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Introduction
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events which made Kumārapāla believe in the infallibility of Hemachandra.
The Kumārapālaprabandha of Jinamandana mentions an earlier meeting of Kumārapāla and Hemachandra.' Once Srī Kumārapāla went to Pattana to wait upon Srī Jayasimhadeva. There he saw Hemācharya seated on a lion-seat before the king. He felt that this learned Jaina muni is being respected by the king. It would be a meritorious thing to meet him' So Kumāra pāla went to the lecture-hall of Hemāchārya and asked him which was the best virtue. Hemachandra answered: "To look upon the wives of other people as one's own sisters is the king of virtues"; and gave a sermon on chastity (pp. 18 - 22 ).
If this meeting was at all historical, it must have been before Kumārapāla was compelled to wander about for fear of his life, that is about V. S. 1169- . A. D. 1113. (See p. CCI).
According to the Pra. Cha. when Kumārapāla could not succeed in subduing Arņorāja, he offered worship at the suggestion of his minister Bāhada to the image of Ajitanātha which was installed by the hands of Hemachandra ( vs. 451 - 452).
+ From the P. D. K., the Ku. Pratibodha and the Moharāja - parājaya - all contemporary works - we gather an impression that in the latter part of his reign, Kumārapāla's manner of life was like that of a good rāvaka following the twelve vows. Through his royal authority he had promulgated Amári or non-killing of animals (D. K.). From the Moharaja-. parajaya we learn that he tried to check drinking, gambling etc. He also built several Jaina temples.
According to Jipamaņdana's K-Prabandha it was in V. S. 1216-A. D. 1160 that Kumārapāla publicly took the Jaina vows. This dato is not improbable.
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