South Indian Inscriptions

EPIGRAPHIA INDICA

256.─ Ś. 1104*.─ Ind. Ant. Vol. XIV. p. 15. Têrdâḷ Kanarese Jaina inscription. Date of a private grant :─

(L. 59).─ Sa(śa)ka-varshaṁ 1104neya Plava-saṁvatsarada Âśvayuja-bahuḷa 3 Âdivâradalu.

Sunday, 27th September A.D. 1181 ; see ibid. Vol. XXIII. p. 129, No. 100.

(For other dates in the same inscription see Nos. 220 and 258).

257.─ Ś. 1106.─ PSOCI. No. 102. Ḍambaḷ Sanskṛit and Kanarese inscription of the W. Châlukya Sômêśvara IV. Tribhuvanamalla :─

(L. 71).─ Sa(śa)kanri(nṛi)pakâl-âtîta-saṁvatsara 1106neya Krôdhi-saṁvatsarad= Âśâ(shâ)ḍa(ḍha)d=amâvâsya Sômavâra sûryyagrahaṇa-saṁkrâṁti-vyatîpâtad=aṁdu.^[1]

Perhaps Monday, 9th July A.D. 1184 ; but there was no eclipse and no Saṁkrânti on that day.

258.─ Ś. 1109.─ Ind. Ant. Vol. XIV. p. 15. Têrdâḷ Kanarese Jaina inscription. Date of a grant by the Daṇḍanâyaka Bhâyidêva, the son of the Daṇḍanâyaka Têjugi :^[2]─

(L. 79).─ Sa(śa)ka-varśaṁ(rshaṁ) 1109neya Plavaṁga-saṁvatsarada Chaitra-su 10 Bri(bṛi)haspativârad=aṁdu.

The date is irregular ; see ibid. Vol. XXIV. p. 15, No. 190.

(For other dates in the same inscription see above, Nos. 220 and 256).

259.─ Ś. 1110*.─ Ind. Ant. Vol. XII. p. 96. Toragal Kanarese inscription of (the Mahâmaṇḍalêśvara) Barma,^[3] ruling at Toragale, recording a grant by his wife Suggaladêvî :─ (L. 33).─Sa(śa)ka-varshaṁ 1110neya Plavaṁga-saṁvatsarada Puśya(shya)-bahuḷa 10 Vaḍḍavârav=uttarâyaṇasaṁkramaṇa-vyâtîpâtadalu.

Saturday, 26th December A.D. 1187 ; see ibid. Vol. XXIII. p. 130, No. 101.

The Mahâmaṇḍalêśvara Âhavamalla-Bhûtiga (as a feudatory of Nûrmaḍi-Taila, i.e. [II.] ; his son Chaṭṭa [II.] ; his son Bhûta (Bhûtiga) ; his son Barma.

260.─ Ś. 1111.─ PSOCI. No. 90.[5] Hângal Kanarese inscription of the W. Châlukya Sômêśvara IV. Tribhuvanamalla, and of his feudatory, the Kâdamba (of Hângal) Mahâmaṇḍalêśvara Kâmadêva :^[6]─

‘ Śaka 1111 (in words, l. 74), the Saumya saṁvatsara ; at the time of the sun’s commencing his progress to the north.’

261.─ Ky. 4288.^[7]─ Jour. Bo. As Soc. Vol. IX. p. 241. Halsî plates o f the 13th year of the reign of the Kâdamba (of Goa) Jayakêśin III.; (composed by Gaṅgâdharasûri, the son of Yajnêśvara^[8]) :─

(L. 66).─ sâshṭâśîti-śatadvay-âdhikêshu chaturshu sahasrêshu Kaliyuga-saṁvatsarêshu parâvṛittêsu śrî-Saptakôṭîśvara-labdha-varaprasâda-śrî-Kâdamba-Vîra-Jayakêśidêva-vijayarâjyê pravartamânê trayôdaśi Siddhârthi-saṁvatsarê Chaitra-śuddha-dvâdaśî-Guruvârê damanârôpaṇa-samanantaraṁ.

[Siddhârthin = Ś. 1121 = Ky. 4300] : Thursday, 11th March A.D. 1199 ; see Ind. Ant. Vol. XVII. p. 299, No. 19.

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^[1] See Ind. Ant. Vol. XII. p. 209, No. 19.
^[2] See Dr. Fleet’s Dynasties, p. 465. Têjugi (Têja) is described as ‘a thunderbolt in braking the mountain Siṁhaṇarâya, and a lion to the elephant─ the brave Kaṇiṅgarâya.’
^[3] This person is different from the Daṇḍanâyaka Bamma (Bammaṇa, etc.) who was a son of Kâma (Kâvaṇa) ; see below, No. 294.
^[4] See above, No. 140.
^[5] See Dr. Fleet’s Dynasties, p. 466, note 1, and p. 563.
^[6] A son of Tailama who was a son of Tailapa II. in No. 210.─ See also below, Nos. 424 and 425.
^[7] This is not the year in which the grant was made, but the year from which the regnal years were counted.
^[8] See above, No. 249.