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The Indian Analyst
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South Indian Inscriptions |
EPIGRAPHIA INDICA ABSTRACT OF CONTENTS Hail ! Prosperity ! (Issued) with the royal signature in the [seventeenth] year, current, of the reign of king Vīraśōla-Kalimūrkkap-Perumāḷ. Kavuṇiyan Nārāyaṇan-Māran alias Āśrakānra Brahmādhirājan of Ayirūr, a brahmadēya in Vaḍagarai-Malanāḍu purchased three of land in all,─two shares from . . . dināgai, the wife of the Veḷḷāḷa Sōma . . .Vikramaśōla-Pallavaraiyan of Villiyam residing in Vīrasaṅgāda-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, and one share from Tirumāḍalan Parāntakan,─and gave them as svadatti and paradatti for the Brāhmaṇa who performs, thrice daily, the bathing of the god in the temple of Tiruvalañjuli-Mahādēva at Vīrasaṅgāda-chaturvēdimaṅgalam in Tenkarai-nāḍu, and for the sandal paste to be applied to the body of the Ālvār. The gift was to last as long as the moon and the sun endure. For meeting the annual royal dues such as irai, echchōrrukkūrru-vari, iravu, kaḍamai, etc., the assemble of the village demanded from the donor Nārāyaṇan-Māran alias Āśārakānta-Brahmādhirājan and obtained fifteen kalañju, as weighed by Parakēsarikkal, of fine gold (coins) having proper marks (i.e., impressions) and weight, and exempted the land from payment of taxes.
III.─Piramiyam Inscription of the 24th year of Vīraśōla-Kalimūrkkap-Perumāḷ The following inscription,[1] in Vaṭṭeluttu characters and Tamil language, is engraved on a door post lying within the central shrine of the same temple. It is dated in the 24th year of the reign of king Vīraśōla-Kalimūrkkap-Perumāḷ and registers a gift of land, as tirumelukkuppuram (i.e., for washing the floor with cow-dung), made by queen Vaḷāvan-Mādēviyār. The queen is said to have purchased the land from the assembly (sabhā) of Vīrasaṅgāda-chaturvēdimaṅgalam. Mention is made of Madhurāntakavaḷāgam. TEXT 1 Svasti śrī[2] [||*] Kō-Vī
_____________________________________________________________ [1] ARSIE, 1920, No. 204.
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