Who was the queen of Vishnuvardhana? What was the title given to her?
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Vishnuvardhana (Kannada: ವಿಷ್ಣುವರ್ಧನ) (r.1108–1152 CE) was a king of the Hoysala Empire in what is today the modern state of Karnataka, India. He ascended the Hoysala throne after the death of his elder brother Veera Ballala I in c.1108. Originally a follower of Jainism and known as Bitti Deva, he came under the influence of the Hindu philosopher Ramanujacharya, converted to Hindu Vaishnavism and took the name "Vishnuvardhana".[1][2][3][4] Vishnuvardhana took the first steps in creating an independent Hoysala Empire in South India through a series of battles against his overlord, the Western Chalukya King Vikramaditya VI, and the Chola Empire to the south. He recovered parts of Gangavadi province (modern southern Karnataka) from the hegemony of the Cholas in the battle of Talakad,[5] and parts of Nolambavdi.[6] According to historian Coelho, the Hoysalas gained the dignity of a kingdom due to the efforts of Vishnuvardhana, whose rule was packed with "glorious" military campaigns.[7] According to historians Sen, Chopra et al., and Sastri, Vishnuvardhana was a "great soldier" and an "ambitious monarch".[8][9][10]
Hoysala literature in the Kannada language began to proliferate under the patronage of Vishnuvardhana. The mathematician Rajaditya wrote Vyavaharaganita and Lilavati on mathematics. According to the historian E.P. Rice, the epic poet Nagachandra was under Vishnuvardhana's patronage when he wrote the earliest extant Ramayana (a Jain version) in the Kannada language called Ramachandra charita purana, and an epic on the nineteenth Jain Tirthankar titled Mallinathapurana.
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Shantala Devi was the queen of Vishnu vardhana. She was title Pattamahadevi or Brihaspati.
Explanation:
- She was Jain devotee and born brought up in a liberal atmosphere. She was the chief queen of the kingdom of Hoysala. She was described as Vachaspati meant ruler of speech by the poets and artisans.
- She was fond of art and literature, a piece of her interest was deliberately found in the palace itself. She represented a broad outlook in religion by establishing statues of herself and king in the temple.
- She was awarded the titles of Crest jewel of perfect faith and rampart of Jain faith for her outstanding beliefs and thought process. She initiated many temples formation. For the king himself, she was the goddess of victory in battle. However, she ended her life in a very sad note.