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¹ In his Tripurāntakam inscription dated Ś. 1212 (A.D. 1290) (*AR*, 268 of 1905; *SII*, x, 465) Ambadēva claims to have slain the Kādavarāya (*Kādavarāya-vidhvamsana*). The term *vidhvamsana* has been taken to mean defeat; and the event is said to have taken place in Ś. 1184 (A.D. 1261-2 (?)) during Kōpperunjinga’s inroad into Vēngi (*SII*, xii, Introd. xiii, n. 10). Now the term *vidhvamsana* does not denote defeat as it is supposed to do here, but rather destruction, ruin, or death. Ambadēva succeeded his brother Tripurāridēva only in A.D. 1272 and nothing is known of him, as far as the available evidence goes, before that date. It is not therefore reasonable to suppose that Ambadēva, some ten years before his accession, met Kōpperunjinga in battle at Vēngi and inflicted a defeat on him. The incident could have taken place only after Ambadēva came to power and indeed during Vijaya-Gandagōpāla’s invasion in A.D. 1278-9; and this also happens to have been the last year of Kōpperunjinga’s rule, his death in the battle with Ambadēva seems to be more than probable.