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No. 26.]
"In the ninth year (of the reign) of the emperor of the three worlds, the glorious Rajendra-Chôļadeva, on the day of Satabhishaj, which corresponded to a Tuesday and to the second tithi of the first fortnight of the month of Makara,"
DATES OF CHOLA KINGS.
The date corresponds to Tuesday, the 12th January A.D. 1255, which was the 19th day of the month of Makars, and on which the 2nd tithi of the bright half (of Mâgha) ended 1 h. 21 m., while the nakshatra was Satabhishaj, by the equal space system for 17 h. 4 m., by the Brahma-siddhanta for 5 h. 55 m., and according to Garga for 8 h. 32 m., after mean sunrise.
133. In the Rajatagirisvara temple at Tiruttengur..
1 Svasti éri - yindu 1lvadin
Tribhu[va ]nachchakravattiga! śri-Rajendra-Soladê[va*]x[ku] edirâm-ându Karkadaga-nâ[yar]ru apara-pakshattu Urosaniyum perra nâ[i].
T[i]
2 ngat-kila[m]siyum
"In the year opposite the 11th year (of the reign) of the emperor of the three worlds, the glorious Rajendra-Chôļadeva, on the day of Rohini, which corresponded to a Monday of the second fortnight of the month of Karkaṭaka."
The date corresponds to Monday, the 9th July A.D. 1257, which was the 13th day of the month of Karkaṭaka, and on which [the 11th tithi] of the dark half (of Ashâḍha) ended 10 h. 59 m., while the nakshatra was Rohini, by the equal space system and according to Garga for 11 h. 10 m., and by the Brahma-siddhânta for 10 h. 30 m., after mean sunrise.
134. In the Vedaranyésvara temple at Vedaranyam. Tribhuva]pachobakkaravatt [igal]
273
1 Svasti ári y[an]
2 da 16[avadu] Rishaba-nyaru [p][rva]-pakahattu da[i][m] kilamaiyum 3 Uttiratta nål.
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"In the 18th year (of the reign) of the emperor of the three worlds, the glorious [Râjė]ndra-Chôļadeva, on the day of Uttara-Phalguni, which corresponded to a Monday and to the eleventh tithi of the first fortnight of the month of Rishabha."
det-Raj]ndira-S6[la]dbrarkku
135. 1 Svasti śri Sô[la]dé[va]rkku [du]di[yaiy]um
The date clearly corresponds to Monday, the 1st May A.D. 1262, which was the 7th day of the month of Rishabha, and on which the 11th tithi of the bright half (of Vaisâkba) ended 17 h. 0 m., while the nakshatra was Uttara-Phalguni, by the equal space system and according to Garga for 1 h. 19 m., after mean sunrise. By the result previously found for the commencement of the reign of Rajendra-Chôla III. this day fell in the 17th, not the 16th, year of the king's reign.
Tingat
In the Vedaranyêsvara temple at Vedaranyam.
[1] Tiribava]gachchakkamaattigal
[RA][i]
[y]ându 1[8âvadu Maga]ra-[n]âyarru [a]pa[ra]-pakshattu Budap-k[i]lamai[y]um perra T[i]ravo[at]tu [041].
1 No. 531 of the Government Epigraphist's collection for 1904. The tithi is omitted in the original.
No. 460 of the Government Epigraphist's collection for 1904. See above, p. 7.
No. 494 of the Government Epigraphist's collection for 1904.
* The rd of raft seems to have been written twice in the original.
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