Jainism in South India and Some Jaina Epigraphs

SR No.: 011025
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: P B Desai
Publisher: Jain Sanskruti Samrakshak Sangh Solapur
Publication Year: 1957
Total Pages: 495
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 33 MB

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JAINA EPIGRAPHS : PART II
245 In the light of the above discussion on the date of the present record, we are able reasonably to fix the approximate date of this expedition. It was probably undertaken about A. D. 1097 and accomplished by the end of that year, any way before 5th January 1098 A. D. We can also find out from the contemporary history of Mālwā that the king who was ruling that country at this juncture was in all probability Naravarman, who is known to have succeeded his brother Lakshmadēva in A. D. 1094.
Basing his remarks on the evidence of an inscription in the Isvara temple at Nimbargi, the text of which he was able to consult in the volume of Elliot's Carnat Desa Inscriptions, the late Sir John Fleet states in his account of the reign of Vikramāditya VI, that the king was present in the northern part of his kingdom in A, D. 1098, The Nimbargi record referred to by Fleet is apparently identical with the Nimbargi epigraph I have utilised in the above discussion of the date. A comparison of the Nimbargi epigraph with the present inscription from Hunasi-Hadagali shows that both of them speak of one and the same expedition led by the king against Mālwā in a. D. 1097. As shown above, since the northern expedition of the king must have come to an end by the end of a. D. 1097, the above statement of Fleet needs slight revision.
The present inscription further informs us that after destroying Dhārā, Vikramāditya VI met Jajjugi Jagadēva, son of Udayi. This Udayi is to be indentified with the Paramāra ruler Udayāditya, the younger brother of king Bhāja, mentioned above. It is interesting to note that he is similarly referred to as Udayi, which is evidently a short form of Udayāditya, in the inscriptions of North India. Jagadēva is obviously identical with Jagaddāva, the junior and favourite son of Udayāditya. The epigraph is silent regarding the part played by Jagadēva in the present expedition. It is well known, however, from other sources that he had great attachment for Vikramăditya VI and took an active part in the military campaigns of the Chālukya Emperor'.
The significance of the epithet Jajjugi applied to Jagadēva in the present record cannot be explained properly. Jajjugi seems to stand for Jõjaor Jõjaka-bhukti, which was an ancient name of modern Bundelkhand. The expression probably indicates, in some manner, Jagadova's connection with this tract or its rulers. Or, it may be due to the confusion on the part of the composer of the record who had no clear notion pertaining to Mālwā or its adjacent territory of Jõjaka-bhukti. It may however be noted in this connection that the Chandella power was eclipsed for some time on account of the severe
1 History of Paramara Dynasty, p. 158. 2 Bombay Gazetteer, Vol. I, pt. ii, p. 452. 3 History of Paramara Dynasty, pp. 141 and 157, 4 Ep. Iod., Vol. XXVI, p. 18 %.