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TIRUMUKKUDAL INSCRIPTION OF VIRARAJENDRA.
(Ll. 32 to 43). 6 nali of paddy and 1 käsu per day for 1 tiru, 3 kuruni of paddy and 4 kāsu per day, at 1 kuruni and 4 nali and 2 kasu each, for 2 persons who recited the Tiruvaymoli hymns, 1 tüni of paddy for 4 persons who cultivated the flower-garden of Virasōlan at 1 kuruni each per day, 1 kuruni and. of paddy per day to 1 tiru who brought the calendar and announced the sacred festivals and bathing days, 1 kuruni of paddy and 4 käsu per day to 1 Vaikhānasa-dēvakanmi who demanded from the appointed persons their dues and had the expenses met, 1 kuruni of paddy and 4 kāśu to 1 accountant who entered the accounts, 1 kuruni of paddy per day to 1 potter who supplied the necessary pots to the temple kitchen, Jananathamandapa, the teachers and students, to the hospital as well as the kalasas to the Alvar, 4 nāli of paddy per day to one washerman who washed the parisaṭṭam of the gods and the cloths of the Vedic teachers and students as well as of the persons in the hospital, 4 nali of paddy and 1 käsu per day to Tirumukküḍal-Pēraiyan who kept watch in the Jananatha-mandapa and the hospital, 40 kalam of paddy for the repairs to be executed in the tiruchchurrumaligai, i.e., the inner enclosure of the temple, 1 padakku of paddy per day to one who taught the Rig-Veda in the Jananatha-mandapa, 1 padakku of paddy per day to one who taught the Yajur-Veda, and 8 käsu to these two at 4 kasu each, 1 tūni of paddy and 10 kasu per day to one Bhaṭṭa who expounded the Vyakarana and the Rūpāvatāra, 2 kalam, 1 tüni and 1 nali of paddy per day for feeding 60 persons in all-consisting of 10 persons who studied the Rig-Veda, 10 Brahmans who studied the Yajur-Veda, 20 Brahmans and Chhatras who heard the expounding of the Vyakaraṇa and Rūpāvatāra, 10 Mahāpañcharatras, 3 Siva-Brahmanas, 5 Vaikhanasas and 2
at the rate of 1 nali of rice to each person amounting in the aggregate to 11 kuruni, and 2 nali of rice per day, 1 kuruni of paddy for 4 nali of payaru, 6 nali of paddy for 1 pulukku-kari, 3 nali of paddy for 1 ilai-kari, 1 kuruni of paddy for 1 pepper curry, 1 kuruni of paddy for 1 pulitta-kari including tamarind, 4 nali of paddy for 1 ulakku and 1 alakku of pepper, 1 kuruni of paddy for 1 nali of salt, 1 tüni of paddy for 1 nali of ghee, 3 kuruni of paddy for 1 tuni and 1 padakku of butter-milk, 1 kuruni and 4 nali of paddy for 60 areca-nuts, and 4 nali of paddy for 2 parru of betel-leaves, 3 kuruni of paddy per day and 6 käsu to 3 assistant cooks, at 1 kuruni of paddy and 2 kasu each, who brought rice from Vayalaikkavur and supplied daily fuel, leaves and water, 1 kuruni of paddy and 2 käsu per day to 2 maid-servants-at 4 nali of paddy and 1 käsu each-who attended on the Chhatras and kidai that were fed in the mandapa, 2 käsu for purchasing 75 mats for the Chhatras, kidai and the atulas (i.e., the sick), to lie on, 9g kasu for purchasing 192 nali of oil, at the rate of 20 nali of oil per kasu, to meet the requirement of 102 nali of oil to the Chhatras and kidai for their oil baths during the 51 Saturdays of the year at 2 nali of oil per Saturday and 90 nali of oil for lamps to students at 1 ulakku of oil per night and 40 kalam of paddy for the repairs to be executed to the Jananatha-mandapa, were provided.
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(Ll. 43-45). The expenses for the hospital of Virasōlan are:
1 tuni, 5 nāli and 1 uri of paddy for 1 kuruni and 7 nali of rice for feeding 15 in-patients at the rate of 1 nali each, 3 kuruni of paddy and 8 käsu per day to Savarnan Kodandaraman Asvatthama-Bhaṭṭan of Alappakkam, who had obtained land to be enjoyed by himself and his descendants, for prescribing medicines to the patients lying in the hospital, to the several nimandakkāras, i.e., the persons bound to the temple for supplying daily requirements, and to the teachers and students (attached to the temple), 1 kuruni of paddy per day to one who performed surgical operations, 2 kuruni of paddy and 2 kasu per day to 2 persons, at 1 kuruni and 1 kasu each, that gathered medical herbs, supplied fuel and attended to the preparation of medicines, 1 kuruni of paddy and 1 kasu per day to 2 nurses, at 4 nali of paddy and kasu each, that attended on the patients and administered medicines, 4 nali of paddy per day to one barber who served the patients, teachers and students, were provided.
