Ancient History of the Deccan c6.s2.48

c6.s2.48

Durvinita (605 to 650 A. D.) is known "as having his broad chest embraced, of her own accord, by the goddess of sovereignty, though she was intended by his father for another son", as the victor in the battles of Andari, Âlattûr, Poluḷare, Pernagara (in Salem district); as the lord of Paṇṇâḍa and Punnâḍa; as the author of three works, namely a Śabdâvatâra, a sanskrit version of the Vaḍḍakatha or Brihatkatha, and a commentary on the 15th sarga of the Kirâtârjuniya (Mysore Archæol. Report, for 1916, page 45).