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EPIGRAPHIA INDICA.
(VOL. IV.
No. 47.-THREE INSCRIPTIONS OF KATAYA-VEMA: SAKA-SAMVAT 1313, 1336 AND 1338.
BY E. HULTZSCH, PH.D. The first of the three subjoined inscriptions (A.) is the last of the four inscriptions on the pillar at the entrance of the Kuntimadhave temple at Pith&puram. It is engraved on the north face of the pillar. The two others (B. and C.) are engraved on two pillars in the Bhim@svara temple at Driksbáráma. All three are well preserved, are written in the Telugu alphabet, and consist of one Sanskrit verse in the Giti metre and a passage in Telugu prose.
The Sanskrit verse at the beginning of the three inscriptions confirms the genealogy of KAtaya-Vêma of Rajamahendri, which Mr. Ramayya has derived from the Tottaramfidi plates, in stating that (Kåtays)-Vêma was the great-grandson of Kåtaya (I.), the grandson of Mára, the son of Kata (II.), and the son-in-law of Annavõta (of Kondavida). In the Telugu portions Kåtaya-Vêma is called Kåtamareddi-Vêmireddi, -Vêmåreddi, or -Vêmâyareddi. His father Kåta II. and his mother Doddamba are mentioned in A. as Katamareddi and Doddasâniamma. B. and C. mention his son Komaragirireddi, who was evidently named after Kumaragiri of Kondavida, the brother-in-law of Kataya-Vema.
A. records the building of an enclosure for the Kuntimadhava temple at Pithapuram by Kåtaya-Vêms himself; B. the building of a mandapa by an officer of Kataya-Vêma ; and C. the building of an enclosure for the Bhim@bvara temple at Dakshårámad by the wife of the same officer.
A. is dated at the Makara-samkranti on Thursday, Pushya bu 2 in Saka-Samvat 1313 (expired), the Prajapati-samvatsara ; B. on Sunday, Karttika su 15 in Saka-Samvat 1336 (expired), the Jaya-samvatsara ; and O. on Monday, Chaitra su 11 in Saka-Samvat 1328 (for 1338, expired), the Durmukha-samvatsara. Professor Kjelborn kindly contributes the following romarks on these three dates :
"A.-In Saka-Samvat 1313 expired=Prajapati, the Makara-sankranti took place (by the Arya-Siddhanta) 12 h. O m. after mean sunrise of the 27th December A.D. 1391, during the second tithi of the bright half, which ended 3 h. 54 m. after mean sunrise of Thursday, the 28th December A.D. 1891, which is the proper equivalent of the date.
"B.-The date regularly corresponds for Jaya = Saka-Samvat 1336 expired to Sunday, the 28th October A.D. 1414, when the full-moon tithi ended about 16 h. 46 m. after mean sunrise.
"C.- The date is incorrect for saka-Samvat 1328, both current and expired. For the year Durmukha = Saka-Samvat 1338 expired, it regularly corresponds to Monday, the 9th March A.D. 1416, when the 11th tithi of the bright half ended about 22 h. after mean sunrise."
A. - Pithapuram Pillar Inscription.
TEXT. 1 Naptá Kataya-Saure
Mårasya Ke2 ta-vibhu-sûnn)
vir-Åmnavôte3 nfipatêr=j&mata
jayatu
Vêma4 bhupalah 1 Svasti eri [1] Saka-varshambulu 5 1818 agandati
Prajapati-samyvatsa
See above, p. 926.
* See above, p. 381. • This is the ancient name of Drakabarima; see above, p. 87, note 8. • From inked estampages.
