South Indian Inscriptions

EPIGRAPHIA INDICA

“ In the sixth [year] (of the reign) of the emperor of the three worlds, the glorious Vîrarâjêndra-Chôḷa[dêva],─ on the day of Rôhiṇî, which corresponded to a Thursday and to the twelfth tithi of the second fortnight of the month of Karkaṭaka.”

This date is practically identical with the preceding one, and contains the same mistake.

110.─ In the Chandramauḷîśvara temple at Tiruvakkarai.^[1]

1 . . . . . k[o]ṇḍ-aruḷ[i]na śrî-Kul[ô]ttuṅga- Śôladêvarku iy[â]ṇḍu 16vadu Magara-nâyya(ya)rru irubattunâlân= diyadiyum Tiṅgaḷ-[ki]lamaiyum ama(pa)ra-pakshattu navamiyum perra Anilattu - nâḷ.

“ In the 16th year (of the reign) of . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . the glorious Kulôttuṅga-Chôḷadêva, who was pleased to take . . . . . , ─ on the day of Anurâdhâ, which corresponded to the ninth tithi of the second fortnight, to a Monday, and to the twenty-fourth solar day of the month of Makara.”

The date corresponds to Monday, the 17th January A.D. 1194. The preceding Makara-saṁkrânti took place 6 h. 45 m. after mean sunrise of Saturday, the 25th December A.D. 1193, which was the first day of the month of Makara. The 24th day of the same month therefore was Monday, the 17th January A.D. 1194 ; and on this day the 9th tithi of the dark half (of Mâgha) ended 19 h. 8 m., while the nakshatra was Anurâdhâ, by the Brahma-siddhânta for 22 h. 40 m., and by the equal space system and according to Garga from 3 h. 17 m., after mean sunrise.

111.─ In the Vêdâraṇyêśvara temple at Vêdâraṇyam.^[2]

1 [Sva]sti śrî [||*] Tribh[u]vanachchakkaravat[ti]gaḷ Madurai[yum Îlamum Pâṇ]ḍiyan muḍi-ttalai[yum]
2 k[o]ṇḍ-aruḷiya śrî-Kulôttuṅga-[Śôla]dêvarku [yâṇ]ḍu i[ru]ba[d]âvadu Ishaba-nâyarru
3 apara-pakkattu êkâda[śi]yum [N]âyar[ru-kki]lamaiyu[m perra] U[t]tirâḍa[t*]ti=nâḷ.

“ In the twentieth year (of the reign) of the emperor of the three worlds, the glorious Kulôttuṅga-Chôḷadêva, who was pleased to take Madurai, Îlam and the crowned head of the Pâṇḍya,─ on the day of Uttarâshâḍhâ, which corresponded to a Sunday and to the eleventh tithi of the second fortnight of the month of Ṛishabha.”

The date corresponds to Sunday, the 3rd May A.D. 1198, which was the 9th day of the month of Ṛishabha, and on which the 11th tithi of the dark half (of Vaiśâkha) ended 14 h. 40 m. after mean sunrise. But the nakshatra on this day was Uttara-Bhadrapadâ, for 7 h. 53 m. after mean sunrise.─ The result shows that in the original U[t]tirâḍa[t*]ti= is an error for Uttiraṭṭâdi-,^[3]

112.─ In the Kailâsanâthasvâmin temple at Kaḷḷa-Perumbûr.^[4]

1 [Ha]ra Svast[i] śr[î] [||*] T[i]r[i]buvana[chcha]kkaravatt[i]ga[ḷ Ma]-
2 durai[yum Î]la [mu]m Pâṇḍiyan m[u]ḍi-ttalaiy[u]ṅ=
3 [Garu*]vû[ru*]ṅ=goṇḍ-aruḷiya śrî-Kulôttuṅga-Śôladêvakku
4 . . ḍu yâṇḍu 23vadu Vṛiśchika-nâyarru apara-pakshattu tray[ô]-
5 daś[iyum Ti]ṅ[ga]ṭ-k[i]lamai[y]um [p]erra Viśâ[gat]tu [nâḷ].
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^[1] No. 193 of the Government Epigraphist’s collection for 1904.
^[2] No. 430 of the same collection.
^[3] In the month of Ṛishabha an 11th tithi of the dark half cannot possibly be joined with the nakshatra Uttarâshâḍhâ (Uttirâḍam).
^[4] No. 585 of the Government Epigraphist’s collection for 1904.