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rája is described as "Gajanavai-hammira-hrdayanla salya'. Both these refer. ences probably pertain to one and the same incident,
it is difficult to identify Gajapati Gaudeśvara also. Generally the term 'Gajapati' is used in literature in the sense of the head of the elephantcorps of an army. It is also used to denote the kings of Orissa, the name of a dynasty itself was Gaja pati. 'Gaudzsvara' would literally mean
the kirg of the Gaud a country'. Right from the second half of the ninth century A.D. the title 'Gaudešvara' became the official style of the reigning emperors of Bengal, and the city of Gauda is identified with Lakşmanā vati in the Malda district of Bengal. It is very difficultwell mig! iinpossible to coincide tliese two into one individual. All the same, the readers are requestel to refer to the discussion regarding AŚ va pati, Gajapati and Nara pati in the next prabandha.
Tlie inagtauimily of Jag a ddeva is noted elsewhere also and the incident of the dancing girl is found in PC; but the incident of Bharăl-z'ātrd seems to be a unique feature of I.Ps.
2. MADANABURAMAMAHĀRĀJA-PRASANDUA
There are two main characters in this pravan./ka viz. king Mudanz. bli rama and king Jayasimhadeva. The latter is none else than Siddharaja Jayasimha, the great king of Gujarata, who ruled at Pitana during 1091-1143 A.D. and enjoyed such titles as Siddhacakra. carita' etc. The farmer is named Madanabrahman in PPS (pp. 2325) and Madanavar man in PK (pp. 90 93). According to LPS lie was the king of Kanti in Bengal. According to PPS his capital way the excellent city of Kanti, PK states that he was the king of Mahobakapura in the east. Madanavarman of PK is identified by veteran historians as king 1 a dana varman of the Candela dynasty who is believed to liave ruled at Mahobâ in Bundela khanda during 19291103 AD). Since the story in all the versions examined by us is practically the same, it can be concluded beyond any doubt that our king Madapa. bhrama of Kanti was the same as the Candela king Madana. varman of Mahoba. We have already noted that the original name
Madana - varman' has taken the forms 'Madana.brahman' and 'Madana-bhrama' through scribal errors and peculiarity of pronunciation. These names are sigoificant inasmuch as the king was highly
Vide HB, Vol. I, p. 13. | Vide, e.g., PC, pp. 114-115; PPS, p. 85.
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