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The Indian Analyst
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South Indian Inscriptions |
EPIGRAPHIA INDICA 10 h. 21 m. after mean sunrise, while the nakshatra was Rôhiṇî, by the Brahman-siddhânta and according to Garga the whole day, and by the equal space system from 2 h. 38 m. after mean sunrise. 82.─ In the Aṇṇâmalainâtha temple at Mannârguḍi.[1] 1 Ti[ru] (ri)buvanachchak[ka]ravattigaḷ śrî-Râj[ê*]n[di]ra-Śôla[d]êvarkku yâṇḍu 22vadu Ṛishabha-nâyarru [pû]rvva-pakshattu śadurteśiyum Nâ[ya]rru-kkilamaiyum perra Viśâgattu nâḷ. “ In the 22nd year (of the reign) of the emperor of the three worlds, the glorious Râjêndra-Chôḷadêva,─ on the day of Viśâkhâ, which corresponded to a Sunday and to the fourteenth tithi of the first fortnight of the month of Ṛishabha.” The date corresponds to Sunday, the 8th May A.D. 1267, which was the 14th day of the month of Ṛishabha, and on which the 14th tithi of the bright half (of the first Jyaishṭha) ended 21 h. 40 m. after mean sunrise, while the nakshatra was Viśâkhâ, according to Garga the whole day, by the Brahma-siddhânta for 22 h. 20 m., and by the equal space system from 3 h. 17 m., after mean sunrise.
83.- In the Raṅganâtha temple at Śrîraṅgam.[2] 1 Svasti śrîḥ [||*] Mâma-Sômî(mê)śvara-pratikûla-kâladaṇḍa [T]iribuvanach- chakkaravattigaḷ śrî-Râjêndra-Śôladêvarkku yâṇḍu êlâvad[in] edir=âm=âṇḍu Vṛiśchika-nâyar[r]u pûrvva-[pa]ksha[t]tu pañchamiyum Tiṅgaṭ-kilamaiyum perra Aśvati-nâḷ. “ In the year which was opposite the seventh year (of the reign) of the emperor of the three worlds, the glorious Râjêndra-Chôḷadêva, the hostile rod of death to (his) uncle Sômêśvara,─ on the day of Aśvinî, which corresponded to a Monday and to the fifth tithi of the first fortnight of the month of Vṛiśchika.” The date is intrinsically wrong because the nakshatra cannot be Aśvinî on the 5th tithi of a bright half in the month of Vṛiśchika.─ A date of the month of Vṛiśchika of the year opposite the 7th, i.e. of the 8th year, of the king’s reign would be expected to fall in A.D. 1253 ; but for that year this date would correspond to Tuesday, the 28th October, when the nakshatras were Pûrvâshâḍhâ and Uttarâshâḍhâ. If the date were one of the 9th year of the king’s reign, is would corresponded to Monday, the 6th November A.D. 1254, when the nakshatras were Uttarâshâḍhâ and Śravaṇa.─ I am unable confidently to suggest any correction of the original date with which the date would yield a satisfactory equivalent. ____________________________________ ___________________________ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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