Epigraphia Indica Vol 20

SR No.: 032574
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Hirananda Shastri
Publisher: Archaeological Survey of India
Publication Year: 1929
Total Pages: 188
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 40 MB

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EPIGRAPHIA INDICA.
[Vol. XX.
temple of Telligēśvara in the south-east quarter of that town and made certain gifts to it after laving the feet of Chamdramauti-vratin of the Lākuļa sect, the acharya of Simhēśvara-matha, on the day specified in ll. 46-47 during the reign of the Kalachurya king Tribhuvanamalla Bijjanadēva (1l. 44-45). Lines 38-44 give the genealogy of the Achārya Chandramauļi-vratin as follows:-Vigrahāśvara-vratin, his disciple Yogēsvarayati and his disciple Chandramauli-yati.
Inscription B introduces, after prayer to the god Telligkvara, mentioned above, ViraBijjala and Vira-Vikrama as sons of Chāvunda by Sridávi and describes the elder of the two, namely Vira-Bijjala, as a great devotee of Siva like Nambi' and Ohila' and a scholar like Bāna (11. 1-4). His wife was Tripurādāvi (1.5). His brother Vikrama was a munificent donor and an invincible warrior looking majestic as if he was a Chakravartin (11. 6-9). In lines 10-12, the two brothers are mentioned with the usual titles, Mahamandalesvara, Sāhasõttumga, etc., as ruling over Kisukādu-70, Bāgadage-70, Kelava¢i-300, Nareyamgal-12 and Karividi-3[0]. At the request of the Fifty Telligas and a certain Murhjaya-Sahani they are stated to have granted some land to the temple of Tolligkvara (11. 13-16) on the date specified in lines 12 and 13.
The details of the date given in A are:-Saka 1088, Vyaya, Pushya amăvāsya, Monday, Uttarayana-samnkrämti and vyatipāta. They are not quite regular. The Pushya amaväsyä ended on Sunday at 95 and the Makara (Uttarayana)-samkrarti had occurred on Märgadirsha ba. 30, Saturday (24th December). The date intended probably was Monday, 23rd January, A.D. 1167 which was a day of Kumbha-samkrāshti in Uttarāyana.
The details of the date given in inscription B are :-Saka 1109, the cyclic year Plava mhga,
........... chaturdasi, Monday, Samkrānti. According to Swamikannu Pillai's Ephemeris, chaturdasi combined with a samkrimti did not fall on Monday in any of the months of Plavamga. But, for Chaitra bu. 14 which was a day of Mēsha-samkramana, the details would be correct except for the week day which was a Tuesday. The nearest equivalent would, therefore, be 24th March, A.D. 1187.
The two inscriptions under publication are important inasmuch as they furnish in unambiguous phraseology the genealogy of the Sinda princes of Erambarage from Achugi I down to Vira-Bijjana and Vira-Vikramaditya, sons of Chāvunda IL Inscription A reveals for the first time that Perma and Chāvunda were the sons of Acbarasa II from different mothers, viz., Mahădēvi and Chandaladôvi respectively and thus supplements the information contained in the Ron record of A.D. 1180, where they are represented apparently as full brothers. The genealogy given in A is in perfect agreement with the one gathered from the published records of the family, although an ambiguous verse in the Pattadakal inscription" ātana tammar Simgamahi-tala-patiy=ātan=ātmajātam bhuvana-khyātam............ negald-Acharasam" bad led Fleet' to introduce another Simgi (II) and make him the father of Achugi (II). Dr. Barnett
* This matha was, apparently, named after Sithha, brother of Achugi I.
Nambi probably refers to Bundaramürti-Nayanar who was known as Narbi-Arirar. See Tamil Lexioon S.T.
• Obils was a great devotee of the god somanaths in Saurashtra. The story of his guieless devotion is nar. rated in the 43rd and 44th chapters of the Basava-Pwrpath of Bhimaksvi.
• Above Vol. XIX, p. 227.
. So far, only eight records of the Erambarage branch of the Sinda princes are critically edited : J.B. R. 4. 8., VOL XI, pp. 224-30; 239-42; 247-49, 253-55; 259-66 ; 274-75 (re-edited in Ind. Ant., Vol. IX, p. 96) and above Vols. XV, p. 109 and XIX, p. 227.
J. B. R. A. 8., Vol. XI, p. 257.
The Dynasties of the Kanarese Dist icte, p. 573. Subaequently the mistake was rectified by him in a footnoto on p. 266 of Ing. Ant., Vol. XXX.