South Indian Inscriptions

EPIGRAPHIA INDICA

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 Muḍikoṇḍa[śôlapuram] :─

‘ In the year opposite the year opposite the 17th year . . . on the day of Pûrva-Bhadrapadâ, which corresponded to a Monday, and to the first tithi of the first fortnight, and to the twenty-seventh solar day of . . . .’^[1]

[Ś. 1156] : Monday, 19th February A.D. 1235.^[2]

897.─ Ep. Ind. Vol. VI. p. 305, No. 10. Date of a Tinnevelly (Nellaiyappar temple) Tamil inscription of the 11th year (of the reign) of king Mâravarman alias the Tribhuvanachakravartin, the glorious Sundara-Pâṇḍyadêva [II.] :^[3]─

‘ In the eleventh year . . . on the day of Hasta, which corresponded to Sunday, the first solar day of the month of Vaigâśi.’

[Ś. 1171] : Sunday, 25th April A.D. 1249.

898.─ Ep. Ind. Vol. VI. p. 304, Nos. 7 and 8. Date of two Tinnevelly (Nellaiyappar temple) Tamil inscription of the year opposite the year opposite the 11th (i.e. the 13th) year (of the reign) of the glorious king Mâravarman alias the Tribhuvanachakravartin, the glorious Sundara-Pâṇḍyadêva [II.] :─

‘ In the year opposite the year opposite the eleventh year . . . on the day of Anurâdhâ, which corresponded to a Wednesday, and to the tenth tithi of the second fortnight, and to the twenty-fourth solar day of the month of Makara.’

[Ś. 1172] : Wednesday, 18th January A.D. 1251.

899.─ Ep. Ind. Vol. VI. p. 305, No. 9. Date of a Tinnevelly (Nellaiyappar temple) Tamil inscription of the year opposite the year opposite the 11th (i.e. the 13th) year (of the reign) of the glorious king Mâravarman alias the Tribhuvanachakravartin, the glorious Sundara-Pâṇḍyadêva [II.] :─

‘ In the year opposite the year opposite the eleventh year . . . on the day of Aśvinî, which corresponded to a Wednesday, and to the ninth tithi of the second fortnight, and to the nineteenth solar day of the month of Mîna.’

[Ś. 1173] : Wednesday, 14th June A.D. 1251 ; but the day fell in the month of Mithuna, not of Mîna.^[4]

900.─ Ep. Ind. Vol. VI. p. 306, No. 11. Date of a Tiruvaiyâru (Pañchanadêśvara temple) Tamil inscription of the 2nd year (of the reign) of king Jaṭâvarman alias the Tribhuvanachakravartin, the glorious Sundara-Pâṇḍyadêva [I.] :^[5]─

‘ In the 2nd year . . . on the day of Śatabhishaj, which corresponded to a Thursday and to the eleventh tithi of the second fortnight of the month of Mêsha.’

[Ś. 1175] : Thursday, 27th March A.D. 1253.

901.─ Ep. Ind. Vol. VI. p. 306, No. 12. Date of a Tirumalavâḍi (Vaidyanâtha temple) Tamil inscription of the 2nd year (of the reign) of king Jaṭâvarman alias the Tribhuvanachakravartin, the glorious Sundara-Pâṇḍyadêva [I.] :─

‘ In the 2nd year . . . on the day of Mûla, which corresponded to a Saturday and to the fourth tithi of the second fortnight of the month of Mêsha.’ [Ś. 1175] : Saturday, 19th April A.D. 1253.

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^[1] The name of the month would be Kumbha.
^[2] On this day the tithi of the date commenced 0 h. 30 m. after mean sunrise.
^[3 The accession of Mâravarman Sundara-Pâṇḍya II. took place between (approximately) the 15th June A.D.
1238 and the 18th January A.D. 1239.
^[4 For the month of Mîna the date is intrinsically wrong.
^[5 The accession of Jaṭâvarman Sundara-Pâṇḍya I. took place between (approximately) the 20th and the 28th
April A.D. 1251.