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Introduction
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Jayasimha gave a lac to Devabodha who settled his debts with the money. Then that Mahāmati, as the Pra. Cha. calls him, retired to the banks of the Ganges and passed his life in meditation.
In this context, we inay also mention Bhāva Brhaspati whose life is described in the inscription in the Bhadrakāli temple at Prabhāsa Pattana dated Valabhi samvat 850 = V. S. 1230-A. D. 1174.
Bhāva Brhaspati was born in Vārāṇasi in Kānya: kubja district in a great Brāhmaṇa family. He made it the mission of his life to revive Saivism of the Pasupata school. For this purpose he left his native place and took to travelling. As the inscription says “For the purposes of pilgrimage, making kings devout, and protect religious places, this ocean of austerities went out” (v. 6). First he went to Dhārā where he made the Pramāra kings his disciples. Then he came to Jayasimha who looked upon him as his brother. Bhāva Brhaspati reminded Jayasimha of his (Jayasimha's) mission of life viz. to revive old places of Siva worship. The king on the very day made him a Mahattara and an Achārya. After Jayasimha's death, Kumārapāla made him a 'ganda' that is the officer in charge of Somanātha Pattana and rebuilt the whole temple under BỊhaspati's supervision. The rest of the inscription describes how Ganda Bhāva Bịhaspati revived the glory of Somanātha by building temples, wells, etc..
Two other literary men of Jayasimha's time should also be mentioned. One is Pandita Vardhamānasūri-the author of the Gaṇaratnamahodadhi which was finished in the year V. S. 1197-A. D. 1141. He calls himself a pupil of Sri Govindasūri who probably is the same
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