1838.] Inscriptions at Conjeveram. 393 



4. On the south side of the tower, on the Sampanci, below the 

 southern wall. 



Inscription of Tiru vithi sani the daughter of Ammani, dated in 

 Sal. Sac. 1408. Gift of 300 fanams for conducting a certain ceremony 

 of singing, &c. at the time of the gods' rising up in the morning after 

 sleep. 



5. Inscription of Narana Patla va'ri the Purohitan, or Brtih- 

 man-adviser of Krishna Rayer, dated in Sal. Sac. 1436. Gift of 

 ten thousand fanams, arising from the products of cultivation, for 

 offerings before the god, eight times daily, of ghee, and various other 

 articles specified. 



6. Dated in Sal. Sac. 1528, during the rule of Sri Vira Venca- 

 tapati ayya-dever (of Pennacondai ? ) by Anumaya Annayangar, 

 son of Lalaga Nayaka of the Gauri caste people of Malliya vanam 

 near Vijayanagara of 365 gold huns for the 365 days of the year, for 

 the gift of two large tureens of rice to be offered to the two images and 

 the overplus of the expense to go to the inferior temple attendants. 



7. Dated in Sal. Sac. 1 123, donation by Udanda Rayer Ulagappen 

 of 840 fanams for the conducting certain ceremonies on the monthly 

 recurrence of the Nakshetra (lunar mansion) of his own birth, and that 

 of his mother. (It is of early date, aJnd the title Ulagappen means 

 " father of the world.") 



8. On the sacred hill, on the southern side of the shrine ( VimdnanJ. 

 Inscription of Tim ma raja son of Saluva Gunddcj Raya u'diyar, 



dated in Sal. Sac. 1385 gifts of some land for the conduct of offerings. 



9. On the southern wall facing the street in which the car is drawn 

 at festivals. 



Inscription of the merchant Crishnama Chetti dated in Sal. Sac. 

 1458. What was given not known, as it is stated that the remaining 

 letters of the inscription have become illegible. 



10. On the same wall. 



Inscription of Koppu Nayani a disciple of Tattacharya, dated in 

 Sal. Sac. 1467. Gift of 3750 fanams for offerings to be conducted 

 on the eleventh day of every lunar fortnight. 



Note. The above palm-leaf MS. is badly written in small letters, 

 and the palm-leaf is in some places eaten away. It is therefore restor- 

 ed on paper, as some of the dates and names will be useful in elucidat- 

 ing a few obscure points in the more modern portion of the Peninsular 

 historv. 



