South Indian Inscriptions

EPIGRAPHIA INDICA

8 h. 15 m. after mean sunrise of Tuesday, the 29th July A.D. 1287 (which was the first day of the month of Siṁha).

For Jaṭâvarman Sundara-Pâṇḍya I. the date would be quite incorrect.

55.─ In the Akshêśvara temple at Achcharapâkkam.^[1]

1 Svasti śrî [||*] Kôr=Chaṭapanmar Tiri[buvana]chchakaravatti śrî-Śu[n]dara- [Pâṇ]ḍiyadêva[r][k*]ku yâ[ṇ*]ḍu 13ku edir [2âva]du Kan-
2 ni-nâyarru apara-[pa*]kshattu Tiṅgaṭ-kila[m]aiyu[m*] saptamiyum perra Rô[śa]ṇi-nâ[ḷ].

“ In the [2nd] opposite the 13th year (of the reign) of king Jaṭâvarma (alias) the emperor of the three worlds, the glorious Sundara-Pâṇḍyadêva,─ on the day of Rôhiṇî, which corresponded to a Monday and to the seventh tithi of the second fortnight of the month of Kanyâ.”

For Jaṭâvarma Sundara-Pâṇḍya II. the date apparently corresponds to Monday, the 28th August A.D. 1290, when the 7th tithi of the dark half (of Bhâdrapada) ended 9 h. 38 m., while the nakshatra was Rôhiṇî, by the equal space system and according to Garga for 9 h. 51 m., and by the Brahma-siddhânta for 9 h. 12 m., after mean sunrise. But this day was the last day of the month of Siṁha, which immediately precedes the month of Kanyâ.^[2]

For Jaṭâvarman Sundara-Pâṇḍya I. the date would be quite incorrect.

56.─ In the Dârukâvanêśvara temple at Tiruppalâtturai.^[3]

1 Svasti śrî [||*] K[ô= Chchaḍ]aipanmar=â[na] Tribhuvanachchakkaravattigaḷ śrî-Śundira-[P]âṇḍiyadêvarkku yâṇḍu
2 9[âvadu] on[ba]dâvadu [M]êsha-[nâ]yarru pû[rva]-pakshattu tṛiti(tî)yaiyum Voḷḷi-kkilamaiyum perra Kâtta(tti)gai-nâ-^[4]
3 [ḷ].

“ In the 9th─ ninth─ year (of the reign) of king Jaṭâvarman alias the emperor of the three worlds, the glorious Sundara-Pâṇḍyadêva,─ on the day of Kṛittikâ, which corresponded to a Friday and to the third tithi of the first fortnight of the month of Mêsha.”

My examination of this date does not enable me to decide whether it belongs to Jaṭâvarman Sundara-Pâṇḍya I. or to Jaṭâvarman Sundara-Pâṇḍya II. According to the previously obtained result,^[5] the 9th year if Jaṭâvarma Sundara-Pâṇḍya I. should have commenced between (approximately) the 20th and 28th April A.D. 1259 ; but there is no day from April A.D. 1259 to the end of A.D. 1260 for which the date would be correct. The date would be correct for Friday, the 28th March A.D. 1259, which was the 3rd day of the month of Mêsha, and on which the 3rd tithi of the bright half (of the second Chaitra) ended 16 h. 56 m., while the nakshatra was Kṛittikâ, by the Brahma-siddhânta for 6 h. 34 m., according to Garga for 7 h. 53 m., and by the equal space system for 19 h. 42 m., after mean sunrise. By what we have found before, this day would fall in the 8th, not the 9th, year if Jaṭâvarman Sundara-Pâṇḍya I.

If the date were one of Jaṭâvarman Sundara-Pâṇḍya II., it should fall in either A.D. 1284 or A.D. 1285. Here again it would be incorrect for either year. It would be correct for
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^[1] No. 252 of the Government Epigraphist’s collection for 1901.
^[2] The Kanyâ-saṁkrânti took place 3 h. 43 m. after mean sunrise of Tuesday, the 29th August A.D. 1290, which was the 1st day of the month of Kanyâ.
^[3] No. 283 of the Government Epigraphist’s collection for 1903.
^[4] The â of nâ- is engraved at the beginning of the next line.
^[5] See above Vol. VI. p. 314.