Arjunavarman
Arjunavarman | |||||
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Tri-vidhi-vira-chudamani | |||||
King of Malwa | |||||
Reign | c. 1210 – c. 1215 CE | ||||
Predecessor | Subhatavarman | ||||
Successor | Devapala | ||||
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Dynasty | Paramara | ||||
Father | Subhatavarman | ||||
Religion | Hinduism |
Arjunavarman (reigned c. 1210-1215 CE) was an Indian king from the Paramara dynasty, who ruled in the Malwa region of central India.
Military career
Arjuna succeeded his father
When the Yadava ruler Simhana invaded Lata (southern Gujarat), Arjuna's Chahamana[disambiguation needed] general Salakhanasimha defeated him.[2] Later, the Yadava king sent another force led by his general Kholeshvara to Lata. This second invasion resulted in the Paramara feudatory's defeat.[3]
Arjunavarman married the Hoysala princess Sarvakala, who was probably a daughter of grand-daughter of the Hoysala king
Other activities
Arjuna assumed the title Trividhivīracūḍāmaṇi. In his inscriptions, Arjunavarman claimed to be an reincarnation of his illustrious ancestor king Bhoja.[6] He was a patron of scholars, and himself an accomplished poet.[3] He is best known from a eulogistic inscription of his reign which takes the form of play called the Vijayaśrīnāṭikā, composed by Madana, the king's preceptor. In this work, which is not known from manuscript sources, Madana makes Arjunavarman the chief protagonist.[7]
Arjunavarman's 1211 CE inscription, found at Piplianagar near Shajapur, records the donation of a village.[8] A 1213 inscription, discovered at Sehore (and possibly originally found at Piplianagar) also records a village grant.[9] Another inscription from Sehore, dated 1215 CE, records a land grant to a Brahmin.[10]
References
- ^ Majumdar 1956, p. 148.
- ^ Jain 1972, p. 370.
- ^ a b Jain 1972, p. 371.
- ^ A. S. Altekar 1960, p. 534.
- ^ T. V. Mahalingam 1957, p. 145.
- ^ E. Hultzsch, ‘Dhar Prasasti of Arjunavarman: Parijatamanjari-Natika by Mandana’, Epigraphia Indica 8 (1905-06): 96-122. Available online in Zenodo. http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1207197.
- ^ S. K. Dikshit, ed., Pārijātamañjarī alias Vijayaśrī by Rāja-Guru Madana alias Bāla-Sarasvatī (Bhopal, 1968). Available online in Zenodo. http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.375588.
- ^ Trivedi 1991, pp. 162–163.
- ^ Trivedi 1991, pp. 166–167.
- ^ Trivedi 1991, pp. 168–169.
Bibliography
- OCLC 59001459. Archived from the originalon 28 August 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
- Jain, Kailash Chand (1972). Malwa Through the Ages, from the Earliest Times to 1305 A.D. Motilal Banarsidass. ISBN 978-81-208-0824-9.
- Majumdar, Asoke Kumar (1956). Chaulukyas of Gujarat. Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan.
- Harihar Vitthal Trivedi (1991). Inscriptions of the Paramāras (Part 2). Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum Volume VII: Inscriptions of the Paramāras, Chandēllas, Kachchapaghātas, and two minor dynasties. .
- ISBN 978-81-7007-121-1.