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The Indian Analyst
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South Indian Inscriptions |
INCRIPTIONS OF THE KALACHURIS OF TRIPURI Srimat-Sāhasamalla. But as V. Smith has shown, he was a king of Ceylon1 and there-fore could not have had anything to do with Kalachuri era. What then does Sāhasamallāṅkē mean? Since no other explanation is satisfactory, The conjecture may be hazarded that the expression is intended to signify the year by the System of word-numerals. Sāhasa stands for four; for a verse from the Nāradasmṛiti 2 (XII, 2) cited in the Mitāksharā states that sāhasas or violent crimes were four in number. Malla means ‘a wrestler’, ‘a match for’, and therefore conveys the sense of equality. Here It probably signifies an equal number, i.e., four in the present case. Aṅka, as is well- Known, signifies nine.,3 These numerals are to be placed from right to left, i.e., as 944 By the rule aṅkānāni vamatō gatiḥ. Thus sāhasamallāṅkē means ‘in (the year) 944’ and this we find is actually the year in which the record was put up. The geographical names Narmadā, Tripurī and Karkarēḍī, occurring in the Present record, have already been identified.
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1V. Smith assigns the date 1200-1202 A.C. to him. See C.C.I.M., Vol. I, p. 330.
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