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The Indian Analyst
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South Indian Inscriptions |
EPIGRAPHIA INDICA Kaṇheri inscription of A.D. 843-44 establishes for him the biruda of Pṛithvîvallabha,[1] in addition to mentioning his as Amôghavarsha. The Kaṇheri inscription of A.D. 851 mentions him only as Amôghavarshadêva, who meditated on the feet of Jagattuṅgadêva-(Gôvinda III.).[2] The Nîlgund inscription of A.D. 866 establishes for him the further birudas of Atiśayadhavala, Nṛipatuṅga, and Lakshmîvallabha with the ending indra.[3] And this completes the list of birudas established for him by records of his own time.[4] Some of the subsequent records, however, put forward others, in respect of which we can only say that, while there may not be any very conclusive objections to them, still they cannot be taken as established until we find them in records of his own time. Thus, the Kâpaḍwaṇaj grant of A.D 909 or 910 appears to mention him, in verse, as Mahârâjashaṇḍa, “ a very bull (i.e. most powerful or pre-eminent) among Mahârâjas.”[5] A verse in the Nausârî grants of A.D. 915 says that Jagattuṅga-(Gôvinda III.) begat Śrîvallabha, who subsequently became Viranârâyaṇa ;[6] and here we may remark that, though there may be no particular reason why Amôghavarsha I. should not have been known as Śrîvallabha, still it is quite possible that the composer of this record, which does not follow any of the early drafts, simply used, to suit his own convenience, a more familiar synonym of the special biruda Lakshmîvallabha which is established by the Nîlgund record. And finally, the Śilâhâra Bhâdâna grant of A.D. 997 seems clearly to style him Durlabha, as well as Amôghavarsha.[7] Amôghavarsha I. was succeeded by his son Kṛishṇa II., whose name is given as Kṛishṇavallabha, in verse, in the Muḷgund inscription of his time, dated in A.D. 902-903,[8] and in the Prâkṛit form of Kannara, in prose, in the Aihoḷe inscription, also of his time, dated in A.D. 903.[9] The Baṭgere inscription of his time, dated in A.D. 888,[10] establishes for him the biruda of Akâlavarsha, which was evidently used, alone, to denote him in the Nandwâḍige inscription of A.D. 903.[11] The Bagumrâ grant, of doubtful authenticity, which purports to have been issued somewhat earlier in A.D. 888, speaks, in verse, of a certain Vallabhanṛipa or “ Vallabha king,” who can hardly be anyone but Kṛishṇa II.[12] And the Kâpaḍwaṇaj grant of A.D. 909 or 910 establishes for him the biruda of Śubhatuṅga,[13] in addition to Akâlavarsha.
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