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The Râştrakūtas Feudatories / 51
Maruvakkadallanaterror of the foe', and sāmanta-cūdamani 'crest jewel of the vassals’. Till he ascended the throne, Bödhana (Podhana) was the metropolis of the state. Arikēsari-II shifted his capitol to Vēmulavāda. Bödhana/ Podhona/Bahudhānyapura was a nerve centre of śramaņatirtha from 7th to 13th centuries.
3.6.3. Jākavve, mother of Arikēsari (930-55), was the daughter of Indra-III. Arikēsari had married two princesses of the Rāstrakūta family, Rēvakanimmadi and Lõkāmbikā, the former being the daughter of emperor Indra-III. Arikēsari ‘had grown powerful enough to take part in the Vēngi politics of succession and had given asylum to the Eastern Cālukya prince Vijayāditya-V. In the Rāstrakūta family feuds, he assisted Baddega Amõghavarşa-III, against the wayward and wicked Govinda-IV, who had as a result, sent one of his feudatories to counter as well as punish Arikēsari, but his attack was successfully repulsed. In A. D. 936, Govinda was dethroned and replaced by Amõghavarşa' [Dhaky, M. A. : EITA, vol. I. part. III : 1996 : 415].
3.6.4. Arikēsari's court was graced by Pampa, who had by that time authored Adipurāņa: "The poet also composed one other master piece of Kannada literature, the Vikramārjunavijaya, which sings the glory of the Calukya dynasty and of the exploits of its scions including his patron Arikēsari for whom he composed this epic. Arikēsari, in recognition of the poet's merits, bestowed on him the gift of the village Dharmavūr. Pampa's brother Jinavallabha founded Tribhuvanatilaka Jinālaya on Vịşabhādri (Bommalagutta) near Kurkiyāla village.
3.6.5. Jinavallabha's wife Bhagiyabbe had setup a metal caturviņśatipatta image of a Jina, now in Nahar Museum, Calcutta, and had also founded a basadi named after her as known from the Jina metal image in the Government Museum, Madras (ibid, 415) Jinavallabha a pupil of
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