________________
POLITICAL HISTORY OF N. INDIA FROM JAIN SOURCES
Siyaka begot two sons, first Vākpatirāja alias Muñja and second Sindhurāja. Speaking of Vākpatirāja the poet says that he was the first among the heroes and through the prowess of his bow he had measured all the four parts of the world. About Sindhurāja he states that he was a man of great fame, a leader of heroes and a lion for the line of rutting elephants of Indra.? Sindhurāja had a son named Bhoja whose feet were full of auspicious signs and whom considering affectionately very fit for the abode of majesty, the king Vākpatirāja alias Muñja annointed on the throne.”3 Dhanapāla was a prominent poet. He lived at the court of king Bhoja and for the gratification of the king he composed a romance entitled Tilakamañjari.* The poet speaking about himself says that he was honoured in the court by king Muñja who conferred on him the title 'Sarasvati. The two Jain inscriptions, the one found in the Lūniga temple dated V.E. 1287 and the other found in the Vimal temple dated V.E. 1378 (which also records the event of V.E. 1080), both at the Mt. Ābū, supply us the genealogy of the Paramāras of Arbuda. Having referred to the eponymous Paramāra in the same manner as described above, the one records Dhūmarāja as the original and remote member of the branch and the other states Kānhadadeva (Krşnadeva). In the opinion of scholars both are the names of the same king, Dhūma and Kșşņa being synonyms. They also assume that this Kānhadadeva or Dhūmarāja may be Krsnarāja from whom Vākpati II traces his descent in his grants. If this assumption is right, we have one more though a remote member of this branch from the Jain sources.
1 Ibid., V. 42: तस्य ....सुतः। सिंहो....श्री सिन्धुराजोऽभवत्। श्रीमद्वाक्पतिराजदेव नृपतिवीराग्रणीरग्रजः।
2 V. 42: तस्योदग्रयशः समस्तसुभटनामाग्रगामी सुतः। सिंहोदुर्दरशक्रसिन्धुरततेः श्री सिन्धुराजोऽ भवत्। एकाधिज्यचतुर्जिताब्धिवलयाविच्छिन्नभूर्यस्य सः। श्रीमद्वाक्पति राजदेवनृपतिर्वी राग्रगीरग्रजः । 3 V. 43: आकीर्णाध्रितलः सरोजकलशच्छत्रादिभिलाञ्छनैः ।
तस्याजायतमांसलायतभुजः श्री भोजइत्यात्मजः । प्रीत्या योग्य इति प्रतापवसतिः ख्यातेन मुजाख्यया।
यः स्वे वाक्पतिराजभूमिपतिना राज्येऽभिषिक्त: स्वयम् ॥ • V. 50: निःशेष वाङ्मयविदोऽपि जिनागमोक्ताः श्रोतुं कथा: समुपजातकुतूहलस्य।
तस्यावदातचरितस्य विनोदहेतोः राज्ञः स्फुटाद्भुतरसा रचिता कथेयम् ॥ 5 V.53: ....सर्वविद्याब्धिना।
श्रीमुजेन सरस्वतीति सदसि क्षोणीभृता व्याहृतः॥ B Arbuda Pra. Jain-Lekha, Pt. II., pp. 2, 99. see also EI., VIII, pp. 200-04, 208-19%; and IX, pp. 151, 155-56.
Jain Education International
For Private & Personal Use Only
www.jainelibrary.org
