Epigraphia Indica Vol 27

SR No.: 032581
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Hirananda Shastri
Publisher: Archaeological Survey of India
Publication Year: 1947
Total Pages: 490
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 27 MB

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EPIGRAPHIA INDICA
[Vol. XXVII
constituted assembly of ur, one of whose vyvusthās is available. Some of its suburbs are mentioned in a record from Tiruvadi.. It had Eydanür in it. Solakulavallinallür must have been named after Solakulavalli, the queen of Kulõttunga 1. Inscriptions of Eydanür reveal that several temples existed in Solakulavallinallar in the days of Kulõttunga I and numerous gifts and endowments were made to them, the majority of which came from the Chief of Eydanūr named Tiruvayindiran Viraiyan Sinon. The service referred to in Inscription III by the term Eylanirkatalii was most probably instituted by this Chief. The extent and boundaries of Vikramasolanallür are specified in a record and from the descriptions it is clear that both Vikramašīļanallur and Tiruppirambalamponměyndaperumalnallūrs were contiguous to each other, having a common houndary. Solakulavallinallür, of which Villiyanallur? and Vikramasolanallur formed parts, may be identified with the modern Sölavalli, & village in the Cuddalore Taluk. Eydanür (mod. Eidanur) still bears the same name and is in the same taluk." Tiruvayindirapuram is the modern Tiruvindipuram in the ('uddalore Taluk. Adhirajamangalliyapuram in Kil. Amūr-nadu in Rajaraja-valanädlu is Tiruvadi in the Cuddalore Taluk. It is 14 miles West by North of Cuddalore and one mile South of Panruti railway station. It is called Adigaimanagar in a hymn of Sundaramürti-Nayanār and Adiyaraiyamangalam in a hymn of Appar. It is situated on the north bank of the Gedilam. The Siva temple in this village is called Virattanokvara and is associated with the life of Appar. It was here that the Pallava king Mahendravarman I built the temple called Gunabharavichchuram. Kudalur in Peruganūrnádu may be Gudalur in the Tirukoilur Taluk. In this taluk there is a village called Periyanür which may be identical with Perugaŋür of the inscriptions. In the same taluk is Dévaņūr, a village two miles North by East of Tirukoilür. Kil-Kumāramangalam and Toruppādi are villages in the Cuddalore Taluk. Anăngur, 2 miles South-East of Villupuram, must have been the principal place in Anangūr-nadu. Tirunävalûr is now called Tirunamunalar and is 19 miles South-East of the Tirukoilur Taluk.
Tirumunaippādi, in which Kūdal the native place of the Kādavaraya chiefs was situated, is famous in Tamil Literature, as the country over which Narasinga-Munaiyaraivan, one among the Saiva saints, had been ruling. He was an elder contemporary of Sundara marti-Nāyanar. Tirumunaippadi formed one of the biggest districts of Tovdaimandalam. It had in it several subdivisions such as Kil-Amūr-nādu," Mēl-Amūr-nudu, 12 Mērka-nadu, 12 Peruganūr-nādu,
18. 1. I., Vol. VIII, No. 761. ? Ibid., Vol. VIII, No. 315. * No. 39 of 1921; 4. R., 1933-4, p. 34. Nos. 141, 143 and 145 of 1933-4.
That the village Perungudi also boro this sarname is learnt from a Tirukkalukkunram record (No. 134 of 1932-3).
• S. 1. I., Vol. VII, No. 774. " It was called Vidélvidugu-chaturvödimangalam in the days of Rajaraja I (8. 1. I., Vol. VIII, No. 748). * It is 10 miles North-West of Cuddalore (Sewell's List of Antiquities, Vol. I, p. 211).
Ibid., p. 212. 10 Tirunavukkara'n purinam, v. 140.
11 In Ki Amur were Tiruvadigai alias Adhirajamangalliyapuram (No. 384 of 1921), Kanichchampakkam (No. 515 of 1921), Anattir alias Siruvennainallur (No. 372 of 1909), Kannamangalam, Mäņinallür, Kottilampi kkam, Toruppadi (No. 45 of 1903), Siruputtir (No. 32 of 1903), Devaņūr, Kil Kumaramangalam, Siruvigür (No. 46 of 1903), Kūdal and Avanikarpagaviļīgam (No. 45 of 1903). Ettāppaņai was a southern hamlet of Tiruvadigai (414 of 1921).
11 Kiliyar was & village in it (No. 85 of 1935-6). 13 In it wore Kūdal (No. 133 of 1900: No. 67 of 1918 : No. 133 of 1932-3), Tirumānik kuli and Vridbuutalam. 445 and 46 of 1903.