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ved to the camp where his soldiers finding him weeping bitterly, asked him to break his mind. The minister told them that as he was dying before having rebuilt the temples of Vimalāchala and Bhrigucatch ha, he could not contain bis grief. His soldiers told him that his sons Vägbhata and Amrabhata would carry out his plans. Udayana then asked them to call to his presence an ascetic that he might confess all his sins before him. They, however, not finding one, disguised a servant as an ascetic and carried him to the minister. Udayana then made his final act of faith and passed away.14 When Kumārapāla heard of Udayana's death, he was much grieved.15 Udayana is said to have built Udayanavibára in Karnavati.
Another Jain minister of Siddharāja was Asuka. He was, beyond doubt, a Mahāmātya or prime minister between V. S. 1179 and 1181 or ana, Kumārapālaprabandha, p. 71) Their evidence cannot weigh against that of a contemporary writer who gives the credit of defeating the Saurastra chiefs to Ālhana of Nadul (Epig. Ind., IX, p. 68) 14 Merutunga, Prabandhachintämani, p. 218; Charitrasundar-Kumārapālacharit, VI (IV) 23–30. Jinama. ndana, Kumārapālaprabandha, p. 71. 15 Chariträsundara, loc. cit., VI, (iv) 23. Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com