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Jayasimha was much pleased at the ingenuity of Hemachandracharya.
Charitrasundara also gives a some what similar account According to him, when Siddharaja returned from Malwå, men of different sects went to bless the king, and seeing that the Jain monks were absent, told the king that the Jains had grown haughty and did not even take the trouble of attending the court to bless His Majesty The Jain ministers told this to Devasűri who consented to go to the court with other monks to bless the king. Coming to the court, Hema. sūri who was ten ) years old said, 'O learned king, may you live long! May you delight the world for many years I May you and your servants enjoy health 1" The king, hearing the blessing, inquired as to why tbey were late. Eemasūri said that the Jain monks had been on state business for three days and had returned only then The king inquired as to what that business was. Hemasuri said that they had been to invite the wishing Cole, the sea and the moon to celebrate the triumphal entry, and then recited the rerse thiob is the same as that of Meru. tunga quoted above The king was much pleased
O Prabandhachintamani ( Tawner's Translation), pp. 87-8
