . .Tribh Kulasekharadeva : Year 5, Panguni 20. This incomplete inscription seems to record a gift of one achchu to the temple for burning a lamp there.
No. 209
(A. R. No. 197 of 1909.) Avanashi, Avanashi Taluk, Coimbatore District North wall of the same mandapa. Maravarman alias Tribh Kulasekharadeva : Year 5, Panguni 23. This incomplete inscription records a gift of one achchu by a certain Sattiyanayakkan, a Vellalan Kari of Arangur in Kilkararai-Pundurai-nadu for a lamp given by the donor to the deity Avinasiyaludaiyar.
No. 215
(A. R. No. 203 of 1909) Nambiyur, Gobichettipalayam Taluk, Coimbatore District Same wall. Pandyadeva: Year 11, Aippasi. This is another incomplete inscription which records a gift a lamp to the same deity mentioned No. 214 above, by a certain Kamindan a Vellalan Kalanjipari of Nambiperur in Vadaparisara-nadu.
No. 459
(A. R. No. 436 of 1909) Adanur, Koilpatti Taluk, Tirunelveli District Same wall. Maravarman Tribh (Kings Name lost): Year 27. This inscription is too fragmentary. It mentions Ada[nur] in Surangudi-nadu and Mudugudi-nadu and some people like Pavittiramani[kkam] Gangadevan. It appears to record a gift of nanda lamp.
No. 515
(A. R. No. 488 of 1909)
Solapuram,
Sivaganga Taluk, Ramanathapuram District
North wall of the
same verandah.
Tribh............... : Year 7, Panguni .
This inscription is damaged in some
places.
It records the order of the king
confirming the grant of land as tax-free devadana given by his uncle (amman)
Tondaimanar, to the temple of the god Vikramanpandisvaramudaiya-nayanar
in Uttamasolapuram in Anma-nadu. The land was situated in the same
place and it was given to the temple from the month of Panguni of the
7th year in the reign of the king. It mentions the temple of the god
Uttamsolavinngararempurumanar of the same place.
The signatories were Tiruambaiyurudaiyan
and Virapandya Pallavaraiyan and another whose name is lost.
No. 244
(A. R. No. 232 of
1909.)
Solamadevi.
Udumalaipet Taluk, Coimbatore District Same wall.
Tribh
Koneimelkondan : No date.
This inscription records an order of the
king addressed to the servants of the deity Kulasekhra-Isvaramudaiyar of
Solamadevainallur in Karaivali-nadu. It states that a certain
Kadavarayan, a manradu of the village, became a traitor to the king and
that his manradu land was forfeited to the king, and that this land was
sold to the temple servants. It mentions a gift of land for rearing a
flower-garden for the use of the temple.
No. 479
(A. R. No. 456 of
1909.)
Suttamalli,
Tirunelveli Taluk, Tirunelveli District
South wall of the
mandapa in front of the central shrine in the Bhagavatisvara temple.
Tribh
Konerimelkondan : Year 3+7
This damaged inscription records a gift of
land as tax-free devadana made by the king in Kudaikkulam in the western
quarter of Seravanmadevicch-chaturvedimangalam in Mulli-nadu, to provide
for the festival held on the birth-day of the king in the month of
Vaikasi in the temple of the god (name lost) in Suttamalli alias
Viravinodach-chaturvedimangalam in Mel-vemba-nadu. It seems that the
request for the gift was made by a certain Nambi (full name not
preserved) of Manabharana-mangalam.
No. 483
(A. R. No. 460 of
1909.)
Suttamalli,
Tirunelveli Taluk, Tirunelveli District Same wall.
Tribh
Konerimenkondan : Year 7, day [510 ?]
This inscription records a gift of land,
10 ma in extent, as tax-free devadana, made by the king, for worship and
offerings in the temple of the god Bagavatisvaramudaiyar of Suttamalli
alias Viravinodach-chaturvvedimangalam in Mel-Vemba-nadu. It is stated
that the land belonged as jivitam to a certain Srivallava Savanadarayar,
an Angavayijya for Rajaraja-Chaturvvedimangalam in Mulli-nadu and that
it was taken over from him and was assigned to the temple.
The signatories were Arayan
Kuvalayachandiran alias [Puli]yan Pallavarayan of Koluvanur in Kilkurru
in Milalaik-kurram, Araiyan Sri . . . devan alias Vinnadudaiyan of the
same place, and Araiyan, Tudaiyan alias pallavaajan of Ulakkudi in [ .
. .]ndaiyirukkai in Madurodaya-valanadu.
No. 484
(A. R. No. 461 of
1909.)
