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-an upavand in the vicinity of the city of Ujjayini
(mod. Ujjain). The famous temple of datakala is situated to the cast of the river K ipra in the south-cast of the Pisica markies para shåla. It Inight be the central place of the Makukularana. 17.13. the territory of Malaya in Central India with Ujjain and Dhir as its capitals. The Skandupurana (Alches varukhanda, Kaumtirik - khanda, 39. 127 11. ) states that the Malava country consisted of 1.18,092 gramas or villages; while Vinayacandra's Karjasik så (ride K r imārasa, G. 0. S. ed., pp. 248-249) gives the number of villages in that country as 9.00,092. In the light of these references, the epithet of king Siddharija Jayasimha wiz. *18 laksu 92 sahasra malalaksikucigraligrapani" given in our text (LPS., 6.14-15 ) may be regarded as referring to the number of villages comprised by that country according to the author of our prabandh. Also cf. I'C. 61.14. where Yasovarman the Mala va king, is stated to have said to king Siddharija Ja ya simla that he was thic king of the Malay a country of 18,00,000 : "Ahon hiustādusulak yaprammamularudescidipal".
6.15. -- appears to mean Ramešvara, ilic holy place of
pilgrimage on the southern coast of India. Thc preceding word Ancutasena senis to have influenced its form. There is a Rāmasenatiriha of the Jainas in Rajasthana, described on pr. 234-235 of the Jainu Parantara-ro liheis (Guj.) by Muni-tripuţi, part II. The context of the present text, however, does not appear to mean this Jaina
Tirtha. 27.9. -appears to be the same as the city of Laksmanavati in Bengal identitied with the city of Gauda and named after king Lakhanasena or Laksmanasena (1179-1206 A.D.) of the Sena Dynasty. 28.2.
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