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CHAPTER V. LUNA-VASAHI
Ancestors of Ministers Vastupala and Tejapala
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In the twelfth century of the Vikrama era, lived, in Aṇahilvaḍa-Paṭan a great statesman named Chaṇḍapa, 1 ornament of the Pragvāța (Poravaḍa of today) caste. His wife was Champala-devī. Chanḍapa was a minister (in the court of the Chalukya rulers of Paṭan), skilled in the art of government, a tried satesman, devoted to the welfare of his people, and a pious follower of the faith. His son Chandaprasāda, a worthy son, also became a minister of the Chalukya rulers, and had, from his wife Jayashri, two The elder son called Shura (Sūra) was very intelligent and pious, the younger Soma (Somasimha) was also very intelligent, valiant, firmly devoted to the Jaina religion and an able statesman and administrator. He was a minister of the famous Solanki ruler Siddharāja Jayasimha. He had accepted the Tirthankara as his object of devotion and worship (i.e. till death he followed the Jaina Dharma and did not recognise deities of other sects); in spiritual matters his guide was Shriman Haribhadra suri of the Nagendragaccha while his master on the material plane Mahārāja Siddharāja. He had taken a vow to serve the three faithfully for life. His wife, Sītā-devī, like Sītā of old, was firmly devoted to her husband and to the practice of religion. Somasimha had a son named Asarāja (Ashvarāja) who again was very intelligent and generous, besides being a great devotee of his mother and of the Jaina faith.
1 For ancestors of Vastupala, see, Naranārāyaṇānanda Kavya (of Vastupala ), XVI; Kirtikaumudi of Someśvara, IIITranslator.
