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Introduction
CXXXI
No important event of his reign is described by the Dvyāṣraya. The Vadanagara - prasasti of Kumārapāla informs us that he defeated Sindhuraja whom we cannot exactly identify. He may probably be Varapa of Laṭadeṣa the word Värapa literally meaning 'lord of waters. According to the D. K. he had three sons: Vallabharāja, Durlabharaja and Nāgarāja. When referring to their education, Hemachandra mentions their training and proficiency in managing horses and elephants.
About the birth of these princes the Prabhavakacharita gives some significant information. Chamuṇḍarāja was very much troubled by the fact that his queens always suffered from mis-carriage. He once mentioned this anxiety of his mind to his minister Vīra. (This Vīra was the same as mentioned by the N. C. Colophon ). Vīra consulted his religious preceptor Sri Vīrasūri. He gave him some charmed fragrant powder and directed that the queens should sprinkle themselves with it. After this treatment Srimad Vallabharaja and other sons were born' (The Pr. C. verses 136-148 pp. 213-14). According to the same book, Chamuṇḍaraja had met previously Ṣrī Vīrasūri whose sermons he had heard and of whose miraculous power he was aware. This incident together with his grant to a Jaina temple may be taken as signifying some Jaina influence on the king. The Dvyaṣraya tells us that the prince Vallabharāja with the permission of the king Chamuṇḍarāja led an expedition against Mälava, but on the way he was attacked with an incurable disease (which according to the commentatory was small-pox) and died of it. The generals very tactfully retreated the army
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