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Introduction
CIC ka - Itihása ( Vol. I, pp. 218 - 19 ). The geneology of Kumārapala given by the K. Pratibodha also agrees with this.
Thus Kumārapāla belonged to the senior line of the family and was fully entitled to the throne. We find that the D. K. generally refers to K. as Bhaimi - (that is - a descendent of Bhīma - ) as if, thereby, emphasing his rightful claim to the throne. *
* The P. C. however, tells a different tale. According to it Bhīma married a hetaera named Bakulddevī or Chaulādevī who was very faithful to him, and had a son by her named Haripala. This Haripala had a son named Tribhuvanapala whose son was Kumārapāla. Jayasimha could not bear that a kiasman who, on mother's side, was low-born should succeed him. So he was always seeking for an opportunity to kill Kumārapāla (p. 77).
This account of the P. C. gives a credible explanation of Jayasimha's hostile attitude to Kumāras &la, but differs in its geneology from contemporary accounts and flatly contradicts the D. K. according to which, Kshemarāja was fully legible for the throne. We do not know what was the authority of the P. C. for giving such a humiliating origin to a king, who according to the Jaina sources, was a Parame-Arhata - a great Jaina king. As it is, we cannot accept it in face of contemporary authorities. For another and a more probable explanation see p. CCI.
The Kumārapala-prabandha of Jinamaņdana gives the same geneology. It gives also additional information about the other relatives of Kum&rapāla. The name of the mother of Kum&rāpla was Kasmirádevī. She had three sons Kumārapāla, Mabīpala and Kīrtipāla. She had two daughters named Premaladevī and Devaladevī. The first was married to Krshnadeva, the master of Sri Jayasimhadeva's Horse and the second to Arporāja, ruler of Sakambhari. Kumarapāla was married by his parents to one Bhopaloa or Bhūpaladevi (p. 18). We learn from the Pra, Cha. (p. 319. v. 392 ) that this Bhüpāladevī accompanied her husband in his wandering.
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