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feudatory.* But the 'AŚ va pati' in question appears to be different from this Ā śarāja. He was Ā nāka or Aiņorāja of Sāka mbhari, a powerful contemporary of Siddharåja. As an inscription of Siddharāja is discovered from a well in Sa ka mbhari, it can be inferred that Siddharāja must have conquered the place, may be for a very short period. We know that Hemacandra's Duyāśrayamahākávya does not give any details of Siddharaja's fights with the Rajasthan a rulers. All the same, in the same work, on meeting Anāka on the battlefield, Kumāra pala reminds him of the fact that he (i.e. Ā nāka) had to bow down to his predecessor Siddharāja J a y asimha. † Som eśvara's Kārtikaumudi also clearly states that having defeated Arņorāja, Siddharăja married his daughter Kāñcana de vi to him. 1 This shows that a fight did take place between Siddha rāja and Arnorāja. Siddharāja's offering his daughter in marriage to the defeated king may be regarded as indicative of his magnanimous nature and fore.sight. All the same the fact that he had to give his daughter to him shows Arnorāja's importance. Moreover, in a post-colophon entry dated Thursday, the second day of the bright half of the month of Āsādha in V. S. 1198 ( =11.42 A.D.), A rņorāja is described as Samasta-rajāvail samalankrtaparamabhattáraka-mahārājādhirāja--parameśvara'. $ Thus Arnorāja or A nå ka, the Cā ha mã na ruler of Śāka mbhari, was definitely a powerful contemporary of Siddharā ja and as such he appears to have been meant by the term 'Aśva pati' of our text.
Now let us turn to Gajapati'. The elephants of the forests of Central India are quite famous. Consequently the term 'Gajapati' may be taken to denote the king of Māla vā. The incident of Siddharāja's attack on Yaś o varman, the Para mara king of Māla vā, and his vanquishing and capturing him alive is described at length in such standard works as Hemacandra's Dvyaśrayamahākavya, Some s vara's Kirtikau. mudi, Bāla candra's Vasanta-vilāsı, Mesutunga's Prabandhacintamani, Ja ya siņ ha sūri's Kumărapālabhūpālacarita and Jina mandana's Kumārapalaprabandha. In some places the fight is stated to be with Nara varman ( 1105-1133 A.D.) and elsewhere with his son and successor
* Vide CG, p. 70 and GMRI, p. 295.
† Vide Dvyāśrayamahākāvya, XVIII. 84-86 and commentary thereon: pp. 474-476 of the Bombay Sanskrit and Prakrit Texts Series Edition. A
Vide Kirtikaumudi, II. 26-28.
§ Vide Jainapustaka-praśastisangraha, p. 101; also vide for details, CG, p. 71 and GMRI, pp. 295-295.
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