The Sanskrit term Nityavarṣa can be transliterated into English as Nityavarsa or Nityavarsha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

India history and geography

Source: What is India: Inscriptions of the Śilāhāras

Nityavarṣa (नित्यवर्ष) is another name for Indradeva (III) of the Rāṣṭrakūṭa line of kings, who is mentioned in the Paṭṭaṇakuḍi plates of Avasara II.—“Jagattuṅgadeva’s son was the self-controlled illustrious Indradeva (III) (alias) Nityavarṣa, who resembled the heavenly Indra, and who was like a brother to all wise men. After him there flourished his younger brother Amoghavarṣa (III), who was dear to the Earth, and was the lord of all feudatory princes, being attractive by his royal qualities”.

These copper plates (mentioning Nityavarṣa) were obtained from Tonappa Parisa Upadhye, the priest of the Jain basti of Paṭṭaṇakudi, who claims that they have been preserved as heirloom in his family. The inscription refers itself to the reign of the Śilāra (i.e. Śilāhāra) king Avasara II, ruling from Balinagara. The inscription is dated in the expired Śaka year 910 (expressed in words), the cyclic year being Sarvadhārin, on Monday, the fifth tithi of the bright fortnight of Kārttika.

Nityavarṣa ( नित्यवर्ष ) or Indradeva (III) is also mentioned in the Janjirā plates (set I) of Aparājita.—“Thereafter there reigned the illustrious Indradeva (III), the son of Jagattuṅga, (known as ) Nityavarṣa, the lord of the earth, who was feared on account of the eminence of (his) valour... From his was born Amoghavarṣa (II) who ruled (only) for a year, and who, to the delight of the people, poured forth large streams of gold even as a cloud pours large showers of water”.

These copper plates (mentioning Nityavarṣa) were discovered by one Bala Tukaram, while digging in the compound of his house at Chikhala-pākhāḍī, a part of Muruḍ Janjirā in the Kolābā District of the Mahārāṣṭra State.The grant was made on the mahāparvan of the solar eclipse which occurred on Sunday, the fifteenth tithi of the dark fortnight of Śrāvaṇa, when the sun was in the zodiacal sign (rāśi) of Siṃha in the cyclic year Vijaya and the expired Śaka year 915.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

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Starts with: Nityavarshadeva.

Full-text: Indradeva, Jagattungadeva, Govindaraja, Suvarnavarsha, Amoghavarsha.

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