NDLI: On the Outside of the North Enclosure: No. 94

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Description	This is not a fresh inscription but only a continuation of No. 63, where the first two lines of it are published. For convenience of reference a separate number has been given to this portion of the inscription. It contains a list of shepherds who had to supply ghee for lamps to the Rajarajesvara temple. To each shepherd were assigned either 48 cows or 96 ewes. In a few cases, the equivalent of the latter was given, viz. 8 she-buffaloes and 48 ewes (paragraphs 70, 71 and 73), 2 she-buffaloes and 84 ewes (paragraph 72) or 4 she-buffaloes and 72 ewes (paragraph 74). Evidently each she-buffalo was considered, as far as its milk-yielding capacity was concerned, equivalent to 6 ewes. The names of each shepherd's dependents who were held responsible for the supply of ghee are also mentioned. Naturally, the shepherds residing in the neighbourhood of Tanjavur received a large number of she-buffaloes, cows and ewes. They belonged to ten streets described as being outside (purambadi) Tanjavur, viz. Gandharva-teru (i.e. the street of the musicians), Villigal-teru (i.e. the street of the bowmen), Anaikkaduvar-teru (i.e. the street of those who cook for elephants), Anaiyankal-teru (i.e. the street of the elephant troops), Panmaiyar-teru, Madaippalli-teru (i. e. the street adjoining the temple kitchen), Virasorap-perunderu) Rajavidyadhara-perunderu, Jayangondasorap-perunderu and Surasikhamanip perunderu, and to a eleventh street described as being within (ullalai) Tanjavur, viz. Saliyat-teru (i.e. the weavers' street). The last four of the streets outside the town were evidently thoroughfares named after one or more members of the Chola family, while the others appear to have been occupied either wholly or in part by people engaged in particular professions. Some of the shepherds belonged to three bazars (angadi) said to be outside the town, viz. Tribhuvanamadevipperangadi, Kongavalar-angadi and Rajaraja-Brahma-maharajan-angadi; and the rest to the following quarters also described as being outside the town:- Abhimana bhusana terinda-Velam, Uyyakkondan-terinda-tirumanjanattar-vellam, Uttamasiliyar-vilam, Rajaraja-terinda-Pandi-tirumanjanattar-velam and Arumorideva-terinda-tirupparigalattar–velam. Among these five long names of localities, Abhimanabhushaṇa, Uyyakkondan, UttamasiIi, Rajaraja and Arumoṛidēva were all the names or surnames of the King himself. At any rate, we know for certain that Rajaraja and Arumorideva were borne by him.
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Subject Keyword	Dravidian Architecture Rajarajeswaram Chola Dynasty Shaivism Shaktism Great Living Chola Temples Iconography Vaishnavism Chola Emperor Rajaraja UNESCO World Heritage Site Tamil Architecture Tamizhism
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