The Rashtrakutas and their Times c11.25

c11.25

¹⁴ In the passage quoted in foot-note No. 9 above we find Vijayāditya making a grant to a learned Brahmana on the occasion of an eclipse as a reward for the advice that he had given in the thick of battle which enabled him to kill Maṅgi. Since Vijayāditya could bring about the death of Maṅgi by following the advice of a Brahmana who, to judge from his name and from the fact that he is the donee of a grant made on the occasion of an eclipse, was a non-fighter, it is probable that some trick may have been played to bring about his death.