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name as Abhira ruler Navaghana. Having suffered defeat eleven times at the hands of Navaghaņa, Jayasimha marched from his capital again for the twelfth time after getting Vardhana and other cities under him, duly protected by newly built-up ramparts. In the ensuing engagement he killed Navaghana and appointed Sajjana as his Da dādhipati to look over the affairs of Surāşțra. The king of Surăştra is called Khengāra, by several authorities, while the Prabandha-cintāma si in its prose portion refers to him as Navaghana and in its verses he is referred to as Khengära. Thus it mixes Navaghaņa with Khengāra. Navaghana was the grandfather of Khengāra 3 Hence the statement of the Prabundha-cintāmaži in this connection is apparenty wrong. As to when this event took place we do not know. Dr. Bhagavanlal Indraji on the basis of an inscription of Sajjana in the temple of Nemināth at Girnār dated V.E. 1176 (A.D. 1120) assumes that Sajjana was a governor of Surāşțra by that time. But it is alleged that there is, however, only one inscription of Jayasimha's time in Girnāra which bears no date and does not mention Sajjana 5 The Vividha-tirtha-kalpa, on the other hand, refers to Sajjana as the governor of the place who built a temple of Neminātha in V.E. 1185 (c. 1129 A.D.)6 The Revantagiri-rasu also confirms this statement. The Prabhāvaka-carita clearly states that Saurāstra was in the charge of Sajjana for nine years.8 The assumption of Pt. Bhagavanlal Indraji, therefore, seems to be correct.
According to the Prabandha-cintāma i Sajjana spent three years' revenue in building the temple. If any reliance be put on the account of the Prabandha-cintamani we can say that Sajjana was the governor of Surāstra
1 Ibid., I, pp. 64-65: 3197 fogTIGTITSUTATAITHTHTTC# Avata.JA: OFICETYT
quia aa.... ha etc. 2 Ibid., p. 65, V. 148: HE FET TUTTI
सउं षंगारिहि प्राण कि न वइसानरि होमीइं॥ 3 Glory That Was Gurjardesh, III, p. 168. 4 BG., I, Pt. I, pp. 177-186. 5 R. C. Parikha, Kāvyānušāsana, Vol. II, Pt. I, Introduction, p. clxxxii. 6 SJGM., X, p. 9.
? Revantagiri-rāsu, Kadavaka, 1, V.9: IFRAE asts art4a-81 af उद्धरिउ साजणि नरसेहरि। 8 SJGM., XIII, p. 195, V. 333 : 379 H a ETHI : :1
आरुरोह गिरि जी मद्राक्षं च जिनालयम् ॥ 9 SJGM., I, p. 64: QT FATE TOT TIETIEST SÍTHEFT 47 tahtarity काष्ठमयं प्रासादमपनीय नूतनः शैलमयः प्रासाद: कारितः।
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