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EPIGRAPHIA INDICA.
(Vol. IX.
"In the 1[7]th year of the reign) of king Parakesarivarman alias the emperor of the three worlds, the glorious Rajarajadêva,- on the day of A .
which corresponded to a Sunday and to the ninth tithi of the second fortnight of the month of Dhanus."
The date corresponds to Sunday, the 2nd December A.D. 1162, which was the 7th day of the month of Dhanus, and on which the 9th tithi of the dark half (of Mârgasirsha ended 16 h. 56 m., while the nakshatra was Hasta, by the equal space system and according to Garga for 13 b. 47 m., and by the Brahma-siddhanta for 10 h. 30 m., after mean sunrise.
The result shows that the nakshatra, of the name of which only the initial vowel a remains in lide 6 of the original, was Attam (Hasta).-The date is the latest one hitherto examined of the reign of Rajaraja II.
144.-In the Gramárdhanathêsvara temple at Elvanasûr. 1 Svasti eri [ll] Pa maraviya Tiru-mådum . . . . . . . . .
8 P[para[k]êsaripatmar=ana Tribhuvana [ch]chakrava[r]tiga! śri-Rajarajadêvazku
yâodu 15(vadu] M[G]ne9 niya p[ll]rvva-pakshattu paū[ jami]y[u]m Tingal-kilamaiyum perra
M[ri]gasi[r]shatti-nal. "In the 15th year of the reign) of king Parakesarivarman alias the emperor of the three worlds, the glorious Rajarajadêva,- on the day of Mrigasirsha, which corresponded to & Monday and to the fifth tithi of the first fortnight of the month of Mina."
In accordance with the previously obtained results, this date should fall in A.D. 1161, some time before the 24th March (the first day of the month of Mesha); but with the actual reading of the original it would be incorrect. In my opinion, the fifth tithi (pafi[ jami]yum) has here been quoted erroneously instead of the seventh (saptamiyum), and the date corresponds to Monday, the 6th March A.D. 1161, which was the 12th day of the month of Mina, and on which the 7th tithi of the bright half of Chaitra) ended 3h. 41 m., while the nakshatra was Mrigasirsha, by the equal space system and according to Garga for 4 h. 36 m., and by the Brahma-siddhanta for 3 h. 17 m., after mean sunrise.
Of the three dates, the date No. 142 would show that the reign of Rajaraja II. could not have commenced before (approximately) the 6th April A.D. 1140.6
D.-RAJADHIRAJA II, 145.- In the Tyagarajasvåmin temple at TiruvArur. 1 Svasti ér[1] Kadal Sůlnda pår-mag [a]]u[m] . . . . 2 ... . k8 Rajak saripa[nmalr=&pa Tribhuvanachcha[ko]karavattiga! śri
RAAdba(dhi)rAjadávazku yandu 2[åvadu] Mosha-niyarru purv va-pakshattu sbashțhiyun-Dingat-kilamaiyum perra Paņarpfatti-na!.
"In the 2nd year of the reign) of king Rajakesarivarman alias the emperor of the three worlds, the glorious Rajadhir&jadeva,- on the day of Punarvasu, which corresponded to a Monday and to the sixth tithi of the first fortnight of the month of Mêsha."
The name of the nakshatra, which is lost in the original, may be Afvati (Asvint), Attam (Hasta), Avittam (Dhanishthà) or Anulam (Anuradha).
: No. 137 of the Government Epigraphist's collection for 1906. The letters vadu are written in group.
Compare the date No. 106, above, Vol. VIII. p. 264. No. 688 of the Government Epigraphist's collection for 1904. . The word dvadu seems to be denoted by flourish added to the figure 2.
