Parshvabhyuday

Author(s): Jinsenacharya, M G Kothari
Publisher: Gulabchand Hirachand Doshi

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qzzıgıtafcm9zıgafaasıca1da1adà (?) शान्तेः शान्तगृहे जिनस्य रचितो वंशो हरीणामयन् ॥
found in the Prasasti of the Harivamsapurana of Jinasena, to Nanna, who is referred to by Puspadanta in his Nayakumaracariu and Jasaharacariu, I am inclined to identify king Kṛṣṇa referred to in the stanza
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धवलहर सिह रिहयमे हउलि पविउल मण्णखेडणयरि ॥
and king Vallabha referred to in ' वल्लभणरिंदघ रमयरासु' with king Kṛṣṇarāja and his son, king Śri-Vallabha respectively referred to in the Prasasti of the Harivamsapuraṇa. Though in the Tivarakhed plates of the Raṣṭrakuṭa dynasty one king Nannarāja is found to have been referred to, he is found to have been referred to as Nandaraja in the Multai plates. This king is found to have been described as believing in the non-Jain religion. Nanna, referred to in the Prasasti of the Harivamsapurāņa, is a devout Jain, for the temple, dedicated to Pārsva, is described as having been built by himself. The adjectives अणवरयरइयवरजिणहरस्स and णिवलच्छीकीलास रवरस्स, qualifying सिरिभर* imply that Nanna used to construct Jain temples and was as good as a king. It can be, therefore, inferred that Nanna, referred to in the Prasasti of the Harivamsapuraṇa, is not different from that Nanna who is glorified by Puspadanta in his Nayakumaracariu and Jasaharacariu.
Now let us see who king Sri-Vallabha and his father, king Kṛṣṇarāja were. The Raṣṭrakūta copper-plate inscription of the year 836 of the Salivahana Saka era, from Navasari, mentions the name Nirupama which is one of the names of the king ŚriVallabha, the son of king Kṛṣṇaraja, the copper-plate inscription of the year 862 of the Salivahana Saka era from Deoli (Vardha) and the copper-plate inscription of the year 880 of the Salivahana Saka era from Karhad refer to two names Nirupama and Kali