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appreciated by Viradhavala who rewarded him. with presents " This victory of Tejahpala is not confirmed by the contemporary chroniclers.
According to the Vastupalacharita, Visaladeva had a maternal unole named Sinha, Once the latter beat a Jain monk for a trivial offence. When Vastupala came to know this, he asked his man to cut off the hand of Sinha. The latter patiently bore grudge and once instigated Visaladeva. But Someśvara brought about a conciliation between Visaladeva and Vastupala. On another occasion, when a pratihara named Samara instigated the king, Someśvara again took the side of the minister and appeased the king's These stories are not recorded by the earlier chroniclers This, however, need not lead us to reject them entirely. They are all right in so far as they show the relations of Vastupāla and Somesvara.
Narachandra, Vastupala's preceptor, had told Vastupala that he would die in V. Samvat 1296; so Vastupala called his relatives and gave out his intention of making a pilgrimage to Satrunjaya. The relatives consenting, he started for Satrunjaya,
17 Rajasekhara, Chaturvimsatiprabandha, 114-5, 18 Jinaharsha, Vastupalacharita, PP. 295-8.
