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Udayana's mediations. The Consecration ceremony was then performed in a Jain temple and Changadeva received the name Somadeva on consecration, according to common practice.
Merutunga and Cbāritrasundara say that the ceremony was performed in Karnavati, but their evidence cannot weigh against that of Somaprabha, a contemporary of Hemasūri, who says that it was performed in Stambhatirtha and who is closely supported by Prabhachandra. Later on, Merutunga also admits that Hemagūri was consecrated in Cambay when he accepts the statement of the Prabhāvakacharita that Kumarapala built a 'dik. shāvibāra' in Cambay to comemorate Hemasūri's consecration, inspite of his previous contradictory statement that the consecration took place in Karnāvati.
The Kumārapālapratibodha says nothing about the age of the boy at the time of consecration. Acoording to the Prabhāvakacharita, it was five, while according to the Prabandhakosa, the Prabandhachintāmani and the Kumārapālapra. bandha, it was eight. The latter view is accep. table as Jinamandana gives S. 1155 or A. D. 1097-8 as the date of consecration. The dis
3 Prabandhachintamani, p. 232. Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
