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127. In the Vaidyanathasvåmin temple at Tittagudi.! 1 Svasti rf [ll] Tiribuvagachchakkaravattiga! $rt-Irájarkjadevarka yandu 27vada
Simha2 nkyaru půrvva-pakshatta prathamai[y]am [B]adan-kilamaiyum perra Magattu
nå.
“In the 87th year of the reign) of the emperor of the three worlds, the glorious R&jarajadéva, on the day of Maghê, which corresponded to a Wednesday and to the first tithi of the first fortnight of the month of Simba."
The date corresponds to Wednesday, the 30th July A.D. 1242, which was the 2nd day of the month of Simba, and on which the 1st tithi of the bright half of the first Bhadrapada) ended 6 h. 6 m., while the nakshatra was Magha, by the equal space system for 5 h. 55 m., after mean sunrise.
128. In the Vedaraṇyêśvara temple at Védáraṇyam. 1 Sva(sti] & [ll] Tiribuvagachchakkaravattiga! Sri-Raja[ra]jadê[va]rkku [yâ]ndu
27[avadu] Ma[ga]ra-[n]&yarr[u] [apa*). 2 [ra]-pakahattu pañjadesayum Tingal-kilamai yum] perta Pasatta nå[!).
"In the 27th year (of the reign) of the emperor of the three worlds, the glorious Rajarajadeva,- on the day of Pushya, which corresponded to a Monday and to the fifteenth tithi of [the second] fortnight of the month of Makars."
In the month of Makara a fifteenth tithi of the second fortnight cannot possibly be combined with the nakshatra Pashya, and the probability therefore is that the second fortnight has been quoted erroneously for the first. But even with the first fortnight the date would be incorrect for the 27th year of the king's reign, a calculation for which and for the first fortnight has yielded Wednesday, the 7th January A.D. 1243.
In my opinion it is highly probable that this date really belongs to the 21st year of R&jaraja's reign. For that year it would correspond to Monday, the 12th January A.D. 1997, which was the 20th day of the month of Makara, and on which the fifteenth tithi of the bright half of Magha) ended 20 h. 11 m., while the nakshatra was Pushya, by the equal space system and according to Garga for 16 h. 25 m., and by the Brahma-siddhanta for 14 h. 27 m., after mean sunrise. It may be noted that on this 12th January A.D. 1287 there was a total eclipse of the moon, visible in India.
129.- In the Valiśvars temple at Ramagiri.. 1 Svasti orf [ll] Tir[i]buvana(chcha]kkara[va]ttiga! Srt-Irajaraja2 dåvagku yandu [2][valda Miduna-ñ[&]yarra muppattirand[&]3 nediyadiy-&ga Tingat-kisamaiyum parvva-pakshat
4 tu pradamaiyum Pa[sa]mum ego agru. “In the [2]øth year of the reign) of the emperor of the three worlds, the glorious RAjarfjadovo, on the day of Pushy, which was the first tithi of the brat fortnight and a Monday, corresponding to the thirty-second solar day of the month of Mithuna."
1 No. 19 of the Government Epigraphist's collection for 1908. * No. 196 of the Government Epigraphist's collection for 1904.
Mr.Venkayya now informa me thof the reading in line 1 of the original may really be 30, and that, what ww taken for 7, may be part of the fourish which denotes dvadu. On the other hand, he states that apara. pakahattu probably is the actual reading.
• No. 666 of the Government Epigraphist's collection for 1904.
The 8 of dt is engraved at the end of the preceding liue.
