1833.] 



Peport on the Mackenzie Manuscripts, 



Note. As the matiuscrix)t is in a state of incipient destruction, 

 it has been restored. 



Professor Wilson has very briefly noted the MS. in Des. Catal» 

 vol. i, p. 207. Art. xxvii, 



b. MANUSCRIPT BOOKS. 



Manuscript book No. 50~Countermark 1019. 



Section \ st. Copies of Tamil inscriptions at Sri-rangham near Tri- 

 ehinopoly, and other places of the Chola-desam, 



No. 1. Date Sal. Sac. 1581, commemorates a donation by Choka 

 Naiha Nayak of the race of Visva-nalha Nayak^ to five classes of peo- 

 ple of an elephant, two horse-tail fans, a white umbrella, a palanquin, 

 a tent— to be used in the public solemnity, when the image of Seven^ 

 tesvarer-fane should be carried out in procession, and with a view to 

 obviate some irregularities that had occurred in such festival proces- 

 sions. 



No. 2. Date 1599 of Aruronar (unknown era) gift by Virapa Nay^ 

 ker, in the time of Vencata-deva Maha-rayer, of land in the villages of 

 Conal and Pallava-puram, for the continual conduct of certain festivals 

 connected with the above fane. 



No. 3. No year — Tirumala Nayanur and Villumiya NayanuVy gave 

 certain gifts to the fane j the exact nature of which cannot be ascer- 

 tained, as the copy of the inscription is imperfect. 



No. 4. A gift in the time of Kulottunga Cholati (year not specified) 

 of certain lands to the above fane, by a union of several respectable 

 leading men. 



No. 5. One -«^raw a rae*tea being afflicted with Brahma-hatti, did. 

 penance to Siva. In proof of which there are certain remains near to 

 Rajendra Ckola-petlah, and two gigantic images of 20 yards in height, 

 and 12 yards in circumference. 



No. 6. Date Sal. Sac. the figure for one thousand, and space for 

 some other figures blank. Vira Pravuda-rayei-f son of Fira Fyaya- 

 rayer Maha rayer, gave a large extent of waste land near /?a;e?ii/; a 

 Chola pettah ; the produce to be for eeremonies at the festivals of aer- 

 tain fanes, three in Ru%ber,r 



