[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Archaeology, epigraphy and coins](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy) › [Indian Epigraphy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965) › c16.s2.151 # Indian Epigraphy c16.s2.151 Indian Epigraphy c16.s2.151 - **Language:** English ### [c16.s2.151](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c16.s2.151) Instead of the epithets \*Paramabhāgavata\* for a Vaiṣṇava ruler and \*Paramamāheśvara\* for a Śaiva king, we have differently worded epithets in rare cases. Thus the Vākāṭaka queen Prabhāvatiguptā called herself \*Atyantabhagavadbhaktā\* (staunchly devoted to the Bhagavat or the god Viṣṇu) and \*Bhagavat-pād-ānudhyātā\* (meditating on, or favoured by, the feet of Viṣṇu),³ while the epithet \*Atyantamāheśvara\* is found in the records of her son Pravarasena II.⁴ A number of rulers including the Traikūṭaka kings of the 5th century A.D. preferred to call themselves \*Paramavaiṣṇava\* (a devout worshipper of Viṣṇu).⁵ Probably they followed a school different from the Bhāgavata. The worship of the \*Avatāras\* (incarnations) of Viṣṇu is reflected in eipthets like \*Paramanārasimha\* (a devout worshipper of the Narasiṃha or man-lion incarnation of Viṣṇu) adopted by king Lakṣmaṇasena of Bengal, though most of his records represent him as \*Paramavaiṣṇava\*.⁶ - [Previous: c16.s2.150](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c16.s2.150) - [Next: c16.s2.152](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c16.s2.152) - [Up: c16.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c16.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c16.s2.151](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c16.s2.151) · Pramāṇa