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RELIGION
where these Ācharyas flourished was probably situated on the Madhuvēni.1 (Mohwar
of the maps), and may be identical with the modern village Mahuā which lies only a mile
to the south of Tērahi. This Purandara allias Mādhumatēya must be distinguished from
his namesake who founded the matha or Mattamayūra and was a contemporary Of Avanti-
varman ; for, the latter flourished four generations before Chūdāśiva, while the former
immediately preceded him.3
Another line of Śaiva Ācharyas is also mentioned in the Bilhāri inscription. While
describing the grants of Nōhalā the queen of Yuvarājadēva I, the inscription gives
the following genealogy:—
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1The river Madhuveni is mentioned in an inscription at Terahi dated V. 960 (903 A.C) Ind. Ant.,
Vol. XVII, pp. 201 ff. Mahua has the remains of three temples two of which are dedicated to Mahadeva
They are assigned to the seventh century A.C. on the Palæographic evidence of a Sankrit inscription which
exists on the porch of one of them. The river Madhumati is mentioned in Bhavabhuti’s Malatmadhava,
Act IX.
2Banerji identified the two. This has vitaited the genealogy given by him in H.T.M., p. 112 The
first Purandara was called Mattamyuranatha while the second was Madhumateya.
3Nohala donated some villages to Isvarasiva as vidya-dhana.
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