Beginning in the early twelfth century, leading notables in
Kathmandu valley began to appear with names ending in the term
Malla, (literally wrestler in
Sanskrit), indicating a person of great strength and power. Aridev was a great admirer of
wrestling and was a wrestler himself, thus it is possible that he added the word
Malla to his name and then the
Malla dynasty came into existence. However, this is debated as the word
Malla already existed before the Malla dynasty came into existence such as the place
Mallapuri conquered by
Manadeva. == Reign ==