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The Indian Analyst
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South Indian Inscriptions |
EPIGRAPHIA INDICA Ilâḍarâyar, gave one perpetual lamp to (the god) Mahâdêva of the Tiruttoṇḍiśvara (temple) at Tirunâvalûr in Tirumunaippâḍi for the merit of[1] (her) elder brother Araiyar Râjâdittan Pugalvippavargaṇḍan. For (this lamp she) gave one hundred undying (and) unaging big Sheep[2] (and) a lamp-stand weighing seventh palam, to burn as long as the moon and the sun shall last. This (gift is placed under) the protection of all Mâhêśvaras. C.- INSCRIPTION OF KRISHNA III. This inscription (No. 362 of 1902) is dated in the 17th year of Kannaradêva,i.e. of the Râshṭrakûṭa king Kṛishṇa III., the conqueror of the Pallava and Chôḷa countries.[3] It records the gift of a lamp by a chief of Milâḍu, named Narasiṁhavarman and surnamed Śaktinâtha and Siddhavaḍava. He claims to belong to the lineage of Śukra and to the Malaiyakula, i.e. the family of the rulers of Malaiyanâḍu or Malainâḍu, of which Milâḍu and Malâḍu are contracted forms. According to the Periyapurâṇam, the capital of this district was Tirukkôvalûr (Tirukoilur), the head-quarters of the present Tirukoilur tâluka.[4] The chiefs of Malainâḍu claimed connection with the Chêdi family.[5] They had the custom of prefixing the name of the reigning Chôḷa king to their title. Thus, six inscriptions of Râjêndra-Chôḷa I., Kulôttuṅga-Chôḷa and Vikrama-Chôḷa at Kîlûr near Tirukoilur (Nos. 241, 260, 284, 285, 286 and 290 of 1902) mention Milâḍuḍaiyân Irâman Mummaḍi-Chôḷan alias Râjêndra-Chôḷa-Milâḍuḍaiyân, Kiḷiyûr[6] Malaiyamân Kulôttuṅga-Chôḷa-Chêdiyarâyan, and Kiḷiyûr Malaiyamân Vikrama-Chôḷa-Chêdiyarâyan, the father of Vikrama-Chôḷa-Kôvalarâyan ; and in two inscriptions of Tribhuvanachakravartin Râjarâjadêva and Kulôttuṅga-Chôḷadêva (Nos. 288 and 293 of 1902) we find Kiliyûr Malaiyamân Râ[ja]râja-Chêdiyarâjan.
The Trivikrama-Perumâḷ temple at Tirukoilur bears an inscription of the sixth year of Parakêsarivarman alias Râjêndradêva, i.e. A.D. 1057-58[7] or about a century after the present record. It belongs to a later chief of Milâḍu, whose name was likewise Narasiṁhavarman. He resided at Tirukkôvalûr (Tirukoilur), was a descendant of the lineage of Bhârgava (i.e. Śukra), and bore the surname Raṇakêsarî-Râma. TEXT.
1 Svasti śrî || (Symbol) Śrî-Kannaradêvarkku yâṇḍu padinêlâvadu Munaippâḍi-
Ttirunâvalûr-Tti[rut]toṇḍi(ṇḍi)śvarattu Mâ(ma)hâdêvarkku svasti
Śukrânma(nva)y-ôdayâchal-âditya Śa[k]tinâtha siṁha-ddhvaja śikhi-
makara-la(lâ)ñchhana Malaiyakul-ô-
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