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The Indian Analyst
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South Indian Inscriptions |
INCRIPTIONS OF THE KALACHURIS OF TRIPURI 1.5 etc.; finally, the consonant following r is occasionally doubled, see e.g., nirjjity=, 1.7, =urddhva-, 1.8 etc. The inscription refers itself to the reign of the king Narasiṁha of the Later Kalachuri Dynasty. The object of it is to record that his mother Alhaṇadēvī, the widow of Gayakarṇa1 constructed a temple of Śiva under the name of Vaidyanātha together with a maṭha or monastery and a hall of study which she endowed with the income from two villages, viz., Nāmaūṇḍī in the Jāulī pattalā and Makarapātaka on the right bank of the Narmadā in the land near the foot of the hills, for the worship of the deity. The management of the whole establishment was entrusted to the Pāśupata ascetic Rudrarāśi of the Lāṭa lineage. The inscription, which is called praśasti in 1. 28, was composed by Śaśidhara, the son of Dharaṇīdhara who was himself the son of Mahēśvara of the Maunya family (gōtra), with the pravaras Bhārgava, Vaitahavya and Sāvētasa. It was written on the stone by Śaśidhara’s elder brother Pṛithvīdhara, and engraved by Mahīdhara, a son of the artisan Bālasimha.2 Finally, we are told that the buildings were designed by the architect Pīthē.
After the introductory verses invoking the blessings of the moon, the Gaṅgā, Śiva,
Gaṇēśa and Sarasvatī, the inscription mentions Arjuna (i.e., Sahasrārjuna), from whom was
descended Kōkalla (II). From him was born Gāṇgēyadēva whose son was Karṇa.
The latter held in check the Pāṇḍya, Murala, Kuṅga, Vaṅga, Kaliṅga, Kīra and Hūṇa
princes. Karṇa’s son was Yaśaḥkarṇa who made himself famous by devastating
Champāraṇya. His son was Gayakarṇa who married Alhaṇadēvī. The queen’s
pedigree is given in verses 17-22. In the family descended from Gōbhilaputra was
born the prince Hiṁsapāla. His son was Vairisiṁha who, again, had a son named
Vijayasiṁha. The latter prince married Śyāmaladēvī, the beautiful daughter of
Udayāditya, the ruler of the Mālava-maṇḍala. Their daughter was Alhaṇadēvī who
was married to Gayakarṇa. By him Alhaṇadēvī had two sons Narasiṁhadēva, who
succeeded Gayakarna, and his younger brother Jayasiṁha. The names of Alhaṇadēvī’s ancestors are known from some other inscriptions also3. Thus the Mount Abu inscription of Samarasimha4 mentions Vairisiṁha and his successor. Vijayasiṁha in the list of Guhila princes of Mēdapāta. The record does not, however, name any prince of the name Haṁsapāla, but makes Vairisiṁha the successor of the king Vairaṭa. Dr. Hall5 and following him, Dr. Kielhorn6 supposed that Haṁsapāla was another name of Vairata ‘unless Vairata was his brother or some other near relative.’ Haṁsapāla is, however, mentioned separately from Vairaṭa whom he is said to have succeeded in the Sādadī7 and Kumbhalgad8 inscriptions. The present inscription is dated at the end in the year 907 (expressed in numerical 1This is the form of the name used throughout in this inscription owing evidently to the exigencies
of the metre.
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