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ORIGIN OF THE TOWN OF AJMER AND OF ITS NAME.
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row of stanzas, each of which contains a relative sentence connected with the word nagara in verse 99. The first two run as follows:
भवत्यजयमेरुत्वं साथै यस्य सुरालयः। न हि पुण्यप्रभावेण तदस्त्येव न यरवेत् ।। १०.. ब्रजन्ति स्थानमाहात्म्यादधमा अविगीतताम् ।
वेश्यानामपि यद्यत्र वास्तवं रागमेलकम् ।।१०२॥ “100. Whose appellation Ajayamêru becomes appropriate through its dwellings of the gods; for, owing to its sanctity, nothing exists that is not found (there);"
"101. Where through the peculiar efficacy of that sacred spot the lowest become blameless, since there even the courtesans unite (themselves) in real passion (with their lovers)." The end of the description is found in the verse which stands last bat one in the Sarga :
एवंविधामजयमेरुगिरी प्रतिष्ठां कृत्वा सकौतुक इवाजयराजदेवः । होसिंहतनयं तनयं विधाय
सिंहासने त्रिदिवमीक्षितुमुच्च[चाल || “Having made such a settlement on the Ajayamêru hill, his majesty Ajayaraja went up full of curiosity as it were, to look at heaven, after he had placed on the throne his son, in .whom political wisdom was united with the strength of the arm."
The next and concluding verge of the Sarga says that the name of this son was Arņôraja, whose reign is described in Sarga VI. and in a portion of Sarga VII. The time of this prince can be ascertained with tolerable accuracy from the statements of the Pșithvirajavijáya, of the Gujarat chronicles and of Kumarapala's Chitòrgadh inscription. From the Prithvirajavijaya (Sarga VII.) we learn that Arņôråja took as his second wife Kanchanadevi, a daughter of Jayasimha-Siddharaja of Gujarat, and consequently was a younger contemporary of tha: king, who ruled from A. D.1094-1148 (Vikrama Samvat 1150-1199). Further, the Gujarit chronicles, beginning with Hêmachandra's Dvyasrayakôsha, all describe the successful war which Jayasimha's successor Kamarapala waged against Arņörâja or Ånaka, and the Chitorgadh inscription" proves that this war came to an end in, or shortly before, Vikrama Samvat 1207, which may correspond to A. D. 1149.50 or 1150-51. Finally, it appears from the date of the Ajmêr inscription of Arņôraja's second son Vigraba IV. or Visaladêva, Vikrama Samvat 1210 or A. D. 1153, that he must have died between V. S. 1207 and 1210.
From these dates it is plain that Arnorája reigned in the second quarter of the twelfth century and his father between A. D. 1100 and 1125 or thereabouts, and that Ajayamêru must
• The text has भजत्यजय", but JonarAja's commentary is: यस्प नगरस्याजयमेरुभाषा सार्थको भवति देवतावासः। मेहि देवावासः । एतमेव विशेष सामान्पेन समर्थयते । न यद्भवतत्रास्ति । कता । सर्वमेव भवेदित्यर्थः पुण्यप्रभावात् ।।
• Jonarijals explanation is as follows: एवंविधामजयमेरुनगरस्य प्रतिष्ठां कृत्वा स्वर्गदर्शनार्थ कौतुकीव । नगरान्तरलब्द [न्धा]न्तर इति भाव । भुजबलमिलितनीति पुत्रं सिंहासने कृत्वोच्छलितः।।
6 The text of the most important verse has been lost, but JonarAja's commentary ays गूजरन्द्रा जयासहस्तस्म यां दत्तवान्सा काचनदेवी रात्री च दिने च सोमं सोमेश्वरसंशमजनयत् ।। " That Kafishanudevt, whom the king of Gujarat Jayasimha had given to him, bore him who was called Smávars and who (being an incarnation of Siva, wan) united day and night with UmA (Parvati)."
Epigraphia Indica, Vol. II. p.422. .. Indian Antiquary, Vol.xx. p.201. The date is that of the incision of Vigraha's Harakelinataks.
. According to the Prithvirujavijaya (S. VII.) Arnórája was assassinated by the oldest son of his first wife, Sudhavd of Marvad:
प्रथमः सुधवासुतस्तदानीं परिचयाँ जनकस्य तामकार्षीत् ।
प्रतिपाय जलालि घृणाये विदधे या भगुनन्दनो जनन्यै ॥ * Then the eldest aon of Sudhave did that service to his father, which the scion of Bhrigu (Parasurama) - offering a libation of water to Compassion - performed for his mother.” Jänerája reads are as a compound and explains घृणायां प्रतिपाद्यो जलानलियस्यां तां निर्धां यां]पारेचयौँ शिर छेदात्मिकां परशुरामो मातुः कृतकस्ता परिचय पूजा स्पेष्ठः सुधवापुत्रः पितुः कृतवाम्पितुः शिरश्छेदमकादित्यर्थः।।
