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{{Infobox royalty<br />
| name = Devavarman<br />
| title = Parama-bhattaraka Maharajadhiraja Parameshvara, Kalanjaradhipati<br />
| succession = [[Chandela]] king<br />
| reign = c. 1050-1060 CE<br />
| predecessor = [[Vijayapala]]<br />
| successor = [[Kirttivarman (Chandela dynasty)|Kirttivarman]]<br />
| father = Vijayapala<br />
| mother = Bhuvanadevi<br />
| dynasty = [[Chandela]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Devavarman''' (reigned c. 1050-1060 CE) was a king of the [[Chandela]] dynasty of India. He ruled the Jejakabhukti region ([[Bundelkhand]] in present-day [[Madhya Pradesh]] and [[Uttar Pradesh]]).<br />
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Devavarman was born to the Chandela ruler [[Vijayapala]] and his queen Bhuvanadevi.{{sfn|Sisirkumar Mitra|1977|pp=90}} His titles included the usual Chandela titles such as ''Kalanjaradhipati'' ("Lord of [[Kalanjara]]") and ''Parama-bhattaraka [[Maharajadhiraja]] Parameshvara''.{{sfn|R. K. Dikshit|1976|p=102}} He also called himself ''Parama-[[Maheshvara]]'', which indicates that he was a [[Shaivite]].{{sfn|Sisirkumar Mitra|1977|p=93}}<br />
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Devavarman is known only from the two inscriptions issued by him: the 1051 CE Nanyaura inscription, and the 1052 CE [[Charkhari]] inscription. According to these inscriptions, he succeeded Vijayapala. The other Chandela records omit his name, and mention his brother [[Kirttivarman (Chandela dynasty)|Kirttivarman]] as the next king after Vijayapala. Such omissions suggest the possibility of a dynastic conflict, but there is no definitive evidence on this matter.{{sfn|Sisirkumar Mitra|1977|p=91}}<br />
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Another possible reason for these omissions might have been the subjugation of the Chandelas by the [[Kalachuris of Tripuri]] during his reign. The allegorical play ''Prabodha-Chandrodaya'', composed by Chandela court scholar Krishna Misra, suggests that the Kalachuri king de-throned the Chandela king. Another literary work — ''Vikramanka-Deva-Charita'' by [[Bilhana]] — states that the Kalachuri king [[Lakshmikarna|Lakshmi-Karna]] was like the lord of death to the lord of Kalanjara. The later Chandela inscriptions credit Devavarman's successor Kirttivarman with resurrecting the Chandela power.{{sfn|Sisirkumar Mitra|1977|p=91}}<br />
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* {{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a9j9ZJGJOV0C&pg=PA100 |title=The Candellas of Jejākabhukti |author=R. K. Dikshit |publisher=Abhinav |year=1976 |isbn=9788170170464 }}<br />
* {{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=irHN2UA_Z7gC&pg=PA27 |title=The Early Rulers of Khajurāho |author=Sisirkumar Mitra |publisher=Motilal Banarsidass |year=1977 |isbn=9788120819979 }}<br />
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