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Mārasiṃha

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Hultzsch, Ernst (ed.), (1898), pp 152, 176-178, line 50-56, 100-110. | work record
Note: These are line numbers
H.M.Nayak (1973), pp 20, 21, 22, 23, Cat.no.64, line no. 1-113. | work record
Label Mārasiṃha II, 10th century
Generic Name
  1. Mārasiṃha
Honorific or Epithet
  1. mahārājādhirāja
  2. triṇetra
  3. gaṅgakulakumudakaumudīmahāteja
  4. vanagajamallapratimallabalavadalladarpadal̥anaprakaṭīkṛtavikrama
  5. gaṇḍamārtaṇḍapratāpaparirakṣitasiṃhāsanādirājyacihna
  6. praṇatamāṭūravaṃśaja
  7. samunmūlitarājyakaṇṭaka
  8. sañcūrṇitoccaṅgigiridurga
  9. saṃhṛtanaragābhidhānaśabarapradhāna
  10. pratāpāvanataceracol̥apāṇḍyapallava
  11. pratipālitajinaśāsana
  12. nol̥ambakul̥āntakadeva
Byname / Nickname
  1. satyavākya (satyavākya)
Religious Status
  1. Jaina layperson male (śrāvaka / upāsaka)
Gender
  1. Male (puruṣa)
Occupation Social Position
  1. King / Ruler (rāja)
Family Name
  1. Koṅguṇivarma
Lineage
  1. Gaṅga (Gaṅga)
Events
  1. Conquest (vijaya)
    Indian dates: 1030 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India)
    Gregorian dates: — 973
  2. Reign (rājya)
    Indian dates: 1020 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) - 1031 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India)
    Gregorian dates: 963 — 974
  3. Abdication (rājyatyāga)
    Indian dates: 1031 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India)
    Gregorian dates: 974
  4. Fast unto death (sallekhanā)
    Indian dates: 1031 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India)
    Gregorian dates: 974
    Location: Baṅkāpura / Dhāravāḍa

Sources

  1. Hultzsch, Ernst (ed.), (1898), pp 152, 177, line 100-110. | work record
  2. Hultzsch, Ernst (ed.), (1898), pp 152, 178, line 100-110. | work record
  3. Hultzsch, Ernst (ed.), (1898), pp 152, 178, line 110. | work record
  4. Hultzsch, Ernst (ed.), (1898), pp 152, 178, line 110-112. | work record
Roles

  1. Object: Jina temple (jinālaya)
    Gregorian dates: 973

  2. Object: Pillar (stambha)
    Gregorian dates: 973
  3. Preceptor (guru): Ajitasena, bhaṭṭāraka, about Śaka 895
    Location: Baṅkāpura / Dhāravāḍa Baṅkāpura / Dhāravāḍa
    Gregorian dates: 974

Sources

  1. Hultzsch, Ernst (ed.), (1898), pp 152, 178, line 108-109. | work record
  2. Hultzsch, Ernst (ed.), (1898), pp 152, 178, line 108-109. | work record
  3. Hultzsch, Ernst (ed.), (1898), pp 152, 178, line 110-111. | work record
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