Hingurakdamana Tamil Inscription

The Hingurakdamana Tamil Pillar Inscription is one of the Tamil Inscriptions in Sri Lanka . It was discovered in a paddy field situated in Hingurakdamana in Polonnaruwa District and first noticed in the Annual Reports of the Archaeological Department in 1891 (Indrapala, 1971; Veluppillai, 1971). The Content The inscription has been engraved on an area of 3' 5'' x 8'' on one side of the pillar and consists of twenty-two short lines (Indrapala, 1971; Veluppillai, 1971). The characters are mixed Tamil and Grantha of the 12th century A.D. (Indrapala, 1971).  The object of establishing the inscription is to register the grant of some money to a Buddhist institution ( Buddhastana ) at Padoni Macar (Veluppillai, 1971). The donor named Umpila Ayittan, a person of the Agampadi community in the service of Gajabahu Tevar obtained this money from the sale of a part of the Pilappettu of his Jivitha (land-holding for life in return for service) at Mananalay (Indrapala, 1971;  Pathmana…