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EPIGRAPHIA INDICA.
1 Svasti vadu
[VOL. VI.
51.- In the Svétéranyéévara temple at Tiruvengâḍu.!
rib [11] Tribuvanachchakkaravattigal éri-Rajarajadêvarkku yându 22 Mina-nayarru apara-pakkattu sa[d]u[r]tthiy[u]m Ba[*][y]kkilamaiy[u]m perra Uttiraṭṭadi-nål.
In the 22nd year (of the reign) of the emperor of the three worlds, the glorious Rajarajadeva, on the day of Uttara-Bhadrapada, which corresponded to a Tuesday and to the fourth tithi of the second fortnight of the month of Mina."
This date, in the month of Mins of the 22nd year of the king's reign, would be expected to fall in A.D. 1238, in Saka-Samvat 1159 expired, and it undoubtedly does so; but the wording of the date is intrinsically wrong because, in the month of Mina, the nakshatra can never be UttaraBhadrapada on the 4th ti/hi of the dark fortnight. What suggests itself at once is that the fourth tithi has been quoted wrongly instead of the fourteenth; and for this tithi the date is correct. In Saka-Samvat 1159 expired the 14th tithi of the dark fortnight in the month of Mina ended 21 h. 37 m. after mean sunrise of. Tuesday, the 16th March A.D. 1238, when the nakshatra was Uttara-Bhadrapada, by the Brahma-siddhânta and according to Garga during the whole of the day, and by the equal space system from 9 h. 51 m. after mean sunrise. I feel certain that this is the proper equivalent of the date.
52. In the Rajagopala-Perumal temple at Mannargudi.
1 Svasti rib [1] Tribhuvage(chcha]k[karava]ttiga! [l]-jackjadvarkku kodu [i]rabattiras[4]Avadi[] edir=&m=åpḍu Minan-nayarru navam[i]yum Tingal-kilamaiyum perra Pâr[Ada]ttu [n]].
[a]para-paksha
"In the year which was opposite the twenty-second year (of the reign) of the emperor of the three worlds, the glorious Rajarajadeva,- on the day of Pârvashaḍhâ, which corresponded to a Monday and to the ninth tithi of the second fortnight of the month of Mina."
The year opposite the 22nd year of this date and of the two following dates was the 23rd year of the king's reign, and the three dates, being all of the month of Mina, will therefore be expected to fall in A.D. 1239, in Saka-Samvat 1160 expired. In this year the 9th tithi of the dark fortnight in the month of Mina entirely occupied Monday, the 28th February A.D. 1230, when the nakshatra was Pârvashaḍhâ, by the equal space system the whole day, by the Brahma-siddhanta for 11 h. 10 m., and according to Garga for 16 h. 25 m., after mean sunrise.
58. In the Kailasanatha temple at Mannargudi.
1 Svast[i] r[i] [*] Tr[i]bhuva [ga]chchakkaravattiga! fri-Rajara[ja]dêvarkku yhodu rabatinodiva[i]n edir-km-kodu Mi(ml)ga-piya[r]ra apara-pakhattu datamyum] Budan-kila[maiyum] pers Uttirḍattun
"In the year which was opposite the twenty-second year (of the reign) of the emperor of the three worlds, the glorious Rajarajadeva,-on the day of Uttarasbaḍha, which corresponded to a Wednesday and to the tenth tithi of the eecond fortnight of the month of Mina."
1 No. 119 of the Government Epigraphist's collection for 1896. No. 104 of the Government Epigraphist's collection for 1897.
Read Mina-.
It commenced 38 m. before mean sunrise of the Monday and ended 1 h. 12 m. after mean sunrise of the following Tuesday, and would therefore he properly described (for the Monday) as prathama-naramt.
No. 99 of the Government Epigraphist's collection for 1897,
