Epigraphia Indica Vol 26

SR No.: 032580
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Hirananda Shastri
Publisher: Archaeological Survey of India
Publication Year: 1945
Total Pages: 448
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 24 MB

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EPIGRAPHIA INDICA.
[VOL. XXVI.
Mr. Tripathi concludes from these expressions (also occurring in Dhruvananda's plate) that the family of Jayānanda was an offshoot of the Imperial Nandas of Magadhat. But this conclusion does not seem to have been based on sufficient data. What seems to be probable is that the suffix ananda was peculiar to the names of this family as turiga, kara, stambha and the like were peculiar to the names of some other royal families of Orissa. And, as these suffixes gave distinct names to these families, the suffix ananda did the same in the case of the royal family of Jayānanda. The confusion between nanda and ananda seems to have been one as between kara and akara, illustrated in the case of the Kara family of Orissa, in which the second component part of some names is not kara, but akara, e.g. Subhākara. This Nanda family of Orissa is not known from any other source except from the Talmul plate of Dhruvānandadēvs referred to above, and the present record. With the help of the genealogies given in these two charters, we can construct the following genealogical table of this family :
Jayānanda
Parananda
Sivẫnanda
Dēvānanda, surnamed Vilāsatunga.
Dhruvananda, surnamed Vilisatunga. It should be noted in this connection that though the relation between the first four members has been specifically mentioned 48 that of father and son, the same between Dēvānanda and Dhruvānanda is not clear from their records. At any rate, that Dhruvānanda was a sucCessor of Dēvānanda is evident from his plate which mentions his name after that of Dēvā. nanda' • As has been said above, the name of Jayapura, the description of which occurs in the opening part of the inscription, has probably been omitted through the carelessness of the scribe.
1J. B.O. R. 8., Vol. XVI, p. 469.
(Mr. Panigrahi seems to have mixed up the genealogies given in the two records. Moreover, the present inscription apparently mentions two Dēvānandas, while Mr. Panigrahi obviously takes these two as referring to one and the same person. Below are given, for the sake of comparison, the genealogical lists 48 supplied by the Talmul plate and the present inscription. Talmul Plate
Baripada Museum Plate Jayānanda
Jayananda Parānanda
Parananda Sivånanda
Sivẫnanda Dāvananda
Dēvānanda (I) Vilăsatunga-Dhruvananda.
Vilăsatunga-Dāvananda (II). While Dhruvananda is said to be Paramasaugata, Dēvānanda (II) is stated to be Paramamihekvara; otherwise their descriptions agree word for word. The apparent relation between Dhruvananda and Devananda (II) is that of brothers, one professing the Budhist faith, the other adhering to the Saiva creed, though the seals of both of them bear & Nandi emblem. In this case, we will have to admit that Divānanda (II) is called after his father's name, which is improbable though not impossible, considering the case of five Maitraka kings of the name of Stāditya (III–VII), of whom each succeeding one was a son of the prooading one; see Bhandarkar's List, P. 394.-B.C.C.]