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4 nru [1]
EPIGRAPHIA INDICA.
i-ppaḍaikku tiru-kaiykkų
idu
[y]vitt-idavittig
Nakkan [] ivanê Paluvûr sphatikam onru mutt-'êrina kâ
5 rai onru po[n kala]ñju [1] ivai pan-Mahahêéva[ra*]-ra[kshai] [*]
[VOL. VII.
nlyagam seyda arula taḍavi
sâtti
Marayan kaṭṭina
TRANSLATION.
(Line 1.) Hail! Prosperity! In the.. th year of king Parakêsarivarman alias the glorious Rajendra-Chôladeva,-the chosen bowmen of Viranarayana, a regiment of the king, made and gave 1 necklace, consisting of three and a half kalañju of gold, to (the god) Adavalar of the Tiruttonḍisvara (temple) at Tirunavalûr alias Rajadittadevapuram in Mêlûrnadu, (a subdivision) of Tirumupaippadi, (a district) of Jayangonda-Sola-mandalam. In this (necklace) were fixed eighteen pieces of crystal, including the central gem, and two sapphires.
(L. 3.) One necklace of pearls. This was caused to be made and to be given by Marayan Paluvůr Nakkap,5 who commanded this regiment.
(L. 4.) The same person (gave) one bracelet, to be placed on the arm of the god (and consisting of) one kalanju of gold, in which one crystal was fixed (and) on which pearls were mounted.
(L. 5.) These (gifts are placed under) the protection of all Mâhesvaras.
No. 20.- FOURTEEN INSCRIPTIONS AT TIRUKKOVALUR. BY E. HULTZSCH, PH.D.
Tirukkôvalûr is the head-quarters of a taluka of the South Arcot district. It contains a Vishnu temple named Trivikrama-Perumal, and the suburb of Kilar a Siva temple named Virattanêsvara. Of the subjoined inscriptions, ten (A. to J.) are in the Siva temple and four (K. to N.) in the Vishnu temple.
The sacred writings of the Saivas and Vaishnavas of the Tamil country mention both of the Tirukkovalûr temples. Tiruñânasambandar refers to the Siva temple as Viraṭṭaņam at Kovalûr," and Tirumangai-Alvâr to the Vishnu temple as 'Idaikali at Kovalûr.' The subjoined inscriptions have the forms Tiruviraṭṭanam (A. to J.) and Tiruviḍaikali (K.) or Iḍaikali (L.). Tirukkôvalûr (A. to C., E. to K.) or Kôval (L.) bore in the time of the Chôla dynasty the surname Madurantaka-chaturvedimangalam (K.). It was included in Kurukkaikûrram, a subdivision of Malaḍu or Milâḍu, a district of 2,000 (villages), which in the time of the Cholas was surnamed Jananatha-valanâḍu (K.).
The subjoined inscriptions incidentally mention three villages, vis. Upangalpandi (G.), Neņmali and Sixriñjûr (H.). Of these, I can only identify the second, which is the modern
Nemali.8
1 The first t of mutt is entered below the line.
1 Read-Mahéfcara-.
This regiment was probably named after Parântaka I., who had the surname Viranarayana; see South-Ind. Inser. Vol. II. p. 979. Two Tanjore inscriptions mention another regiment, entitled Pandita-Sola-terinda-villigal, which was named after a surname of Rajendra-Chola I. himself; see ibid. Vol. III. p. 127 and note 17.
Adavalar or Adavallar is a Tamil synonym of Natêsa, a form of Siva.
This person may have been a native of Kilappaluvár, which is mentioned in the Dérdram under the name of Paluvar; see South-Ind. Inser. Vol. III. p. 152.
One of the sixty-three devotees of Siva, Meypporunayanar, is supposed to have resided at Tirukkovalûr; see South-Ind. Inser. Vol. II. p. 167. See page 135 above.
No. 159 on the Madras Surrey Map of the Tirukoilur taluka.
