History of Mediaeval Hindu India (being a History of India from 600 to 1200 A.D.) v2.c29.13

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∗ Bappā was given a golden valaya for his foot, indicative of sovereignty, by the sage Hārīta for his great devotion to the Ekalinga Śiva idol (संप्रासाद्भुतमेकालिंंगचरणांभोगप्रसादात्फलं यस्मै दिव्यसुवर्णपाद-कटकां हारीतराशिर्ददौ । वप्पाख्यः स पुरा पुराणपुरुषप्रारंभनिर्वाहनाद्युत्यो-त्साहगुणो बभूव जगति श्रीमेदपाटाधिपः ॥ (B. I. P. 75) See also हारीताकिल वप्पकोऽप्रिवलयव्याजेन लेभे महः क्षात्रं धातुनिभाद्वितीय सुनये ब्राह्मं स्वसेवा-च्छलात् ॥ (B. I. 85). This does not necessarily show that Bappā was a Brahmin and Hārīta was a Kshatriya. The poet simply means that Bappā's service of the sage was a Brahmin mahas (greatness) and it was repaid by the Kshatriya mahas viz: the golden anklet of a king.