Laghu Prabandh Sangraha

SR No.: 009675
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Jayant P Thaker
Publisher: Oriental Research Institute Vadodra
Publication Year: 1970
Total Pages: 309
Language: Sanskrit
Classification: Book_Devnagari, Literature, & History
File Size: 6 MB

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to the enemy-side. This implies that this Syamala was in service during Siddharaja's reign as well.
(30) SAMALA SOLAJOANAU DOTU: Appears to have been a very speedy royal messenger who was reputed to traverse a distance of sixteen yojanas (ie., about 128 miles) in a watch probably nounting a she-camel,
(31) NARANU BAIMKARU is not noted anywhere e.se, but appears to be a songster (bainkára or baikaru) named Narayan.
(32) SOLA BAIMKĀRU also, though not mentioned elsewhere, seems to be another songster of Jaya simba's court.
Over and above these the following also are mentioned as the members of the royal court: (1) Suhasola, (2) Ucitabola, (3) Malakara, (4) Malakara, (5) Kautigiya, (6) Kalahatiya, (7) Nicagora, (8) Vesagara, (9) Kaviyara, ( 10 ) Kathagara, (11) Ritilaga, (12) Rangacārya and (13) Vyúsa.
These are not proper nouns but they are epithets indicative of different types of profession. As these terms are dealt with in the Lexicographical Study, the readers are requested to refer to Appendix A for their connotations in order to avoid repetition. This whole passage is very important from the historical point of view not only because so many historical personages are mentioned therein, but also for the fact that it shows in this way that all the guilds-good (pavitra) and bad (bhanda)-were represented in the royal court.
Subsequent to this list is the story of Kamalivati which does not seem to have any bearing on history. What is important for our purpose is the last staternent informing that on listening to the story king Jayasimhadeva got constructed a {new) lake called Sahasralinga on the site of the (old) lake Durlabhasarah. The statement in the Sarasvatiparāna (composed during the final years of Jayasimha's reign) that once Siddharaja began to think as to how the old water-less lake to the north of the capital, which was constructed by Durlabharaja, could again be filled with water (XV, 101-102), the one in the Prabhavakacarita that poet Sripala had written a prasasti of the Durlabhasuraḥ (Hemacandrasiri-prabandha, verse 203) and another in the PC (p. 64) that Sripala composed the prasasti of the lake Sahasralinga corroborate this pronouncement of our text. In later works such as the Moharajaparajaya and Hammiramadamardana we get nice descriptions of the city of Pataga,