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Introduction
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with a verse of biting sarcasm. * This must have been the origin of antagonismi between these two literators. Then followed what may be described as a poetic passage of arms between Devabodha and Srīpāla.
Devabodha must have come to Anahillapura about V. S. 1178-A. D. 1122 when Devasuri returned from Arbuda mountain, knowing that his Guru Munichandrasūri would die within six months. He solved the riddle of Devabodha after his return from Abu.
Soon after in V, S. 1178, Munichandrsuri died. Before V. S. 1181, Devabodha and Devasűri again met at Nāgāpura or (Nagora) where before the king Ahládana Devabodha praised Devasuri with a verse of āryā metre. It may be that Devabodha might have immediately returned to Anahillapura or more probably he might have visited Káși and Kānya-Kubja before he again came to Gujarata. In that case the incident with Sripāla must refer to the second visit. We saw that after the defeat of Kumudachandra, a temple was built with the money which was to be presented to Devasūri. This temple was finished in V. S. 1183-A. D. 1127. On that occasion, the Pra. Cha. tells us, Devabodha was invited to take part in the festival by Devasūri with great joy because he was a worthy person * (pp. 309-310 vs. 222-224). Devabodha came and showed his great poetic gift by reciting a fine verse as Jayasimha came to the Jaina temple from the Saiva
* J*: TTA1977: Jahifafa sft a l agreataetaea gal à afausar il p. 308, v. 208. देवबोधोऽपि सत्पात्रं तत्राहूयतः हर्षतः ॥
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