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pilgrimage of Somanātha with his mother, Yasovarman invaded. Santu was present at Anbilwāļa as a minister. Thenceonwards Siddharāja had an enmity with Yasovarman'. It is further informed that Jayasiṁha was only eight years old when Karņa died. So the early administration of Jayasimha was carried on by his mother and the ministers. It is omitted by Hemacandra.
Kumārapala : His early wanderings, family relations and the acquisition of the kingship is omitted by Hemacandra only because the early life of Kumārapāla was full of hardships.
Kumärapāla had two sisters. One was Premalādevi who was married to Sapādalakṣa king Anaka. The other was Nāmalādevi who was married to Pratāpamalla, the Mabāsādhanika of Jayasiṁhal. Being the son of a maidenservant he was hated by Jayasimba who made a search for him as the kingsbip of Kumārapāla was predicted. Kumārapāla escaped and then detailed accounts of his wanderings are giveno. All these events and of the early life of Kumārapala are omitted by Hemacandra.
Kumārapāla was helped Krşņa or Kāṇha in the acquisition of the throne. According to another version pratāpamalla
1. Purātanaprabandhasangraba, pp. 35-36. 2. ibid. p. 35. 3. (a) Purātanaprabandhasangraha, p. 38.
(6)Kumārapālacaritrasangraha, p. 113. 4 (a) Prabandbacintāmaņi, p. 77.
(b) Prabbāvakacarita, pp. 195-96.
(c) Kumārapālacaritrasangraha, pp. 7-13. 5. (a) Prabhāvakacarita, p. 197
(b) Prabandhacintamani, p. 78.
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