South Indian Inscriptions

EPIGRAPHIA INDICA

890.─ Archæol. Surv. of South. India, Vol. IV. p. 21 ; facsimiles of 5 plates in Ind. Ant. Vol. VI. p. 142. The large Tiruppûvaṇam Sanskṛit^[1] and Tamil grant (on 11 plates) of the 25th year (of the reign) of the glorious [Pâṇḍya] king Jaṭâvarman alias the Tribhuvanachakravartin, the glorious Kulaśêkharadêva, surnamed Râjagambhîradêva :─

(Plate i. a, line 4 f.).─ nijê vatsarê pañchaviṁśê chaṇḍâṁśâv=âtta-Châpê Kanakapati-tithau kṛishṇapaksh-Ârkivâra-Svâtî-yôgê.

(Plate v. b, line 2 f.).─ ‘the day of Svâti, which corresponded to a Saturday, and to the eleventh tithi of the second fortnight, and to the fourth solar day of the month of Dhanus, in the twelfth year opposite the thirteenth.’

[Ś. 1136] : Saturday, 29th November A.D. 1214 ; see Ep. Ind. Vol. VI. p. 301, No. 1.

The introductory lines indicate the Pâṇḍya lords were descended from the Moon. 891.─ Ep. Ind. Vol. VI. p. 304, No. 6. Date of a Tirukkâṭṭuppaḷḷi (Agnîśvara temple) Tamil inscription of the 7th year (of the reign) of king Mâravarman alias the Tribhuvanachakravartin Sundara-Pâṇḍyadêva [I.] who presented the Chôḷa country :^[2]─

‘ In the 7th year . . . on the auspicious occasion of the Ṛishabha (lagna) on the day of Pushya, which corresponded to . . . . . and to the ninth tithi of the first fortnight of the month of Mîna.’

[Ś. 1145] : [Monday], 13th March A.D. 1223.^[3]

892.─ Archæol. Surv. of South. India, Vol. IV. p. 43, No. 29. Tirupparaṅkunram Tamil cave inscription of the 325th day of the 7th year (of the reign) of the glorious king Mâravarman alias the Tribhuvanachakravartin, the glorious Sundara-Pâṇḍyadêva [I.] who was pleased to present the Chôḷa country.^[4]

893.─ Ep. Ind. Vol. VI. p. 303, No. 5. Date of a Śrîraṅgam (Raṅganâtha temple) Tamil inscription of the 9th year (of the reign) of the glorious king Mâravarman alias the Tribhuvanachakravartin, the glorious Sundara-Pâṇḍyadêva [I.] who was pleased to present the Chôḷa country :─

‘ In the ninth year . . . on the day of Viśâkhâ, which corresponded to a Friday and to the third tithi of the second fortnight of the month of Mêsha.’

[Ś. 1147] : Friday, 28th March A.D. 1225.

894.─ Archæol. Surv. of South. India, Vol. IV. p. 37, and facsimile in Ind. Ant. Vol. VI. p. 143. The Tiruppûvaṇam Sanskṛit^[5] and Tamil supplementary grant (on the plate) of the 11th year (of the reign) of [Mâravarman] Sundara-Pâṇḍyadêva [I.] who presented the Chôḷa country.^[6]

895.─ Ep. Ind. Vol. VI. p. 302, No. 3. Date of a Tinnevelly (Nellaiyappar temple) Tamil inscription of the year opposite the year opposite the 17th (i.e. the 19th) year (of the reign) of the glorious king Mâravarman alias the Tribhuvanachakravartin, the glorious Sundara-Pâṇḍyadêva [I.] who was pleased to take the Chôḷa country and to perform the anointment of heroes at Muḍikoṇḍaśôlapuram :─

‘ In the year opposite the year opposite the seventeenth year . . . on the day of Uttarâshâḍhâ, which corresponded to a Monday, and to the tenth tithi, and to the seventh solar day of the month of Puraṭṭâdi in this year.’

[Ś. 1156] : Monday, 4th September A.D. 1234.

896.─ Ep. Ind. Vol. VI. p. 303, No. 4. Date of a Tinnevelly (Nellaiyappar temple) Tamil inscription of the year opposite the year opposite the 17th (i.e. the 19th) year (of the reign) of the

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^[1] Only the first five lines are in Sanskṛit.
^[2] The accession of Mâravarman Sundara-Pâṇḍya I. took place between (approximately) the 29th March and the
4th September A.D. 1216.
^[3] But the tithi of the date had ended 0 h. 21 m. before mean sunrise of this day.
^[4] See Ind. Ant. Vol. XXI. p. 344, note 6.
^[5] Only one verse at the end of the grant is in Sanskṛit.
^[6] See Ind. Ant. Vol. XXI. p. 344, note 7.