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Nadoja Prof. Hampana: The Senvāras: A Jaina Family
Mahāmandalesvara Patti Pombucca-pura-vareśvara Padmāvati - labdha-vara - Prasāda. It is interesting to note that the Senavāras who held sway over parts of Sivamogga, Cikkamagalūr Dts., and Kuņdāpur Tk., during the sixth and seventh centuries were also ruling from Pațți (Hattivangadi) and Pombuja in the eleventh century (PNN: Kundanādina Šāsnagalu, Udupi, 2007: 6 and 149-50]. With the exit of the imperial Cālukyas, the Senavāra dynasty also dissappeared into political oblivion.
The Senavāras of Khacaravamsa had phanidhvaja, the banner of Serpent (Nāgarāja/Dharañendra), and Msgēndra lāñcana, the Lion Crest (the emblem of Mahāvīra) They introduce themselves as Kūļalūrupura-varādhisvaras and Kūdalūru Parameśvaras, 'the Lords of Kūļalūru'. Further more, they are described as Mrgendra lāñcanas and Khacara Trinetras. The place may be the modern Harihara which had in earlier times the name of Kūďalūr and yet the identification needs further investigation. They declare themselves as Padmāvatī-carana-saroja-bhrnga, 'bee in the lotus feet of goddess Padmāvatī', attendant deity of Arhat Pārśva, the 23rd and penultimate Tīrthankara. It is said that the Senavāras were the ancestors of the Senas of Bengal.
