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varaha of this inscription has been a subject of dispute among scholars. Prof. Kielhorn assumed that he was a scion of a Cūdāsama family of Junagarh. But his assumption has no support. According to Muni JinaVijayaji he might have been a member of the Paramära dynasty of Arbuda." Pt. V. N. Reu assumes on the basis of the evidences from Kirādu and Vasantagadha inscriptions that Dharapivaraha might have been the fifth member of the Paramāra branch of Arbuda between Kṛṣṇarāja and Mahipala. Pt. G. H. Ojha and Dr. Bhandarkar accept him as the son of the former and the father of the latter."
This Dharanivaräha may also be taken to be identical with Arbudešvara mentioned in the Dvyasraya-kävya in relation to the attack over Gräharipu. Hemacandra states that as an ally of Mularāja, Arbudeśvara and the king of Srimal accompanied him in the war of Suraṣṭra. The commentator, Abhayatilakagani, refers to the two kings as being identical."
Mahipala alias Devaraja: Dharaṇīvaraha was succeeded by Mahipāla whose date we have as V.E. 1059 (c. 1002 A.D.) from a grant. He had another name Devaraja, for, the son of his son Dhandhuka, Kṛṣṇarāja (II), is mentioned in his Bhinmal inscription as the grandson of Devaraja. The Jain work Prabhavaka-carita mentions one Devaraja of the family of Dhumarāja who was ruling at Srimäl (i.e., Bhinmal) and who was the contemporary of Camundarāja (A.D. 996-1010). This Devaraja of the Jain work seems more probably identical with Devaraja of the said inscription and may be the other name of Mahipala of the Vasantagadha inscription. Mahipala was succeeded by his son Dhandhuka.
Dhandhuka: This Dhandhuka, in the opinion of scholars, is identical with the Abu Paramāra of that name mentioned in the Jain inscription
1 Ibid., p. 17.
2 Pracina Jain Lekha-sangraha, p. 204.
Bharatavarsa-kā Prācina-rajavamsa, Pt. III, p. 92.
4 HR., I, pp. 171-72; EI., XX. Appendix, p. 20, No. 123.
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DV., V, Vs. 42-45 सकीर्ति सार्जवं भर्तुभूयादित्यर्बुदेश्वरः ।
सनामारीनहन् प्रत्यर्यनुरूपं कृतायुधः etc.
Commentary on V. 45 श्रीमालवस्य भिमालापरनान्नः पूजितोऽधिपोऽर्बुदेश्वरः ।
6 G. H. Ojha, Rajapūtānā-ka-Itihas (Hindi), I, V. 172.
7 BG., I, pp. 472-73.
4 SJGM., XIII, p. 127: पुरं श्रीमालमियस्ति श्रीधूमराजवंशीयः कुमुदामोदिमण्डलः । राजात्र देवराजोऽस्ति तरंगितनयोदधिः ॥
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