South Indian Inscriptions

EPIGRAPHIA INDICA

926.─ Ep. Ind. Vol. VII. p. 11, No. 34. Date of a Mannârguḍi (Kailâsanâtha tample) Tamil inscription of the 8th (really 18th) year (of the reign) of king Mâravarman (alias) the Tribhuvanachakravartin, the glorious Parâkrama-Pâṇḍyadêva :─

‘ In the [8th] year . . . on the day of Hasta, which corresponded to a Friday and to the ninth tithi of the second fortnight of the month of Dhanus.’

[Ś. 1274] : Friday, 30th November A.D. 1352.^[1]

927.─Ś. 1293.─ Ep. Ind. Vol. VII. p.12, No. 35. Date of a Chôḷapuram (near Nagercoil, Chôḷêśvara temple) Tamil inscription of the 10th opposite the 5th (i.e. the 15th) year (of the reign) of the glorious king Jaṭâvarman alias the Tribhuvanachakravartin, the glorious Parâkrama-Pâṇḍyadêva :^[2]─

‘ After the Śaka year 1293 (had passed), in the tenth opposite the fifth year . . . on the day of Śatabhishaj, which corresponded to a Friday and to the third tithi of the first fortnight of the month of Makara.’

Friday, 9th January A.D. 1372.

928.─ Ep. Ind. Vol. VII. p. 13, No. 37. Date of a Tenkâśi (Viśvanâtha temple) Tamil inscription of (the year) opposite the 31st (i.e. the 32nd) year (of the reign) of king Jaṭilavarman alias the Tribhuvanachakravartin, the glorious Parâkrama-Pâṇḍyadêva :^[3]─

‘ (In the year) opposite the thirty-first year . . . on the day of Uttarâshâḍhâ which corresponded to a Monday, and to the fourteenth tithi of the first fortnight, and to the twenty-first solar day of the month of Karkaṭaka.’

[Ś. 1375] : 19th July A.D. 1453 ; But this was a Thursday, not a Monday. 929.─ Ś. 1377.─ Ep Ind. Vol. VII. p. 12, No. 36. Date of a Kuttâlam (Kuttâlanâtha temple) Tamil inscription of the 2nd opposite the 31st (i.e. the 33rd) year (of the reign) of Parâkrama-Pâṇḍyadêva :^[3]─

‘ In the second opposite the 31st year . . . which was current after the Śaka year 1377 (had passed),─ on the day of Mṛigaśîrsha, which corresponded to a Monday, and to the sixth tithi of the first fortnight, and to the twenty-eighth solar day of the month of Mîna.’

Monday, 24th March A.D. 1455.

930.─ Ep. Ind. Vol. VII. p. 13, No. 38. Date of a Kuttâlam (Kuttâlanâtha temple) Tamil inscription of the 4th opposite the 31st (i.e. the 35th) year (of the reign) of king Jaṭilavarman alias the Tribhuvanachakravartin, the glorious Parâkrama-Pâṇḍyadêva : ^[3]─ ‘ In the fourth opposite the thirty-first year . . . on the day of Anurâdhâ, which corresponded to a Wednesday, and to the fifth tithi of the second fortnight, and to the twentieth solar day of the month of Mîna.’

[Ś. 1378] : Wednesday, 16th March A.D. 1457. 931.─ Ś. 1381 (for 1383).─ Ep. Ind. Vol. VII. p. 13, No. 39. Date of a Tenkâśi (Viśvanâtha temple) Tamil inscription of the 8th opposite the 31st (i.e. the 39th) year (of the reign) of Arikêsaridêva alias Parâkrama-Pâṇḍyadêva:^[4]─

In the 8th opposite the 31st year . . . which was current after the Śaka year one thousand three hundred and eighty-one (had passed),─ on the day of Svâti, which corresponded to a

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^[1] On this day the tithi of the date commenced 0 h. 17 m. after mean sunrise.
^[2] The accession of Jaṭâvarman Parâkrama-Pâṇḍya took place between (approximately) the 10th January A.D. 1357 and the 9th January A.D 1358.
^[3] I.e. Jaṭilavarman Parâkrama-Pâṇḍya Arikêsaridêva ; see No. 931.─ His accession took place between (approximately) the 18th June and the 19th July A.D. 1422.
^[4] I.e Jaṭilavarman Parâkrama-Pâṇḍya Arikêsaridêva ; see Nos. 928-930.