South Indian Inscriptions

EPIGRAPHIA INDICA

Above, Vol. VI. p. 310, No. 22, I have found that a date of the 40th year of Mâravarman Kulaśêkhara I. corresponded to Saturday, the 24th February A.D. 1308 (in Śaka-saṁvat 1229). This date No. 47, which also is of the 40th year, and which is expressly stated to have fallen in Śaka-saṁvat 1229, regularly corresponds to Monday, the 18th March A.D. 1308, which was the 24th day of the month of Mîna, and on which the 10th tithi of the dark half (of Phâlguna) ended 11 h. 29 m., while the nakshatra was Śravaṇa, by the equal space system and according to Garga for 11 h. 10 m., and by the Brahma-siddhânta for 12 h. 29 m., after mean sunrise.

48.─ In the Jagannâthasvâmin temple at Tiruppullâṇi.^[1]

1 . . . . . . k[ô] Mârapan[ma]r=â[na Tribhu] . . . . . . . gaḷ [e]mmaṇḍalamum koṇḍ-aruḷ[i]ya śr[î]-Kulaśêgaradêvarkku yâṇḍu [2]2vadu Karkaḍaga-nâyarru mudal tiyad[i]yum
2 . . . . . . . [ttu] a[shṭam]i[yu]m [Ti]ṅgaḷ-ki[lamaiyum Śi]ttiraiyum perra nâḷ.

“ In the [2]2nd year (of the reign) of king Mâravarman [alias the emperor of the three worlds], the glorious Kulaśêkharadêva, who was pleased to take every country,─ on the day which corresponded to (the day of) [Chi]trâ, to a Monday, to the eighth tithi of the . . . . . . . [fortnight], and to the first solar day of the month of Karkaṭaka.”

The date corresponds to Monday, the 27th June A.D. 1289, which was the first day of the month of Karkaṭaka,^[2] and on which the 8th tithi of the [bright] half (of Âshâḍha) ended 19 h. 46 m., while the nakshatra was Chitrâ, by the equal space system and according to Garga for 20 h. 21 m., and by the Brahma-siddhânta for 17 h. 4 m., after mean sunrise.

49.─ In the Âdivarâha-Perumâḷ temple at Śiṅgavaram.^[3]

1 Svasti śrî [||*] . . . . . . kô Mârapanmar Tribhuvana- chchakkaravatt[iga]ḷ [śrî]-Kulaśêgara[d]êvarku yâ-
2 ṇḍu 30âvadu Siṁha-nâyarru=ppûrvva-pakshattu êkâdaśa(śi)yum perra Mu(mû)lattu nâṭ=.

“ In the 30th year (of the reign) of king Mâravarman (alias) the emperor of the three worlds, the glorious Kulaśêkharadêva,─ on the day of Mûla, which corresponded to the eleventh tithi of the first fortnight of the month of Siṁha.”

The date corresponds to [Wednesday], the 31st July A.D. 1297, which was the 4th day of the month of Siṁha, and on which the 11th tithi of the bright half (of Śrâvaṇa) ended 18 h. 38 m., while the nakshatra was Mûla, by the equal space system for 17 h. 4 m., and according to Garga for 4 h . 36 m., after mean sunrise.

50.─ In the Ânaikâtta-Perumâḷ temple at Kaḷappâḷ.^[4]

1 Svasti śrîḥ ─ [K]ô [M]ârupan[mar Tiri]buvanachchakkaravatt[i]gaḷ śr[î]-Kulaśêgara- dêvark[ku] yâṇḍu 3[4]vadu Karkaḍaga-nâyarru pûrvva-paksha[t]tu tr[i]t[î]- yaiyyum Śan[i]-kkilamaiyum perra Magattu nâḷ.

“ In the 34th year (of the reign) of king Mâravarman (alias) the emperor of the three worlds, the glorious Kulaśêkharadêva,─ on the day of Maghâ, which corresponded to a Saturday and to the third tithi of the first fortnight of the month of Karkaṭaka.’
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^[1] No. 107 of the Government Epigraphist’s collection for 1903.
^[2] The Karkaṭa- or Dakshiṇâyana-saṁkrânti took place 9 h. 26 m. after mean sunrise.
^[3] No. 231 of the Government Epigraphist’s collection for 1904.
^[4] No. 661 of the Government Epigraphist’s collection for 1902.