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118 Vijayapăla, grand son of Sripāla, composed the Draupadi-svayamvara, a Sanskrita drama in two acts. At the desire of Bhima II of Anahilevada, it was staged in the Tripurushaprasada at the time of a spring festival and was much appreciated by the people of the capital.(v).
In V. S. 1247, Sobbanadeva was the Governor of Láta dega and Ratnasimha the Mudrádbikári Ambada mantri and Alhādana Dandanayaka were the other Jain officers of Bhima II. They were brothers of Gallaka kula and regarded the monks of the Nāgendragatchba as their preceptors. Their ancestor. Vadhu built a temple to Mahāvira in Sangama Khetaka (probably modern Kaira which is situated on the confluence of the rivers Shedhi and Vätraka. ) His son Kapardi built a temple to Ādinātha in Vatasara. Kapardi had a son named Amradeva whose son Devachandra had four sons-Āmbada mantri, Jhathana, Albadana Dandanayaka, and Pralhadana. After Āmbada mantri's death, Alhadana ;Dandanayaka set up the images of Rishabhadeva, Chandraprabhu, Simandharaswami and Ambika in Satyapura or Sáchora. At his request, Vardhamanasūri, pupil of Vijayasimhasūri of Nagendra gatchha, composed
V. Desai, Jain Sahityano Itihasa, p. 342.
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