South Indian Inscriptions

EPIGRAPHIA INDICA

(L. 8.) Having received these hundred sheep, the members of the assembly of Êkadhîrachaturvêdimaṅgalam, (a village) granted to the temple, shall have to pour out ghee,^[1] to burn as long as the moon and the sun shall last.

E.- INSCRIPTION OF SAKA-SAMVAT 876.

This inscription (No. 338 of 1902) records the gift of a lamp by the queen of a chief of Munai, whose name resembles that of the other chief mentioned in the preceding inscription (D.).

TEXT.

1 Svasti śrî [||*] Śagarai yâṇḍu 87[6]-
2 âvadu Tirunâvalûr Tiruttoṇḍiśva-
3 rattu Mahâdêvarkku Munaiyadiyaraiyar Kulamâ-
4 ṇikkerumânâr dêv[i]yâ[r=A]kkinaṅ[g]aiyâr vaytta^[2]
5 nondâ-viḷakkinukku va(vai)tta śâvâ m(û]vâ pêr-âḍu
6 nûru |^[3] nûruṅ=[g]oṇḍu nû^[4] ni[śa]da[m*] ulakku mâdêviyâl^[5]
7 n[ey] aṭṭuv[ô]m=ânôm Arumbâkka[t*]t =ûr[ô]m [|*] idu [pan]-M[â]y[ê](hê)- [śvarar irakshai ||*]

TRANSLATION.

(Line 1.) Hail ! Prosperity ! In the Śaka year 876, [A]kkinaṅgaiyâr, the queen of Munaiyadiyaraiyar Kulamâṇikkerumânâr, gave a perpetual lamp to (the god) Mahâdêva of the Tiruttoṇḍiśvara (temple) at Tirunâvalûr. For (this lamp she) gave one hundred undying (and) unaging big sheep.^[6] (L. 6.) Having received (these) hundred (sheep), we, the villages of Arumbâkkam, shall have to pour out daily one ulakku of ghee by the mâdêvi.^[7] This (gift is placed under) the protection of all Mâhêśvaras.

This inscription (No. 360 of 1902) belongs to the reign of Parakêsarivarman alias Râjêndra-Chôḷadêva, i.e. the Chôḷa king Râjêndra-Chôḷa I. who ascended the throw in A.D. 1011-12.[8] The figure denoting the year of his reign is lost. A regiment of the king gave to the god a necklace of gold and jewels, and the commander of the regiment gave another necklace of pearls and a bracelet of gold.

TEXT.

1 Svasti sr[î] [||*] K[ô]=Pparakêśaripa[r*]mar=â[na] śrî-Râjêndhi(ndi)ra- Śôladêvarku yâ[ṇḍu] . . [va]du Jayaṅgoṇḍa-Śôla-ma[ṇḍa]lattu-Ttiru-
2 munaippâ[ḍi] M[ê]lûr-nâṭṭu=Ttirunâvalûr-âna Râjâdittadêvapurattu [Tiruttoṇ]ḍi(ṇḍi)śvarattu Âḍavalârkku uḍaiyâr paḍai Vi(vî)ranârâya[ṇa]- tte[r]i[nda-vil]ligaḷ
3 śeyd=iṭṭa malai lnâl pon mu-kkalañj=arai [|*] idil taḍavi kaṭṭina spa(spha)ṭika[m] nâyagan uṭpaḍa uru padineṭṭu ni(nî)lam iraṇḍum [|*] [mu]ttôḍu malai o-

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^[1] Compare the preceding inscription (C.)
^[2] Read vaitta.
^[3] This sign of punctuation is expressed by a dot above the line.
^[4] Cancel this syllable.
^[5] The syllable mâ is entered below the line.
^[6] See above, p. 134, note 2.
^[7] See above, p. 136, note 3.
^{[ 8]} See page 7 above.