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The Indian Analyst
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South Indian Inscriptions |
EPIGRAPHIA INDICA
6 dêvarku y[âṇ]ḍu panniraṇḍâvadu Mêsha-n[âya]rru apara-pakshattu navamiyum
B[uda]n-kilamaiyu[m p]erra Ti-
“ In the twelfth year (of the reign) of king Parakêsarivarman alias the emperor of the three worlds, the glorious Râjarâjadêva,─ on the day of Śravaṇa, which corresponded to a Wednesday and to the ninth tithi of the second fortnight of the month of Mêsha.” The date corresponds to Wednesday, the 26th March A.D. 1158, which was the 2nd day of the month of Mêsha, and on which the 9th tithi of the dark half (of Chaitra) ended 6 h. 35 m., while the nakshatra was Śravaṇa, by the equal space system and according to Garga for 12 h. 29 m., and by the Brahma-siddhânta for 13 h. 47 m., after mean sunrise. 88.─ In the Êkâmranâtha temple at Conjeevaram.[1] 1 Svasti śrî [||*] Pû maruviya Tiru-mâdum . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . kô=Pparakêsaripatmar=âna Tribhuvanachchakkaravattigaḷ śrî- Râjarâjadêvarku yâṇḍu padinañjâvadu Tai-mâsattu pûrvva-pakshattu Puṇarpûśamum chatu[r]ddaśiyum Viyâla-kkilamaiyum=â[na] nâḷ. “ In the fifteenth year (of the reign) of king Parakêsarivarman alias the emperor of the three worlds, the glorious Râjarâjadêva,─ on the day of Punarvasu, which was a Thursday and the fourteenth tithi of the first fortnight of the month of Tai.” The date corresponds to Thursday, the 12th January A.D. 1161, which was the 19th day of the month of Tai (or Makara), and on which the 14th tithi of the bright half (of Mâgha) ended 19 h. 3 m., while the nakshatra was Punarvasu, by the equal space system and according to Garga for 11 h. 10 m., and by the Brahma-siddhânta for 10 h. 30 m., after mean sunrise.
89.─ In the Âpatsahâyêśvara temple at Âlaṅguḍi.[2]
1 Svasti śrî [||*] Pû maruviya Tiru-mâdum . . . . .
“ In the sixth year (of the reign) of king Parakêsarivarman alias the emperor of the three worlds, the glorious Râjarâjadêva,─ on the day of Rôhiṇî, which corresponded to a Thursday and to the seventh tithi of the first fortnight of the month of Mîna.”
Between A.D. 1136 and 1299 the only days for which this date would be correct, are
Thursday, the 26th February A.D. 1159, and Thursday, the 27th February A.D. 1186, neither of
which could have fallen in the 6th year of the king’s reign. Guided by the results of my calculations, I therefore assume that the month of Mîna has been wrongly quoted in the date instead
of the immediately preceding month of Kumbha. For this month the date regularly corresponds to Thursday, the 14th February A.D. 1152, which was the 22nd day of the month of
Kumbha, and on which the 7th tithi of the bright half (of Phâlguna) ended 17 h. 26 m. after
[1] No. 9 of the Government Epigraphist’s Collection for 1893 ; compare South-Ind. Inscr. Vol. III. p. 79 and
note 4.
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