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Thanjavūr District
No. 506
Village
Tirunā gēśvaram
Taluk
Kumbakonam
District
Thanjavur
Findspot
On a pillar lying in a maņdapa at the end of the street infront of the Năganāthaévāmi (Siva) temple.
Dynasty
King
Chola (Aditya 1) (871-907 A.D.)
Date
Tamil
Language
and Script
Contents
The inscription is dated to the time of Āditya, on palaeographical grounds. It records the provision made by the Perunagarattar (merchant community) of Kumaramättandapuram in Tiraim úr-nādu for the renovation of the surrounding hall (tiruchchurralai) and the gopura in a Jaina temple called Miladudaiyarpaļļi.
Kumaramärttānda seems to have been a surname of the Pallava king Nandivarman III,
Reference
ARE, 222/1911, SII, Vol. III, No. 91.
Remarks
The village Kumaramārttāngapuram was obviously named after Nandivarman III. The Chola king Aditya I is said to have married the daughter of Nandivarman III as is evident from a record from Chittämûr, in which she is called Kādavarkonpävai. (See, Chittāmûr Inscriptions.)
