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[VOL. XXX father and predecessor of Singhaņa. Our record, as noted already, gives him such distinguishing epithets as lord of many countries', and 'he who put to rout Bhojadēva, the lord of the west' besides describing him by his official designations like Mahāpradhana, Samastasēnädhipati and Bähattaraniyogādhipati. Floet refers to an epigraph issued sometime in October, A.C. 1210 in which this general is called the dandanāyaka of the dakshinamahi, i.e., the southern part of the kingdom. That Singhaņa had overrun and reduced a number of territories on or before December 19, 1210 A.C., is attested by a record bearing this date found at Dēvarabețţa in the Bellary District, which states that on the date specified he was ruling the country having subjugated the whole country and having obtained the kingdom' (Singhanadēvan ananta-bhūmiyam sūdhisi rājyamam padedu pāļisalu). Some more inscriptions of his reign, dated a few years later, in April 1215 A.C., January, 1216 A.C. and 1227 A.C. have been found at Nilüru, Anantapur District, Görantla in the Kurnool District, and Kõdumūrti in the Tadpatri taluk, Anantapur District. These prove that the Yadava ruler was in possession of this southern region continuoubly from 1210 to at least 1227 A.C. The Görantla record of 1216 A.C. actually refers to Lakshmidēva Dandanayaka with the same string of birudas as is attached to his name in our Pushpagiri inscription, mentions also his victory over Bhöjadēva of the west, and in addition, specifies that he was administering the country after 'having conquered a number of territories by the might of his arm'. The victory over Bhöja of the west, credit for which is claimed by LakshmidēvaDandaniyaka both in the Görantla inscription and in the Pushpagiri record, seems to have been an achievement of rather special importance, for, even the general's overlord, Singhaņa is himself praised for this exploit. In an epigraph from Tiliwalli,' Dharwar District, Singhana is described 88 a very king of the birds (Garuda) in putting to flight the serpent, the mighty Bhoja whose habitation was Pannäla'. Evidently both the ruler and his commander-in-chief were jointly
1 The Tiliwa]li inscription of Singhana dated Saka 1160 (current), Hemalam bin (1237 A.C.) mentions Lakhmi. döva, a hastisadhanika, as serving under Singhana on this date. (Kannada Sahitya Parishat Patrike, Vol. 28, p. 2, text-line 23.) No other details about him are given. A certain Mahåpradhana Lashumidēva figures in a damaged inscription of Singhana at Kolhapur of date 1237 A.C. (No. 353 of ARIE for 1945-6). It is quite likely that this official and hastisådhanika Lakhmidova may be one and the same as they are found serving Singhana in the same year. If our Lakshmidēva-Dapdan yaka be identical with either of these it would appear that he had a long career from about 1196 to 1237 A.C. But the epithet hastisādhanska with which Lakhmidēva of the Tiliwalli record is introduced and which is conspicuously absent among the titles of Lakshmidova Dandanayaka would render the identification of these two rather doubtful. On the other hand it seems more likely that hastiodhanika Lakhml. dēva was a different person and perhaps identical with still another person of the same name who was the father of Jalhapa of the Vatsa gora who wrote the Saktimu klāvali at the court of Yadava Krishna in Saka 1179, i.e., 1257-8 A.C., since most of the ancestors of Jalhapa are described as holding the office of karivähinisa or karibrindanatha under the Yadava kings successively from the time of Mailugi to that of Krishna. Jalhana gives his pedigree as follows: in the lineage of Vatsa-muni was born Dādā who was a kariurindandtha. He had four sons Mahldhara, Jalha, Sambs and Gangadhara who, by their joint skill, uplifted the kingdom of Maillugi. Gangadhara's son was Janardana, a karivähinila who instructed Singhaņa in ga jadiksha. Janardana's son was lakshmadeva who helped his overlord Kishna in firmly establishing his kingdom. Jalhana was the son of Lakshmadova. Although the title karivähiniša, is not applied to Lakshmadēva in this account given by Jalhana, it is not unlikely that he also held that office. If so, it is equally likely that he is identical with hastiaadhanika Lakhmidēva of the Illiwali record. If this identification is substantiated by future discoveries, hastiaadhanika Lakshmideva nust have served Singhana in or about 1237 A.C. according to the Tiliwalli record and also Krishipa later on as Jalhapa stateu,
. Rom. Gaz., Vol. I, part ii, p. 523.
SII, Vol. IX, pt. i, No. 364. . Ibid., No. 365.
No. 315 of the ARSIE for the year 1937-38. • Recently copied by me in November, 1963. 1 Bom. Caz., Vol. I, pt. ii, p. 624 and n.1; Kannada Sahitya Parishat Patrike, Vol. 28, p. 1, text-line 10,
