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dāna-juanadana (or imparting knowledge to others ), 'abbayadana' (saving the lives of others ) and dbarmopastambbadana which consisted in giving food, drink, clothing, beds, seats and other uccommodations to the Jains. Thereupon the king opened a satrāgāra for the Jains and appointed Abhayakumara, son of Nemināga, as its superintendent.39
Hemasūri next proceeded to explain the king the twelve vows of a Jain layman. As to the practical results which followed the taking of the first vow, Jinamandana says that besides forbidding the destruction of life in his eighteen provinces, Kumārapāla persuaded the princes of fourteen states to pass similar edicts in their kingdoms. Moreover, he declared the use of unstrained water illegal, and like Siladitya of Molapo, gave strained water to his horses and elephants. Hemasūri then gave him the biruda of Saranāgatatrāta. 40
After taking the second vow, Kumārapāla spoke sweet, truthful and measured words. His dealings with friends, wives, enemies and preceptors were marked with straight forwardness.
39 Ibid, p. p. 219-20.
40 Kumārapalaprabandha, p. 81. Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
