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Kavyanusasana pādānudhyāta' that is, 'one looked after by the great over – lord', Mahāsāmanta - 'the great chief' and Mahārāja ' the great king. In addition to these titles, in the plate dated 216 ( = 535 A. D.) found at Vală - the modern namesake of Valabhi, he gives himself the titles
Mahāpratihāra ''the great door – keeper,' Mahādandanāyaka, 'the great general or governor,' Mahākārtakstika which may be literally translated as the great follower of Kārtikeya - the general of gods,' and Mahārāja ' the great king.' In some later plates he gives himself merely the first and the last titles.
In common with his predecessors his military exploits are referred to in his plates. His two special qualifications may be noted. One is, Avaboddhā Sāstrartha - tattvānām - knower of the essence of the Sāstras, that is, authoritative works on the different branches of learning. Another, refers to his great liberality to friends and learned men, and religious institutions.
We find from his plates that his father Bhatarka and his elder brothers Dharasena and Droņasimha were Parama - Mābesvara - that is, great devotees of Siva and that he himself was Parama - Bhagavata, that is, a great devotee of Vishnu. His grants, however, show him to be a man of liberal religious outlook. His copper - plate dated V. 216 (that is, 535 A. D.) is given for the benefit of a Buddhist Vihāra built by his niece ( sister's daughter ) Duddā who is called Paramopāsikā and that of V. 217 ( that is, 536 A. D.) for this as well as another Vihāra built by Buddhadāsa. The expenses of providing Buddhist monks with the necessaries of life, of treating Buddhist pilgrims from all
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