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Kavyanusasaria chāraya in his commentary on his Satāratha Kávya, we learn that Jayasimha's banner bore the sign of a red-crested cock on it (V. L. Pari. 4. v. 81 and Introduction to the K. Pra. p. 11.) *
Yaşahpataha was his favourite elephant who was killed while breaking open the gates of Dhārā. From the Vāgbhatālamkāra, we learn that Jayasimha had also another elephant named Sri Kalaşa whom the author mentions as one of the three jewels of the world - the other two being the city of Anahillapātaka and the son of the king Karna, i. e. Jayasimha (C. IV. v. 132).x
Of the literary figures and the learned assembly of Jayasimha, I shall speak when we come to describe Hemachandra's life.
The last days of Jayasimha are described in the * इन्द्रः स एष यदि किं न सहस्रमणां लक्ष्मीपतिर्यदि कथं न चतुर्भुजोऽसौ । आः स्यन्दनध्वजधृतोद्धरताम्रचूडः
श्रीकर्णदेवनृपसूनुरय रणाग्रे ॥ रे भूपाः कविराज एष भवतो जल्पत्युदञ्चभुजः पूज्या वश्चरणायुधा परममी युष्मत्कुले देवताः । यद् युद्धोत्सवदर्शनैकरसिकः श्रीताम्रचूडध्वजो देवः पश्यत नाधुना परि...यत्येकातपत्रां महीम् ॥
एकाङ्गवीरतिलको भुवनैकमल्लः
सिद्धाधिपः परमसाहसिकप्रकाण्ड: । दन्धिबर्बरकजिष्णुरवन्तिनाथ
इत्यूजितैर्जयति नामभिरेव देवः॥ Both these verses are attributed to Kavirāja that is Şrīpāla by Somaprabha. (See Introduction Ku. Pra. p. 11).
x अणहिलपाटकं पुरमवनिपतिः कर्णदेवनृपसूनुः ।
श्रीकलशनामधेयः करी च रत्नानि जगतीह ॥
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