Jainism in Gujarat

Author(s): Chimanlal Bhailal Sheth
Publisher: Godiji Jain Temple Mumbai

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repair the temple of Somanatha, he readily consented to do so 62
We shall now say a few words about Kumārapala's principal officers In those days, the heads of different departments of the state, provincial Governors, prime ministers and Dandanāyakas' were known as mantris or ministers and acted as commanders of the army.
According to the Dryasraya, Vägbhata was & Prime Minister of Kumarapala. This fact is' confirmed by the Nadola copperplates of V. S. 1213 64 It is difficult to say who this Vágbhata was Probably he was the son of Udayana wbo built' & stone temple to Adinātha on the Satrunjaya Hill in V, S. 1211 (or A. D. 1154-5) and founded Vágbhatapura at the foot of the hill. In this city, Vagbbata built a temple of Párávanātha and called it Tribhuvanavibära after the King's father.
Āmbada or Amrabhata was another, 'mantri' of Kumārapala. He was the second son of Udayana We have already seen him in connection with his expedition against Mallikarjuna He
62 Bhavanagara Inscriptions, p 187, v. 11.
63 Doyusraya, XX, 91-2. 64 I, A. (1912), p. 203. 65. Prabandhachintamani, p. 220.