South Indian Inscriptions

EPIGRAPHIA INDICA

500.─Ś. 1392.─Ind. Ant. Vol. XXI. p. 322. Date of a Conjeeveram (Aruḷâḷa-Perumâḷ temple) Tamil inscription of the reign of Virûpâksha II., a son of Dêvarâya II. :─

‘At the auspicious time of the Ardhôdaya on the day of Śravaṇa, which corresponded to Sunday, the new-moon tithi of the second fortnight of the month of Makara in the Vikṛiti year, which was current after the Śaka year 1392.’

Sunday, 20th January A.D. 1471.^[1]

501.─Ś. 1427*.─Ep. Ind. Vol. VII. p. 80, and Plate. Dêvulapalli plates of (the Sâḷuva chief) the Mahârâya Immadi-Nṛisiṁha, represented as rules of the province of Penugoṇḍa :─

(L. 62).─ Śakê=bdê parisaṁkhyâtê giri-nêtra-yug-êṁdubhiḥ | Raktâkshy-âkhyê Bhâdra. pada-paurṇamâsyâṁ Ravêr=dinê | chaṁdrôparâga-samayê mahâpuṇyaphala-pradê |

Sunday, 25th August A.D. 1504 ; a lunar eclipse, visible in India.

In the Moon’s family, Guṇḍa [I.] ; had six sons, Guṇḍa [II.] Bomma, Mâdirâja, Gautaya [I.], Vîrahôbala, Sâvitri-Maṅgi, and Sâḷuva-Maṅgi ; the last’s son Gauta [II.] ; his son Guṇḍa [III.], married Mallâmbikâ ; their son Nṛisiṁharâya^[2] (surnamed Mîsaragaṇḍa, Kaṭhâri, Sâḷuva, Dharaṇîvarâha, Dharâvarâha, Barbarabâha, etc.) married Śrîraṅgamâmbâ ; their son Immaḍi-Nṛisiṁha.^[3]

502.─Ś. 1430 (for 1431).─Ep. Ind. Vol. I. p. 363 ; (compare Ind. Ant. Vol. V. p. 73, and PSOCI. No. 115). Hampe Sanskrit and Kanarese inscription of the Mahârâjâdhirâja Kṛishṇarâya, residing at Vijayanagara :─

(North face, l. 27).─ Śâlivâhana-Śaka-varsha 1430 saṁdu mêle naḍava Śukla-saṁvatsarada Mâgha-śu 14lu . . . paṭṭâbhishêkôtsava-puṇyakâladalu.^[4]

Mythical genealogy from the Moon to Turvasu. In Turvasu’s race, Timma (famous among the Tuḷuva kings), married Dêvaki ; their son, Îśvara,^[5] married Bukkamâ ; their son Narasa (Nṛisiṁha),[5] was succeeded by his son, from Tippâji, Vîra-Nṛisiṁha (-Nârasiṁha,- Nârasiṁha) ; succeeded by Narasa’s son from Nâgalâ (Nâgâmbikâ), Kṛishṇarâya (Kṛishṇadêva-mahârâya, Vîrapratâpa Vîra-Kṛishṇarâya).

503.─Ś. 1434 (for 1435).─ Jour. Bo. As. Soc. Vol. XII. p. 381. Kuppêlûr Sanskṛit and Kanarese plates^[6] of Kṛishṇarâya :─

(L. 52).─ Śak-âbdê Śâlivâhasya sahasrêṇa chatuḥ-śataiḥ | chatustriṁśat-samair=yuktê saṁkhyâtê gaṇita-kramât || Śrîmukhî-vatsarê ślâghyê Mâghê ch=âsita-pakshakê | Śivarâtrau mahâtithyâṁ ^[7]puṁṇya-kâlê śubhê dinê ||

Genealogy as in No. 502.

504.─Ś. 1435.─ Ep. Ind. Vol. IV. p. 267. Śaṅkalâpura Sanskṛit and Kanarese inscription of Kṛishṇarâya, the son of Nṛihari (Narasa) and Nâgâmbikâ :─

(L. 76).­─ [Śâl]ivâhana-Śaka-varushaṁgaḷu 1435neya Śrîmukhi-saṁvatsara nija-Bhâdrapada-ba 6 Maṁgaḷavâra Ka[pi]la-shashṭhi-^[8]puṁṇyakâladalû.

Tuesday, 20th September A.D. 1513 ; see ibid. p 267, and Ind. Ant. Vol. XXV. p. 345, No. 3.

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^[1] On this day the tithi of the dates commenced 5 h. 19 m. after mean sunrise.
^[2] Being minister and general of the first dynasty of Vijayanagara, he overthrew that dynasty. For inscription of his (of Ś. 1394 and Ś. 1404) see South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. I. Nos. 116 and 119.
^[3] For an inscription of his of Ś, 1418 see ibid No.115. See also Ep. Ind. Vol. VII. p. 79, note 7.
^[4] I.e. either the day of the king’s coronation or an anniversary of it.
^[5] They were both generals of the Nṛisiṁharâya in No. 501. After the usurpation of the Vijayanagara kingdom by Nṛisiṁharâya (see No. 501), Narasa in turn took it away from Nṛisiṁharâya’s family ; see Ep. Ind. Vol. VII. p. 78.─ For a date, corresponding to the 13th December A.D. 1498, of the time of Narasa, see Ind. Ant. Vol. XXVI. p. 330, No. 3.
^[6] The text of the inscription is interspersed with parenthetical remarks (such as would ordinarily be made by a commentator) regarding the contents and import of the different parts of the inscription.
^[7] Read puṇya-.
^[8] Read -puṇyaº.