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Kavyanusasana
The account of the early part of Kumārapāla's life is to be gathered from the Prabandhas. His early travels are, however, referred to by Yaşahpāla – a contemporary of Kumārapāla-in his play the Moharājaparājaya ( Act I, 28 ).
According to the P. P. S. when Kumārapāla left Anahillapura, through fear of murder, he was about twenty years old. He travelled in various parts of India and made pilgrimage to Kedáranātha seven times. He had to travel incognito for thirty years. He proceeded to Anahillapura when he heard of Jayasimha's death in the shop of a shoemaker in Ujjayiņī (P. P. S. p. 38 ).
While thus running about to save his life, he was helped by many people. Once when Kumārapāla happened to be in Stambhatīrtha (Cambay), his future kingship was forecast by Hemachandra in presence of Udayana who was then the Governor at Stambhatīrtha. When Kumārapāla could not believe in such an impossible future Hemachandra wrote down the exact date of his coronation as Sam. 1199 Kārtika Vadi 2 Sunday, and gave one copy to Kumārapāla, and another to Udayaņa for verification. When Kumārapāla was pursued by the soldiers of Jayasimha, he was helped in various ways by Hemachandra; though according to the account of the Pr. Cha. Udayana out of his loyalty to Jayasimha or more probably fear, refused to give quarter to Kumārapāla (Pr. cha. 322 vs. 443 - 444 ).
Kumārapāla got the throne through the help of his sister's husband. His name is given as Kānhadadeva in the P. C. (p. 78).
Somaprrbhasūrī - a contemporary of Kumārapāla,
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