Indian Antiquary Vol 18

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

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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY.
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i.e. this commentary was completed on the day (on which ended) the fifth (lunar day) of vadi (i.e. the dark half) of Śrâvana, when eleven hundred years increased by seventy had gone by since Vikrama.'
3.-From my own Report on Sanskrit MSS. for 1880-81, p. 46, it will be seen that & copy of Hêmachandra's Sabdánusásana-laghuoritti was completed, at Stambhatîrths, -
Samvat 1315 varsha Chaitra-vadi-chaturthi-diné Vu(bu)dha-våre, - i.e. 'in the year 1315, on the day (on which ended) the fourth (lunar day) of vadi (i.e. the dark half) bf Chaitra, on a Wednesday.'
4.- From Silaratnasûri's commentary on Mörutunga's Méghaddta, an extract of which is given in Professor Peterson's Report for 1884-86, Appendix, p. 249, we learn (verse 4) that the author completed his work, at Anahillapataka,
Varshê chandra-nidhậna-pûrva-1491-kalitê sri-Vikramárkátotatha
Chaitr-Antaravadi pamohami-Badhadinê śrêshth-Anuradh-yutei.e. 'in the year, (reckoned) from the glorious Vikramarka, (which is made up of the moon (1), the treasures (9), and the Púrvas (14, i.e. in) 1491; in (the month) Chaitra, on a Wednesday, the fifth (lunar day) of vadi (i.e. the dark half), coupled with the excellent (nakshatra) Anuradha.'
5.-In Professor Peterson's Report on Sanskrit MSS. for 1882-83, p. 94, we readSamvad-grah-Åśva-muni-bhQ-jñê tê masë Madhau sudi
trayodakyan Soma-vârê samåptôəyaṁ Sukh-odadhih 11 i.e. this ocean of pleasure was completed on a Monday, on the thirteenth (lunar day in) sudi (i.e. the bright half) in the month Madhu (i.e. Chaitra), in the year known by the planets (9), the horses (7), the sages (7), and the earth (1; i.e. in 1779).
These dates, the wording of three of which, at any rate, is proved by the metre to be indisputable and the number of which might easily be increased), will suffice to show that from about A.D. 1100 sudi and vadi were really interchangeable with sukla-pakshe and krishnapakshe, and that they were used in these senses both by themselves and also in composition with prebeding or following words. And such being the case, we cannot be surprised to find suli and vadi also coupled with the new-moon and full-moon tithis, and with the tithi called pratipad or pratipadd, as, e.g., in the following dates :
6.- A copper-plate grant of Virasisha, pablished by Dr. F. E. Hall in the Jour. Americ. Or. Soc., Vol. VI. p. 542, is dated
Samvat 1177 Karttika-vadi amavasyam' Ravi-dind, - i.e. Son Sanday, on the new-moon (tithi or lanar day, in) vadi i.e. the dark half) of Kärttika, of the year 1177.'
7.-The 'Raiwin' plate of Govindachandradêva, published by Dr. Führer in the Jour. Beng. As. Soc., Vol. LVI. Part I. p. 109, is dated, in line 18,
Saravat 1187" Margga-sudi paurnni(rna)masyam tithau Sóma-dind, - i.e. on Monday, on the full-moon tithi (or lunar day, in) sudi (i.e. the bright half) of Margasîrsha, of the year 1187.'
8.-The Alha-Ghat inscription of Narasimhadêva, of which a photolithograph is given in Archol. Survey of India, Vol. XXI. plate xxvii., and of which I owe a rabbing to Mr. Fleet, is dated
Saivat 1216 Bhadra-sudi-pratipada Ravau,i.e. the first lanar day of sudi i.e. the bright halt) of Bhadrapada of the year 1216, on a Sunday.'
Although dates like these prove that the later grammarians certainly did not invent the meanings which they have assigned to sudi and vadi, in actual usage the connection of these terms with a tithi must nevertheless be regarded as exceptional; for, in the majority of cases sudi and vadi are even in later dates followed by a numeral figure, while the word denoting a
Dr. Hall has altered amapdayam, unnecessarily, to amavdeyd yan. • See page 57 above.