South Indian Inscriptions

EPIGRAPHIA INDICA

855.–– Ep. Ind. Vol. VI. p. 284, No. 51. Date of a Tiruveṇgâḍu (Śvêtâraṇyêśvara temple) Tamil inscription of the 22nd year (of the reign) of the Tribhuvanachakravartin, The glorious Râjarâjadêva [III.] :─

‘ In the 22nd year . . . 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.’

[Ś. 1159] : Tuesday, 16th March A.D. 1238 ; but the tithi which ended on this day was a 14th, not a 4th tithi.

856.─ Ś. 1160*.─South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. I. Nos. 59 and 60,^[1] pp. 87 and 88. Two Poygai (near Viriñchipuram) Tamil inscriptions of the 22nd year (of the reign) of the Tribhuvanachakravartin, the glorious Râjarâjadêva [III.], recording donations by the Śeṅgêṇi chief Vîrâśani-Ammaiyappan Alagiya-Śôlan alias Edirili–[Śôla-Śambuvarâyan]:^[2]─

‘ [In the month of] Tai of the twenty-second year . . . which was current during the Śaka year one thousand one hundred and sixty.’

857.─ Ep. Ind. Vol. VI. p. 284, No. 52. Date of a Mannârguḍi (Râjagôpâla-Perumâḷ temple) Tamil inscription of the year opposite the 22nd year (i.e. the 23rd year of the reign) of the Tribhuvanachakravartin, the glorious Râjarâjadêva [III,] :─

‘ In the year which was opposite the twenty-second year . . . on the day of Pûrvâshâḍhâ, which corresponded to a Monday and to the ninth tithi of the second fortnight of the month of Mîna.’

[S. 1160] : Monday, 28th February A.D. 1239.

858.─ Ep. Ind. Vol. VI. P. 284, No. 53. Date of a Mannârguḍi (Kailâsanâtha temple) Tamil inscription of the year opposite the 22nd year (i.e. the 23rd year of the reign) of the Tribhuvanachakravartin, the glorious Râjarâjadêva [III.] :─

‘ In the year which was opposite the twenty-second year . . . on the day of Uttarâshâḍhâ, which corresponded to a Wednesday and to the tenth tithi of the second fortnight of the month of Mîna :─

[Ś. 1160] : Wednesday, 2nd March A.D 1239.

859.─ Ep. Ind. Vol. VI. P. 285, No. 54. Date of a Mannârguḍi (Kailâsanâtha temple) Tamil inscription of the year opposite the 22nd year (i.e. the 23rd year of the reign) of the Tribhuvanachakravartin, the glorious Râjarâjadêva [III.] :─

‘ In the year which was opposite the twenty-second year . . . on the day of Dhanishṭhâ which corresponded to a Friday and to the thirteenth tithi of the second fortnight of the month of Mîna.’

[Ś. 1160] : Friday, 4th March A.D. 1239.^[3]

860.─ Ś. 1161.─ South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. I. Nos. 61 and 62,^[4] pp. 89 and 90. Two Poygai (near Viriñchipuram) Tamil inscriptions of the 24th year (of the reign) of the Tribhuvanachakravartin, the glorious Râjarâjadêva [III.], recording donations by Virâśani-Ammaiyappan Alagiya-Śôlan alias Edirili-Śôla-Śambuvarâyan :^[5]─

‘ From the month of Tai of the twenty-fourth year . . . which was current during the Śaka year one thousand one hundred and sixty-one.’

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^[1] Of No. 60 only the date remains.
^[2] Compare below, Nos. 860 and 862.
^[3] On this day the tithi of the date commenced 5 h. 57 m. after mean sunrise.
^[4] Ibid. No. 63, p. 90, is a short Tamil inscription referring to the gift of the village of Puttûr, which is also recoded in Nos. 61 and 62.- No. 62 is a duplicate of No. 61.
^[5] Compare Nos. 856 and 862.