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Introduction
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blessed with an offspring for a long time appears to have touched the imagination of Hemachandra.
Mayaṇalla after the death of her husband spent her life in a religious manner - going to pilgrimages and building works of public utility. Whether she took any part in the affairs of the state-we have no evidence to judge. According to the P. C., as we saw, she got the pilgrim-tax of Somanatha removed through her son. But this was a religious act, surely not a service to the state. Her holiness is particularly emphasised by the story of the Jar of Sin' in the P. C.
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It appears Jayasimha was greately attached to his mother. When, after conquering Malava, on his return to Aṇahillapura, he was being congratulated with Mangala verses, he seems to have been poignantly reminded of his mother who was then dead. The sentiment that Jayasimha must have given vent to is expressed in a verse quoted by the Prabandhkoṣa, as being uttered by the king. 'Let no woman give birth to a son like this (referring to himself) whose luck bore its greatest fruit after the death of his mother! "+ Two lakes one at Viramgama and the other at Dholka-named after her have survived.
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Of the other great political figures of Jayasimha's reign, we may mention Sampatkara or Santu, Munjāla, Āṣvāka, Dādāka, Mahadeva, Kesava, and Udayana. We have already referred to Sampatkara as the chief minister in the time of Karna. He was probably a native of Baroda. His father's name was Varṇag मा स्म सिमन्तिनी कापि जनयेत् सुतमीदृशम् ।
बृहद भाग्यफलं यस्य भृतमातुरनन्तरम् ॥
P. K. p. 115.
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