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ferences that Ha räpala. Sāka ri'u alias Sakariya sāha Haripāla, father of minister Sajjana of the court of Siddharaja Ja y asimha, was a minister of Siddharaja's father Karņa de va and that he might have retired after Siddharāja came to the throne, The term sāha may indicate that he was a merchant, which supports our interpretation of the term 'Säkarin'.
(13) DHAŅAPĀLA PHOPHALIU : Here also the epithet • Phophaliu' can be interpreted to mean either a merchant trading in betel-nut [Guj. phophala
< Pkt. popphala < Skt. pūga phala ) or one hailing from a village called Phop ha la or Phophalia such as the two villages called N anum Phophalium and Moțum Phophalium in Baroda District of Gujarāta. Nothing more is known of this courtier.
(14) MĀLAU BHELADIU: The epithet 'bheladiu' suggests that Malau hailed from certain village named Bhelad 1-probably the one situated near Disā in North Gujarāta.
(15) MADANA TAMBADIU : The epithet 'tambaơiu', again, suggests both the profession of a copper-smith or a dealer in copper vessels as well as the native place of Mada na which appears to have been Tramba. vati, i.e., modern Khambhāta or Cam ba y.'
(16) VAYA JALA PASTĀGIU: He appears to be the same as Vaijja or Vaijjaladeva who is known from inscriptions to have been the Dandanāyaka of Nad dūla (mod. Na dola in Rajasthana) during the reign of Kumāra påla (1143-1173 A.D.), and the same as Va y a jaladeva, the Mahamandalesvara of Narma data ţa or the Läţ a territory in the reign of Aja ya pala (1173-1176 A.D.). PC (p. 97) mentions one Vaya jaladeva as Aja ya pala's gate-keeper who murdered him. PPS (P. 48) gives the name of the murderer of Aja ya. pāla as Vaija lade v a. This Va ya jalade va or Vaijaladeva is most probably identical with the Cå ha măna Vaijja or Vaijjaladeva who was a very influencial officer at the court of both Kumarapala and Ajay a pāla. † The epithet 'pastāgiu', as found in our text, clarifies that he was a vegetable-vender. He might have represented his guild in Siddharāja's court and, in all probability, he might have been appointed on the dignified post only at a later stage.
(17) JHĀLAU RĀŅAU: This cannot be regarded as a proper name. A feudal vassal might have been popularly known by this family name. Nothing more is known about him..
† Vide GMRI, pp. 320, 324, 334 ; PHNIJS, pp. 278, 288,
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