South Indian Inscriptions

EPIGRAPHIA INDICA

mean sunrise, while the nakshatra was Rôhiṇî, by the Brahma-siddhânta and according to Garga during the whole day, and by the equal space system from 6 h. 34 m. after mean sunrise.

C.─KULOTTUNGA-CHOLA III.

90.─ In the Pâtâḷîśvara temple at Aridvâramaṅgalam.^[1]

1 ^[2] . . . . [cha]kkaravattigaḷ śrî ra^[3] Madurai koṇḍ-aru[ḷ]iya śrî-Kulô[t]tuṅga- Śôladêva[r*]kku yâṇḍu 10vadu pattâvadu Ma[ga]ra-nâyarru apara-pasha(ksha)ttu pañchamiyum Śevvâ[y*]-kkilamaiyum perra Uttiraṭṭâdi-nâḷ.

“ In the 10th─ tenth ─ year (of the reign) of the emperor [of the three worlds], the glorious Kulôttuṅga-Chôḷadêva, who was pleased to take Madurai,─ on the day of Uttara-Bhadrapadâ, which corresponded to a Tuesday and to the fifth tithi of the second fortnight of the month of Makara.”

The wording of this date is intrinsically wrong. As in the dates of the inscriptions Nos. 480 and 604 of my Southern List, either the nakshatra Uttara-Bhadrapadâ has been quoted erroneously instead of Uttara-Phalgunî, or the second fortnight instead of the first. My calculation has shown that really the latter is the case.

The intended day undoubtedly is Tuesday, the 5th January A.D. 1188, which was the 11th day of the month of Makara, and on which the 5th tithi of the bright half (of Mâgha) ended 18 h. 42 m. after mean sunrise, while the nakshatra was Uttara-Bhadrapadâ, by the Brahma-siddhânta and according to Garga the whole day, and by the equal space system from 5 h. 55 m. after mean sunrise.

91.─ In the Aruṇâchalêśvara temple at Tiruvaṇṇâmalai.^[4]

1 Svasti [||*]
2 Tiribuvanavi(vî)radêvarku yâṇḍu 35va[du] . . . . .
3 M[i]duna-nâyarru eṭṭân=diyadiyum A[nu]lamum perra tiru-Nâ[ya]rru- kkilamai-nâḷ.

“ In the 35th year (of the reign) of Tribhuvanavîradêva,─ on a sacred Sunday which corresponded to (the day of ) Anurâdhâ and to the eighth solar day of the month of Mithuna.”

The date should fall in A.D. 1213. In this year the Mithuna-saṁkrânti took place 3 h. 1 m. after mean sunrise of Sunday, the 26th May, which was the first day of the month of Mithuna. The 8th day of the same month therefore was Sunday, the 2nd June A.D. 1213 ; and on this day the nakshatra was Anurâdhâ, by the Brahma-siddhânta for 22 h. 20 m., and by the equal space system and according to Garga from 3 h. 17 m., after mean sunrise.

92.─ In the Kapardîśvara temple at Tiruvalañjuli.^[5]

1 Svasti śr[î] [||*]
2 Tr[i]bhuvanachchakkara[va]tt[i]ga[ḷ] Maduraiyum Î[la]-
3 mum Karuvûrum Pâ[ṇ]ḍiyanai muḍi-ttalaiy[u]-
4 ṅ=goṇḍ-aru[ḷi] vîrar=abhishêkamum vi-
5 jayar=abhishêkam[um] paṇṇi-ar[u]ḷiya śrî-Tiri-
6 [b]uva[na]v[îra]dêvarku yâ[ṇ]ḍu mu[p]pat[t]ârâ-
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^[1] No. 611 of the Government Epigraphist’s collection for 1902.
^[2] The beginning of the inscription is built in.
^[3] Cancel the syllable śrî ra.
^[4] No. 557 of the Government Epigraphist’s collection for 1902.
^[5] No. 631 of the Government Epigraphist’s collection for 1902.