History of Mediaeval Hindu India (being a History of India from 600 to 1200 A.D.) v3.c35.s10.2

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The two sons of Jayakesin were Parmadi and Vijayaditya who were respectively devotees of Siva and Vishnu. They are also styled Malavara Mara an epithet applied to Hoyasalas. Vijayaditya was a very learned prince and earned the title Vanibhushana, and the praise bestowed on him in an inscription is well worth quoting* below. Kamaladevi queen of Parmadi belonging to the Somavansa built two finely carved temples one to Narayana and the other to Lakshmi, which still exist in the Sampagaon Taluka, Dharwar and they contain inscriptions which give for Parmadi a date in 1147 A. D. It appears that Vijayaditya was shortly afterwards associated with him in rule, and is mentioned in an inscription dated 1158 A. D. (I. A. XI p. 273) as also in the Halsi inscription dated 1171 Kaliyuga era 4272. The Karad prince Vijayaditya is said in Silahara records to have re-established the prince of Goa who thus must have been dislodged by some one. These princes were, however, powerful enough to have issued coins of their own and a golden coin struck by Parmadi has been found dated 1182 A.D.