The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c8.s11.392
The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c8.s11.392
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³ Here, the relationship is not specified in this record; but the Kûram grant tells us distinctly that Paramêśvaravarman I. was the son of Mahêndravarman II.— Dr. Hultzsch explains (Epigraphia Indica, Vol. III. p. 277, note 2) that the Sanskrit pôta and the Tamil pôttu mean 'the sprout (of a plant),' and are thus synonymous with pallava, 'a sprout,' from which (see page 317 above) the name of the eponymous Pallava was supposed to be derived.