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EPIGRAPHIA INDICA.
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118.-In the Kapardisvara temple at Tiruvalaxjuli. 1 .
Tiribavaṇasa[k]karava[t]tiga! siri-[Raja®]rå[ja]dêvarkku yandu 124[va]du Sinna-na yaliru apara-pakkashat[t]u [ba]dutti[yu]m Tingal
[k]ilamaiyum perra Utti.....
“In the 12th year of the reign) of the emperor of the three worlds, the glorious [Raja]rå [ja]dêva,- (on the day of) Utta . . . . ., which corresponded to a Monday and to the fourth tithi of the second fortnight the month of Simha."
The date corresponds to Monday, the 2nd August A.D. 1927, which was the 6th day of the month of Simha, and on which the 4th tithi of the dark half (of Sravana) ended 17 h. 13 m.. while the nakshatra was Uttara-Bhadrapadå for 7 h. 13 m., after mean sunrise. The result shows that the last words of the original date must have been Uttirattádi-nd).
119.- In the Valiśvara temple at Ramagiri. 1 Svalsti śrî [11] Tiri[b]uvanachcha[k]karavattigaleri-Irájairajadêvarkku yandu
pad[i]nárůvadu Karkadaga-ngyarru padiņklan=d[i]2 yadiyaga Viyala-kkilamaiyum půryva-pakshattu daśamiy[u]m Ap[i]lamum=ågay
anru.
“In the sixteenth year of the reign) of the emperor of the three worlds, the glorious RAinrindêva, on the day of Anuradha, which was the tenth tithi of the first fortnight and n Thursday, corresponding to the fourteenth solar day of the month of Karkataka."
The date will be expected to fall in A.D. 1231 or 1232, and it actually corresponds to Thursday, the 10th July A.D. 1281. In A.D. 1231 the Karkata-samkránti took place 9 h. 21 m. after mean sunrise of Friday, the 27th June, which was the first day of the month of Karkataka; and the 14th day of the same month therefore was Thursday, the 10th July. On this day the 10th tithi of the bright half of Srâvana) ended 15 h. 48 m., while the nakshatra was Anuridhå, by the equal space system and according to Garga for 23 h. 38 m., and by the Brahma-siddhanta for 18 h. 24 m., after mean sunrise.
The date shows that the reign of Rajaraja III. could not have commenced after (approximately) the 10th July A.D. 1216.
120.- In the Arunachalêśvara temple at Tiruvannamalai.* 1 Svasti Sri [11"] Tir[i]b[vn]nachchakkara[va]ttiga! Sri-Rajarajad[vakku yandu
16vadu Ishapa(ba) nàyorra iru[ba]tteţtån=diyadiyam San[i]-k[ki]lamaiyum perra
Mirugas[i]rishattu nal.
"In the 16th year (of the reign of the emperor of the three worlds, the glorious Rajaråjadêva, - on the day of Mrigasires, which corresponded to & Saturday and to the twenty-eighth solar day of the month of Rishabha."
The date corresponds to Saturday, the 22nd May A.D. 1232. In A.D. 1232 the RishabhaBarnkranti took place 15 h. 22 m. after mean sunrise of Saturday, the 24th April. The first day of the month of Rishabha therefore was Sunday, the 25th April, and the 28th day of the same month was Saturday, the 22nd May, on which day the nakshatra was Mrigasiras, by the equal space system and according to Garga for 10 h. 30 m., and by the Brabma-siddhanta for 9 h. 12 m., after mean supries.
1 No. 630 of the Government Epigrapbist's collection for 1902. . Read -pakeskattu.
No. 646 of the Government Epigraphist's collection for 1904. No. 485 of the Government Epigraphist's collection for 1902.
