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bright half of the month Srivaņa, in the holy presence of the god Sri-Venkatoka, the villages of Vellangolli, Kaiyottankuruohi, Uppu-vāṇyam-puttür and Manamangala in the Perumbatt-uļkade, being clubbed together under the name of Virabhupa-samudra, were granted, together with all the eight kinds of enjoyments, to a number of learned Brāhmaṇas of various sākhas, names, gotras and sūtras, with privileges of free disposal, mortgage and sale, at the request of Krishnabhūpa, whose genealogy is given as follows:
In the Kasyapa götra was born Nāga-Pșithvipati (=Någama-Nayaka). To him was born king Visvanātha, who, having conquered in battle the Tiruvadi, the great Pāņdya, the Vāņāda-raya and other kings, and having annexed their territories, became the master of the kingdom of Madhurā. To biin was born the prince Krishna who acquired the 'overlordship of the south' (Dakshina-Nayakatram); Krishna's wife was Lakshm yambika. To these was born Vira-Bhupati. He built in front of the shrine of Saundara-Nāyakal a mandapa having pillars of rare workmanship; he also presented the goddess Minākshr with a karacha (body cover) made of gold and set with rare gems. He made the sixteen mahadānas, beginning with hēm-äsva. His queen was Tirumalāmbika. Their son was Krishna-Mahīpati. He gave to the god Ranga-pati & kavacha studded with precious stones, a similarly bejewelled ushnisha, yellow silk garments, necklaces, kirița (crown), kundalas (ear-rings), kați-sūtra (waist zones), and presented hin further with villages and gardens, and made arrangements for the celebration of rath-otsavas (car-festivals) and the daily services. He set up & number of lights in the presence of the god Saundara-Nayaka; made arrangements for bathing the image of the god in milk and for the car-festival; gave ornaments (?); and set up a large mani-stambha. He performed the ceremony of weighing himself against gold and the mahādānas of hēmagarbha, srar-dhēnu, (sapt]-ambudhi and kalpa-säkhin. His praises ; he founded agrahārās for Brāhmaṇas and protected them; he paid to Brāhmaṇas enough money to enable them thereby to redeem their lands situated in the countries of other kings, which were mortgaged for the purposes of paying taxes; the Pandya, the Chēra and the Chola kings served him as his māgadhas. He possessed the birudas dakshina-samadr-ēśa' and 'the taker of the kingdoms of the Pancha-Tiruvadis."
The villages granted were situated in the Tiruvadi-dēía, in the Mulli-nidu sub-division of Añjarakkare, and they belonged to the eastern portion of Kallanaikkurichi. The boundaries were :
on the south-east, the tank called Kailasanatha-tatāka on the boundary of Virava-nallur ; on the north, the boundary stone of Attāla-nallar; on the east, Kottālakurichi, the channel of the village of Kottalakurchi, the high
road called Sarikaraamahāpatha on the boundary of Aricha-nallar, and the way
leading to Virave-nallür; on the south, the boundary stone of Kurunguļi, the watercourse of that village called
Padaryoda, the Kannadiyankal-arăcchi (channel), the boundary stone of Kallanekurohi, the eastern ridge of the sixth kanndru (from the Tamraparpi evidently)
and boundary stone of the seventh kannāru flowing into Tadiohēri; and on the west, the river Tamraparni, flowing northwards, and the channel of Pon
Dadikulya, of the village of Tadchēr. The stone on the boundary of the eighth kannāru of this Tadchéri village, the mound Iluppayadi-ttidar, and the garden called Kudireyodi.
This is the name of the presiding deity, śiva, of the famous tomple at Madurs. * This is the name of the goddess of the same temple. + This is the name of the god Vishnu of the largest temple at Srirangam in 8. India..
See above, p. 307, foot-note 2.
