Indian Antiquary Vol 21

Author(s): Richard Carnac Temple
Publisher: Swati Publications

Page 57

FEBRUARY, 1892.]
MISCELLANEA.
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Here the proper equivalents, with the ordinary Sake vân-ichala-tithi-mitô bhaskarê Karkataepoch of the Saka era, are: - for the first date,
sthe and Saka 782 expired, Thursday, the 31st vinbaty-emeð Vidhusuts-dino sukla-pakshê October, A. D. 860, when the 13th tithi of the
cha shashthyâm 1; bright half and the karana Taitila ended 10 h. i. e.. in Saka 1575, when the sun was in the sign 29 m., and when the nakshatra was Asvini up to Karkata, in the 20th degree, on Wednes11 h. 10 m., and the yoga Vyatipata up to 5 h. day, the sixth lunar day of the bright balt. In 16 m. after mean sunrise; and for the second
Saka 1575 expired the Karkata-sam krånti took date, and the amanta Åsvina of Saka 1295 expired,
ka 1205 expired, place 16 b. 52 m. after mean sunrise of the 30th Friday, the 14th October, A. D. 1373, when the
June, A. D. 1653; and the sun entered the 20th 13th tithi of the dark half ended 20 h. 49 m. after
degree of the sign some time on Wodnesday, mean sunrise.
the 20th July, A. D. 1653. This Wednesday 3.- Ante, Vol. XVIII. p. 162, and Vol. XIX. was the 6th of the bright half of Sravana, for pp. 129 and 426, Mr. Fleet has treated of some the 6th tithi of the bright half ended on it, about Saka dates which, instead of quoting a lunar 15 h. 18 m. after mean sunrise. month, give us the sign of the zodiac in which
These are clearly luni-solar dates. But in some the sun happened to be on the day intended by
Bengali MSS. we also find purely solar dates. the date. An early Vikrama date, which is very
Thus, according to Professor Eggeling's Cata. similar to Mr. Fleet's Saka date in Vol. XIX. p. 129, occurs in line 32 of the Shekhavati (or
logue, p. 211, a MS. of the Sarasvati Prakriya is
dated - Harsha) stone inscription of the reign of the ChAhamâna Vigraharaja, first published in the
Såkô sapta-dvi-sapt-aika-sankhyê Mêsham=ite Journal Beng. 48. Soc., Vol. IV. pp. 370-384.
ravau 1 According to the rubbings and impressions sup. Tritiyê=hni Ravér=våre lipyâ partim=agid= plied to me by Mr. Fleet and Dr. Burgess, the
iyam || Sak=ubdâh 1727 11; date, which is given incorrectly in the published i. e., in Saka 1727, when the sun had entered the version, runs really thus: -
sign Mêsha, on the third day, & Sunday:Játô=vdA(bda)når sahasrê triguna-nava-yuté The Mesha-samkranti at the end of Saka 1727
Sim ha-rassu gate=rkke current took place 1 b. 29 m. after mean sunrise sukla yksit=tristi*](ya] Subha-Kara-sahita
of Thursday, the 11th April, A. D. 1805; and the Soma-vårêņa tasyauml;
day of the date is clearly Sunday, the 14th i. e., when 1027 years were completed, and when
April, A. D. 1805, which by the lunar calendar the sun was in the sign Simha, on the third
was the first of the dark half of the amunta
Chaitra. bright lunar day which was attended by the nakshatra) Kara (or Hasta) and (the yuga) And according to the same Catalogue, p. 35, a Subha, on a Monday.-In northern V. 1027 ex. Bengali MS. of Suresvaracharya's Brihadaranyapired the sun entered the sign Simha 9 h. 49.8 m. ka-bhushyaveirttika is dated-- after mean sunrise of the 26th July, A. D. 970,
navanavaty-adhika-chaturdaśa-sata-mita-Sakábd8 which was the 6th of the dark half of the pur.
Chaitrasya dvadas-amse Su(su)kravare; nimanta Bhadrapada. The third of the following
i. e., in the Saka year 1499, in the 12th degree bright half of the same Bhadrapada was Monday, the 8th August, A. D. 970, when the third tithi
of Chaitra, on Friday.-By the result of my
calculations the year of this date is the current of the bright half ended 4 h. 15 m., and when
solar year Saka 1499. In that year, the solar the nakshatra was Hasta up to 12 h. 29 m. and
month Chaitra commenced 17 h. 256 m. after the yoga Subha up to 13 h. 26 m. after mean
mean sunrise of Monday, the 25th February, sunrise.
A.D. 1577, and the sun was in the 12th degree Dates of this kind are common enough in from some time on Friday, the 8th March, Bengali MSS. And some of these dates again *A.D. 1577, which was the 4th of the dark are peculiar in specifying the degree in which
half of the purnimanta Chaitra of Saka 1499, the sun happened to be on the day of the date.
current. Thus, according to the late Dr. Rajendralál Mitra's Notices, Vol. VI. p. 238, a MS. of the 4.-Dates are sometimes recorded in days Sanskdra-paddhati-rahasya, which is written in of the Kaliyuga. A very interesting date of Bengali characters, is dated -
this description is contained in the following
. Compare e.g. Dr. Rajándral Al Mitra's Notices, Vol. II. p. 310; Vol. III. p. 171; eto.