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the consecration of his son." In the time of Kumarapala, he led an unsuccessful expedition against the king of Saurastra, (but died in the war). He was known as the maternal uncle of Siddharaja. He built the fort of Jhinjhuwādā.12
Udayana was an excellent follower of Jina. When he was sent against the king of Sorath, he kept his army in Vardhamanapur and went to Vimalachala. While worshipping the Jineśvara, he saw a rat with a burning wick entering a hole in the wooden temple. The animal was prevented by the temple servant from carrying the wick in hole; but Udayana, apprehending danger to the wooden temple, made up his mind to build a stone temple, and vowed to take only one meal till the task was accomplished. Then he joined his camp and marched against Sunsara. In a battle that followed, the imperial forces were defeated and Udayana was mortally wounded." He was remo
11 Ibid, p. 205. 12 Desai, Jain Sahityano Itihasa, p. 224. 13 Merutunga, Prabandhachintamani, p. 217. The later chroniclers, however, say that when the imperial forces were defeated, Udayana personally went against Sunsara and slew him in a hard fought duel (Charitrasundara, Kumarapalacharit VI, (IV), 20-22; Jayasimha, Kumarapalacharit, vIII, 495-509; JinamandShree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
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