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Kavyañusasan' do not know what it is.” Udā was sent for; but when Karna saw that Udā was a lucky man he was given the seal of ministership and the title of Rānimā.
This is how the early rise of Udayana is described by the P.P. S. and also by the P. C. with a few variations ( The P. P. S. p. 32., The P. C. p. 56).
The P. P. S. in the beginning of its account tells us that Udayana was made the Governor of Lāta and given ministerial seals by the king. The name of the king is not mentioned. He must have been given that post by either Karņa or more probably by Siddharāja Jayasimha.
When Udayana was staying at Khambhāta (Cambay) probably as a governor of Lata - Province he performed the Diksha - festival of Hemachandra. We have referred to the incident of his meeting Kumārapāla at Cambay when the latter was running about for his life. We have also mentioned, on the authority of the Pra. Cha, his fight against Khengāra of Junagadha. According to the P. P. S. it was Udayana who slayed Khengāra (p. 34).
We saw that Udayana was appointed as an elderly counsellor with Aliga, while his son Vāgbhata was made the Prime Minister ( The P. C. p. 79).
His wife Suhadevi died when Udayana was considerably old. A typical incident is narrated by the P. P. S. with reference to Udayana's re-marriage at the age of seventy. Vāgbhata saw that his father was feeling unhappy. So he thought of remarrying him. He found out a grown up girl ( lit. an old daughter
gar) who was a daughter of a merchant in Vāyadapura. Under the pretext of a pilgrimage Udayana
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