Indian Epigraphy c16.s2.82

c16.s2.82

The name of a king generally had the word *śrī* prefixed to it. Particular epithets were also sometimes prefixed to royal names. Thus certain medieval rulers of the Kannaḍa-speaking area prefixed words like *Nūrmaḍi*, *Immaḍi* and *Mum-muḍi* to their names probably to distinguish them from their predecessors bearing the same names.² But names like Kubja-Viṣṇuvardhana falls in another category in which a descriptive epithet was added to the name. The word *vīra* became a popular prefix to royal names in some families. Thus the later Gaṅga kings, alternately named Narasimha and Bhānu, are usually called Vīra-Narasimha and Vīra-Bhānu. The word *pratāpa* and sometimes the expression *Vīra-pratāpa* were similarly used as prefixes to royal names. The expression *prauḍha-pratāpa* was also used.³