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grant was made was the giving of the mahadana called the Go-sahasra. The village granted is said to be situated in the Cholamandala-rajya, that is, that province of the empire which was known by the name of Cholamandala ; the village was in the western portion of the division called the Uyyagondacholēndra-valanādu, which belonged to the [Tiruv]ārür-chāvadi and was situated in the Tirumibachchür-pattu; the village was situated on the bank of the river Kāvēri and was to the cast of Karkaktai (?), to the south of the canal Naţtāvākkal, to the west of Pēlaikudi (Mēlsikkuļi) and to the north of the river Virāntanāru.
It is not quite patent how a document issued to u private person found its way into the treasury of the temple of Ranganathasvamin at Srirangam. Perhaps the donor, a Srivaishpavs, was a native of Srirangam, and he may have either deposited the copper-plates in the temple treasury for safe custody or have presented the village with its original deed of gift to the god Ranganātha. As regards the donee, nothing can be said definitely, as do distinguishing family names are affixed to his name; to which of the acharya-purusha families he belonged is not easy to ascertain.
At the end of the document it is stated that the composer of the inscription is Sabhāpati and the engraver Mallaņāobarya, the son of Viraņācharya.
The names of places, eto., which occur in the document are :-Uyyagondacholēndra val. niąu, [Tirav]ārtir, Tirumihachchir, Eppakuļi, Karkaktai, Pēlaikaời and the rivers Kāvēri, Virāptanāra and Nattāvākkal. Of these Uyyagondacholendra-valandu is the same as Uyyakkondachola-valanādu, an ancient division of the Chola days. Tiruvārür is a town of great importance for the large Biva temple situated in it; it is in the Negapatam Taluk of the Tanjore District. Tiramihachchår, same as Tiramiyachchur, a place whose praises are sung by the Saiva enints Tiru-Jõāna sambandha and Appar, is situated in the Nannilam Taluk. The river Kávērt is too well known to need any comment. The Nattāvākkal is the same as the Nattår, which runs through the Nannilam Taluk anú the French territory of Käraikkal. The river Virantanāru seems to be the same as the Virasolaparu, which runs through the Mayavaram Taluk and disembogues south of Tranquebar. We are not able to identify Karkaktai (here the reading itself appears to be wrong) and Pēlaikudi (Melaikkudi) and Eppakudi.
The portions of the inscriptions A and B which contain the genealogy of Krishnadevarhys are similar to those found in other inscriptions of this king. For instance, vv. 1-28 of A are identical with those of the Conjeeveram Plates of Krishnadevaraya edited in Vol. XIII, pp. 126-189. VV. 9-11 found in A are omitted in B. Therefore vv. 1-8 of B agree with vv. 1-8 of A, and vv. 9-24 of B with vv. 12-28 of A. Since the geneulogioal portion of the inscriptions A and B have been printed in the Epigraphia Indicu more than onoe, they are Omitted in the transcripts of the texts given below.
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TEXT.1 (Metres : v. 28, Sragdhard; vv. 29-454, 471-501, Anushtubh ; v. 46, Giti; v. 517, Salint.)
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ali 64 [स]धोभिः स विजयनगरे खसिंहासनस्तः, मापालान् कृष्णराय65 fafaufaruterte al TETTU [1] gafarurfufa
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