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EPIGRAPHIA INDICA.
C.-MARAVARMAN KULASEKHARA I.
70.-In the Rajasimhēsvara temple at Sinnamanur.1 1 Svasti śri [1] Ko Marapanmar-a[na Tribhuva]pasakravatt[i]ga! emmanḍa. lamun-gonḍaruliya sri-Kulai(la) segaradēvarku yapḍu [3 va]dus Rishabhanāyarru pūrvva-pakshatta [cha]tutthi[yu]m Viyala-kkilamaiyum perra Pü(pu)parpüsattu nal.
"In the 3rd [or 30th] year (of the reign) of king Maravarman alias the emperor of the three worlds, the glorious Kulasekharadeva, who was pleased to take every country,on the day of Punarvasu which corresponded to a Thursday and to the fourth tithi of the first fortnight of the month of Rishabha."
The accession of this king is fixed by Kielhorn between the 2nd and 27th June A.D. 1268. The 3rd year began in A.D. 1270, and the 30th in A.D. 1297. The given data will fall either in A.D. 1271 or 1298 if correct. As it happens it is equally true for either A.D. 1271 or 1298.
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In 1271 the 4th tithi of the first fortnight of luni-solar Jyaishtha expired 16 h. 47 m. after mean sunrise on Thursday, the 19th day of solar Vrishabha, which corresponded to Thursday, May 14th, A.D. 1271. On that day the nakshatra Punarvasu ended by the equal space system, at 10 h. 41 m. after mean sunrise; by the system of Garga the same; by the Brahma-siddhanta at 8 h. 39 m., after mean sunrise.
In 1298 the 4th tithi of the first fortnight of luni-solar Jyaishtha expired 19 h. 29 m. after mean sunrise on Thursday, the 21st day of solar Vrishabha, which corresponded to Thursday, 15th May, A.D. 1288. On that day the nakshatra Punarvasu ended, by the equal space system and the system of Garga, at 11 h. 28 m., and by the Brahma-siddhanta at 9 h. 26 m., after mean sunrise.
I find therefore that the date of the inscription may be either May 14th, 1271, or May 15th 1298 A.D. It is impossible to say which. The date would be inaccurate for either the 3rd or 30th year of Maravarman Kulasekhara II.
71. In the Śiva temple at Püvālaikkuḍi.*
1 Svast[i] śri [*]. Ko Marapanma
2 r-ana Tribhuvanachchakkarava
3 ttigal emmaṇḍalamun=
4 gondaruliya śri-Kulase
5 garaděvarkku yaṇḍu 16āvada
6 Vrischika-nayagu-ppt[7]vv-paksha
7 tta [pañja]m[iyam Ba]da[a]-[i]lamalyam
8 perra Iriva]d[i]-nál.
"In the 16th year (of the reign) of king Maravarman alias the emperor of the three worlds, the glorious Kulasekharadeva, who was pleased to take every country,-on the day of Revati, which corresponded to a Wednesday and to the fifth tithi of the first fortnight of the month of Vrischika."
1 No. 428 of the Madras Epigraphical collection for 1907. The word yandu is denoted by an abbreviation.
The original is damaged here. The reading may also be [30]du. No. 149 of the Madras Epigraphical collection for 1907.
The word avadu is denoted by a flourish added to the figure 16. The akshara fchi seems to be corrected from ika.