Suttamalli,
Tirunelveli Taluk, Tirunelveli District Same wall.
Tribh
Konerimenkondan : Year 7, day [510 ?]
This inscription is incomplete at the end.
It is a copy of the order of the king
dealt with under No. 483 above. But here the king is stated to be seated
on the seat called Pallippidam Munaiyadaraiyan in the hall of the
sleeping apartment in the temple at Madakkulakkil Madurai.
The signatories here were Udaiyan of
Karkuruchchi in Tiruvalidi-valanadu and Terpoliyaninran Valudinattu
Muvendavelan.
No. 488
(A. R. No. 464 of
1909)
Suttamall,
Tirunelveli Taluk, Tirunelveli District North wall of the same temple.
Tribh
Konerimenkondan : Year 22 , day of 212.
This inscription records a gift of ½ ma of
land made by the ruler in Tavanaipparru on the eastern side of the fort
(kottaikkilpal) for a flower-guarden in favour of the image of the
goddess of the Tirukkamakkottam shrine in the temple of
Angundisuramudaiya-nayinar set up by Sivanindakalan alias
Sembiyadaraiyan. It is stated that the land was given tax-free and it
was to be in possession of the above-mentioned Sembiyadaraiyan and his
descendants.
No. 513
(A. R. No. 486 of
1909.)
Solapuram,
Sivaganga Taluk, Ramanathapuram District Same wall as above.
Tribh
Konerinmelkondan : Year 5, Vaikasi, day 313.
This inscription is damaged.
It records a grant of land by the king to
the temple of the god Vikramapandisvaramudaiyar of Solapuram in
Anma-nadu, to provide for a festival (name lost) instituted there after
the name of the king, and for food and other offerings at the daily
worship in the same temple. It is stated that the land, situated in
Sakkaraneri in [......] pandya-chaturvedimangalam.....in Arinadu was
brought as karpura-vilai for a sum of 1000 panam from a certain
Sundarapandyavanakovaraiyar, and was granted to the temple for use from
the month of Vaikasi in the 5th year in the reign of the king. It is
also stated that the king ordered that this year onward annually a sum
of 100 pon from the income of the gift land might to deducted for this
purpose.
No. 525
(A. R. No. 497 of
1909.)
Solapuram,
Sivaganga Taluk, Ramanathapuram Districct Same wall.
Tribh
Konerimeikondan : Year 13, day 1119.
This inscription records an order of the
king containing the re-grant of some villages at the instance of a
certain Viratamuditta Perumal and on the request of the sabhai of
Uttamasolacl-chaturvedimangalam, a devadana of the temple of
Uttamasolavinnagar-Alvar of Solapuram. The re-grant was made to the same
temple. The village regranted were Vellaiyarainallur alias
Danmaparayanappereri, Tiruchchlur in Tudaiyanurmuttam, Amanaputtur,
Kondayaneri and Upaniyanmangalam. It is stated that the sabhai brought
to the notice of the king the fact that these villages were granted to
them during the term of his elder grandfather and later they were
grouped into one under the name of Sundarapandyach-chaturvedimangalam
after the kingâs younger grandfather during the latterâs time and that
they subsequently become fallow due to drought and taxation
difficulties, with the result that the worship (in the temple) was
suspended. It is further stated that the sabhai requested the king
Uttamasolapperiyar, the grandson, to rename the group of villages as
Uttamasolach-chaturvedimangalam and give it to 20 persons and make them
reclaim the villages and use the products for worship in the temple of
Uttamasolavinnagaralvar. It is stated that the king consented
accordingly.
No. 528
(A. R. No. 500 of
1909.)
Solapuram, Sivaganga
Taluk, Ramanathapuram District Same wall.
Konerimelkondan :
Year 10.
This inscription is built in at the end
and therefore several details are not clear.
It records the gift of land made by the
king to the image of the god Sundarapandyavinnagar-alvar set up by a
certain Nachchiyar (name lost) in the temple of the god
Uttamasolavinnagar Alvar of Uttamasolach-chaturvvedi mangalam in
Anma-nadu. The gift was intended to provide for worship and offerings
daily.
Such places as Vikramapandyappereri in
Ari-nadu a devadana of Udayanayaka Vinnagaralvar, Manalur in Kottu-nadu,
and Sri-Parantakach-chaturvedimanagalam are mentioned as forming the
boundaries of the gift-land Other places like Panaiyur and Karuvanur
also are mentioned.
The signatory was Periya [. .] perumal
alias Venavudaiyar Tirumana . . . . . . .]of Pirambalur.
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