South Indian Inscriptions

EPIGRAPHIA INDICA

902.─ Ep. Ind. Vol. VI. p. 306, No. 13. Date of a Tirumalavâḍi (Vaidyanâtha temple) Tamil inscription of the 3rd year (of the reign) of king Jaṭâvarman alias the Tribhuvanachakravartin, the glorious Sundara-Pâṇḍyadêva [I] :─ ‘ In the 3rd year . . . on the day of Uttarâshâḍhâ, which corresponded to a Wednesday and to the sixth tithi of the first fortnight of the month of Vṛiśchika.’ [Ś. 1175] : Wednesday, 29th October A.D. 1253.

903.─ Ep. Ind. Vol. VI. p. 307, No. 17. Date of a Tiruppandurutti (Pushpavanêśvara temple) Tamil inscription of the 7th year ( of the reign) of the glorious king Jaṭâvarman alias the Tribhuvanachakravartin, the glorious Sundara-Pâṇḍyadêva [I] :^[1]─

‘ In the 7th year . . . on the day of Hasta, which corresponded to a Sunday and to the thirteenth tithi of the second fortnight of the month of Kanyâ.’

[Ś. 1179] : Sunday, 7th October A.D. 1257 ; but the day fell in the month of Tulâ, not of Kanyâ.^[2]

904.─ Ind. Ant. Vol. XXI. p. 343. Date of a Tirukkalukkunram (Vêdagirîśvara temple) Tamil inscription of the 9th year (of the reign) of the Mahârâjâdhirâja, the Tribhuvanachakravartin, the glorious Sundara-Pâṇḍyadêva [I.],^[3] the ornament of the race of the Moon, the Mâdhava of the city of Madhurâ, the uprooter of the Kêraḷa race, a second Râma in plundering the island of Laṅkâ, the thunderbolt to the mountain─ the Chôḷa race, the dispeller of the Karṇâṭa king,^[4] the fever to the elephant─ the Kâṭhaka (king),^[5] . . . the jungle-fire to the forest─ Vîra-Gaṇḍagôpala,^[6] the tiger to the deer─ Gaṇapati^[7] (who was) the lord of Kâñchî, he who performed the anointment of heroes at Nellûrapura :─

‘ In the 9th year . . . on the day of Punarvasu, which corresponded to a Tuesday and to the fifth tithi of the first fortnight of the month of Ṛishabha’

[Ś. 1181] : Tuesday, 29th April A.D. 1259 ; see Ep. Ind. Vol. VI. p. 307, No. 14.

905.─ Ep. Ind. Vol. VI. p. 307, No. 15. Date of a Tirukkalukkunram (Vêdagirîśvara temple) Tamil inscription of the 9th year (of the reign) of the glorious king Jaṭâvarman alias the Tribhuvanachakravartin, the glorious Sundara-Pâṇḍyadêva [I.] who was pleased to take every country:─

‘ In the 9th year . . . on the day of Rêvatî, which corresponded to a Sunday and to the ninth tithi of the second fortnight of the month of Mithuna.’

[Ś. 1181] : Sunday, 15th June A.D. 1259.

906.─ Ep. Ind. Vol. VII. p. 11, No. 32. Date of an Achcharapâkkam (Akshêśvara temple) Tamil inscription of the 7th year (of the reign) of the Tribhuvanachakravartin, the glorious Vîra-Pâṇḍyadêva :^[8]─

‘ In the 7th year . . . on the day of Aśvinî, which corresponded to a Sunday and to the seventh tithi of the second fortnight of the month of Karkaṭaka.’

[Ś. 1181] : Sunday, 13th July A.D. 1259. 907.─ Ind. Ant. Vol. XXI. p. 121. Date of a Śrîraṅgam (Jambukêśvara temple) Tamil inscription of the 10th year (of the reign) of the Mahârâjâdhirâja, king Jaṭâvarman alias the

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^[1] He took Kaṇṇanûr (see above, No. 436, note) from the Hoysaḷa king and covered the temple at Śrîrangam with gold,─ See below, No. 909.
^[2] For the month pf Kanyâ the date is intrinsically wrong.
^[3] I.e. Jaṭâvarman Sundara-Pâṇḍya I.
^[4] I.e. the Hoysaḷa Sômêśvara ; see above, No. 436.
^[5] According to Dr. Hultzsch, probably one of the Gajapati kings of Orissa whose capital was Kaṭaka (Cuttack).
^[6] Compare Vijaya-Gaṇḍagôpâla, above, No. 884 ff.
^[7] I.e. the Kâkatiya Gaṇapa i ; compare above, No. 588.
^[8] The accession of Vîra-Pâṇḍya took place between (approximately) the 11th November A.D. 1252 and the 13th July A.D. 1253.