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the Surathotsava, we learn that Bhima's Purohita was Soma ( vs. 15 - 16 ) who seems to be identical with the Someşvara mentioned by the Prabhāvakacharita and to whom we have already referred.
From the N. N. C. Prasasti we learn that Vīra-the Minister of Durlabharāja, who is also mentioned as we saw by the Pr. Ch., had two sons named Neờhu and Vimala. Nedhu was a minister of Bhīma while Vimala was a general of Bhīma. Vimala was sent to bring the ruler of Ābu under subjection which he did. He was, then, made the governor of the place. This Vimala, like his fore-fathers, was a worshipper of Sakti under the name of Ambā. After having made friends with the former ruler of Abu, he built there the famous marble temple-a wonder of the world in sculpture and carving. The temple is known after him as Vimalavasahi. We learn from the Purātanaprabandhasamgraha that Neqha became a monk and Vimala was made a king by Sri Bhīma who, as insignia of honour, gave him an elephant and an umbrella (p. 52). It appears that the construction of the whole temple was not finished in Vimala's life-time; for the ranga - mandapa, according to the P. P. S. was made by his son Chāhila (p. 152). According to the N. N. C. P., however, it was constructed by his grandson Pệthvīpāla in the reign of Kumārapāla.
From the P. C. we learn that Bhīna had a son named Mūlarāja who died young. This Mīlarāja, in a year of famine, got the farmers freed from the payment of revenue. He died soon after. Next year, when the crops were good, the farmers brought the revenues of the last year with the present year. But the king refused to take what he had already let go. The
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