Indian Antiquary Vol 40

Author(s): Richard Carnac Temple, Devadatta Ramkrishna Bhandarkar
Publisher: Swati Publications

Page 49

FEBRUARY, 1911.)
THE CHALUKYA GENEALOGY
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The oolophon at the end of the work, in which the poet gives some of his patron's titles, runs thusIdu samasta-bhavan-äérsyar éri-prithvi-vallabhan mahäräjädhiraja-paramë śvaram parama-bhattārska sri-Satyasraya-kala-tilakan srimad-Abavamalla dēva-sri-pada-kalpapādap-asray-asannavarti kavi-chakravarti - Kavi-Ranna-viracbitam appa Chalukya-chakravarti-sriSāhasa-Bhima-vijayadol Bhimasēna-patļābbishēka-vargana dalam-äávāsan sampūrņam.
In the second amasa of the work Ranns gives the pedigree of his hero's family, which may be summarized thus:-Among Satyasraya's ancestors were satyābraya-vallsbha, also known as Vishņuvardhana, lord of Ayodhyāpura and an shode of trath and other virtues; Jayasimba-dēva, a lion to the elephants, the Rashtrakūtas; Banarangasimha, a Rama in war ; Pulakēki-döva, lord of Vātapipura, s performer of horse-sacrifices, with a glory extending to other dripas ; Kirtivarma-dēva ; his son Satyabraya-dēva the Second; his younger son Mangalārņava ; Satyavrati the Second, also known as Satyāśraya; his son Adityavarma; his son Vikramaditys; his son Durdharamalla; his son Vijayāditya-bhattaraka, known as Niravadys; his son's friend Konkani-Vikramaditya, also known as Vikramarnava; his son's friend, Kirtivarma; his younger son Bhimaparākrama; his son Kirtivarma the Second ; his son Tailspa the Senior; his son Kundiya-Bhima, who killed Mukundi; bis son Vikramaditya-dēvs ; his son Ayyana-dēva, also known as Raņarangamalla; his son Vikramaditya, . also known as Uttungamalla; to him of the Chāļukya family and to Bońkā dēvio of the Chaidys family was born Ahavamalla-dõva, also known as Nūrmadi-Tailapa, (described with a large number of titles, among which may be mentioned) the terrifier of Karahaļa, (1) capturer of Pallikota, patter to flight of Bhadraka, terrifier of the Konkaņa, a lion to the elephant the (1) Krikalika king, a Rīkshasa in the battlefield, a spotless Rāma, talavar ga-tula-prahara, a dreadful poison to the Rishfrakütas, Nijabhuja-chakravarti, a lion to the elephant the Panchala, a fearful rever to the Ghürjara, fire to the Mälava, (0) Utpakya-malla. Through these the Chalukya family attained pre-eminence.
Though the genealogy given by Ranna does not quite agree with the published genonlogy of the dynasty based on inscriptions, still it deserves consideration by scholars as coming from an author who was a contemporary and a protégé of Tails 11. bimself, and, as such, may be supposed to have had access to the official records. It has, however, to be stated here that the manuscripts of the work that have, so far, come to light are not very satisfactory and consequently the published edition cannot be implicitly relied on. In this genealogy we find a few persons named without any hint whatever as to their relationship to those that preceded them, while in all other cases the relationship is clearly expressed. To begin with, we have a Satyasraya, lord of Ayodbyż, after whom apparently the family was called the Satyaéraya-kula. The next two Dames evidently represent his son and grandson. We are then introduced to Palakēsi I., who, according to our author, was the first king of Vatäpi or Bādāmi. The next two members are clearly bis son and grandson. The expression. his younger son' occurs in two places, and it is exactly in these places that Ranna's genealogy differs considerably from the published one. The word 'younger' seems to indicate that the pronoun bis' does not refer to the immediate predecessor, as there would be no reason for passing over an elder son, but to the member whose elder bon and elder son's son have been mentioned. According to this interpretation, Mangaļārņavs would be the younger son of
. It also cours at the end of every advāsa.
• In one of the manuscripts the reading is Bonta-deri, in fair agreement with the incorptions, which give Bonthaden.
See the Kannada original given at the end. . See the table in Dr. Vleet's Dynastia of the Kanares Districte in the Bombay Gasettoer, vol. 1, Part 2, at pp. 336, 379.