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already stated that a letter from his general Srivatsa is addressed to him at Tripurt on the Narmada, and that he is shortly afterwards termed the ornament of the Kalachuris' and
the Kalachurilo emperor.' Another designation of his - Trilingâdhipati (p. 89) or Trilingadhipa (with the various reading Kalingadhipa, p. 125) -- corresponds to the title Trikalingadhipati, which is applied to the Kalachuri kings in their inscriptions.' Elsewhere he is referred to by his surname Vidyadharamalla (pp. 12, 64, 78, 98, 108). Another biruda : Ujjayinibhujanga (p. 12), 'the paramour of Ujjayini,' saggests that he cherished an angratified desire for the conquest of Malava, one of whose later kings is kuown to have defeated the Chedi king Yavarâjadêva II.19 Karparavarsha's alleged contemporaries : Chandra varman of Lata (I. 9, and pp. 43, 44, 113, 124, 125) apd Obapolamahagena (p. 43) or Virapâla (p. 129) of Kuntala, are unknown to historical recorda.
The reign of Keyara varsha, the prototype of Karpdravarsha, seems to bave been unovertful. The author of the Bilhari inscription does not trouble about any details of his military career, but wants us to believe en bloc that Kêyüravarsha's armies subdued the whole peninsula. In verse 24 he praises his patron as a connoisseur of female beauty, who sported with the damsels of Gauda, Karnata, Lata, Kasmira and Kalinga. There may be some historical truth in this statement. For the Viddhasdlabhanjika (p. 113 f.) attributes'a goodly assortment of wives,' as Wilson (p. 358) expresses it, to Karpûravarsha, the counterpart of Kêyûra varsha. These were who princesses of Magadha, Málava, Pañchâls, Avanti, Jalandhara and Korals, and the princesses of Lâţa and Kuntala are added to this collection at the end of the drama. From another source we learn that Kundakadēvi, a daughter of Yuvarija I., was the wife of the Rashtrakuta king Vaddiga.
Before composing the Viddhaádlabhanjikd on behalf of KeyGravarsha of Tripur, Rajasekhara had been connected with the court of Kanauj. Verse 6 of that drama agrees with the prologues of the three remaining plays of the same poet in stating that the ornament of Raghu's family, Mahondrapalo, the abode of all arts,' had been the pupil of Rajasekhara. This verse helps to golve a dificulty which Pandit Durgaprasad and Dr. Konow! have pointed out. On the one hand Rajasekhara appears to have been a Kshatriya, as his wife Avantisundarf claimed descent from the OhAhuana family. On the other hand, his being called the guru or upddhydya of Mahendrapala seems to imply that he was a Brahmara.
"How can in the present age the daughter of a Kshatriya family become the wife of Brahmaua?" This question of Pandit Dargaprasad illustrates how impossible such a warriage appears to the Hindu mind. Now the epithet sakala-kald-nilaya, which the verse just quoted applies to Mahendrapala, soggests that Rajasekhara's teaching was not of spiritual kind, but that he instructed bis royal papil in temporal sciences, viz. in poetry and in the dramatic art, which were no forbidden ground for a Kshatriys. A passage of the Dasakumaracharital? may be quoted to show that a koowledge of these subjects was considered necessary for a prince. An old minister, who wants to persuade king Anantavarman of Vidarbha to take up the study of the science of polity, begins his exhortation with the words: "My son! High birth and every other personal advantage are found in you in their entirety, and the natural cleverness which you bave displayed in dancing, singing and the other arts and in the various branches of poetry, distinguishes you before others."
11 Tae printed text of the Tiddhabalabhañika reads 'Nřipuri' (IV. 1) and Karachuli' (p. 129, and IV. 21). 1. Pro Kielhorn's List of Northern Inact. N 06. 186, 407, 416, 419.
12 Ep. Ind. Vol. I. p. 227. 1: Ep. Ind. Vol. I. p. 265, verses 25 and 87.
Dr. Floet's Dynastie, p. 418. 15 Preface to the Karpiramafjari, p. 21.
6 Harvard edition of the Karolramastarf. D. 180. 11 Peterson edition of books IV. to VIIL p. 51.
