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The Indian Analyst
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South Indian Inscriptions |
EPIGRAPHIA INDICA Dhûmarâjadêva who had sprung from the sacrificial fire of the altar of the holy Vaśishṭha, is reigning victoriously,’ Têjaḥpâla caused to be made in the village of Dêulavâḍâ on the top of the holy mountain Arbuda the temple of the holy Nêminâtha, called Lûṇasiṁhavasahikâ, adorned by all shrines (dêvakulikâ) and embellished by a large elephant-hall (hastiśâlâ), for the increase of the glory and merit of his wife Anupamadêvî and his son Lûṇasiṁha. The inscription gives the same pedigree of Têjaḥpâla as No. I., and he is besides described here as ‘ conducting the whole seal business of the mahâmaṇḍalêśvara râṇaka the illustrious Vîradhavaladêva, the son of the mahâmaṇḍalêśvara râṇaka, the illustrious Lavaṇaprasâdadêva, born in the family of the illustrious Chaulukyas, in the province (maṇḍala) of . . . . râtrâ, [obtained] by the favour of the aforesaid mahârâjâdhirâja, the illustrious Bhîmadêva.’ This passage is of special interest as revealing the nature of the relations between Bhîmadêva II. and the members of the Vâghêlâ dynasty, which in Somêśvaradêva’s account remains rather obscure. The inscription leaves no doubt that Bhîmadêva II. was considered lord paramount, while Lavaṇaprasâda and Vîradhavala contented themselves with the rank of a mahâmaṇḍalêśvara and the title of râṇaka. Unfortunately the name of the province governed by Vîradhavala is lost with the exception of the last two syllables, . . . . râtrâ, which I am unable to restore.[1] As regards the Paramâras of Chandrâvatî, the inscription shown that in A.D. 1230 the reigning prince was Sômasiṁha, and not Kṛishṇarâja as might easily be supposed from the text of No. I. I would also point out that the legend told in No. I. of Paramâra is here ascribed to Dhûmarâja.
The date corresponds, as mentioned already above, to Sunday, 3rd March A.D. 1230. The shrines and the elephant-hall mentioned in the description of the temple are identical, of course. With the fifty-two shrines for the Jinas and the hall for the statues of the members of Têjaḥpâla’s family spoken of in vv. 61-64 of the inscription No. I. The record of the erection of the building is followed by that of its consecration by Vijayasênasûri (l. 6). The pedigree of the latter perfectly agrees with that given in the former inscription. Haribhadrasûri is here called ‘ the lord of the frontlet decoration (paṭṭâlaṁkaraṇaprabhu) by the illustrious Âṇandasûri and the illustrious Amarachandrasûri,’ which apparently means that he had received his paṭṭâbhishêka form the hands of those two sûris. The purport of the next section (ll. 6-9) is indicated already by the heading : ‘ And the names of the śrâvaka trustees appointed for this temple (are) as follows.’ Here it is set down that all bathing, worshipping, supervising,[2] etc., in this temple is to be done and carried on for ever by the brothers Malladêva, Vastupâla and Têjaḥpâla and their descendants, as well as by all the male members of the family of Lûṇasiṁha’s mother Anupamadêvî and their descendants. On this occasion a pedigree of Anupamadêvî’s family, which resided at Chandrâvatî and belonged to the Prâgvâṭa jñâti, is inserted.
The following section (ll. 9-25) consists of rules for the festival to be celebrated on the
anniversaries of the consecration of the temple. It was to begin on the third day of the dark
half of the month Chaitra, holy to the god,[3] and to last for eight days. During this festival
the ceremonies of bathing, worshipping, etc., were to be performed by the laymen (śrâvaka) of
[1] Ind. Ant. Vol. VI. p. 190, Dr. Bühler has endeavoured to define the boundaries of the territory ruled by the
Vâghêlâ branch.
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