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APRIL, 1911.3
FIVE BANA INSCRIPTIONS AT GUDIMALLAM
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Translation, Hail ! Prosperity! In the twenty-third year of the reign) of Nandippöttaraiyar, while Vikkiramāditta-Mārali-Vāņarāya was ruling over the western portion of Vadagavali, Mullirkilar, a member of the Corporation of Tiravipiramapēda, having purchased by a sale-deed (the plot of land known as) Veppambol-ppā! from Agnisarman of Kufaippanür, a member of the assembly (?) ruling this town, made a gift (of it) to the (god) Mahūdēva of the Parasurameávaram (temple) of this town for the supply of ) oil (required for burning) a lamp.
Also, we, the assembly of this town, ordered that all the oil-mills existing in this village shall (henceforth) be set up on this land, and a portion of the oil compressed in them) shall be obtained for the lamp.
E.-of the time of Vijayāditta-Mahāvali-Vāparāya : dated in the
49th year of Vibaiya-Dantivikkiramaparuma. This inscription is engraved on one face and down one side of a slab of stone set up near the well in the compound of the Parasurāmēśvara temple, and is finely preserved. The boily of the inscription is written in the Tamil alphabet and language ; but the Sanskřit words, svusti gri. Danti, Vijayaditta-Mahāvali, prithet-rajyam, bhāgan, iddharmanckandrāditya-gatam, iddharman, and asvamēdkam are in the Grantha alphabet.
The record belongs to the 49th year of the reign of Visaiya-Dantivikkiramaparumar, when Vijayāditta-Mahävali-Vanarayar was ruling over the Bäņa country. The object of the inscription is to record that Ayyappõrri alias Kaliyamangalair-gilir set apart a piece of land for deepening the tank known as Veilari, which was situated in Tiruvippiramapedu. This is the first record I have come across in which the title pörri occurs. This title is at present used exclusively by the Taluva Brahmanas and a class of the Nambūdri Brühmaņas in the west coast,
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Front of the slab
1. [Sva]sti Sri [l'] Ko-vi2. [a]ya-Dantivikki3. [ra]ma-paramarku y[á]4. ndu nārpatt [o). 5. pbadā vadu [Vi} 6. jayāditta-Ma7. hävali-Vā[na). 8. rāyar prithivi-r[a]9. jyañ=jeyya 11*] Ti10. ravippiramape11. deālon=ganat12. tāru! Kaliyama13. ngalan=gilar 14. Ayyappo[r]15. riyên [1] enga16. | Tumbanëri
* From impressions prepared by me,
