The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c8.s12.154

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title is first attached to his name in the grant of the third year of Vikramâditya I.; and it is used in all the subsequent charters, commencing with the Haidarâbâd grant of the same king: it was also used by Vikramâditya I. himself, and by all his successors. In the Nerûr grant of Chandrâditya, there is also attached to his name the title of Bhaṭṭâraka, "the venerable one." The Nirpan grant of Nâgavardhana would describe him as a paramamâhêśvara or most devout worshipper of the god Mahêśvara (Śiva), and as meditating on the feet of a previous Nâgavardhana, who would seem to be some priest or teacher of high rank; but it is doubtful whether these statements may be accepted as authentic.