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The village itself seems to have been situated on the bank of the rivulet called the Rushi river. In the Tamil portion the boundaries of Vedambaru-Yēkāni barapuram are given as follows: Tirukalambur on the east; Tirakaļambür and Vélanguļi on the south-east; Velángudi, and Sēdirāyanallur on the south; on the south-west Sēdirayanallar and Mānávarinallor; on the west Mänåvarinallär; on the north-west the same (?); on the north Kongarayanellår, and the same on the north-east. It was divided into thirty-two shares and distributed among Brahmaņas who had different gðtras, sūtras and fakhās. The names of the Brāhmaṇas, however, are not given as promised. One share each was given to the gods Vishnu and Siva in the village, and the fasana-engraver Mallaņācharya gets, as usual, one share for his work.
Regarding the date, the Hon'ble Mr. L. D. Swamikkanuu Pillai, C.I.E., kindly furnishes us with the following note :
" S. 1450, Sarvajit; Monday, Utthāna-Dvadasi, in the month of Kārtrika.
Kārttika Su. 12 is called Utthāna-Dvadasi (Ind. Ephemeris, p. XIX). In A.D. 1527=s. 1450 (current) Sarvajit, Utthana-Dvadasi or Kārttika Su. J2 fell on Monday, 4th November A.D. 1527: the tithi commenced at 19 ghafikās after mean sun-rise on Monday and came to end on Tuesday at 154 ghatikās after mean sun-ribe."
At the end of the inscription we are told that the composer of the document was Sabhpati, and the engraver Mallanacbarya, son of Virandcharya.
The following are the names of places, etc., mentioned in the record :-Ekambarapuram, Vadainbüror Vedambūr, Tiruvālor, Suttavalichoda-valacădu, Alangudi, Mānāvarinallür. Kongarāyanellar, Tirukalambüdür or Tiru kalambir, sedirāyanallar, Vēlangadi and the rivers Kāvori and Rushi. Of these Tiruvalur has already been identified with the town of that name in the Negapatam Taluk; Suttavalichoda-valanādu, which is one of the divisions of the Chola days, takes its name from the village whole modern spelling is Sittamalli and which is situated in the Mannārguļi Taluk; Aladgudi, Kongarāyanellar, Tirukalambar and Vēlangadi are in the Nannilam Taluk of the Tanjore District. We are not able to identify "Vadambor, Ekšmbars. param, Mānivarinallür, Sadirāyanallar and the river Rushi.
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