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The date is irregular whether for the reign of Jaţăvarman Sundara-Pandya I, or for the second king of that name. The given tithi in Makara corresponded with a Wednesday in A.D. 1261, the 11th year of Jaţăvarman Sundara I, and in January of A.D. 1286 which might possibly have been in the 11th year of Jatávarman Sundara II ; but the corresponding nakshatra ou those Wednesdays was either Pārva or Uttara-Bhadrapada. In January 1287 the 6th sukla tithi in Makara fell on a Tuesday, with the nakshatra Asvini current at mean sunrise, and in January 1288 it fell on a Sunday, with the nakshatra Rēvati current at mean sunrise.
102.-In the Kachchhapēśvara temple at Tirukkachchür. 1 Svasti sri[u*] . . . .
. . . Ko=Ch[cha]da[pa]nmar-iņa Tiribuvanachchakkaravattiga! śri-[u] dara-Pāņliyadēvapku ya[n]du 13vadu?
pad[i]nminli Jävadu Kum(bhal-nāyarru pārvva-[pa]kshattu panchamiyum Bu2 dan-ki[la]maiy[u]m perra Asvati-na!.
"In the 18th-thirteenth-year of the reign) of king Jaţāvarman alias the emperor of the three worlds, the glorious Sundara-Pāņdyadēva, on the day of Asvini which corresponded to a Wednesday and to the fifth tithi of the first fortnight of the month of Kumbha."
This date is irregular. For the 13th year of Jaţăvarman Sundara-Pandya I the 5th sukla tithi in Kurabha has Ašvini for nakshatra, but the week-day was Monday. It corresponded to 4 February, A.D. 1264. For the 13th year of Jațăvarman Sundara-Pandya II we may test the date in two ways, according as we accept one or the other of the accession periods fixed by the two groups of inscriptions. If we accept the earlier period, the 5th sukla tithi of Kumbha in the 13th year corresponded to 8 February, A.D. 1289, and at sunrise on that day the nakshatra was Asvini; but the week-day was Sunday. If we accept the later, the quoted day corresponded to 27 January, A.D. 1289; but on that day at sunrise the nakshatra current was Rėvati, and the week-day was Thursday. The fifth sukla tithi was current for 3h. 24m. at the end of Wednesday, but the nakshatra Aśvini did not begin till 13h. 46m. after mean sunrise on the Thursday, so that it could not possibly be connected with the Wednesday previous.
JATAVARMAN SUNDARA-PANDYA I. 103.-In the Kachchha pēśvara temple at Tirukkachchür.3 1 Svast[i] śr[i] [II] . . . . . . . . . . . [Kör-Chadai]panmar-iņa
T[ribuva[nachcha[k] karavattfilga! śr[i]-Sundara-Pfalud[ilyadēvur[k]. 2 ku yandu Salut Miduna-nayatru apara-pakshatt[u] Tingal-kilumaiyum perga
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