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EPIGRAPHIA INDICA.
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55 lagi
56 ntradevar[ku] yanḍu 36 avadu
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kov Irajakesariy-e[na]Udaiyar śri-Vijairā[j]ē
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ivv-attal Magara-nâ[y]xxu
58 [a]para-pakshaften dvi]dhi(t)y[aiya]m Budap-kijamaiy[a]m per Ayil 59 yattin napra.
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"In the 38th year (of the reign) of the lord, the glorious Vijairājēndradeva (VijayaRajendradeva).. . having been called king Rajakesarin, on the day of Aslesha, which corresponded to a Wednesday and to the [second] tithi of the second fortnight of the month of Makara in this year."
The date is perfectly regular, and corresponds to Wednesday, December 29, 1053 A.D. On that day, which was the sixth solar day of Makara, at mean sunrise, the socond tithi of the second fortnight of Pausha was current, and it lasted for 19 h. 12 m. Äélésha was the nakshatra at mean sunrise by all systems. It expired by the equal space system 21 h. 22 m., by Garga 9 h. 14 m., and by the Brahma-siddhanta 6 h. 49 m. later.
In his Annual Report for 1907 Mr. Venkayya states his opinion (para. 56) that Rajadhirāja I. lived till A.D. 1057-58 with his younger brother Rajendradeva as co-regent towards the close of his reign. We have now two dates at least of Rajadhiraja I. later than the accession day of his successor, viz. Kielhorn's No. 35 (above, Vol. VI. p. 22) and the present one; and we learn from the latter that Rajadhiraja I. lived till at least the end of A.D. 1053.
B.-VIKRAMA-CHOLA.
162. In the Uttaravēdisvara temple at Kuttalam.1
1 Svasti śri [*] Pa-malai pagaindu..
2
Tiribuvanachchakkara
3 vattigal éri-Vikkirama-[8]oladevarka (varkka) yanḍu müņråvadu Ma.
4 gara-nayarra apara-pakshatta sattamiyum Tinga[t]-kalamaiyum perra [A]
tta
5 [t]tu nā!.
"In the third year (of the reign) of the emperor of the three worlds, the glorious Vikrama-Chōladeva,- on the day of Hasta, which corresponded to a Mouday and to the seventh tithi of the second fortnight of the month of Makara."
This date is irregular. Kielhorn has clearly established the 29th June, A.D. 1118, to be the accession-day of Vikrama. The solar month of Makara in his third year must therefore fall early in A.D. 1121. The seventh tithi of the second fortnight in Makara of that year fell on a large portion of Wednesday, January 12, 1121, and a small portion of Thursday, January 13th. During that seventh tithi the nakshatras were Chitra and Sväti. The fifth tithi, however, of the second fortnight (if we may assume a mistake to have occurred) of this month of Makara seems a little closer. It fell on Monday, January 10, 1121 A.D., which was the 18th of Makara. The tithi lasted for about 23 h. 19 m. after mean sunrise. On that day Hasta began, by the equal space system and by Garga, 8 h. 31 m., and by the Brahma-siddhanta, 5 h. 7 m. after mean sunrise; but according to the usual custom the day would have been called, not Hasta but Uttara-Phalguni.
It is possible that the seventh was wrongly quoted for the fifth tithi; but the date is doubtful in any case.2
1 No. 491 of the Madras Epigraphical collection for 1907.
Mr. Venkayya assures me that in the original the word fattami is quite distinct. I think it is safe to assume that the date is genuine, but that the 7th tithi was quoted by mistake for the 5th.
