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The Indian Analyst
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South Indian Inscriptions |
EPIGRAPHIA INDICA 51.─ In the Śvêtâraṇyêśvara temple at Tiruveṇgâḍu.[1] 1 Svasti śrîḥ [||*] Tribuvanachchakkaravattigaḷ śrî-Râjarâjadêvarkku yâṇḍu 22 vadu Mîna-nâyarru apara-pakkattu śa[d]u[r*]tthiy[u]m Śe[v*]v[ây]- kkilamaiy[u]m perra Uttiraṭṭâdi-nâḷ. In the 22nd year (of the reign) of the emperor of the three worlds, the glorious Râjarâjadêva,─ on the day of Uttara-Bhadrapadâ, which corresponded to a Tuesday and to the fourth tithi of the second fortnight of the month of Mîna.” This date, in the month of Mîna of the 22nd year of the king’s reign, would be expected to fall in A.D. 1238, in Śaka-Saṁvat 1159 expired, and it undoubtedly does so ; but the wording of the date is intrinsically wrong because, in the month of Mîna, the nakshatra can never be Uttara-Bhadrapadâ on the 4th tithi of the dark fortnight. What suggests itself at once is that the fourth tithi has been quoted wrongly instead of the fourteenth ; and for this tithi the date is correct. In Śaka-Saṁvat 1159 expired the 14th tithi of the dark fortnight in the month of Mîna ended 21 h. 37 m. after mean sunrise of Tuesday, the 16th March A.D. 1238, when the nakshatra was Uttara-Bhadrapadâ, by the Brahma-siddhânta and according to Garga during the whole of the day, and by the equal space system from 9 h. 51 m. after mean sunrise. I feel certain that this is the proper equivalent of the date. 52.─ In the Râjagôpâla-Perumâḷ temple at Mannârguḍi.[2] 1 Svasti śrîḥ [||*] Tribhuvana[chcha]k[karava]ttigaḷ [śrî]-Râjarâjadêvar[kku yâṇ]ḍu [i]rubattiraṇ[ḍ]âvadi[n] edir=âm=âṇḍu [3]Minan-nâyarru [a]para-paksha[t]tu navam[i]yum Tiṅgaḷ-kilamaiyum perra Pûr[âḍa]ttu [nâ]ḷ. “ In the year which was opposite the twenty-second year (of the reign) of the emperor of the three worlds, the glorious Râjarâjadêva,─ on the day of Pûrvâshâḍhâ, which corresponded to a Monday and to the ninth tithi of the second fortnight of the month of Mîna.”
The year opposite the 22nd year of this date and of the two following dates was the 23rd year of the king’s reign, and the three dates, being all of the month of Mîna, will therefore be expected to fall in A.D. 1239, in Śaka-Saṁvat 1160 expired. In this year the 9th tithi of the dark fortnight in the month of Mîna entirely occupied[4] Monday, the 28th February A.D. 1239, when the nakshatra was Pûrvâshâḍhâ, by the equal space system the whole day, by the Brahma-siddhânta for 11 h. 10 m., and according to Garga for 16 h. 25 m., after mean sunrise. 53.─ In the Kailâsanâtha temple at Mannârguḍi.[5] 1 Svast[i] śr[î] [||*] Tr[i]bhuva[na]chchakkaravattigaḷ śrî-Râjarâ[ja]dêvarkku yâṇḍu i[rubat*]tiraṇḍâva[di]n edir=âṁ=âṇḍu Mi(mî)na-nâya[r]ru apara-pa[kshatt]u da[śam]i[yum] Budan-kila[maiyum] p[e]rra Uttirâḍa[t*]tu nâḷ “ In the year which was opposite the twenty-second year (of the reign) of the emperor of the three worlds, the glorious Râjarâjadêva,─ on the day of Uttarâshâḍhâ, which corresponded to a Wednesday and to the tenth tithi of the second fortnight of the month of Mîna.” ______________________________________________________________ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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