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Kavyanusasan prāsāda for the spiritual benefit of his brother Vallabharāja.
From the Surathotsava of Someşvara, we learn that Lallaşarman son of Solaşarman was the Purohita of Chāmunda and his son Sri Munja-the Purohita of Durlabharāja.
The Dvyāsraya says 'Nägarāja the younger brother had a son named Bhīma, and both Nāgarāja and Durlabha thought that they were discharged from 'parental debt' of producing a son ( Pitruņa ).' This means that Durlabha had no issue and adopted Bhīma as his heir. Bhīma was brought up in the laps of Durlabha. The education of Bhīma is also described. He became a master of gymnastics..
Durlabha asked Bhīma to accept the throne which, however, he first refused. He requested that his father Nāgarāja should be made king. On both of them, however, pressing him, he mounted the throne. Both Durlabha and Nāga dedicated themselves to religious life and died soon after.
The P. C. gives Bhīma 42 or 43 years' reign from V. S. 1077 - 78 to V. S. 1120 = A. D. 1021 - 1064. Three copper-plate-grants of his reign have been discovered - dated V. S. 1086 Kártikka sudi 15 (A. D. 1029 - 30), Vaişākha sudi 15 of the same year (A. D. 1030), and Samvat 93 Chaitra Sudi 11, that is V.S. 1093=A, D. 1037. The first which is issued from Anahillapāțaka gives a village called Masuragrāma in Ghadahaạikādvādaşa in the province of Kachchha. The grantee is one Bhattārka Ajāpāla - son of Āchárya Mangalaşiva - originally of Navanikaka in the province of Kachchha.
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