Buddhivilas

SR No.: 003404
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Padmadhar Pathak
Publisher: Rajasthan Prachyavidya Pratishthan Jodhpur
Publication Year: 1964
Total Pages: 214
Language: Hindi, Sanskrit
Classification: Book_Devnagari
File Size: 8 MB

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Appendix B.
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later like the BV, clearly attest the event, besides suggesting to the scholar to go deeper into the problem.
The learned set of Brahmins who were invited in connection with the enchanting of the sacred 'mantras' etc., came from different parts of the country, particularly those from the south and were all invited to settle in the 'Brahmapuri' which is still inhabitated by the descendants of those scholars.
In passing, it can be remarked that perhaps Jai Singh had in view the idea of bringing the Marathas closer to Rajputana by an exhibition of the fact that they were brethren hailing from the same stock of religion. Priests came in good numbers from the Maratha country and it artfully served as a sharp reminder to the atrocious ways, the Marathas had planned to overrun Rajputana.
APPENDIX B.
'कोप करि कूरम सवाई जयस्यंघ नृप,
चढ्यौ जोधपुरवारे अभैस्यंघ मारू पर । फौजन की गरद न दीसे भान मंडलहू,
सिंध सूकि गरे को गनत नदी नारे सर ॥
p. 131.(19-22)
Abhay Singh, ruler of Jodhpur (1724-1749 A. D.), had invaded Bikaner in the year 1740 A.D. His brother Bakhat Singh, the then ruler of Nagaur, found an opportunity of humiliating his brother by persuading Jai Singh of Jaipur to put an end to his designs. Jai Singh marched against Abhay Singh with a large army and ultimately Abhay had to surrender
Although not coming within the pale of our text, it would not be thoroughly out of place if a more vivid account of this battle be reproduced here based on the information available from a manuscript No. 4287 preserved in the Rajasthan Oriental Research Institute. This would help another unpublished work coming to light.