Kumarpal Charita

SR No.: 002235
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Shankar Pandurang Pandit
Publisher: Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute
Publication Year: 1936
Total Pages: 762
Language: Hindi, Sanskrit
Classification: Book_Devnagari
File Size: 11 MB

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INTRODUCTION
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Hemācārya at the same time, exacted from Kumārapāla a promise that he would accept the Jaina creed if he should become a king. Kumārapāla then went to the housc of Udayana who entertained him heartily and, providing him with all requisites, sent him on to Mālvā.
There in the temple of Kudangeśvara he noticed a verse, inscribed on the tablet containing the account of the foundation of the temple, which ran as follows: *“ When eleven hundred and ninety-nine years will have been completed, there will be king Kumāra who, oh Vikramarāya, will be like you.” Astonished to read this inscription and having about the same time learnt that Siddharāja was dead, Kumārapāla started back for Anahillapura.
Returning to the town at night, hungry and exhausted, and having got no money, he appealed for his meals to the charity of a confectioner; and then went to the house of his sister's husband, Kānhadadeva who was the foremost among the ministers to whom Siddharāja had entrusted the work of placing a suitable ruler on the throne, Kānhadadeva who had gone to thə Court, found - Kumārapāla in the house on his return home, and treated him with great respect, and, next morning, accompanied by his army in a state of readiness for action, took him to the palace. When all the courtiers were assembled, a young relation of the deceased king was first placed on the throne, but he appeared to be extremely careless,as he did not mind even his clothes when they fell off and left his limbs naked; and was, therefore, regarded as unfit for the honour. Another relation was then placed in the post,
___ * पुण्ये वर्षसहस्र शते वर्षाणां नवनवत्यधिके भवति कुमारनरेद्रस्तव विक्रमT19 HET. P. 194, yaralTAO.