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No. 11.]
DATES OF CHOLA KINGS.
"In the 7th year (of the reign) of the emperor of the three worlds, the glorious Rajarajadēva, on the day of Mula, which corresponded to a Monday and to the third tithi of the second fortnight of the month of Rishabha."
I take the date to correspond to Monday, the 30th March 1222 A.D., though the nakshatra of that day was not Mula, but Uttarashaḍba and Śravapa. The third tithi of the dark fortnight of the month Rishabha (Jyaishtha) ended, according to the Arya and Sürya Siddhantas, 1 ghatika 44 palas, and 46 palas, respectively, after mean sunrise, and something more after true sunrise; while the 4th tithi ended on the next day. According to the Brahma-Siddhanta, however, Sunday was the third tithi and Monday was an adhika or repeated tithi. The result is practically the same as was found by the two other Siddhantas.
208. In the Mantrapurisvara temple at Kōvilür.1
1 1L Svasti śri [*]
2 Tiribuvanach [cha]
3 kkaravattigal éri
4 Rajarajadēvarkku y[a]
5 [p]ḍu 7 avadi[n] ediram=[a]6 ṇḍu Kumba-nayarru [p]ü
7 rvva-paksbattu tritiyaiyu[m]
8 Tingal-kkilamai[y]u[m] 9 Ira Śodi-nā).
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127
"In the year opposite the 7th year (of the reign) of the emperor of the three worlds, the glorious Rajarajadēva, on the day of Sväti, which corresponded to a Monday and to the third tithi of the first fortnight of the month of Kumbha."
ניון
The date corresponds almost certainly to Monday, the 20th February 1223 A.D. But the original date contains two errors: (1) it was not the first' fortnight, because in it the nakshatra Svati is impossible; (2) it was not the 3rd but the 4th tithi. For, on calculating the above date, we find that the 20th February corresponded to the 4th tithi of the dark fortnight of Kumbha (Phalguta), and that almost the whole day coincided with the nakshatra Svāti.
209. In the Vilināthasvamin temple at Tiruvilimilalai.3
Tribuvaṇachchakkaravattiga!
[-Irijarkjadevakku
1 Svasti
śri
[1] [v]da Kumbha-ns[a]zra apara-[pa]kshatta kadaliyam Sagi-[k]kilamaiyam
perra
2 Milattu nål.
yaṇḍu
"In the [1]1th year (of the reign) of the emperor of the three worlds, the glorious Rajarajadova, on the day of Müla, which corresponded to a Saturday and to the eleventh tithi of the second fortnight of the month of Kumbha."
1 No. 215 of the Madras Epigraphical collection for 1908.
2 The name Rajaraja is denoted by two abbreviations.
No. 400 of the Mauras Epigraphical collection for 1908. 4 The date may also be read as 21.
This date is the same as that in No. 214 below and will be dealt with in that place. It deserves to be remarked that, in this inscription just as in No. 214, the month Kumbh has been erroneously quoted instead of Makara.
