Amoghavarsha
Amoghavarsha | |||||
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Nrupatunga Atishadhavala Veeranarayana Rattamarthanda Srivallabha | |||||
Malkhed, India) | |||||
Consort | Asagavve | ||||
Issue | Krishna II Chandrabbalabbe Revakanimmadi | ||||
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Father | Govinda III | ||||
Religion | Prior: Not stated Later: Digambara Jainism (disciple of Acharya Jinasena) |
Rashtrakuta dynasty |
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Amoghavarsha I (also known as Amoghavarsha Nrupatunga I) (r. 814 – 878 CE) was the greatest emperor of the
Amoghavarsha I was an accomplished poet and scholar. He wrote (or co-authored) the
The Arab traveler
Early years
Amoghavarsha I (whose birth name was Sharva)
A revolt led by some of his relatives together with feudatories of the empire temporarily unseated Amoghavarsha I, who, with the help of his cousin (Karka) also called Patamalla, re-established himself as the emperor by 821. This information comes from the
Emperor Amoghavarsha reigned from 815 to 877 CE.[14]
Wars in the south
Vijayaditya II of the
Tranquility was restored temporarily by a marriage between Vijayaditya II's son, Vishnuvardhana V, and the Ratta princess Shilamahadevi, a sister of Karka of the Gujarat Rashtrakuta branch. However, Vishnuvardhana V attacked the northern
Amoghavarsha's reign lasted until 877 CE after which he had voluntarily retired from his imperial throne.[9]
Religion, culture and literature
Amoghavarsha I preferred to remain friendly with all his neighbours and feudatories and avoided taking an aggressive posture against them. It is still debated whether he abdicated his throne at times to fulfill religious pursuits.
Amoghavarsha I was a disciple of Acharya
Writings
Amoghavarsha was a scholar in
There is a mention of several Kannada authors in his works who preceded him. Those who wrote in prose were Vimala, Udaya, Nagarjuna, Jayabandhu and Durvinita, whereas those who wrote in poetry were Srivijaya, Kavisvara, Pandita, Chandra and Lokapala.[19]
References
Citations
- ^ a b Kamath (2001), p79
- ^ Sastri (1955), p. 355.
- ^ Sastri (1955), p. 146.
- ISBN 978-0-14400-038-8
- ^ a b Panchamukhi in Kamath (2001), p80
- ^ M. V. Krishna Rao (1936), The Gangas of Talkad: A Monograph on the History of Mysore from the Fourth to the Close of the Eleventh Century, p.80
- ^ a b Kamath (2001), p77
- ^ It has been claimed that Sharva may be a title (Reu 1933, p66)
- ^ a b c d Narasimhacharya 1988, p. 1.
- ^ Reu 1997, p. 68.
- ^ Kamath (2001), p78
- ^ Reu 1997, p. 66.
- ^ a b c d From the Hiregundagal records (Kamath 2001, p78)
- ^ a b Ram Bhushan Prasad Singh 2008, p. 2.
- ^ a b Hultzsch in Kamath (2001), p79
- ^ He retired to his Jain monastery more than once during his long reign (Sastri 1955, p395)
- ^ From the Sanjan plates (Kamath 2001, p79)
- ^ From the Nilagunda records (Kamath 2001, p79)
- ^ a b c Narasimhacharya 1988, p. 2.
- ^ Reu 1997, p. 72.
- ^ Reu 1997, p. 35-36.
- ^ From the notes of 9th-century Arab traveller Suleiman (Kamath 2001, p80)
- ^ Vijapur, Raju S. "Reclaiming past glory". Deccan Herald. Spectrum. Archived from the original on 7 October 2011. Retrieved 27 February 2007.
- ^ Natubhai Shah 2004, p. 51.
- ^ Narasimhacharya 1988, p. 12.
- ^ Narasimhacharya 1988, p. 17.
- ^ While the Tibetan version of the book and copies of the book written by Digambara Jains claim the author was indeed Amgohavarsha I, the manuscript copy of the writing preserved in the Government Oriental Manuscripts Library, Madras, states that Adi Shankara (Shankaracharya) was the author. According to Reu, some Svetambara Jains claim the author was Vimalacharya (Reu 1933, p36, p73)
Sources
- ISBN 81-208-1691-9
- Kamath, Suryanath U. (2001) [1980], A concise history of Karnataka : from pre-historic times to the present, Bangalore: Jupiter books, OCLC 7796041
- Narasimhacharya, Ramanujapuram (1988), History of Kannada Literature (Readership Lectures), ISBN 81-206-0303-6
- ISBN 81-86782-12-5
- Sastri, Nilakanta K.A. (2002) [1955], A history of South India from prehistoric times to the fall of Vijayanagar, New Delhi: Indian Branch, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-560686-8
- ISBN 81-208-1938-1
- Singh, Ram Bhushan Prasad (2008) [1975], Jainism in Early Medieval Karnataka, ISBN 978-81-208-3323-4