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'''Shri Prithvi-vallabha''' ([[IAST]]: {{IAST|''Pṛthvīvallabha''}}), or '''{{IAST|Vallabha-rāja}}''',{{sfn|Inden|2000|pp=214–15}} was an imperial title used by several kings that ruled in present-day [[India]], including the [[Chalukyas of Vatapi]] and the [[Rashtrakuta]]s. It is a [[Kshatriya]] title that translates as "Lord of the Earth," or alternatively as "Husband of the Earth and Her Fortunes."
== Chalukyas of Vatapi ==
All the sovereign rulers of the [[Chalukyas of Vatapi|Vatapi Chalukya]] dynasty bore the title ''[[Prithvi-vallabha|Shri-prithvi-vallabha]]'', which means "the husband of the goddess of fortune and the Earth" (that is, [[Vishnu]]).{{sfn|Dikshit|1980|p=34}} [[Mangalesha]] bore the exact title of ''Prithvi-vallabha'', as attested by the [[Mahakuta group of temples|Mahakuta]] inscriptions.{{sfn|Dikshit|1980|p=52}} The [[Manor, India|Manor]] inscription of the Chalukya governor [[Chalukyas of Navasarika#Jayashraya Mangalarasa|Jayashraya Mangalarasa]], dated to 7 April 691 (year 613 of the [[Shaka era]]), also mentions ''Prithvi-vallabha'' as one of his titles.{{sfn|Dikshit|1980|p=309}} His son [[Avanijanashraya Pulakeshin]] also bore the title.{{sfn|Dikshit|1980|p=166}}
== Rashtrakutas ==
Among the Rashtrakutas, the title was first adopted by [[Dantidurga]], an 8th-century ruler of the [[Deccan Plateau|Deccan]] and the founder of the Rashtrakuta dynasty. Prithvi means "the earth" and vallabha means either "head of household" or "lover", thus the title can be loosely translated as Lord of the Earth. Since Prithvi was also the name of an [[earth goddess]] controlled by [[Lord Vishnu]], the title went so far as to equate Dantidurga and his heirs with the [[Hindu]] god Vishnu. The title was abbreviated to ''vallabha'' and was written by Muslim observers as ''Balhara''.{{sfn|Keay|2000|p=191}}
== Later dynasties ==
The title was also adopted by the [[Chalukyas of Kalyani]], who succeeded the Rashtrakutas in [[Deccan Plateau|Deccan]].{{sfn|Yoffee|2007|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=58WgTin1ORsC&pg=PA174 174]}} The title was also used by [[Vakpati Munja|Munja]] alias Vakpati of [[Paramara dynasty]], which succeeded the Rashtrakutas in [[Malwa]].{{sfn|Yadava|1982|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=aY_I3zgxfpsC&pg=PA36 36]}}
==See also==
*[[Balhara (title)]], Arabic transliteration of Vallabha
*[[Hammira (disambiguation)|Hammira]], Sanskrit transliteration of Arabic emir
*[[Suratrana]], Sanskrit transliteration of Arabic sultan
==References==
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* {{cite book |first=Durga Prasad |last=Dikshit |title=Political History of the Chālukyas of Badami  |year=1980 |publisher=Abhinav |oclc=8313041 }}
* {{cite book|last=Inden| first =Ronald B.|year= 2000| title = Imagining India| place = Bloomington| publisher =Indiana University Press}}
* {{cite book |title=India, a History |first=John |last=Keay |author-link=John Keay |publisher=Harper Perennial |year=2000}}
*{{cite book |last=Yadava |first=Ganga Prasad |title=Dhanapāla and His Times: A Socio-cultural Study Based Upon His Works |publisher=Concept |year=1982}}
*{{cite encyclopedia |editor-first=Norman |editor-last=Yoffee |title=Negotiating the Past in the Past: Identity, Memory, and Landscape in Archaeological Research |year=2007 |publisher=University of Arizona Press |isbn=978-081652670-3}}
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