South Indian Inscriptions

EPIGRAPHIA INDICA

Wednesday, 6th November A.D. 1538 ; a lunar eclipse, visible in India ; see Ind. Ant. Vol. XXIII. p. 120, No. 46.

518.─Ś. 1461.─PSOCI. No. 132 ; Mysore Inscr. No. 19, p. 29. Harihar Sanskṛit and Kanarese inscription of Virapratâpa Achyutarâya :─

(L. 8).─ Śâkê chaṁdra-ras-Ȃmarêṁdra-gaṇitê . . . Bhâdrapadasya . . . dvâdaśyabhikhyê tithau vârê Bhûmisutasya ;^[1] (Mys. Inscr. : ‘ the 12th day of the moon’s increase, the nakshatra being Śravaṇa ‘)

Tuesday, 26th August A.D. 1539 (when the nakshatra was Śravaṇa).

519.─Ś 1462.─. Ep. Ind. Vol. III. p. 151, and Plates. Ûnamâñjêri plates^[2] of Achyutarâya, residing at Vijayanagara, recording a grant made at the request of his minister Virûpâksha-Nâyaka, who was born in the family of Ananta and belonged to the [Ȃ]diyappêndra Nâyakas ; (composed by Sabhâpati) :─

(L. 91).─Śak-âbdê Śâlivâhasya sabasrêṇa chatuś-śataiḥ | dvishashṭyâ cha samâyuktê(ktai)r= gaṇanâṁ prâpitê kramât || Śârvarî-nâmakê varshê mâsi Kârttika-nâmani | śukla-pakshê cha puṇyâyâm=utthâna-dvâdaśî-tithau ||

Genealogy as far as Kṛishṇarâya as in No. 502 ; he was succeeded by his younger brother Achyutêndra (Achyutarâya), the son of Nṛisiṁha (Narasa) from Obâmbikâ.

520.─Ś. 1463*.─ As. Res. Vol. XX. p. 26. Translation of Vijayanagara Kanarese inscription of the time of Achyutarâya :^[3]─

‘ In the year of Śâlivâhana 1463, corresponding to the year Śârvarî, in the month of Kârttika, sudi-pañchamî, Guruvâr.’

The date is irregular.

521.─Ind. Ant. Vol. X. p. 64, and Plate ; PSOCI. No. 45. Bâdâmi Kanarese pillar inscription of the time of Sadâśivarâya, and of the Haḍapadala^[4] Kṛishṇappa-Nâyaka, and Koṇḍarâja :^[5]─

(L. 1).─Śôbhakru(kṛi)t-saṁvatsarada Ȃshâḍa(ḍha)-śu 151û.

[Śôbhakṛit=Ś. 1465.]

522.─Ind. Ant. Vol. X. p. 64 ; Archæol. Surv. of West. India, Vol. I. Plate xxxiv. 10 ; PSOCI. No. 46. Bâdâmi Kanarese pillar inscription of Koṇḍarâjâ :^[5]─

(L. 1).─Śôbhakru(kṛi)ttu(tu)-saṁvatsarada Aśâḍa-su^[6] 15lu. [Śôbhakṛit=Ś. 1465.]

523.─Ś. 1466*.─Ind. Ant. Vol. XX. p. 66. Toḷachguḍ(Bâdâmi) Kanarese inscription of the reign of the Mahârâjâdhirâja Virapratâpa Sadâśivarâya, recording a grant by the Haḍapadala^[7]Kṛishṇappa-Nâyaka :─

(L. 2).─Śâlivâhana-Śaka-varusha 1466neya Śôbhakru(kṛi)t-saṁvatsarada Ȃ[śvija-śu]dha-(ddha) . . .[l]û.

524.─Ś, 1467.─ As. Res. Vol. XX. p. 35. Translation of a Vijayanagara inscription of the time of Sadâśivarâya :─

‘ In the year of Śâlivâhana 1467, corresponding to the year Viśvâvasu, in Krishna(ḷ) sudi-tṛitîyâ, Guruvâram.’

525.─Ś. 1469.─Ind. Ant. Vol. X. 64. Bâdâmi Kanarese inscription of the reign of the Mahârâjâdhirâja Virapratâpa Sadâśivarâya :─

(L. 2).─Śalivâhana-Śaka 1469neya Plavaṁga-saṁvatsarada A(â)śvayuja-śu 15yalû.

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^[1] See Ind. Ant. Vol. XII. p. 214, No. 89.
^[2] The plates are marked with numeral figures.
^[3] For an inscription of his Ś. 1463 expired, the year Plava, see South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. I. 118, p. 132.
^[4] See Ep. Ind. Vol. III. p. viii, note on p. 208.
^[5] See below, No. 531.
^[6] Read Ȃshâḍha-śu.
^[7] See above, No. 521.