The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c31.3

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¹ This is supposed by some scholars to be "a Sanskritised form, through an earlier form Cāḷukya, of the old names Calkya, Cailkya, Cirikya...made to harmonise with the Purānik-looking story that the founder of the dynasty sprang from the *Culuka* of Brahmā. The popular variant of the word seems to have been Solaki or Solaṅki." See *BG*, Vol. I, Part I, p. 156. The eponymous founder of the family is named Culukya, because born in the *Culuka* of the Creator: *EI*, Vol. I, p. 294. Compare also the forms Śulikas and Śūlkis, *EI*, XIV, pp. 117 and 120. See also *DHNI*, Vol. I, pp. 348 ff. and fn. 2 on p. 438. To Dr. Barnett however 'the connection of Caulukya and Cāḷukya seems rather dubious.'