Indian Antiquary Vol 18

Author(s): John Faithfull Fleet, Richard Carnac Temple
Publisher: Swati Publications

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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY.
[MARCH, 1889.
specified either a current or as expired, the month Kárttika, the bright fortnight, the eleventh tithi, and Somadina or Monday; and we are told that, when Vaijalladdva made the grant, he had fasted on this day, and had done worship to the gods Siva and Vishņu at the Karttik-ody&pana festival, And in line 31 we have the details, for either the writing or the assignment of the charter, of the same month, fortnight, and year, here expressed in decimal figures; and of the thirteenth civil day (and, with it, the thirteenth tithe), coupled with Budha, i.e. Budhavâra or Wednesday. The English equivalents ought to be found in A.D. 1173 or 1174, according as the given year, whether referred to the northern or to the southern reckoning of the era, is to be taken as current or as expired. And we have to note that the first of the given tithis is the well-known prabodhini or utthana.ékádasi, when Vishņu wakes up from his four-months' slumber; and that the text distinctly intimates that the grant was made to celebrate this tithi and its festival. The results, however, are not altogether satisfactory. By Prof. K. L. Chhatre's Tables, I find that
In (northern and) southern Vikrama-Samvat 1231 current, Karttika enkla 11 ended on Thursday, 18th October, A.D. 1173, at about 51 ghatis after mean sunrise, for Aphilwad ;' and Karttika sukla 13 ended on Saturday, 20th October, at about 43 gh. 2 p.
And in (northern and) southern Vikrama-Samvat 1232 current (1231 expired), Karttika sukla 11 ended on Tuesday, 8th October, A.D. 1174, at about 32 ghatis; and Karttika sakla 13 ended on Thursday, 10th October, at about 19 gh. 25 p. The tithis began respeotively on Monday, 7th October, at about 38 gh. 8 P., and on Wednesday, 9th October, at about 25 gh. 39 p. And those dates would do, if we could apply the tithis as ourront tithis. But there is no justification for the quotation of the current tithi, in recording the writing or the assignment of the charter. And both Mr. Sh. B. Dikshit and Prof. Kielhorn have informed me that there is no rule by which the fasting and ceremonies, connected with the prabodhini-8kddati, can have been performed in this case on the Monday. Accordingly, even the eleventh tithi cannot have been quoted here as a current tithi. And the dates thus obtained for the commencement of the two tithis are not admissible.
Bat, in northern and) southern Vikrama-Samvat 1299 current (1282 expired), Karttika bukla 11 ended, as required, on Monday, 27th October, A.D. 1176, at about 37 gh. 23 P.; and Karttika bukla 18 ended on Wednesday, 29th Ootober, at about 25 gh. 80p. These results satisfy the requirements of the case, vis, that both the given tithis should have been quoted, and must be applied, as ended tithis; and these soom certainly to be the real days that were intended. Accordingly, as there is nothing to raise & Buspicion. that the grant is other than an authentic one, we must conclude that, in spite of the distinct record in words as well as in figures, we have here a genuine mistake in respect of the given year; and that 1231 was wrongly written for 1232, which is to be applied as an expired year, and, in consideration of the locality to which the record belongs, is to be referred to the southern reckoning of the era.
TEXT.
First Plate. 1 Om Svasti | Jayô=bhyudayas-cha | Jayati Vyömakesongan yah sarggâys vi(bi)bhartti tâm sindavím sirasa lêkham jagad-vij-
Akur-- 2 kritim II Tanvantu vah Smaráråtêh kalyanam-anisam jatahi kalp-anta-samay.
oddâma-tadid-valaya-pingal[4] 11 Sri-Vra(bra)hmanapatakat [..] Sri-A3 nahilapatakadhishthita-samastarájávalivirajita-mahârâjâdhiraja-paramêsva(sva)ra-parama
bhattaraka-Varvarakajishņu-sri-Jayasimhadova4 pAdânudhyâta-Umapativaralavdha/bdha)prasada-praudharpratâpa-nijabhujavikramaraşkigaņa
vinirjjtaðakambharibhupala-paramabhatta
The times here are for Aphilwa], all through. . From the original plates. • Metro, Blok (Anushtabh); and in the next verde.
Represented by a symbol.