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Holy Abu
He served his mother well and seven times he went on pilgrimages with big retinues and proper festivities accompanying them. He had a very devoted pious wife in Kumāradevi,1 noble like her husband and firmly devoted to the cause of the Jaina faith. For reasons unknown, Asaraja ultimately left Aṇahillavāḍa-Paṭan and went with his family to stay in a nearby place called Sumhalaka. There he lived a peaceful life and carried on business and other activities. To this Āsarāja were born, of Kumāradevī, four sons, named Luniga, Malladeva, Vastupala and Tejapala, and seven daughters named (1) Jalhu, (2) Mau, (3) Sau, (4) Dhanadevi, (5) Sohaga, (6) Vayaju and (7) Paramaladevi. Like the famous seven sisters of the ancient Jaina acharya Sthūlibhadra, these seven sisters were very intelligent and firmly devoted Jaina shravikās.
Luniga, young and energetic, became a brilliant young minister, known for his skill in administration and bravery. But he died young. His wife was Lūņādevi. Malladeva also became a minister and was a famous statesman, a leader of the Mahajana (trade-guilds) and of people devoted to religious acts. He had two wives, Liladevi and Pratapadevi. From Lila was born Pūrṇasimha. Pūrṇasimha and his wife Alhaṇādevi had a son named Pethada who was present at the time of the consecration ceremony (pratiṣṭhāvidhi) of this Lūņavasahi. Pūrṇasimha had another wife named Mahanadevi, a daughter named Valālade and two sisters called Sahajalade and Sadamalade. Mahamatya Shri Vastupala and Tejapala.
It is needless to write in details about the two great ministers Vastupala and Tejapāla since they are very well known and much has been written about their bravery, She was a widow remarried to Asarāja, see, Sāṇḍesarā, Literary Circle of Vastupala, pp. 26-27-Translator.
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