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No. 24.]
DATES OF CHOLA KINGS.
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sri-Kulottunga-bladeva[x]ku yându 17åvadu Miduna-nayat[ru] apara-pakshattu
trai(tra)yôdasiyum Viyala-kkiļamaiyum perra Urosapi-[nal].
“In the 17th year of the reign of the emperor of the t) no worlds, the glorious Kulottunga-Chôļadēva, who was pleased to take Madurai ana the crowned head of the Pandya --- on the day of Rôhiņi, which corresponded to a Thursday and to the thirteenth tithi of the second fortnight of the month of Mithuna."
The date undoubtedly corresponds to Thursday, the 8th June A.D. 1195, which was the 13th day of the month of Mithuna, and on which the nakshatra was Rôhiņi for 9h. 51 m. (or 9 h. 12 m.) after mean gunrise. As the 13th tiths of the dark half (of Jyaishtha) ended on this day only a minute or two after true sunrise, I should have expected the writer to quote the 14th tithi instead of the 13th.
71.- In the Ikshupurisvara temple at Kovilvenni.12 1 ........... T[i]r[i]bu vanachchakkaravatt[iga! Ma2 duraiyum Pandiyan mudi-ttalaiyun-go[o]d-aruliya [6]i-[Ku)3 lottnoga-Soladēvarkku
ya[n]du
pattonbadabadu=Kkani-na4 yargn=ppar[va* )-pakshattu navamiyum Tinga[1]-kilamaiyum perra At[ta)5 na!.
“In the nineteenth year of the reign of the emperor of the three worlds, the glorious Kulôttungs-Chôľadeva, who was pleased to take Madurai and the crowned he:d of the Påndya, - on the day of Hasta, which corresponded to a Monday and to the ninth title of the first fortnight of the month of Kanya."
The date is intrinsically wrong because the nakshatra on the 9th tithi of bright half in the month of Kanyá cannot be Hasta. The equivalent of the date apparently is Monday, the 2nd September A.D. 1198, which was the 6th day of the month of Kanya, and on which the 9th tithi of the bright half (of Bhådrapada) ended 22 h. 22 m. after mean sunrise. The nakshatras on this day were MQla and Pârvashidha.
72.- In the Vámanapurisvara temple at Tirumanikudi. 1 S[va]sti sri [ll"] T[iribu]vanachchakkara[va]ttiga[!] Ma[d]urai kondu Pån[diyalo
mudi-ttalai 2 yun=gond-arulina Sri-Kulottunga-Soladêvaçku y [&]ądu pattonbada3 vadu Rishabha-nayarru åpân=diyadiy=åga pûrvva-pakshattu dvåda siyum Budaŋ.
kilam[ai]yum perra [A]. 4 ttattu nå!
"In the nineteenth year of the reign) of the emperor of the three worlds, the glorious Kulôttunga-Chôļadēva, who, having taken Madurai, was pleased to take also the crowned head of the Påņdya, on the day of Hasta, which corresponded to a Wednesday and to the twelfth tithi of the first fortnight, which was the sixth solar day of the month of Rishabha,”
The date corresponds to Wednesday, the 30th April A.D. 1197, which was the 6th day of the month of Rishabha, and on which the 12th tithi of the bright half of Vaisakhs) ended 19 h. 87 m., while the nakshatra was lasta, by the equal space system and according to Garga for 7 h. 13 m., and by the Brahma-biddh&nta for 3 h. 56 m., after mean sunrise.
No. 397 of the Government Epigraphist's collection for 1902. ? Read patto baddvade-Kkani. • No. 161 of the Government Epigraphist's collection for 1902. • The Rishabha-samkrinti took place 14 h. 4 m. after mean suurise of the 24th April A.D. 11:7.
