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pious nature, skill in statecraft, devotion to people, equanimity towards all' sects, learning, generosities, intelligence and such other merits. Only a short account of their family is therefore given below."
In Mahāmātya Vastupāla was a harmonious combination of Shri and Sarasvatī (wealth and learning), so rare to obtain. Besides being a skilled diplomat, warrior and administrator he was a great scholar and his contemporary poets called him 'the Dharmaputra of Sarasvatī’(i.e. the adopted son of the Goddess of Learning). 2
He had two wives, Lalitādevī and Vejaladevī. It seems that in merits and skill Lalitādevī was superior to the other lady since Vastupāla is reported to have treated her with special courtsey and honour. He used to consult her in important matters of statecraft. From this Lalitādevī, Vastupāla had a son called Jayantasimha (Jaitrasimha) who was like the (mythical) princs Jayanta, the son of god Sūrya. He also took active part in politics, either jointly with his father or even independently. Jayantasimha was married to three ladies— Jayataladevī, Jammaņaļevī and Rūpādevī. ..Mahāmātya Tejapāla also had two wives, Anupamādevī and Suhaďādevī. To Anupamādevi was born a son named Lūņasimha (Lāvaṇyasimha ) who was very illustrious, intel
1 For detailed accounts see, (I) Vastupalanu Vidyaman. dala ( in Gujarāti) by Dr. B. J. Sandesara (2) and Literary Circle of Vastupāla by Dr. B. J. Sandesara, pub. in Simghi Jaina Series, Bombay (1953), pp. 26-42, and 88 ff.-Translator.
? The date of Vastupāla's birth is not known. The earliest recorded date about him is V. S. 1249 (1193 A. D..). when he and his brother Tejapāla went on a pilgrimage to Shatruñjaya along with their father. See, Sandesara, Literary Circle of Vastupāla, p. 27-Translator. ::.
