South Indian Inscriptions

EPIGRAPHIA INDICA

121.─ In the Aruṇâchalêśvara temple at Tiruvaṇṇâmalai.^[1]

1 Svasti śrî [||*] T[i]r[i]buvanachchakkaravattigaḷ śrî-Irâjaïrâjadêvarku yâṇḍu 18vadu Kâttigai-mâdam piranda padinêlân(n)=diyadi[y]=âna Nâyarru- kk[i]lamaiyum Rêvatiyum daśamiyum [p]erra
2 inru.

“ In the 18th year (of the reign) of the emperor of the three worlds, the glorious Râjarâjadêva,─ on this day, which corresponds to the tenth tithi, to (the day of) Rêvatî and to a Sunday, which is the seventeenth solar day after the commencement of the month of Kârttigai.”

The date will be expected to fall in A.D. 1233, and it actually corresponds to Sunday, the 13th November A.D. 1233. In A.D. 1233 the Vṛiśchika-saṁkrânti took place 18 h. 28 m. after mean sunrise of Thursday, the 27th October. The first day of the month of Vṛiśchika or Kârttigai therefore was Friday, the 28th October, and the 17th day of the same month was Sunday, the 13th November. On this day the 10th tithi (of the bright half of Mârgaśira) ended 2 h. 16 m., and the nakshatra was Rêvatî from^[2] 3 h. 17 m., after mean sunrise.

122.─ In the Akshayaliṅgêśvara temple at Kîvaḷur.^[3]

1 Ôm svasti śr[î] [||*] Tr[i]bhuvanachchakravatt[i]gaḷ śr[î]- Râjarâjadêvarku yâṇḍu pad[i]n-[e]ṭṭâva[du Dha]nu-[n]âyarru apara-pakshattu ashṭamiyum Nâya-
2 rru-kk[i]lamaiyum perra Atta[t*]tu nâḷ.

“ In the eighteenth year (of the reign) of the emperor of the three worlds, the glorious Râjarâjadêva,─ on the day of Hasta, which corresponded to a Sunday and to the eighth tithi of the second fortnight of the month of Dhanus.”

The date corresponds to Sunday, the 25th December A.D. 1233, which was the last day of the month of Dhanus (and the day of the Uttarâyaṇa-saṁkrânti that took place 15 h. 5 m. after mean sunrise), and on which the 8th tithi of the dark half (of Pausha) commenced 5 h. 27 m., while the nakshatra was Hasta, by the equal space system and according to Garga for 4 h. 36 m., and by the Brahma-siddhânta for 1 h. 19 m., after mean sunrise.

123.─ In the Vêdâraṇyêśvara temple at Vêdâraṇyam.^[4]

1 . . . . . [na]chcha[k]karavatt[i]ga[ḷ] śrî-Râjarâjadêva[r]ku y[â]ṇḍu 19[âvadu] Mi[du]na-nâyarru=pp[û]rva-pakshattu tiraiyôdeśiyum Nâyarru-kk[i]lamaiyum perra Kêṭ[ṭ]ai-nâḷ.

“ In the 19th year (of the reign) of the emperor of [the three world], the glorious Râjarâjadêva,─ on the day of Jyêshṭhâ, which corresponded to a Sunday and to the thirteenth tithi of the first fortnight of the month of Mithuna.”

The date corresponds to Sunday, the 11th June A.D. 1234, which was the 17th day of the month of Mithuna, and on which the 13th tithi of the bright half (of Âshâḍha) ended 7 h. 22 m. after mean sunrise, while the nakshatra was Jyêshṭhâ, by the equal space system the whole day,
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^[1] No. 494 of the Government Epigraphist’s collection for 1902.
^[2] As there can be no doubt whatever here about the proper equivalent of the date, it may be spectrally noted that the day of the date is combined, not with the nakshatra (Uttara-Bhadrapadâ) at the commencement of the day, but with the nakshatra (Rêvatî) which only commenced 3 h. 17 m. after mean sunrise. Compare above, Nos. 102, 105 and 112.
^[3] No. 515 of the Government Epigraphist’s collection for 1904.
^[4] No. 496 of the same collection.