No. 83 to 84 Inscription at Tindivanam & Perumber

No. 81 to 82 Inscription at Tirunamanallur & Kilur

No. 83.- Inscription at Tindivanam

This inscription (No. 207 of 1902) is engraved on the south wall of the mandapa  in front of the shrine in the Tintrinisvara temple at Tindivanam, the head-quarters of a taluka of the South Arcot district.  The end of most lines (including the date in line 11) is covered by a brak wall, which was temporarily removed for preparing an inked estampage.

The inscription is dated in the 6^th year of Virarajendra I. and records the gift of 12 cows to the Tiruttindisvara temple at Gidangil in Oyma-nadu.[1]  Gidangil is now the name of a suburb of Tindivanam.

(Line 1.) Hail ! Prosperity ! While courage was (his) only help and liberality (his) only ornament, (the king) wielded thesceptre and dispelled the dark Kali (age).

(L. 2.) (He) terrified Ahavamalla at Kudalsangamam, saw the retreating back of Vikkalan and Singanan, and seized riches and vehicles along with his  (viz., Ahavamalla’s) great queens.

(L. 4.) (He) terrified Ahavamalla yet a second time on the (previously) appointed battle-field, recovered Vengagi-nadu, a fulfilled the vow of the elder brother who was born with him.

(L. 6.) On a third occasion (he) burnt (the city of) Kampili before Somesvara could untie the necklace which (he) had put on,[2] and set up a pillar of victory at Karadikal.

(L. 8.) (He) expelled the great Samantas beginning with Devanatha from Sakkarakottam and seized their wives.

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(L. 10.) (He) recovered [Kanna]kuchchi (i.e., Kanyakubja), crossed the boundaries and fixed (them).  In the 6^th year of (this) king Rajakesarivarman alias the lord Sir-Virarajendradeva, who was pleased to be  seated on the throne of victory together with (his queen) Ulagamulududaiyal, - I, Isvaran Singamani alias Tondaiman Solapperiyaraiyan, granted twelve cows to (the god) Mahadeva of the Tiruttindisvara (temple) at Gidangil in Oyma-nadu.  (These cows were) granted in order to (supply) three ulakku of ghee, viz.[3]  one uri  of ghee for the sribali, one alakku (of ghee) for the homa, and one alakku of ghee and one nali of curds for offerings on those holy Sundays on which (the god) is carried outside (for) the sribali.

(L. 22.) Having received these twelve cows, we, the members of the assembly (in charge) of the store-room[4] of this temple, shall have to supply these requirements as long as the moon and the sun shall last.

(L. 24.) This (gift is placed under) the protection of all Mahesvaras.

No. 84.- Inscription at Perumber

This inscription (No. 266 of 1901) is engraved on the east wall of the mandapa in front of the shrine in the Tandonrisvara temple at Perumber and is dated in the 7^th year of Virarajendra I.  It records a grant of land to the Tiruttantonri-Mahasrikarana-Isvara temple at Perumberur alias Tribhuvananallur.  As in another Perumber inscription (No. 78 above), Perumberur is here called a hamlet of Sri-Madurantaka-chaturvedimangalam, the modern Madurantakam.  Line 16, which is incomplete,  mentions Vira-Solaseri, a portion of the city which is also referred to at the end of No. 78 above.

(L. 1.) Hail ! Prosperity ! While courage was (his) only help and liberality (his) only ornament, (the king) wielded the sceptre and dispelled the dark Kali (age).  (He) took the head of the king of the South (i.e., the Pandya),[5] levied tribute from the Seralan (i.e., the Chera king), and subdued the Singala (i.e., Simhala) country.

(L. 2.) (He) saw the back of (i.e., put to flight Ahavamalla five times in hot battles, recovered Vengai-nadu, fulfilled the vow of the elder brother who was born with him, and bestowed the [Vengai]-mandalam on the Salukki (i.e., Chalukya) Vijayaditya who came and worshipped (his) feet.

(L. 4.) Having conquered (the country of) Kadaram, (he) was pleased to give (it) (back) to (its) king who worshipped (his) feet (which bore) ankle-rings.

(L. 5.) (He) chased Somesvara (and forced him) to baandon the Kannara country, invested the Salukki Vikramaditya, who came and bowed to (his) feet, with the necklace which illumined the eight directions, and was pleased to conquer and to grant (to him) the seven and a half lakshas of Rattapadi.[6]

(L. 6.)  In the seventh year of (this) king Rajakesarivarman alias the lord Sir Virarajendradeva, who was pleased to be seated on the throne of victory together with (his queen) Ulagamulududaiyal.

(L. 8.) The writing of us, the great assembly[7] of Sri-Madurantaka-chaturvedimangalam, an independent village[8] in Kalattur-kottam, (a district) of Jayangonda-Sola-mandalam, which is ruled over – having conquered (it by the strength of his) arm and having made it his exclusive property[9] - by the warlike Virarajendra, the god of Death to the family of the Ratta king, (whose) anger abated (only) after seeing the back of the obstinate Salukki  (i.e., Chaluky) on (the bank of) winding river.[10]

(L. 10.) (The following) land was granted, free of taxes, to the god of  the Tiruttantonri-Mahasrikarana-isvara (temple) at Perumberur alias Tribhuvananallur, a hamlet of our village.

(L. 11.) Three padagam[11] in the land which had been lying as manjikkam,[12] without being leveled and dug up, within (the following boundaries) : to the south of the bank of the tank at Perumberur ; to the west of the channel running towards the south-west from the (sluice called) Ambalattu-tumbu of this tank ; to the north of the margin of the road leading from this channel up to the temple of this god ; and to the east of the end of the square (field) on the east of the temple of this god.

(L. 14.) Having reclaimed (this land), we, the great assembly, gave (it) to this god, free of taxes, for (supplying) paddy of the red kind of the temple and for (supporting) those who perform the worship in the temple.

(L. 16.) (This) was ordered by . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . of Verpuram, (in charge of) Vira-Solaseri . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  ..  . . .. . . . . . . . [1]  See above. P. 118 and note 3. [2]  From the next following inscription (No. 84, 1. 5 f.) it appears that Somesvara II. had to give up the necklace, which was the sign of his dignity of heir-apparent in favour of his younger brother Vikramaditya VI., who had made his peace with Virarajendra I. [3]  In accordance with Vol. II. p. 48, note 5, 1 uri + 1 alakku + 1 alakku are equal to 3 ulakku. [4]  See above, p. 20, note 5. [5]  As will appear from No. 88 below, the ‘taking of the head of the Pandya’ means that the king, being seated on his throne, placed his foot on the head of the latter. [6]  This passage was already quoted above, p. 65, note 1, from No. 175 of 1894 (No. 16 on p. 193 above.) [7]  See above, p. 176, note 2. [8]  On taniyur see above, p. 3, note 7. [9]  Literally, ‘having stopped its being the common property (o other kings).’ The same phrase occurs in a description of the reign of Rajamahendra ; see p. 191 above, clause b. [10]  Compare above, p. 191 and note 8.  In No. 16 of the list on p. 193 above, the whole passage runs as follows (see above, p. 203, note 3) : - “Jayangonda-Sola-mandalam, which is ruled over – having conquered the earth and having made it his exclusive property – by the warlike Virarajendra, (who) put a stop to the deceit of the Ratta king after seeing (his) back in an encounter on the battle-field which (the enemy) had appointed (in his) fury.” [11]  See above, p. 177 and note 3. [12]  Compare above, p. 30 and note 4. Home Page

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