South Indian Inscriptions

EPIGRAPHIA INDICA

1007.─ Ś. 1683.─ PSOCI. No. 37 ; Mysore Inscr. No. 143, p. 257. Kôlâr Kanarese plate of Chikkaṇṇa-Śeṭṭi and others :─

(L. 1).─ Śâlivâhana-Śaka-varushaṁgaḷu 1683nê Vishu-saṁvatsara Chaitra-śu 1 Sômavâradallu.

Monday, 6th April A.D. 1761 ; see Ind. Ant. Vol. XXIII. p. 121, No. 53.

1008.─ Ky. 4881.*─ Coorg Inscr. No. 12, p. 18. Mahâdêvapura Kanarese plate of Vira-Râjêndra-Voḍeyar of Coorg (Koḍagu), recording the date of the death of his father, the Mahârâja Liṅga-Râjêndra-Voḍeyar, the son of Appâjêndra-Voḍeyar :─

Kali sanda 4881nê vartamânakke salluva Vikâri-saṁvatsarada Mâgha-bahuḷa 10yu Budhavâra.

For Vikârin= Ky. 4881*=Ś. 1701 the date is irregular ; it would correspond to Tuesday, 29th February A.D. 1780.

1009.─ Ś. 1718.─ Coorg Inscr. Nos. 13 and 14, pp. 20 and 22. Abbimaṭha and Maḥâdêvapura Kanarese plates of the Coorg (Koḍagu) Râjâ Vîra-Râjêndra-Voḍeyar, the son of Liṅga-Râjêndra-Voḍeyar and grandson of Appâjêndra-Voḍeyar :─

Śâlivâhana-Śaka-varusha 1718nê vartamânakke salluva Nala-saṁvatsarada Chaitra-śu | Bhârga[va*]vâradallu.

Friday, 8th April A.D. 1796 ; see Ind. Ant. Vol. XXIII. p. 122, No. 54.

(For a date of the time of the Râja’s great-grandfather Doḍḍa-Vîrappa-Voḍeyar, in the Abbimaṭha plate, see above, No. 1006).

1010.─ Ś. 1731.─ Inscr. at Śravaṇa-Beḷgoḷa, No. 72, p. 61. Kanarese inscription recording the date of the death of Aditakîrtidêva :─

Śâlîvâhana-Śak-âbdâḥ 1731neya Śukla-nâma-saṁvatsarada Bhâdrapada-ba 4 Budhavâradalli.

Wednesday, 27th September A.D. 1809 ; see Ind. Ant. Vol. XXIII. p. 126, No. 80.

1011.─ Ś. 1739 [and 1742].─ Coorg Inscr. No. 17, p. 25. Merkara Kanarese plate of the Coorg (Koḍagu) Râjâ Liṅga-Râjêndra-Voḍeyar, the son(?) of Liṅga-Râjêndra-Voḍeyar and grandson of Appâji-Râjêndra :─

Śâlivâhana-Śaka-varsha 1793ney=Îśvara saṁvatsarada Jêshṭha-bahula bidigeyu Bhânuvârakke Kali-dina 1796 392nê yî śubha-divasadalli. Sunday, 1st June A.D. 1817 ; see Ind. Ant. Vol. XXIII. p. 126, No. 81.

The inscription also contains the date : Vikrama-saṁvatsarada Chaitra-śuddha-dvâdasîyu Bhânuvârada varige varusha 2 tiṅgaḷu 9 dina 25 Kali-dina 1797 421nê yêtadruśa su-divaasadalli ─corresponding, for Vikrama = Ś. 1742, to Sunday, 26th March A.D. 1820.

It also contains the date : Kali-varsha 4922nê Vikrama-saṁvatsarada nija-Jêshṭha târiku 22nê Bhânuvâra,─corresponding, for Vikram = Kaliyuga 4922* = Ś. 1742, to Sunday, 2nd July A.D. 1820, which was the 7th of the dark half of the second Jyaishṭha.

1012.─ Ś. 1748.─ Inscr. at Śravaṇa-Beḷgoḷa, No. 98, p. 74. Kanarese pillar inscription recording a donation made in the time of Kṛishṇarâja-Voḍeyar, lord of Mahîśûrapura :­─

Śâlîvâhana-Śakha(ka)-varusha 1748neya sanda varttamânakke saluva Vyaya-nâma-saṁvatsarada Phâlguṇa-ba 5 Bhânuvâradalu.

Sunday, 18th March A.D. 1827 ; see Ind. Ant. Vol. XXIII. p. 127, No. 82.

1013.─ Ś. 1752=V. 1888* = 2493 after Vardhamâna’s Nirvâṇa.─ Inscr. at Śravaṇa-Beḷgoḷa, No. 141, p. 111. Inscription recording the confirmation of some grants by Kṛishṇarâja, the son of Châmarâja, reigning at Mahîśûra :─

Svasti śrî- Varddhamân-âkhyê Jinê muktiṁ gatê sati | vahni-randhr-âbdhi-nêtraiś=cha vatsarêshu mitêshu vai || Vikramâṅka-samâsv=indu-gaja-sâmaja-hastibhiḥ^[1] | satîshu gaṇanîyâsu

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^[1] Note the irregular position of the word indu (for 1).