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Annals of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute

1935

The question now arises who were the excavators of the ancient cave ? While investigating whether any historical basis could be found for the origin of the cave as given by Kankamara I came upon the following information about the ilhaxa prince" The §ilaka princes trace their origin to JImiltavähana the son of JImiltaketu who was the king of a certain class of demigods called Vidyklhar [...] Somadeva in his Katha-sarit-sagara locates the Vedyardhas as follows:- There are two Vedyardhas of Vidyddharas on the Himlayas the northern and the southern the former on the upper side of the Kaildsa and the latter on the lower side. [...] Verse 8 :-- Like the Moon the abode of grace of all digits from the ocean there was born from him the great king Vijayrays the long-lived the home of the grace of a number of accomplishments who had the glimmering moonlight of his ( deeds of ) glory. [...] The Moon was a fruit ( on the creeper ). Verse 14 :-- The regions of the Earth being full of the flames issuing from the fire of his valour Darkness got entrance ( only ) into the dens of the hearts of hostile princes. [...] ( The village was granted ) as an:Agrahara acknowledged by all to last as long as the Moon and the stars endure for a daily offering of food to and a perennial pouring of water on Rudra in the MahAbal6vara ( temple ) in the Gokarna Tirtha ( one of the many beneficiaries being ) Mädhavabhattar a learned Brahmana of the VASistha Gotra who had completely24 Annals of the Bhandarkar Oriental Res
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Authors

Dr. R.N. Dandekar

Pages
183
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.120009
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-v A.B Gajendragadkar, Y.G Paranjpe view
Some Fresh Light on the Dharasiva Caves and the Origin of the Silahara Dynasty
1-11 Hiralal Jain view
Onduru Copperplate Grant of Emperor Malltkarjuna of Vijayanagara of 1456 A.D.
12-25 A.S Gadre view
Narrative Literature in Jain Maharastri
26-43 A. M Ghatage view
Kavidarpanam
44-89 H. D. Velankar view
Epic Studies
90-113 V.S Sukthankar view
Verbal Synthesis—A Mimamsa-Gift
114-120 R.S Venkatarama view
Practice and Theory of Music
121-128 P Iyer view
Miscellanea
129-163 unknown view
Reviews
164-171 unknown view
Backmatter
i-ii unknown view

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