The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c8.s3.469

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At the end of a work entitled Samkshepasârîraka, the author Sarvajñâtman, the pupil of Sureśvara, who himself was a pupil of the great S'amkarâchârya, states that he composed it while "the prosperous king of the Kshatriya race, the Âditya (sun) of the race of Manu whose orders were never disobeyed, was ruling over the earth."¹ This description would apply with propriety to such a king as Âdityavarman, Vikramâditya I., Vinayâditya, Vijayâditya, or Vikramâditya II. of the early Châlukya dynasty, since they were very powerful princes and were "Âdityas of the race of Manu." For the Mânavya race to which they belonged may be understood as "the race of Manu." But S'amkarâchârya is said to have lived between S'aka 710 and 742, wherefore his grand-pupil must have flourished about the year 800 of that era, while Vikramâditya II., the latest of the four, ceased to reign in 669 S'aka. Supposing then that the date assigned to S'amkarâchârya is correct, the king meant by Sarvajñâtman must be one of those placed by the Miraj grant between Kirtivarman II. and Tailapa. He may be Vikramâditya, the third prince after Kîrtivarman II.,² but if the description is considered hardly applicable to a minor chief, S'amkarâchârya's date must be pushed backwards so as to place the pupil of his pupil in the reign of one of the five princes of the early Châlukya dynasty mentioned above.