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Merutunga says, that he played an important part in the capture of Dhårā.
After taking Dhārā, Siddharāja had taken a vow that he would enter Anabilavāda, mounted on an elephant, with Yasovarman, holding an unseathed sword in hand, on the back seat of the howdab. Minister Munjāla, coming to know this, pointed out to the king the risk he had undertaken by taking that vow. The king was unwilling to break his vow, but Munjāla persuaded him to fulfil it by giving in Yaśovarman's hand a wooden sword.6
Sāntu or Sampaikara was another Jain prime minister of Siddharāja. He was the prime minister of Karna also. He was probably a native of Baroda. His father's name was Varnāga and mother's name Sampuri. In the beginning of his career, he was a governor of Lāta in Broach. By sheer dint of merit, he rose to the rank of the chief minister of Karna. The Karnasundari of Bilhana was acted in his temple. “His engross. ment in state affairs-so much so that he has no time to talk to his obildren or his newly married wives-his proficiency in state craft and his suocess in political affairs are specially mentioned by
6 Merutunga, Prabandhachintāmani, pp. 146–7. Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
