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The Indian Analyst
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South Indian Inscriptions |
EPIGRAPHIA INDICA The expression aḍikkalañju pon perum is found in the commentary of Nambiḷḷai, a contemporary of this Jīyar. Most of the expressions in the Vaishṇava parlance have been frequently used by the āchāryas in their discussions and then incorporated into their commentaries. The village Chintāmaṇi is situated on the southern bank of Kāvērī opposite to and facing Śrīraṅgam on the other bank. Regarding the other geographical names in this record, Dēvadānam which is said to belong to Kīlpalāru (division) is evidently the village still bearing the same name. The mud fort of Tiruchchirāppaḷḷi referred to as the southern boundary of Chintāmaṇi must have been once raised around the main rock before the date of this record and the lines of these outer defences are marked by scattered remains of the works and the ditch (now filled up).[1] The western boundary of Chintāmaṇi is said to be the road (veṭṭi) from Kṛishṇarāya Alavandapuram to Uraiyūr. This road can be traced on the map as leading to the south through Uraiyūr from the small ferry station of Ammamandapuram on the Kāvērī. Ammamandapuram is probably the Alavandapuram of our record and Kṛishṇarāya may be an addition to the name probably due to some association with Kṛishṇarāya of Vijayanagar, which cannot be traced in the present state of our knowledge. Koḷakuṭṭai may be the modern Kuḷakaṭṭaiguḍi a village due south of Chintāmaṇi on the bank of a tank near Koraiyār river.[2] Lands in this village which is more than twelve miles from the river might not have been so fertile as those that were encroached by the stream and hence the Mahājanas of Chintāmaṇi had raised serious objection necessitating the interference of the king.
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1 Sētuvandyē Śakasy=ābdē Śrīmān-Vēṁkaṭadēśikaḥ | Chintāmaṇi-mahāgrāma[m*] Śrī-Raṅ-
gēśāyi(ya) dattavān ||
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