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The Indian Analyst
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South Indian Inscriptions |
EPIGRAPHIA INDICA of the 24th March A.D. 1143, and on this day the 7th tithi of the bright half of Chaitra commenced 8 h. 9 m., and the nakshatra by the equal space system was Ârdrâ for 23 h. 48 m., after mean sunrise ; i.e. the equinox took place while the moon was in the nakshatra Âradrâ, during the 7th tithi of the bright half. This result, moreover, shows that the tithi on the day now given by me was really, in agreement with the term su-tithi of the original text, an excellent tithi ; for, a seventh tithi of the bright half, on which ─ as is the case in the present instance ─ a Saṁkrânti takes place, is called Mahâjayâ, and for making donations is superior even to an eclipse.[1]
For these reasons I have no doubt whatever that the 24th March A.D. 1143 is the proper
equivalent of the date, and that the Śaka year intended is 1065, not 1056. The writer of the
date has wrongly written rasa-viśikha-, instead of viśikha-rasa-. No. 2.─ DATES OF PANDYA KINGS.? I herewith publish thirteen more Pâṇḍya dates, the European equivalents of which may be given with certainty. Eight of these dates, in addition to regnal years, also give the Śaka years in which the dates fell, and the three latest dates, Nos. 41-43, also quote the corresponding Jovian years, according to the southern luni-solar system. I have still a number of other dates ─ of apparently twelve different Pâṇḍya kings─ the publication of which may be deferred to the time when more dates of the same kings have been discovered.[2]
A.─ VIRA-PANDYA. 2 . . . . . . . . . . śrî-Vi(vî)ra-Pâṇḍiyadê[va]rkku yâ- 3 ṇḍu 15vadu Kâ[r*]tt[i]gai-mâ[da*]ttu 13 tiyad[i]yum apara-pakshattu saptam[i]yum Viyâla-kkilamaiyum perra Magattu nâḷ. âIn the 15th year (of the reign) of the glorious Vîra-Pâṇḍyadêva,─ on the day of Maghâ, which corresponded to a Thursday, and to the seventh tithi of the second fortnight, and to the 13th solar day of the month of Kârttigai.â
Between A.D. 1200 and 1500 the only year for which this date would be correct, is 1267.
In this year the Vṛiśchika-saṁkrânti took place 13 h. 33 m. after mean sunrise of Friday, the
28th October. The 13th day of the month of Vṛiśchika (or Kârttigai) therefore was Thursday, the 10th November A.D. 1267 ; and on this day the 7th tithi of the dark half (of the
month Kârttika) ended 8 h. 9 m., and the nakshatra was Maghâ, by the equal space system for
19 h. 42 m., by the Brahma-siddhânta for 5 h. 16 m., and according to Garga for 7 h. 53 m.,
after mean sunrise.
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