South Indian Inscriptions

EPIGRAPHIA INDICA

city of Udaipur) to Vēṇī, daughter of Gōsvāmin Yadunātha, granting a deed in the name of her (Vēṇī’s) husband Madhusūdanabhaṭṭa.^[1]

From his accession onwards Jagatsiṁha performed a silver charity every year, besides giving other gifts. In the year 1704 during the month of Āshāḍha on the occasion of the solar eclipse (Tuesday, 22nd June, 1647 A.D.), Jagatsiṁha worshipped the lord Ōṁkāra, one of the Jyōtirliṅgas, especially venerable to Māndhātṛi, at Amarakaṁṭaka, and performed a gold tulā gift there.^[2] That time onwards the performed a gold tulā every year. He had perfomed various other great gifts on the occasions of his birthday anniversaries, such as Kalpavṛiksha, Svarṇapṛithvī, Saptasāgara and Viśvachakra.^[3] In the said year (1704) in the month of Kārttika, Jagatsiṁha’s mother Jāmbuvatī^[4] set out on pilgrimage. She first visited Mathurā and saw Gōkula where she witnessed the festivals of Dīpāvalī and Annakūṭa connected with lord Gōvardhana ; then on the fullmoon day of the month of Kārttika at the holy Śūkara(-kshētra) on the banks of the Ganges she performed a silver tulā-dāna. There she was accompanied by her daughter’s daughter Nandakūṁvarī, daughter of Karṇa, the ruler of Bīkānēr and wife of Haṭhīsiṁha, the ruler of Rāmapura, who also performed a silver tulā gift. She (Nandakuṁvarī) had in the previous year also given the Umāmahēśvara gift to Raṇachhōḍa (the poet), having made him stand before the Queen Mother Jāmbuvatī, at the latter’s instance. Jāmbuvatī made another silver tulā gift at Prayāga, and after visiting Kāśī, Ayōdhyā and other holy places she returned home where she performed a number of silver tulā gifts again. Further, she made Jagatsimha’s wife give the Umāmahēśvara gift to Vēṇī and her husband Madhusūdana. To these two were given similar gifts also by the queens of Rāṇā Amarasiṁha, all amounting to thirty. In that year on the fullmoon day of the month of Vaiśākha, Jagatsiṁha erected a temple to the deity Jagannātharāya and on the occasion of the consecration he made the following gifts : one thousand kine, Kalpalatā, Hiraṇyāśva, and five villages.^[5] To Madhusūdanabhaṭṭa he made the Mahāgōdāna gift, and to Kṛishṇabhaṭṭa the village of Bhaiṁsaḍā (near Chitor).^[6] He also performed the Ratnadhēnu (gift).

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^[1] Also mentioned in the Jagannātharāya temple inscription, above, Vol. XXIV, p. 77, v. 118.
^[2] See also above, Vol. XXIV, p. 62 and n. 3 and pp. 73-74, vv. 77-86, Amarakaṇṭaka mentioned in v. 35 of the Rājaparaśasti apparently refers to Māndhātā itself, where the temples of Ōṁkārnāth and Amarēśvara are situated on either bank of the river and should not be confused with Amarkantak in the Rewā State.
^[3] According to the Jagannātharāya temple inscription, the Kalpavriksha, Saptasāgara and Viśvachakra charities were performed on his birthday anniversary in V.S. 1705, 1707 and 1708 respectively. See above, Vol. XXIV, p. 62.
^[4] She was a daughter of Rāṭhor Jasavanta (Mahēchā) as mentioned in v. 16.
^[5] Also mentioned in the Jagannātharāya temple inscription, see above, Vol. XXIV, pp. 79-80, vv.15-16 and v. 22.
^[6] See above, Vol. XXIV, p. 64. In the courtyard of the Ōṁkārjī temple, situated on the other side of the Narmadā at Māndhātā, there is actually a stone inscription of Jagatsiṁha, dated Saṁvat 1704. This record is in two parts, the first of which is in eleven lines containing the origin and the genealogy of the Guhilas. In the family of Raghu was born Bāpa Rāvala whose descendants were Rāṇā Rāhappa. After that come the names of his descendants beginning with Narapati down to Jagatsiṁha, omitting the name of Kumbhakarṇa’s son, the patricide Udā and also those of Ratnasiṁha II and Vikramāditya who reigned between Saṁgrāmasiṁha and udayasiṁha II. The name of Vanavīra who usurped the throne after murdering Vikramāditya is also omitted. The second part of the inscription consisting of 23 lines is mainly devoted to Jagatsiṁha and his visit to Māndhātā. In the family of Bāpā and Guhadatta was born, of Jāṁbuvatī and king Karṇa, Jagatsiṁha. Desirous of visiting the temple of Śiva worshipped by Māndhātṛi, he started from his capital and visiting Amarakaṇṭaka on the way reached Ōṁkārēśvara. Then, in the town of Māndhātā, he distributed his weight in gold mixed with pearls and precious jewels. The occasion of the gift was a solar eclipse in Vikrama Saṁvat 1704, dark half of Āshāḍha, Tuesday (22nd June, 1647 A.D., Tuesday). The inscription also states that the Rāṇā had also two tōraṇas erected at Māndhātā for the tulā ceremony, which were the work of Mukuṁda, son of Bhāru. Other artisans mentioned in this connection are Bhūdhara and Arajuna (Arjuna), son of Kālā of the Gughāvata family. The names of the artisans mentioned here are also found in the Jagannātharāya temple inscription and the Rājapraśasti.