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family and in the association of king Siddharaja Jayasimha,' the Prabandhacintamani, however, does not know him as a Paramāra but mentions him with Jayasimha Caulukya of Gujarāta, and king Paramardi of Kuntala country.2 I have elsewhere shown that a Jagaddeva of the Jain prabandhas may be taken as identical with the prince of the same name of the Santāra family of the south, most probably the son of the sister of Mayaṇalla, the mother of Jayasimha Siddharaja, and not with Jagaddeva Paramāra."
It is true that Jagaddeva was an historical person proved by the Jainad inscription but the statement of the Räsamälä, which speaks of him as belonging to the court of Jayasimha Siddharaja, is based on an erroneous tradition, for we know that the historical Jagaddeva whose approximate period is V.E. 1143-1160, is very senior to Jayasimha Siddharāja (V.E. 1150-1199). Most probably it seems that the chroniclers of Gujarăta confused this Jagaddeva with another Jagaddeva of the later period. According to certain scholars Jagaddeva was a viruda of Lakṣmadeva who is mentioned in the Nagpur prasasti as one of the two sons of Udayaditya. The Prabandhacintamani states that Jagaddeva was given a province to rule by king Paramardi of Kuntala. It also records some stories regarding his great abilities. The same inscription tells us that Laksmadeva was succeeded by his brother. Naravarman."
Naravarman (1094-1133 A.D.): Naravarman, in the Jain literature, has been shown on hostile terms with the Gurjara king Jayasimha (1094-1144 A.D.) and two or three Cähamana kings. Merutunga says:
"Once king Jayasimha was absent from his capital on his pilgrimage. Yasovarman, the king of Mälava, taking advantage of the opportunity, began to overrun Gujaräta. His minister Santu asked him on what condition he would return. He said, 'I will return if you make over to me the merit which your master has gained by his pilgrimage to the shrine of the god of Someśvara'. Säntu, having washed the king's feet, threw into the hollow of his hand a handful of water, as a sign of the trans
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1 SJGM., II, p. 25 : निर्णीतदिनोपरि जयसिंहदेवेन जगद्देवस्य परमार वंशोद्भवस्य पट्टबन्ध:
कृतः ।
2 Ibid., I., p. 114: अथ जगद्देवक्षत्रियः श्रीसिद्धचक्रवर्त्तिना सम्मान्यो
श्रीपरमहिना
समाहूतः कुन्तलमण्डलमवाप्य ....
3 Chap. on the Cãulukyas. DHNI., II, p. 878. EI., II., pp. 186-88.
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