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performances in respect of alomost every individual ruler. In the Talgunda pillar inscription the family is praised as:
......... Bhūsuradvija pravarah Ssāmaṛigyajurvēdavadinah yat prāsadastrāyate nityam bhuvanatrayam papmano bhayat ........atha babhūva dvijakulam vividha yajnavabhṛita punyabhiṣekardra murrdhajam pravachanavagaha niṣnātam vidhivat samiddhangni sōmapām Pranavapurva sadvidhaddhyeya nānārdymānāntarālayaṁ” ."Akṛisya chaturmmasāya homesthi pasu pārvaṇa śrāddha paustḥikām”.
Vira Sarma, the father of Mayura Sarma/Varma, was Vedakulamati, and the latter was duijottama, Śritisila, Sauchadyalamkrita. When insulted at the hands of the Pallava Horse commander-in-chief being fully conscious of his varna dharma, he deplores deeply ... Aho bata kṣatrat paripelava viprāt yatah gurukulam samyagarāddya sākham adhityapi yatnatah brahma siddiryadi nripādina kim atah param dukham II'.
Raghu, the fourth king of the family, was sritipathanipuna and Kakustha Varma, his son, trivargapatu Vijayasiva Mrigesa10 Varma was satyavādi, brahmanyah, dharmajnah respectively like Pratardana, Visnu the god and Yudhisthirah and Ravi Varma, the eight ruler, was well versed in Kautilya's Arthasastra, Subhandu.
The kings were very particular about the protection of brahmasva i.e. the grants gifted to brahmanas. Ravi Varma quotes pointedly the opinions from the Dharmasastras: "Brahmasvena visam ghoram na visaih. Visam ekākinam hanti Brahmasvam putrapautrakām..."
Viṣṇu Varma and his grand son Krishna Varma of the collateral branch are described as "Parama brāhmaṇa" and Sivananda Varma is praised as "Parama Mahesvara". The latter embraced death by observing 'Nirasana' rite. Krishna Varma II, was a 'parama bhāgavata' and he also quotes from the sacred texts: "Svasti astu Gobrahmane bhayah...".
From the 5th regnal year of Ravi Varma to the 5th regnal year of Mandhata, the grand son of Deva Varma, the Kadamba family is credited with the title; "..Asvamedha avabhṛitasnana pavitri kritanvayah..". Krishna Varma I actually performed the Asavamedha sacrifice. And he was making gifts almost continuously to brāhmaṇas. Aja Varma and Bhogi Varma, the sons of Krishna Varma II (c. 510-540), exhorted that protection of the charities made, is as meritorious as the performance of Asvamedha sacrifice. Here the comparison is noteworthy, clearly indicating their steadfast faith in the Vedic tradition.
The Srotriya Kadambas: their patronage to Jainism
Kakustha Varma in response to the request made by Śrutakirti, the senāpati, Arhat Vacana, July 2000
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