The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c14.186

v1.c14.186

Jaya-Sthiti had three sons by his queen Rājalladevī, *viz.*, Dharmamalla, Jyotirmalla, and Kīrtimalla. Two Cambridge MSS. dated in 519 (A. D. 1398) and 520 (A. D. 1400) show that these three princes held a joint regency in those years.⁴ But between the death of their father and their joint rule there occurs the name of a prince Jayasiṁha-rāma in a MS. of the *Daśakarmapaddhati*, with the date 516 (A. D. 1395-96) and the high-sounding titles *Mahārājādhirāja-Parameśvara-Paramabhaṭṭāraka*.⁵ Lévi has recognised in *rāma* the Chinese title *la-mo* (lama), which was conferred by the Emperor on *Ma-ta-na* king of Nepal.⁶ The title *Siṁha* certainly recalls the Karṇāṭaka kings of Nepal; and if we further agree with Lévi in regarding *Jaya* as equivalent to the honorific *Śrī* put before the Indian names,⁷ it would appear that this prince was one of the descendants of Harisiṁha who still retained some power in the Valley. It is likely that, taking advantage of the death of Jaya-Sthitimalla he had revived the power of his line; and this would explain the reception of embassies by *Cha-ko-sin-ti* in the period 1414-18 A. D.