48 



Account of Mamallaipur. 



ps T o. 30 



" dura, Ijam (or Ceylon), and Karuvur, and the crowned head of Pandi- 

 <; yan, made the Virabhishekam and Vijayab'hishekam, (i. e. the lustra- 



" tions of heroism and victory ; and, by the grace of Adisan- 



" deswara, in the temple of Subraiimanya Devar, in the De- 

 " vadanam — Brahmadeyam — village 1 of Tiruvijichilur, in the A'mur cot- 

 " tarn of the victorious Chola Mandalam : < 



We Andar Tillei Nayakar, the overseer 2 of (the temple of) Sri Ma- 

 " heswara ; Chembiyan Muvenda Velar, the steward 3 of this temple ; 

 " Pan Mahesvara Battan, otherwise called Adkonda Villi Selavappiran, a 

 " Siva Bramin, having proprietory right 4 in this temple and officiating in it ; 5 

 " Narpattennayira Battan, also named Aludeiyan Gnanam Pettan, a Siva 

 w Bramin, having proprietory right in this temple and officiating in it ; and 

 " Tiruvijichiludayan, the accountant of this temple ; all of us have sold the 

 " lands, (herein undermentioned), and executed a deed engraved on stone, 

 " in favour of Andar Karuppurudeiyan Nambi Arputa Kuttar 6 , performing 

 " his adorations in this temple. The lands, which we sold to this person 

 " because the revenue 7 in the treasury 8 of the godhas proved deficient, on 

 " account of the decrease in the collections (or assessment 9 ) of Tiruvijichi- 



" lur, the property of the sacred name 10 of Pilleiyar, are as follows : 

 < " 

 " In Peri yeri Kajani 



Kuji 



" f Adeikadu Tenkuru. 184 



" I Attipattam Kuru . . 250 



" In Ural eri (> Kajani 

 " ( Adi Mallei Natan 

 " ( Rettei Cheruvu 

 « *> u i n Tengam Kajavu or Arputa Kuttan 

 " ( Tadcheruvu 

 " < Uvarkundil 

 " ( Pavasanniyam 



1 Granted for the support of the gods and of Bramins. 



2 Kangam, literally a watchman or Superintendent. 



3 Srikariyam or chief servant. 



4 Kami. 



5 Devarkanami-lmlietra. 



6 Kuttan is still a title of Ihe nobler class of Todavers on the Neilgherry Hills. 



7 ^sey/D in the Sadaragradi, the meaning of this word is given as Kudivaram the 

 ryot's share. 



8 t_i essr /_ tr ST ih a sacred Treasury. Hence in the Travancore state, the term is 

 employed for that Sircar ; to intimate that the Government is under the especial pro- 

 tection of the deity. 



10 ^Q^JS (TLDSfT cwffl a respectful mode of describing the property of tho god. 



