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EPIGRAPHIA INDICA.
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D.-- JATAVARMAN SUNDARA-PANDYA I.
11.-In the Pañohanadê vara temple at Tiruvaiyaru.! 1 Svasti sriḥ [ll*) K-Chchadapanmar=&ņa Ti[r]ibuvaņachchakkaravattiga! Gr1
Sundara-Påņdiyadêvarkku yåņdu 2âvadu Môsha-nkyarru apara-pakshattu
êkâdasiyam Viyala-kkilamaiyum perta Sad[ai]yat[tu na!).
“In the 2nd year of the reign) of king Jaţåvarman alias the emperor of the three worlds, the glorious Sundara-Påndyadēva,- on the day of Satabhishaj, which corresponded to a Thursday and to the eleventh tithi of the second fortnight of the month of Mêsha."
To shorten my remarks, I may state here at once that the six dates Nos. 11-16 work out correctly on the assumption (and prove thus) that the reign of Jatavarman Sundara-Pandya I. commenced between (approximately) the 20th and 28th April A.D. 1251.
This date, No. 11, corresponds to Thursday, the 27th March A.D. 1253, which was the third day of the month of Mesha, and on which the 11th tithi of the dark half of the month Chaitra) ended 2 h. 20 m., and the nakshatra was Satabhishaj, by the equal space system for 13 h. 47 m., according to Garga for 5 h. 16 m., and by the Brahma-siddhanta for 2 h. 38 m., after mean sunrise.
To ascertain whether this date could possibly be one of the reign of Jatavarman Sundarar Påndya II., I have calculated it also for the years A.D. 1277, 1278, and 1279, and have found that it would be incorrect for any one of these years. The same remark applies to the dates Nos. 12 and 13.
12.-In the Vaidyanatha temple at Tirumalavadi. 1 Svasti sri [11] K6=Chchadaiva[ro]mmar=âņa Tribhuvaṇachchakravattiga! sri
[Sundara-Pandiyadêvarkku yându 2vadu Mésha-ngyarru apara-pakshattu
sadu[r]tthiyum Sapi-kk[i]lamaiyum perra Mu(mu)lattu na!.
“In the 2nd year (of the reign) of king Jatavarman alias the emperor of the three worlds, the glorious Sundara-Pandyadêva, - on the day of Mula, which corresponded to Saturday and to the fourth tithi of the second fortnight of the month of Mêsha.”
The date corresponds to Saturday, the leth April A.D. 1263, which was the 26th day of the month of Mêsha, and on which the 4th tithi of the dark half of the month Vaisakha) ended 2 h. 59 m., and the nakshatra was Müla by the equal space system for 5 h. 16 m., after mean Bunrise.
13.-In the Vaidyanatha temple at Tirumalavidi. 1 Svasti tri [11] K8=Chchadapa[gmar-Ana] Tiru(ri)bu[va]gachchakkaravattiga! fri
Sundara-Pandiyadêvarkku yâ[o]du Svadu Vrischika-ngyaru půryva-pakshattu
[shajshthiyum Budap-kilamaiyum perra Uttirsdattu nal.
u In the 3rd year (of the reign) of king Jaţêvarman alias the emperor of the three worlds, the glorious Sundara-Pandyadêve, -on the day of Uttarkshadha, which corresponded to a Wednesday and to the sixth tithi of the first fortnight of the month of Vrischika."
The date corresponds to Wednesday, the 29th October A.D. 1263, which was the second day of the month of Vrischika, and on which the 6th tithi of the bright half of the month Kárttika) ended 18 h. 4 m., and the nakshatra was Uttarishadha, by the equal space system and according to Garga for 12 h. 29 m., and by the Brahma-siddhanta for 5 h. 55 m., after mean sunrise.
No. 254 of the Government Epigraphist's collection for 1894.
No. 90 of the Government Epigraphist's collection for 1895. * No. 80 of the Government Epigraphist's collection for 1896.
