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pala gave 25 gold staffs for the devakulikās in Sakunikavihara, a Jain temple, built by Ambada in Broach. To comemorate this event, Jayasimhasuri composed the Vastupala-Tejahpala Prasasti between A. D. 1220 and 1230. The Prasasti contains valuable information about the kings of Gujarata from Mularaja to Bhima II, as well as about the latter's Vaghela ministers, praises Vastupala and Tejahpāla for their pious and religious deeds and gives their genealogy. The Hammiramadamardana is another work of Jayasimhasūri. It is a Sanskrit drama in five acts dramatizing the repulsion of a Muslim attack on Gujarata. It was composed between A. D. 1220 and 1230 and was first staged at Cambay at the command of Jayantasimha, Vastupala's son, in A. D. 1230.
Udayaprabhasūri was a pupil of Vijayasena. sūri who was the spiritual preceptor of Vastupala and Tejahpala. He is known to have composed (1) the Dharmabhyudayamahākāvya, a poetical work containing historical information about Vastupala, his preceptor and other Jain monks; (2) The Arambhasiddhi, a work on astrology; (3) Neminathacharita in Sanskrit (4-5) Commentaries
(8) Desai, Loc. cit., p. 385.
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