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service of Jina Order". Thus preaching Kum rap la, his disciples and followers to dutifully serve Jina Order, c rya Hemacandra S ri left for heavenly abode in sam dhi in Vikram 1229.
King Kum rap la performed his Guru's funeral rites in royal honour. Taking the burnt ash with adoration, he applied it on his forehead. Following the example of the king, the feudatories, ministers and thousands of people who attended the funeral ceremony applied the ash on their foreheads. As a result a chasm formed over there and the citizens of Pa a a called it as 'Hemakha da'.
Kum rap la could not bear the separation of his preceptor. With tears flowing on to the cheeks and with a choked voice he addressed his feudatories and ministers, "My only distress is I could not even offer a drop of water to my guru, what to talk of food, as he always abstained from R japi da (food offered by kings)".
Thus always reminiscent of the fond memories of his Guru and adhering to his instructions, Kum rap la engaged himself in the service of Jain Order. Eventually 'Param rhata' Kum rap la left the mortal body in Vikram 1230 in Sam dhi contemplating and confessing his sins.
Ajayadeva
After 'Param rhata Kum rap la, Ajayadeva inherited the throne of Gurjara kingdom in Vikram 1230 (accordingly V.N.1700). His very brief period of three years regime is deemed as horrible tale of oppression of all the people in general and the followers of Jainism in particular.
As soon as he ascended the throne he started demolishing the Jain shrines constructed by his predecessors. Then he diverted his attention towards those who were loved and respected by c rya Hemacandra and Kum rap la and plotted to kill them.
First of all he concocted a plot to kill the renowned minister Kapardi who was very loyal to Kum rap la and beloved of c rya Hemacandra S ri. At the onset, he made Kapardi Mah m tya (Chief of Ministers) and that night summoning him on the pretext of some consultation, imprisoned
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