The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c8.s11.61

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¹ So, also, the Tâlgund inscription says that Shadânana (Kârttikêya, as being 'six-faced') anointed Mayûraśarman (to sovereignty) after he had meditated on Sênâpati (Kârttikêya, as 'the general') and the Mothers.—The mothers of Kârttikêya are the Pleiades (Krittikâh), who reared him from the seed of Siva, which was first thrown into the fire, and then was received by the Ganges. From this he derived the epithet of shanmâtura, 'having six mothers,' as well as his name of Kârttikêya.—The Chalukyas also are described, in somewhat similar terms, as meditating on the feet of Svâmi-Mahâsêna. But the reference to the Pleiades in connection with them is different, and will be commented in its proper place.