South Indian Inscriptions

EPIGRAPHIA INDICA

My calculation shows that the name of the month of this date was Dhanus. For this month the date corresponds to Wednesday, the 19th December A.D. 1128,[1] which was the 25th day of the month of Dhanus, and on which the 11th tithi of the dark half (of Mârgaśîrsha) ended 22 h. 1 m. after mean sunrise, while the nakshatra was Viśâkhâ, by the equal space system and according to Garga for 16 h. 25 m., and by the Brahma-siddhânta for 11 h. 50 m., after mean sunrise.

65.─ In the Karavandîśvara temple at Uḍaiyârkôyil.^[2]

1 [Sva]sti [ś]r[î] [||*] Pû-mâdu p[uṇara] . . . . . . . . . . . .
2 . . . . kô= . . . . . . pan[ma*]r=âna
Tir[i*]bu[va*]na[cha] [k*]karavattigaḷ śrî- Vik[kira*]ma-Śôladêvark[ku yâṇ]ḍu 1[5]âva[du Si]ṁha-nâyarru apara-[pa]^[3] . . . . . [m] V[iyâ]la-kkila[m]ai[yum pe]rra . . . . .^[4]

“ In the 15th year (of the reign) of king [Parakâsari]varman alias the emperor of the three worlds, the glorious Vikrama-Chôḷadêva,─ [on the day or] . . . . . , which corresponded to a Thursday and to the . . . . . [tithi] of the second fortnight of the month of Siṁha.”

This date does not admit of verification.

E.- KULOTTUNGA-CHOLA III.
66.─ In the Vâmanapurîśvara temple at Tirumâṇikuli.^[5]

1 Svasti śrî [||*] Puyal peruga . . . . . . . . . . .
3 . . . . kô=Pparakêśariparmar=âna Tribhû(bhu)vanaśakra[va]ttigaḷ śrî- Kulôttuṅga-Śôladêvarkku y[â]ṇḍu mu(mû) [n]râvadu Siṁha-nâyarru apara-bha(pa)kshattu pañchamiyum Tiṅgaḷ-kilamaiya(yu)m perra Aśvati-nâḷ.

“ In the third year (of the reign) of king Parakêsarivarman alias the emperor of the three worlds, the glorious Kulôttuṅga-Chôḷadêva,─ on the day of Aśvinî, which corresponded to a Monday and to the fifth tithi of the second fortnight of the month of Siṁha.”

A date of the month of Siṁha of the third year of Kulôttuṅga-Chôḷa III. would be expected to fall in A.D. 1180, and in my opinion this date undoubtedly corresponds to the 12th August A.D. 1180, which was the 16th day of the month of Siṁha, and on which the 5th tithi of the dark half (of Śrâvaṇa) ended 9 h. 34 m., while the nakshatra was Aśvinî for 3 h.17 m., after mean sunrise. Buts the day was a Tuesday, not a Monday.[6]

67.─ In the Bhaktaparâdhîśvara temple at Giḍaṅgil.^[7]

1 Svasti srî [||*] Kô=Pparakêśarivanmar=âna Tribhuvanachakravarttigaḷ śrî-Kulôttuṅga- Śôladêvarku
2 yâṇḍu 3vadu Siṁha-nâyarru irubattêḷân=di[yadi*]y=âna Budan-kilami perra Aśvati-nâḷ.

“ In the 3rd year (of the reign) of king Parakêsarivarman alias the emperor of the three worlds, the glorious Kulôttuṅga-Chôḷadêva,─ on the day of Aśvinî, which corresponded to a Wednesday which was the twenty-seventh solar day of the month of Siṁha.”

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^[1] The year A.D. 1118 would yield no satisfactory equivalent for this date.
^[2] No. 404 of the Government Epigraphist’s collection for 1902.
^[3] Read –pakshattu ; the tithi is lost.
^[4] The nakshatra in lost.
^[5] No. 165 of the Government Epigraphist’s collection for 1902 ; South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. III. No. 85.
^[6] On Monday, the 11th August A.D. 1180, the 5th tithi of the dark half commenced 8 h., and the nakshatra
was Aśvinî from 8 h. 56 m., after mean sunrise.
^[7] No. 226 of the Government Epigraphist’s collection for 1902.