The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c8.s12.264

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before the commencement of the reign of Vikramâditya's successor, Vinayâditya, is decidedly too late. The words containing the details of the date are Âśvayuja-paurṇamâsasya dvitîyâyâm viśuvê. When I edited the record, led by the fact that Monier-Williams' Sanskrit Dictionary gives paurṇamâsa only in the sense of 'the day of full-moon,' I translated them as denoting the second tithi after the full-moon; adding in a foot-note that perhaps they might denote the second tithi of the full-moon fortnight, i.e. of the bright fortnight. There can be little doubt, if any, that the latter is what they really denote; especially, as we have now another instance (see page 370 below, note 5) in which the similar word pûrṇamâsa means 'the full-moon fortnight,' and not, as according to the dictionary in question, 'the day of full-moon;' the proper terms for the full-moon tithi or day are the feminine forms paurṇamâsî and pûrṇamâsî. Still, I have thought it worth while to calculate also for the second tithi after the full-moon. And the results are that, though during the above period there are five occasions on which the second tithi after the full-moon of Âśvina, and the saṁkrânti, may be brought on to the same day, on none of them is the condition answered, of the tithi being current when the saṁkrânti occurred. Thus:—(4) In A.D. 636, the tithi ended on the 22nd September, at about 26 gh. 20 p., = 10 hrs. 32 min.; but the saṁkrânti did not occur till about 29 gh. 25 p., = 11 hrs. 46 min. (5) In A. D. 644, the tithi began on the 22nd September, at about 40 gh. 20 p., = 19 hrs. 44 min.; but the saṁkrânti had occurred earlier, at about 33 gh. 35 p., = 13 hrs. 26 min. (6) In A. D. 655, the tithi ended on the 23rd September, at about 22 gh. 25 p., = 8 hrs. 53 min.; but the saṁkrânti did not occur till about 24 gh. 25 p., = 9 hrs. 46 min. (7) In A. D. 663, the tithi began on the 23rd September, at about 50 gh. 30 p., = 20 hrs. 12 min.; but the saṁkrânti had occurred earlier, at about 28 gh. 35 p., = 11 hrs. 26 min. And (8) in A. D. 674, the tithi ended on the 22nd September, at about 59 gh. 25 p., = 23 hrs. 46 min.; and may doubtless be brought by other tables to a short time after sunrise on the following day; but the saṁkrânti, on the 23rd, did not occur till about 19 gh. 20 p., = 7 hrs. 44 min.