Laghuprabandhsangrah

SR No.: 001844
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Jayant P Thaker
Publisher: Oriental Research Institute Vadodra
Publication Year: 1970
Total Pages: 300
Language: Sanskrit, English
Classification: Book_Devnagari, History, & Story
File Size: 16 MB

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3. VIKRAMADITYA-PANCADANDACCHATRA-PRABANDHA
This is a very nice folk-tale which need not be regarded to have any bearing on history.
4. SAHASRALINGASARAH-PRABANDHA
The names of as many as thirty-two courtiers of Siddharāja Jayasimha are mentioned at the commencement of this prabandha. Some of them are referred to elsewhere also. We may take up each of them in turn for necessary discussions :
(1) SANTU, also called S a m pat kara, was the first Governor of Lata under Caulukya king Karnadeva (1064-1094 A.D.). He was later appointed as the Chief Minister. Kara's young successor Siddharāja Jayasimha, according to PPS (p. 35), received his training in state-craft under the guidance of Santů, who was also the patron of poet Bilhana. He seems to have wielded supreme power till 1123 A.D. whereafter, in wrath, he resigned and went to Dhara. In due course, however, Jayasimha realized his loyalty to him even while staying at Dhara and recalled him to Patan a. While returning, however, he died on his way at A haḍa near Udayapura. He is stated to have been a native of Baroda, the names of his parents being Varanaga and Somapuri.*
(2) ABHADA VASAHA was a generous merchant to whom are devoted separate prabandhas in such prominent works as PC, PK and PPS. He seems, however, to have come into prominence during Kumarapala's reign.
(3) DHARAVARASA CADALLAU is the same as Dhara varsa, the Para mara king of Candravati. He is known to history as a valiant feudatory of the court of Patan a. Dhara varsa flourished during 1164 A.D. to 1220 A.D., i,e., during the reign of Kumarapala! May be, an earlier king of the same family is meant by this later name.§
(4) SAMARASI RAULA CITRAUDAU would naturally mean Samarasimha Rävala of Cittoda. This king, however, ruled
* Vide PHNIJS, p. 259; GMRI, pp. 248, 263, etc.
§ Vide GMRI, p. 525.