History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c82.656

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¹⁰⁰² Vide I A. vol. 42 (1913) p 161-163 for Mandasor Inscription of Naravarman which is dated the 5th of the bright half of Āśvoja of the Mālava year 461 (404 A. D.) as traditionally handed down by the Mālava tribe (Mālavagaṇāmnāta) The important verse is : श्रीमालवगणाम्नाते प्रशस्ते कृतसंज्ञिते। एकषष्ट्यधिके प्राप्ते समाशतचतुष्टये॥ In the Mandasor Pillar Inscription of Yaśodharman occur the words 'मालवगणस्थितिवशात्कालज्ञानाय लिखितेषु' (year 589 of Mālava era); vide Gupta Ins No. 35 at p 154) On मालवगणस्थिति, vide Prof. Shembavnekar in J I. H. vol. X pp. 143-155. where (on p. 145) he holds that 'gaṇasthiti' is equal to 'gaṇanāpaddhati'. His arguments though plausible are not correct There should be contemporary authority (of the 5th or 6th century A. D.) for 'gaṇa' meaning 'gaṇanā'. In the Bjjaygadh stone Ins (Gupta Ins. No. 58 p 251) we come across the words 'यौधेयगणपुरस्कृतस्य महाराजमहासैन्यपते &c'. Therefore 'Mālava-gaṇasthiti' should really mean 'the usage of the Mālavagana' and मालवगणाम्नात should mean 'as traditionally handed down among the Mālavagana' Besides a 'Mālavagana-viṣaya' mentioned in the Nandsa Yūpa inscription edited in E. I. vol 27. p 252 at p 259 makes it almost certain that 'Mālavagaṇa' means 'Mālava tribe' and nothing else.