Annual Reports on Indian Epigraphy

39	The District Judge, Tinnevelly	Nāyakas of Madura	Muddu Vīrappa-Nāyaka, son of Kas-tūri Raṅgappa Nāyaka.	Śaka 1539, Koḷlam 793, Pingaḷa, Uttar- āyaṇa, Māgha 18, ba. 13, Friday, Śra- vaṇa. =A. D.1618, February 13, Friday∙16 ; ∙19.	Telugu	Registers a gift land by the king to Īśānadēva Paṇḍārasan nidhi of the Tiruvāḍuturai adhīnam for worship and feeding in the Iśāna maṭha constructed by the donor at Tirunelvēli.
40	Do.	Do.	Maṅgamma, queen of Chokkanātha Nāyaka, son of Muddu Vīrappa.	Śaka 1616, Bhāva, Māgha śu. 12, Thursday, Pushya = A.D. 1695, Jan. 17, Thursday ; ∙01 : the nak. was Punar-pūśam.	Do.	Registers the gift of the villages of Vēlāgurichchi and Pāpāṅ guḷam with their hamlets clubbed together and renamed as Maṅgamāmbāsamudram and divided into 122 shares among Vidvan-mahājanas of various gōtras.
41	Do.	….	….	Śaka [1]6[8]1 Kollam 936, Makara, Tai 7, Friday (Irre-gular).	Tamil	Registers a deed given by Immaḍi Era Pāppu Nāyaka, the chief of Nāgalāpuram, assigning lands to his maternal uncle Tōṭṭā-Nāyaka for conducting worship daily to the family goddess Jagaddēvī at Koḍaṅgipaṭṭi where the chief’s paternal uncle Chinnu Nāyaka had constructed a palace.
42	Sri Tirukkuttālanāthasvāmi Dēvasthānam Courtallam, Tinnevelly district.	….	….	Vishu, Kārttikai 28	Do.	Registers a gift of land for the maintenance of a maṭha to Vidvān Veṅkaṭāchārya.
43	Sri Tirukkuttālanāthasvāmi Dēvasthānam Courtallam, Tinnevelly district.	….	Do.	Registers a gift of land for the maintenance of a maṭha to Vidvān Veṅkaṭāchārya.	Do.	Registers the grant of a paṭṭayam by Hazrat Vālā[ja] Sāhēbu Ismail Rāvuttar and others to the temple, assigning a small makamai cess on all the merchandise imported and exported at the markets of Tenkāśi, Ayampēṭṭai, Śeṅkōṭṭai, Kaḍai nallūr, Śīvarampēṭṭai, etc., for conducting worship on festival days in the shrine of the goddess Kāntimati-Amman, evidently of Kuttālam.
44	Do.	Later Pāṇḍyas	Varaguṇarāma Pāṇḍya Kulaśēkhara- dēva-Dīkshitar.	8th year of reign, Śaka 1675 (wrong for 1676). Kollam 930, Bhava, Kārt-tikai 26, Sunday, Uttiram, Navamī=A.D. 1754, Decem- ber 8, Sunday, ∙43 ; ∙14.	Do.	Records the provision made by the Piḷḷaimār of the Gaṅgakula and the Kārāḷa family for the services during worship in the evening in the temple of Kuttālanāthasvāmin.
45	Executive Officer, Svāmi Nelliappar, etc., Dēvasthānam, Tinnevelly.	Nāyakas of Madura	Raṅgakṛishṇa Muddu Vīrappa Nāyaka	Śaka 1622, Vikrama, Phālguna, śu. di. 15, Wednesday, Uttara Phalgunī =A. D. 1701, March 12, Wednesday, f.d.t. ∙43 ; f.d.n. ∙03.	Do.	Registers the gift, by the chief, of certain lands to Śaṅkara Śāstri, son of Rāma Dīkshitulu and grandson of TyāgarājaŚāstri for expenses of conducting the ardhajāma worship and feeding in the temple of Kāntimati-Amman at Tirunelvēli. Narasimhadēva Mahārāja was ruling at Ghanagiri at the time of the gift.
46	Do.	….	Jaga Vīrarāma Pāṇḍya Kaṭṭa Bommu Nāyaka of Pāñchālaṅkurichchi.	Śaka 1692, Kollam 948, Nandana, Tai 27, Friday, Trayō- daśī, Punarpūśam =A. D. 1773, Feb- ruary 5, Friday ; ∙50 : ∙54. (The Śaka year is a mistake for Śaka 1695.)	Do.	Records the grant of a paṭṭayam to Śivajñāna Bhaṭṭar, son of Muttuliṅga Bhaṭṭar of the Bhāradvāja-gōtra, for conducting daily midday worship and offering to Nelvēlināthar and Kāntimati-Amman.