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The Indian Analyst
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South Indian Inscriptions |
EPIGRAPHIA INDICA 17 7âvadu Kanni-nâyarru [a]gha(pa)ra-gha(pa)kshattu trayôdaśiyum Nâyarru- kk[i]lamaiyum [p]erra Atta[t]tu nâḷ. “ In the 7th year (of the reign) of the glorious king Jaṭâvarman alias the emperor of the three worlds, the glorious Sundara-Pâṇḍyadêva,─ on the day of Hasta, which corresponded to a Sunday and to the thirteenth tithi of the second fortnight of the month of Kanyâ.” The wording of this date, so far as I can see, is intrinsically wrong, because during the month of Kanyâ a 13th tithi of the dark half can never be actually joined with the nakshatra Hasta. Judging by the preceding dates Nos. 11-16, a date of the 7th year of the king’s reign should fall in A.D. 1257 or 1258 ; and during these two years the date would be correct only for the month of Tulâ, which follows immediately upon the month of Kanyâ. For the month of Tulâ it regularly corresponds to Sunday, the 7th October A.D. 1257, which was the 10th day of the month of Tulâ, and on which the 13th tithi of the dark half (of the month Âśvina) ended 7 h. 31 m., and the nakshatra was Hasta, by the equal space system and according to Garga for 22 h. 20 m., and by the Brahma-siddhânta for 19 h. 3 m., after mean sunrise. 18.─In the Vaidyanâtha temple at Tirumalavâḍi.[1]
1 Svasti śrî [||*] Kô=Chcha[ḍapa]nmar Tiribuvanachchakkaravattigaḷ śrî-Śundara-
Pâṇḍiya-
“ In the 11th year (of the reign) of king Jaṭâvarman (alias) the emperor of the three worlds, the glorious Sundara-Pâṇḍyadêva,─ on the day of Aśvinî, which corresponded to a Thursday and to the sixth tithi of the second fortnight of the month of Karkaṭaka.”
As this date is of the month of Karkaṭaka of the 11th year, it should fall in A.D. 1261, if it is a date of Jaṭâvarman Sundara-Pâṇḍya I. ; but for that year it does not work out properly. In A.D. 1261 the 6th tithi of the dark half in the month of Karkaṭaka ended 7 h. 22 m. after mean sunrise of Tuesday, the 19th July, which was the 23rd day of the month of Karkaṭaka, and on which the nakshatra was Aśvinî from 1 h. 58 m. after mean sunrise. As I obtain no really better result for other years of the same reign, and no satisfactory result at all for the 11th year of the reign of Jaṭâvarman Sundara-Pâṇḍya II., I would take Tuesday, the 19th July A.D. 1261, to be the intended day, and assume that in the original date the weekday has been given incorrectly. E.─MARAVARMAN KULASEKHARA I. 19.─In the Nellaiyappar temple at Tinnevelly.[2]
2 Śrî-[k]ô Mârapanmar=â[na] Tribhuvanachcha-
“ In the 27th year (of the reign) of the glorious king Mâravarman alias the emperor of the three worlds, the glorious Kulaśêkharadêva who was pleased to take every country,─ on the day of Uttara-Phalgunî, which corresponded to the seventh tithi of the second fortnight, and to a Friday, and to the 14th solar day of the month of Dhanus.” _____________________________ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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