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CLXXIV
Kavyanusasana
was naturally compassionate'(v. 64). Kāli the guardian spirit of Ujjayinī was pleased with his generosity and promises that Jayasimha would conquer Yaşovarman and other kings. (66 - 68 ).
Yaşovarman comes to know of this incident and flies away that very night to Dhārā which was a 'Sudurga' - a better fort - (v. 70). In the morning Jayasimha led his soldiers and Ujjayinī was 'broken'. He himself proceeded to Dhārā and “This great hero of the Chālukyas, like a dancer dancing his sword on the battle-field, seized the lord of Mālavas who had entered Dhárā' (v. 72 ). The king Yaşovarman was then made a prisoner. (v. 73 ).
This is a how Hemachandra describes the greatest event of Jayasimha's reign. Presumably it only touches the last expedition of the great war of twelve years. The super-natural element of Yoginīs is difficult to explain, though it does not come in the way of understanding the event. Jayasimha's meeting of Ujjayinī's Yogini Kāli in Aşahilla pura might signify that Jayasimha was not successful in the early stages of the war, that overtures for making a friendly alliance with Yaşovarman were made to Jayasimha, and that he rejected them.
Tradition has preserved many details of this war with Mālava. Some of them may be noted here. We learn from the Vāgbhatālamkāra that it was Barbaraka who built a sort of bridge on the river Siprā ( Pari IV v. 152), presumably to enable the army to cross it.
According to the G.manuscript of the P. P. S. 'when deliberation on the conduct of war was being he was the son of Mayaħallā who was a sammātā because she possessed all the qualities like compassion etc.'
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