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the sankranti, the month began at about mid- the Karana-prakdéa, a work composed in Saka. night; but no religious ceremony is likely to Samvat 1014, and based on the first Åryatake place after midnight. According to the Siddhanta with a bija correction. And by the first Arya-Siddhanta, which is the authority in Karana-prakdéa I find that the tithi ended at the Tamil country, the solar month in question Trichinopoly at 2 gh. 58 pa., apparent time. This actually commences about 4 ghatis earlier; that tithiended rather soon after sunrise, and therefore is at about 40 gh. (Ujjain mean time); but that I calculated it from different authorities, to find hour also is too late. So, Saka-Samvat 1185 is whether it might end on the previous day, Tuesday, not the year of the 10th year inscription
by any authority; but now I am sure that by no Now as regards the 9th year in ription. Ac- authority, likely to be in use in the Tamil country cording to Prof. K. L. Chhatre's Tables, in Saka.
at the time of the inscriptions in question, could Sarvat 1184, Vaisakha éukla panchami ended on
it end on the Tuesday. On the above Vaisakha Tuesday, 25th April, A. D. 1262, at 19 gh. 40 pa.
krisluna pratipada, Wednesday, the nakshatra was (Ujjain mean time); and up to about 33 gh.
Anuradha, which ended at 7 gh. 34 pa, Ujjain from sunrise there was the nakshatra Panarvasu.
mean time, and at 8 gh. 45 pa., Trichinopoly But here again, the Vpishabha-samkrinti took
apparent time, according to the Súrya-Siddhanta, place, according to the present Súrya-Siddhanta, and at 9 gh. 46 pa, Trichinopoly apparent time, on the same day at 28 gh. 36 pa. (Ujjain mean
according to the Karana-prakdéa; and the solar time). So, only after this time on that day
month was Vțishabha, the day being its fourth the three requirements, the week day, the
civil day, the sun having already entered the sign nakshatra, and the solar month, came together.
Vpishabha on the night of Saturday, 24th April, Moreover, the tithi, panchamt, was not current
A. D. 1260. So the three required things fell with them, though it was current at sunrise and together in the Saka year 1182. up to 19 gh.
I may state here that the Saka years 1170 and Taking the 9th year inscription alone, this year 1171, and again 1191 and 1192, are other pairs of might be taken fitting, though not satisfactorily, years, in which the three required things fall to the details of its date. But taking both together, actually or nearly. But the first of the inscriptions together, there remains no these two is more unsatisfactory than the pair of doubt that Saka-Samvat 1184 is not the year of years 1184 and 1185 above described. The second the 9th year inscription. So Saka-Samvat 1184 pair is a little less satisfactory than the pair of and 1185 are not the years of the 9th and 10th years 1181 and 1182. But these two pairs are year inscriptions respectively.
out of our limit, which has, as I have stated The other pair of years Saka-Samvat 1181 and
above, kaka-Samvat 1172 and 1173 on one side 1182 is, however, quite satisfactory. In S.-S.
and 1129 and 1190 on the other. 1181, Vaisakha kukla panchami ended, according So, the Baka years 1181 and 1182 expired to Prof. Chhatre's Tables, on Tuesday, 29th April,
are the only years respectively for the 9th and A. D. 1259, at 16 gh. 10 pa. (Ujjain mean time);
10th year inscriptions of Sundara-Påndyafrom sunrise to the end of the tithi there was the
Jatavarman. Ilis accession must have taken nakshatra Punarvasu ; and the solar month was
place on some day from the fifth day in the solar Vrishabha, the day being its fourth civil day, the
morth of Vșishabha of Saka-Sarivat 1172 up sun having already entered that sign at night on
to the fourth day in the same solar month of 8.-S. Friday, zoun Apru. So, the three required things, 1173: or from Vaisakha krishna dvitiui of S.-S. the week day, the nakshatra, and the solar month,
1172, to Vaisakha sukla panchami of S.-S. 1173. did exist together in S.-S. 1181. In S.-S. 1182,
There being about ten or eleven months of the according to the present Sarya-Siddhanta,
year 1172 and only one or two of 1173, we should, Vaisakha krishna pratipadá ended on Wednesday,
in the absence of other definite proof, prefer 28th April, A. D. 1260, at 0 gh. 16 pa. (Ujjain
the Baka year 1172, expired, for the accession mean time), and at 1 gh. 27 pa., Trichinopoly
of Sundara-Pandya-Jaţåvarme.n. apparent time. A practical work, based on the first Arya-Siddhanta,- the chief authority for the There is not a single year from Saka-Samvat Tami] solar calendar, - must have been in use at 1170 to 1192, both inclusive, that satisfactorily Trichinopoly and other Tami) provinces at the fits the details of the date No. 2, ante, Vol. XXI. time of the inscription in question. I do not p. 344, of the 9th year inscription of Sundaraknow the actual work; but it must be similar to Pandya-Maravarman. In the Saka years 117
In the other calculations, also, in this note, I have beenred as much accuracy as is required in each individual case.
