Jayashakti (

IAST The International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration (IAST) is a transliteration scheme that allows the lossless romanisation of Brahmic family, Indic scripts as employed by Sanskrit and related Indic languages. It is based on a scheme that ...

: Jayaśakti) was a 9th-century ruler from the

Chandela The Chandelas of Jejakabhukti was an Indian dynasty in Central India. The Chandelas ruled much of the Bundelkhand region (then called ''Jejakabhukti'') between the 9th and the 13th centuries. They belonged to the Chandel clan of the Rajputs. T ...

dynasty of Central India. In the Chandela records, he is generally mentioned with his younger brother and successor,

Vijayashakti Vijayashakti (IAST: Vijayaśakti) was a 9th-century ruler from the Chandela dynasty of Bundelkhand region in central India. In the Chandela records, he is generally mentioned with his elder brother and predecessor Jayashakti. The two are believe ...

. The two are believed to have ruled the Chandela kingdom between and 885 CE. They consolidated the Chandela power. Jayashakti succeeded his father Vakpati. He is also known as Jeja or Jejjaka. An inscription found at

Mahoba Mahoba is a city in Mahoba District of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh in the Bundelkhand region, well known for the ninth century granite Sun temple built in Pratihara style. It is also well known for the 24 rock-cut Jain tirthankara imag ...

states that the Chandela territory (later called

Bundelkhand Bundelkhand (, ) is a geographical and cultural region and a proposed state and also a mountain range in central and North India. It corresponds to the Post-Vedic Chedi kingdom. The hilly region is now divided between the states of Uttar Prad ...

) was named "Jejakabhukti" after him. Much of the information about Jayashakti and Vijayashakti in Chandela records is eulogistic in nature, and of little historical value. These records state that they destroyed their enemies, but do not name any of the defeated rulers. The Kalachuri king Kokkala I married a Chandela princess Naṭṭā-devi. According to

R. C. Majumdar Ramesh Chandra Majumdar (known as R. C. Majumdar; 4 December 1888 – 11 February 1980) was an Indian historian and professor known for promoting Hindu nationalist views. He principally studied the history of India. Early life and education ...

, this princess might have been a daughter of Jayashakti. R. K. Dikshit, on the other hand, believes that she was probably a daughter or sister of Jayashakti's nephew

Rahila Rahila (IAST: Rāhila, reigned c. 885-905 CE) was a king of the Chandela dynasty of India. He ruled in the Jejakabhukti region (Bundelkhand in present-day Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh). Rahila was the son of his predecessor Vijayashakti. R. ...

. Jayashakti probably died without an heir, because of which he was succeeded by his younger brother.

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