• Jappen Oberoi

A one line epigraph from a panel of the Mahā Stūpa in Kanaganahalli records bequeathing the megalopolis of Ujjain to ‘Ajayatasa’ by King Puḷumāvi. A careful scrutiny of the contents of this peculiar epigraph when corroborated with the data we already possess pertaining to the Western Kshatrapas and the Sātavāhanas, will reveal that while the identification of King Puḷumāvi with Vāsishṭhīputra Puḷumāvi seems axiomatic, the connotation and denotation of ‘Ajayatasa’ can only be understood if the use of a rhetorical device in this word is accepted. The present paper seeks to accentuate the employment of a double entendre in the word ‘Ajayatasa’ which will make our comprehension of the epigraph under consideration and of the two aforementioned dynasties more intelligible.

Kanaganahalli, Ujjain, Ajayatasa, Puḷumāvi, Western Kshatrapas, Sātavāhanas, double entendre

"PARONOMASIA IN ‘AJAYATASA’: REVISITING AN EPIGRAPHICAL EVIDENCE FROM KANAGANAHALLI", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no.250-253, April-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1904839.pdf

"PARONOMASIA IN ‘AJAYATASA’: REVISITING AN EPIGRAPHICAL EVIDENCE FROM KANAGANAHALLI", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no. pp250-253, April-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1904839.pdf