Epigraphia Indica Vol 21

SR No.: 032575
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Hirananda Shastri
Publisher: Archaeological Survey of India
Publication Year: 1931
Total Pages: 398
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 18 MB

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of paddy for 2 sevidu of cumin, 1 uri of paddy for 1 ulakku of salt, 1 padakku of paddy for 6 cocoanuts, 4 nāli of paddy for 20 areca-nuts and 2 nali of paddy for 1 parru of betel-leaves, thus making a total of 1 kalam, 1 kuruni, 1 nāļi and 1 uri of paddy. For offering to be made when the deity is taken on procession in the street, 1 padakku of paddy for 32 plantain fruits and 1 kuruni of paddy for 4 nali of curd. In all, the provision made for the Jayantyashtami was 3 kalam, 6 nāli and 1 uri of paddy.
(Ll. 24-25). For offerings to be made on the day of Kärttigai in the month of Kārttigai :
2 kalam, 1 tūņi and 1 padakku of paddy for 1 kalam of rice, 1 kuruni of paddy for 2 nāli of paruppu, 1 kuruni of paddy for 1 porikkari, 1 kuruni of paddy for 1 pulukku-kari, 1 kuruni of paddy for 1 pepper curry, 1 padakku of paddy for 1 kuruni of curd required for 1 pulingari, 1 padakku of paddy for 10 palam of sugar, 1 kuruni and 2 nali of paddy for 20 plantain fruits, 4 nali of paddy for 1 alakku of pepper, 3 nali of paddy for 1 nāļi and 1 uri of salt, 1 tūņi of paddy for 1 nali of ghee, 1 padakku of paddy for 1 kuruni of curd, 1 kuruni and 2 nali of paddy for 50 areca-nuts, and 4 nali of paddy for 2 parru of betel-leaves, thus making a total of 3 kalam, 2 tūņi, 3 kuruni and 7 nali of paddy. 1 kasu was provided for obtaining 25 nali of oil for burning 200 lamps in the central shrine and in the inner circuit, at the rate of 1 alakku for a lamp.
TIRUMUKKUDAL INSCRIPTION OF VIRARAJENDRA.
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(Ll. 25-26). Expenses to be met on the birth-day asterism Ayileya (Aslesha) in the month Avani, of king Virarājēndra, are as follows:
2 nāli of paddy for 1 nāli of green pulse required for sprouting at the tirumañjanam, 1 padakku of paddy to be placed below the sprouts, 1 kuruni of paddy for 1 palam of thread to wrap round 108 kalasas (pots), 1 túni and 1 padakku of paddy to be placed under the kalasas, 4 nāli of paddy for 2 nali of rice required for powder, 1 kalam and 1 tūņi of paddy for 4 nali of ghee, 1 kuruni of paddy for 4 nali of curd, 1 kuruni of paddy for 4 nāļi of milk, 2 kalam, 1 tūni and 1 padakku af paddy for 1 kalam of rice required for an offering to be made on that day, 1 padakku of paddy for 4 nali of paruppu, 1 kuruni of paddy for 1 puļukkukari, 1 kuruni of paddy for 1 porikkari, 1 kuruni of paddy for 1 pepper curry, 4 nali of paddy for 1 alakku of pepper, 2 nali of paddy for 1 nali of salt, 1 padakku of paddy for 1 kuruni of curd required for 1 pulingari, 1 tuni of paddy for 1 nāļi of ghee, 1 kuruni and 2 nali of paddy for 30 areca-nuts, 6 nāli of paddy for 3 kaṭṭu of betel-leaves, I padakku of paddy for 10 palam of sugar required for pulingari and 1 kuruni and 2 nali of paddy for 20 plantain fruits, thus making a total of 6 kalam, 5 kuruni and 2 nali of paddy.
(L. 27). For this festival are required one pudavai (cloth) for covering the paligai kept for sprouting, one puḍavai for being placed above the kalam, two puḍavai-consisting of one loin cloth and one upper cloth-for the acharya who performs the bathing ceremony of the god, thus making in all four cloths which cost one käsu. A provision of half a käsu for 4 nali of honey, quarter kasu for 50 palam of turmeric, half a kasu for purchasing snapana-dravyas, one kātu for one parisaṭṭam to be used after bathing, one käsu for the dakshina of the acharya performing the bathing ceremony of the god, two and a half kasu for purchasing 10 parisattam at the rate of quarter käsu for one parisaṭṭam, to be presented to the Sri Vaishnavas that served in the Tiruvõlakkam and those who recited the Tiruvaymoli hymns on the occasion, half a kābu for one parisaṭṭam to be presented to the astrologer (tiru) who announced the festivals, thus making a total of seven and a quarter kātu.
(L. 28). For the bathing of the god and for the great offering to be made on the day of Pūrādam in the month of Karttigai which was the birth-day of the Vaidya Madavan Damyan,