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EPIGRAPHIA INDICA.
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17 7Avadu Kanni-nayarru [a]gha(pa)ra-gha(pa)kshattu trayodasiyum Nayarru
kk[i]lamaiyum [p]erra Atta[t]tu nâ!.
"In the 7th year of the reign) of the glorious king Jatavarman alias the emperor of the three worlds, the glorious Sundara-Pandyadêva, - on the day of Hasta, which cortesponded to a Sunday and to the thirteenth tithi of the second fortnight of the month of Kanya."
The wording of this date, so far as I can see, is intrinsically wrong, because during the month of Kanya a 13th tithi of the dark half can never be actually joined with the nakshatra Hasta. Judging by the preceding dates Nos. 11-16, a date of the 7th year of the king's reign should fall in A.D. 1257 or 1258; and during these two years the date would be correct only for the month of Tula, which follows immediately upon the month of Kanya. For the month of Tuld it regularly corresponds to Sunday, the 7th October A.D. 1257, which was the 10th day of the month of Tula, and on which the 13th tithi of the dark half of the month Åsvina) ended 7 h. 31 m., and the nakshatra was Hasta, by the equal space system and according to Garga for 22 h. 20 m., and by the Brahma-siddhanta for 19 h. 3 m., after mean sunrise.
18.-In the Vaidyanatha temple at Tirumalavadi. 1 Svasti sri [11*] Ko=Chcha[dapa]gmar Tiribuvanachchakkaravattiga! sri-Sundara
Påndiya2 dåvarku yându llâvadu Kafkadaga-nâyarru a para-pakshattu sha3 shthiyum Viyala-kkilamaiyum perra Aśvati-nál.
“In the 11th year of the reign) of king Jațåvarman (alias) the emperor of the three worlds, the glorious Sundara-Pandyadêve, on the day of Asvini, which corresponded to a Thursday and to the sixth tithi of the second fortnight of the month of Karkataka."
As this date is of the month of Karkataka of the 11th year, it should fall in A.D. 1261, if it is a date of Jatávarman Sandara-Påņdya I.; but for that year it does not work out properly. In A.D. 1261 the 6th tithi of the dark half in the month of Karkataka ended 7 h. 22 m. after mean sunrise of Tuesday, the 19th July, which was the 23rd day of the month of Karkataka, and on which the nakshatra was Asvint from 1 h. 58 m. after mean sunrise. As I obtain no really better result for other years of the same reign, and no satisfactory result at all for the 11th year of the reign of Jaţåvarman Sundara-Påndya II., I would take Tuesday, the leth July A.D. 1261, to be the intended day, and assume that in the original date the weekday has been given incorrectly.
E-MARAVARMAN KULASEKHARA I.
19.-In the Nollaiyappar temple at Tinnevelly. 2 Sri-[k]• Mârapanmar=&[na] Tribhuvaqachcha3 kravart[t]iga! e[m]mandalamun=gop4 d-aruliya sri-Kulasegaradêvarku [y][no]. 5 du 27va[d]u Dhanu-nâ[ya]rru 14 tiyadiya[m] 6 Velļi-kkilamaiyum apara-paksha[t]tu 7 saptamiyum perra U[t]tira-nål.
"In the 27th year of the reign) of the glorious king M&ravarman alias the emperor of the three worlds, the glorious Kulasekharadeva who was pleased to take every country, - on the day of Uttara-Phalguni, which corresponded to the seventh tithi of the second fortnight, and to a Friday, and to the 14th solar day of the month of Dhanus,”
1 No. 71 of the Government Epigraphist's collection for 1895.
No. 107 of the Government Epigraphist's collection for 1894.
