1844.] Inscription at the Seven Pagodas, 8fc. 



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north side oiVayaluzjdn kanndr nilam, belonging to Mahdvishnu in this 

 village, — its western boundary is the vast (shore of the) backwater [or 0 

 creek] — and its northern boundary [reaches to the] south side of the temple 

 of Mdmallai Perumdl and to the fresh water-well on the south-east of the 

 Kdneri — we have granted to the Devar as devaddnam, free of tax, all the 

 lands within these four limits, over which the guana has run and the tor- 

 toise has crawled, inclusive of nir nilams and punjey nilams, setting apart 

 four tadis of land with trees and arable fields within this tract, foi-* the 

 expenses of meat-offerings [ball] to the deity, and determining that 

 from the produce of the remaining nir nilams, one padacku* and four 

 nazjisf paddy, which at the rate of two-fifths are [or yield] one kurani\ of 

 rice shall be set apart for the offerings of food to the Devar for the two 

 sandhis or stated periods of worship at four nazjis of rice for a sandhi— and 

 also one kurani of paddy for two sandhis at four nazjis for a sandhi— -for 

 two sorts of karis [or meats] for each sandhi, two and half sevida% of ghee, 

 one uri \\ of curds, adaickdya consisting of two areca nuts and eight betle 

 leaves Tor a sandhi, in all three kuranis and four nazjis of paddy for two 

 sandhis should be paid, and that the people who cultivate the lands, and 

 the people in the Madavildgam^ of this Devar shall not be subjected to 

 the payment of any tax — I wrote at the desire of the citizens of Mdmalla- 

 pura or Janandthapura and the people of Perilam — signed : Tiruvezjicht- 

 luddiyar Tondan Adavaldn — Karnattdn of this village ; this is my writing. 



This is Olindgan Mddaiydn azjagiya CJtola the Amur-nattu Muvenda- 

 velan's writing. 



This is Olindgan Chendrdsekara's signature, a 

 - This is Olindgan Ndrdyana's signature. 



This is Kalattuzjan Sutti Araisans signature. 



This is Kolandai Sirdlan Setty's signature. o 



This is Indipuravan Sanganagaris signature. 



This is Mdppudi Narayanan Mddackali's signature. 



This is Mdppudi Ammodi Ardva Marti' s signature. 



This is Uchangkizjavan 3Iugalindgan's signature. 



This is Vanddzjanseri Udaiyan Arayan Pichan's signature. 



The person who molests this charity will incur the sins of having com- 

 mitted capital crimes on the banks of the Ganges and at Kumari. 



Swasti Sri ! 



In the 9th andu of Koppara-kesari-varmar (or) Udaiyar Sri Rajendra 

 Devar when, having taken Irattaippadi of the whole seven lacks and half 

 having intimidated Ahawa Malta midst the pitfal of his troops, having 



•Two marcals. t A padi or measure the eighth part of a mareal. i A marcal. 

 \ A sevida is the 120th part oi' a padi or measure. || Half padi or measure, 

 51 The establishment or inmates of the temple. 



