South Indian Inscriptions

EPIGRAPHIA INDICA

the nakshtra was Punarvasu, by the equal space system from 6 h. 34 m. after mean sunrise, and by the Brahma-siddhânta and according to Garga during the whole day.─ Since on Saturday, the 2nd September A.D. 1374, the 10th tithi of the dark half ended 7 h. 1 m., and the nakshtra was Punarvasu for 7 h. 13 m. or 6 h. 34 m., after mean sunrise, I have some doubts whether that day is not really the intended day, and whether therefore Friday has not been wrongly quoted in the original date instead of Saturday. Supposing the weekday to have been given correctly, I should have expected the writer to quote the 9th tithi.”─ F. K.

From a Kanarese inscription at Penakoṇḍa (No. 339 of 1901), which was first noticed by Mr. Sewell,^[1] we learn that Vîra-Bukkaṇṇa-Oḍeyaru (i.e. Bukka I.) had another son, named Vîra-Virupaṇṇa-Oḍeyaru (I.), by his queen Jommâdêvi. While Bukka I. was ruling the territory of the Hoysaḷa kings at Hosapaṭṭaṇa, and while his son Virupaṇṇa I. was governing the province (râjya) of Penugoṇḍe, which had been entrusted to him by his father,^[2]─ the minister (mahâpradhâna) Ananta[ra]sa-Oḍeyaru built the fort of Penugoṇḍe in Śaka-Saṁvat 1276, the Jaya-saṁvatsara, on Tuesday, the 1st (tithi) of the bright (fortnight) of Chaitra,^[3] i.e. on the 25th March A.D. 1354.

A copper-plate grant at Narasîpura mentions a third son of Bukka I., named Mallinâtha or Mallapp-Oḍeyaru, whose son was Nârâyaṇadêv-Oḍeyaru.^[4] It is dated on Sunday, the 29th July A.D. 1397.^[5]

The successor of Bukka I. on the throne of Vijayanagara was his son by Gauri,^[6] Harihara II., whose name is given as Vîra-Hariyappa-Oḍeyaru in Kanarese inscriptions (Nos. 3, 4, 6-8 of the following list). As will appear from Nos. 2, 5 and 9 of the same list, the Tamil form of his name was Hariyaṇa- or Ariyaṇṇa-Uḍaiyar.

1.─ No. 57 of 1900 ; at Puttûr near Âraṇi. Harihara-Uḍaiya[r*]. Śakâbdam 1299 n mêl śellâninra Piṅgala-varusham Âḍi-mâdam [30] têdi Tiṅgaḷ-kilamai. “ In Śaka-Saṁvat 1299 expired = Piṅgala the Karkaṭa-saṁkrânti took place 3 h. 46 m. after mean sunrise of Sunday, the 28th June A.D. 1377, which was the first day of the month of Karkaṭa or Âḍi. The 30th day of the month of Âḍi therefore was Monday, the 27th July A.D. 1377.”─ F. K.

2.─ Mr. Venkayya in Mysore Christian College Magazine of March 1892 ; at Tiruvaṇṇâmalai. Ariyaṇṇa-Uḍaiyar. Śaka 1299, Piṅgala.

3.─ No. 126 of 1901 ; at Bârukûr. Vîra-Hariyappa-Oḍeyaru. Śaṁvaruta^[7] 1301 nya(ne)ya K[â*]ḷayukta-saṁvatsarada [d]vilaya-Jy[ê*]shṭa-su 15 Śukravâradalu …… sômôparâga-puṁṇ[y]akâladalu. “ Śaka-Saṁvat 1301 current = Kâlayukta : Friday, the 11th June A.D. 1378 (the full-moon day of the second Jyaishṭha) ; a total eclipse of the moon from 12 h. 1 m. to 15 h. 41 m. after mean sunrise, and therefore visible in India.”─ F. K.

4.─ No. 155 of 1901 ; at Bârukûr. Vîra-Hariyappa-Oḍeyaru, the son of Vîra-Bukkaṇṇa- Oḍeyaru. Śaka-varusha 130[1] neya ma(va)rttamâna-Kâḷayuktâkshi-saṁvachhsa(śva)rada Mârggasira-su 1 Sômavârad=aṁdu.

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^[1] List of Antiquities, Vol. I. p. 119.
^[2] Śrîman-Mahâmaṇḍalêśvara ari-râya-vibhâḍa bhâshege-tappavu-râyara-gaṁḍa Hindarâya-suratrâṇa pûrvva-paśchima-samudr-âdhipati śrî-Vîra-Bukkaṁṇṇa-Voḍeyaru Hoisaḷ-ânvaya-mahîpâlara nêdinî-maṁḍalavanu ni[ja]-bhuja-maṁḍanavâgi pâlisu[ṭa] Hosapaṭṭaṇadali sukha-samkathâ-vinôdadiṁ rayyam geyyutta taṇṇa paṭṭad-arasi Jemm[â]dêviyara kumâra śrî-Vîra-Virupaṁṇṇa-Voḍeyarig[e] Penngaṁ-[ḍeya] râjyavanu koṭṭu â paṭṭaṇadali sukhadiṁ râjyava Pâlisutta.
^[3] Śaka-varsha 1276 neya Jaya-Samvachha(tsa)rada Chaitra-su [I] Maṁ[galaviradalu*]. Professor Kielhorn kindly informs me that “ in Śaka-Saṁvat 1276 expired – Jaya the first tithi of the bright half of Chaitra commenced 7 h. 35 m after mean sunrise of Tuesday, the 25th March A. D. 1354.”
^[4] Mr. Rice’s Ep. Carn. Vol. III. TN. 64.
^[5] Ind. Ant. Vol. XXVI. p. 331, No. 10.
^[6] See above, Vol. III. p. 115 and note 1 z.
^[7] Read Śaka-varsha.