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South Indian Inscriptions |
EPIGRAPHIA INDICA No. 26 : (L. 3).─ Śâlivâhana-Śaka-varushaṁ[ga]ḷu 1353nê Sâdhâraṇa-nâma-saṁvatsarada Phâlguṇa(na)-śu 10. 493.─South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. I. No. 79, p. 109. Paḍavêḍu Tamil inscription of the reign of the Râjâdhirâja Vîra-Dêvarâya (Dêvarâya II.) :─ ‘ On the tenth day of the month of Mâśi of the Pramâdîcha year.’ [Pramâdin = Ś. 1355.] 494.─South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. I. No. 80, p. 109. Paḍavêḍu Tamil inscription of the reign of the Mahârâjâdhirâja Vîra-Dêvarâya (Dêvarâya II.) :─ ‘ On the 2nd day of the month of Ȃḍi of the Ȃnanda year.’ [Ȃnanda = Ś. 1356.] 495.─Inscr. at Śravaṇa-Beḷgoḷa, No. 125, p. 95. Inscription recording the date of the death of Pratâpa-Dêvarâya (the younger brother[1] of Dêvarâya II.? ) :─ (L. 1).─ Kshayâhvaya-kuvatsarê dvitayayukta-Vaiśâkhakê Mahîtanaya-vârakê yutabaḷaksha-paksh-êtarê | Pratâpanidhi-Dêvarâṭ pralayam=âpa hant=âsamaś=chaturdaśa-dinê kathaṁ Pitṛi-patê (?)[2] nivâryâ gatiḥ ||
[Kshaya = Ś. 1368] : Tuesday, 24th May A.D. 1446 ; see Ind. Ant. Vol. XXV. p. 346, No. 5. 496.─ Ś. 1369.─ South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. II. No. 71, p. 339. Tanjore (Râjarâjêśvara temple) Tamil inscription of the reign of Dêvar[âya II.] :─ ‘ (On the day) of the nakshatra Pûrva-Phalgunî, which corresponded to a Wednesday and to the fifth tithi of the first fortnight, at the auspicious time of [3] . . . in the Kshaya saṁvat[sara] which was current after the Śaka year 1368.’ Wednesday, 29th June A.D. 1446. 497.─ Ś. 1371.─ South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. I. No. 81, p. 110. Paḍavêḍu (Sômanâthêśvara temple) incomplete Tamil inscription of the reign of the Mahâmaṇḍalêśvara Râjâdhirâja Vîrapratâpa Prauḍha-Immaḍi-Dêvarâya (i.e. Mallikârjuna[4]) :─ ‘ On the day of Uttirâḍam (i.e. Uttarâshâḍhâ), which corresponds to the yôga Âyushmat and to Saturday, the thirteenth lunar day of the former half of the month of Siṁha of the Śukla year, which was current after the Śaka year 1371.’ Saturday, 2nd August A.D. 1449 ; see Ind. Ant. Vol. XXIII. p. 132, No. 114. 498.─Ś. 1377.─ South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. II. No. 23, p. 118, and Plate v. Tanjore (Râjarâjêśvara temple) Sanskrit and Tamil inscription of the Mahâmaṇḍalêśvara Mêdinimîsaragaṇḍa Kaṭṭâri Sâḷuva-sâḷuva Tirumalaidêva-mahârâja :[5]─ ‘ [On the 17th day] of the month of Śittirai in the Yuvan year, which was current after the Bhâva year (and) after the Śaka year one thousand three hundred and seventy-seven.’ 499.─Ś. 1387.─Ind. Ant. Vol. XXI. p. 322. Date of a Conjeeveram (Aruḷâḷâ-Perumâḷ temple) Tamil inscription of the reign of Mallikârjuna, a son of Vîrapratâpa Dêvarâya (Dêvarâya II.) :─ ‘ On the day of Kṛittikâ, which corresponded to Sunday, the full-moon tithi of the first fortnight of the month of Vṛiśchika in the Pârthiva year, which was current after the Śaka year 1387.’ Sunday, 3rd November A.D. 1465. __________________________ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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