The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c8.s6.71

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mîdeva, son of Janârdana, is represented by his wise counsels to have helped Krishna to consolidate his power and to have by his sword subdued his enemies.¹ Krishna performed a great many sacrifices and thus "brought fresh strength to the Vedic ceremonial religion which in the course of time had lost its hold over the people." In a copper-plate grant dated Saka 1171, found in the Belgaum Tâluka, Malla or Malliseṭṭi is spoken of as the elder brother of Bîcha or Bîchaṇa, the viceroy of Singhaṇa in the south, and was himself governor of the province of Kuhuṇḍi. He lived at Mudugala, probably the modern Mudgala, and gave, by the consent of Krishna, his sovereign, lands in the village of Bâgevâḍi to thirty-two Brâhmaṇs of different Gotras.² Among the family names of these it is interesting to observe some borne by modern Mahârâshṭra Brâhmaṇs, such as Paṭavardhana and Ghaisâsa, prevalent among Chitpâvanas, and Ghaisâsa, Ghaḷisa, and Pâṭhaka, among Desasthas. The name Trivâḍi also occurs; but there is no trace of it among Marâṭhâ Brâhmaṇs, while it is borne by Brâhmaṇs in Gujarât and Upper Hindustan. In another grant, Chauṇḍa the son of Bîchaṇa, who succeeded to the office and title of his father, is represented to have personally solicited king Krishna at Devagiri to permit him to grant the village mentioned therein.³ Jahlana, son of Lakshmîdeva who had succeeded his father, assisted Krishna diligently by his counsels in conjunction with his younger brother. He was commander of the troops of elephants and as such fought with Krishna's enemies. He compiled an anthology of select verses from Sanskrit poets, called Sûktimuktâvali, which is extant.⁴ The Vedântakalpataru, which is a commentary on Vâchaspatimisra's Bhâmatî