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EPIGRAPHIA INDICA 835.─ South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. I. No. 75, p. 106 (see also No. 76, p. 107) ; Ep. Ind. Vol. VI. p. 332. Tirumalai (near Pôḷûr) Sanskṛit and Tamil inscription, recording the restoration of images of a Yaksha and a Yakshî, which had been set up by the Kêraḷa (or Chêra, Vañji[1]) king Yavanikâ (or, in Tamil, Elini), by his descendant Vyâmuktaśravaṇôjjavala (in Tamil, Viḍugâdalagiya-Perumâḷ),[2] the lord of Takaṭâ (in Tamil, Tagaḍai) and son of the Adhika prince Râjarâja (in Tamil Adigan[3] Vagan). 835.─ South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. III. No. 23, p. 43. Karuvûr (Paśupatîśvara temple) Tamil inscription of the 23rd year (of the reign) of the Tribhuvanachakravartin, the glorious Kulôttuṅga-Chôḷadêva who was pleased to take Ȋlam. Madurai, the crowned head of the Pâṇḍya, and Karuvûr,─ the Tribhuvanachakravartin Kônêri[nmai]koṇḍân ;[4] (i.e. the Chôḷa king Kulôttuṅga-Chôḷa III.). 836.─ South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. III. No. 24, p. 45. Karuvûr (Paśupatîśvara temple) Tamil inscription of the 25th year (of the reign) of the Tribhuvanachakravartin, the glorious Kulôttuṅga-Chôḷadêva [III.], who was pleased to take Ȋlam, Madurai, the crowned head of the Pâṇḍya, and Karuvûr. 837.─ Ep. Ind. Vol. VI. p. 281, No. 44. Date of a Conjeeveram (Êkâmranâtha temple) Tamil inscription of the 27th year (of the reign) of the Tribhuvanachakravartin, the glorious Kulôttuṅga-Chôḷadêva [III.], who was pleased to take Madurai and the crowned head of the Pâṇḍya :─ ‘ In the 27th year . . . on the day of Anurâdhâ, which corresponded to a Thursday and to the eleventh day of the month of Vaigâśi in this year.’
[Ś. 1127] : Thursday, 5th May A.D. 1205. The inscription[5] mentions “ the supreme lord of Kuvaḷâlapura, he who was born from the Gaṅga family, Śîyagaṅgan Amarâbharaṇan alias Tiruvêgambam-uḍaiyân.”[6] 838.─ South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. III. No. 37, p. 84. Maṇimaṅgalam (Râjagôpâla-Perumâḷ temple) Tamil inscription of the 28th year (of the reign) of the Tribhuvanachakravartin, the glorious Kulôttuṅga-Chôḷadêva [III.], who was pleased to take Madurai and the crowned head of the Pâṇḍya. 839.─ Ep. Ind. Vol. V. p. 198, No. 29. Date of a Maṇimaṅgalam (Dharmêśvara temple) Tamil inscription of the 29th year (of the reign) of the Tribhuvanachakravartin, the glorious Kulôttuṅga-Chôḷadêva [III.], who was pleased to take Madurai, Ȋlam, and the crowned head of the Pâṇḍya :─ ‘ In the 2[9]th year . . . on the day of Mṛigaśîrsha, which corresponded to a Wednesday and to the seventh tithi of the first fortnight of the month of Mîna.’ [Ś. 1128] : Wednesday, 7th March A.D. 1207. 840.─ Ep. Ind. Vol. IV. p. 220, No. 18. Date of a Tirumalavâḍi (Vaidyanâtha temple) Tamil inscription of the 34th year (of the reign) of king Parakêsarivarman alias the Tribhuvanachakravartin, the glorious Tribhuvanaviradêva, who took Madurai, Ȋlam, Karuvûr, and the crowned head of the Pâṇḍya ; (i.e. the Chôḷa king Kulôttuṅga-Chôḷa III.) :─ ‘ In the 34th year . . . on the day of Śravaṇa, which corresponded to a Monday and to the tenth tithi of the first fortnight of the month of Kanyâ.’ [Ś. 1133] : Monday, 19th September A.D. 1211. ______________________________ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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