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CCXXVII The P. P. S. quotes an apabhramşa dohá composed and recited on the occasion by a Chāraṇa * which definitely makes Ambada responsible for killing Mallikārjuna. According to the Pịthvirājavijaya of Jayānaka, however, it was Someşvara, the father of Pșthvirāja Chauhāna who killed Mallikārjuna.
We may here mention the names of his ministers who belonged to the family of Vimala.
The apabhramsa prasasti of the Nemināthachariu continues its narrative up to the reign of Kumārapāla. We learnt from it that Dhavala – the son of Neaha was a minister of Karņa; he continued to occupy that position in the reign of Jayasimha also. Through the boon of the goddess Dhanuhāvi, ( that is - his family deity - Vindhyavāsinī who, as we saw, was given that narne because she resided in the bow of his ancestor Lahara- ) he built a temple known as Revantaprāsāda.
This Dhavala had a son named Ananda. Ananda's wife Paumāvai or Padmăvatī by name was very religious. He also occupied the position of his father in the reigns of Siddharāja and Kumārapāla. He had a son named Puhaipāla or Pythvipāla who also occupied ministerial posts. Pţthvipāla built the beautiful mandapa in the temple at Abu built by his ancestor Vimala. He built several other temples. It was in his temple at Anahillapura that Haribhadrasūri completed his Nemināthachariu.
Thus this prasasti gives us the history of an illustrious family of the Prāgvātas who played such
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पाडी माथउं वाढिउं उअडिहिं देविणु पाउ ॥ .
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