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Minajadevi also. She is described here as having surpassed in chastity such ancient ideals of chastity as Ahal ya, Arundh a ti, Sati, Tår å and Mandodari. We are reminded in this connection of the great historical dialectics between the Syetambara and the Digambara sects of the Jainas which took place in Siddharaja's court, the parties being Deva sūri and Kumuda candra. In order to prove the theory that women also, on account of their chastity and virtues, are eligible for final beatitude, Deva sûri, the Svetambara pontiff, put forth the li illustration of queen-mother Minala devi, which fact supports the statement of the LPS. She is stated here to be the princess of Kän had a Jay a keśa', which is a fact, as this J ay a keśa was none other than) Ja ya kesinl of the Kadam ba dynasty of Kannada - Karnataka - Goa, who is believed to have flourished during 10501080 A.D.
King Siddha raja Jayasimha is described here as Gājanavaihawmira-hydayāntaśalya' or an arrow destroying the heart of Hammira, the master of Gajana' (6.16). This Hammit a might either be the ruler of some such place as Gaja na gadha or the king of Ghazni! In the previous pravundha also we get a reference to 'Gajanadhipa Hammira' who is stated there to have undertaken an attack on Päţa şa, when, lowever, Jag a ddeva Para mara secretly crept into his camp along with sixteen companions, surrendered him, took away his chief royal elephant and finally brought about a truce between him and Siddha ráj a (p. 2). Both these references appear to be concerning one and the same incident and the problem of Hammira's historicity is discussed by us there with the conclusion that he must have been a Muslim king of Sindha.
Now let us turn to the main theme of this prabandhu. The twenty-third verse of Canto II of Some svara's Kirtikarmudi specifically state the king of Ma ho baka paid a tribute to Siddharaja under the pretext of treating hini as a guest :
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In all the prabandhas dealing with the story of Ala da na bhram a or Mada na brahman or Madan a varman we have noticed
at siddha raia receives this thing or that from him. All the same it must also be noted that in all these descriptions we do feel a constant impress
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