South Indian Inscriptions

EPIGRAPHIA INDICA

18th December A.D. 1191 ; a solar eclipse, visible in India ; see Ind. Ant. Vol. XXIII. p. 125, No. 72.

336.─ Ep. Ind. Vol. V. p. 29. Managôḷi fragmentary Kanarese inscription of the time of the Dêvagiri-Yâdava Jaitugidêva (Jaitapâla) I., the son of Bhillama.─ The inscription mentions one of Jaitugi’s officers, the Daṇḍanâtha Sahadêva, whose elder brother was the Daṇḍanâtha Mallidêva.

337.─Ś. 1128 (for 1129).─ Ep. Ind. Vol. I. p. 341 ; PSOCI. No. 284. Pâṭṇâ (in Khândêś) inscriptions,^[1] recording that the chief astrologer of the Dêvagiri-Yâdava Siṅghaṇa, Chaṅgadêva, a grandson of the astronomer Bhâskarâchârya, founded a college for the study of the Siddhântaśirômaṇi, etc., which was endowed by the brothers Sôidêva and Hêmâḍidêva of the Nikumbha family, feudatories of the Yâdavas. Date of Sôidêva’s grant :─

(L. 21).─ Śâkê 1128 Prabhava-saṁvatsarê Śrâvaṇa-mâsê paurṇṇamâsyâṁ chaṁdragrahaṇa-samayê.

9th August A.D. 1207 ; a lunar eclipse, visible in India ; see Ind. Ant. Vol. XXIV. p. 5, No. 141.

In Yadu’s race, Bhillama ; Jaitrapâla [I.] ; his son Siṅghaṇa (Siṁha).─ In Nikumbha’s family (see No. 333), Kṛishṇarâja [II.] ; his son Indrarâja ; his son Gôvana [III.] ; his son Sôidêva ; after his death, his younger brother Hêmâḍidêva.─ Of Chaṅgadêva the following genealogy is given : In the Śâṇḍilya family, the poet Trivikrama ; his son Bhâskarabhaṭṭa (received from king Bhôja the title Vidyâpati) ; his son Gôvinda-sarvajña ; his son Prabhâkara ; his son Manôratha ; his son, the poet Mahêśvarâchârya ; his son Bhâskara (the astronomer) ; his son Lakshmîdhara (appointed chief Paṇḍit by king Jaitrapâla) ; his son Chaṅgadêva (chief astrologer of king Siṅghaṇa). Compare below, No. 343.

338.─Ś. 1135*.─ PSOCI. No. 100 ; Ind. Ant. Vol. II. p. 297, No. 1. Gadag Sanskṛit and Kanarese inscription of the reign of the Dêvagiri-Yâdava Siṅghaṇa :─

(L. 34).─ Śakanṛipakâḷ-âkrâṁta-saṁvatsara-śataṁgaḷu 1135neya Âṁgirasa-saṁvatsarada Phâlguṇa(na)-śudhdha(ddha)-bidige Śanaiścharavârad=aṁdu.^[2]

The date is irregular.

339.─Ś. 1136*.─ Jour. Bo. As. Soc. Vol. XII. p. 7. Khidrâpur inscription of the Dêvagiri-Yâdava Mahârâjâdhirâja Pratâpa-chakravartin Siṅghaṇa (Siṁha), ‘ lord of Dvâravatî,’ residing at Dêvagiri :─

(L. 8).─Śaka-varshê 1136 Śrîmukha-saṁvatsarê Chaitrê sûrya-parba(rva)ṇi Sôma-dinê. Monday, 22nd April A.D. 1213 ; a solar eclipse, visible in India; see Ind. Ant. Vol. XXIII. p. 130, No. 102.

340.─ Ś. 1136*.─ PSOCI. No. 234. Haraḷahaḷḷi^[3] Kanarese inscription of the Gutta Mahâmaṇḍalêśvara Vîra-Vikramâditya II., whose daughter (by Paṭṭamâdêvî) Tuḷuvaladêvî (Tuḷvaladêvî) was married to Ballâḷa (son of a feudatory chief named Siṁha, Siṅga, Siṅgidêva, lord of the Sântaḷi maṇḍala), and whose sons were Jôvidêva (Jôyidêva) II.^[4] and Vikrama (Vikramâditya III.) :─

(L. 63).─ Śaka-varshada 1136neya Śrîmukha-saṁvatsarada Chaitrad=amavâsye Sômavâra sûryyagrahaṇa-saṁkrâṁti-vyatîyapâtad=aduṁ.^[5]

Monday, 22nd April A.D. 1213 ; a solar eclipse, visible in India ; see Ind. Ant. Vol. XXIII. p. 130, No. 102. (The Vṛishabha-saṁkrânti took place on the following Wednesday).

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^[1] The concluding lines of the inscription are in old Marâṭhî.
^[2] See Ind. Ant. Vol. XII. p. 210, No. 29.
^[3] See Dr. Fleet’s Dynasties, p. 583, and above, No. 335.
^[4] See below, No. 351.
^[5] Read –vyatîpâtad=aṁdu.