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(24) when he had renounced attachment to worldly life. He had also written a book called Kavirājamārga, a work on rhetorics, in Kannada language. The city of Mānyakheta was his capital. It was very beautifully built. He used to bestow donations amply to Jain temples and monasteries. The big commentary on sākatāyana was named after his name Amoghavarşa. The Dhavalā and the Jayadhavalā commentaries also were designated after his name Dhavala or Atiśayadhavala. A stanza from the Ganitaśāstra, written by Mahāvírācārya, mentions that he had been a staunch follower of the Jain faith. Read the following stanza
विध्वस्त कान्तपक्षस्य स्याद्वादन्यायवेदिनः ।
and 7995mEu qala AFC SAAR 11 I am unable to accept this information as thoroughly correct, for it goes against the dates of Ācārya Virasena and Ācārya Jinasena, given in the Praśastis of the Dhavalā and the Jayadhavalā commentaries. In my opinion, king Amoghavarşa, referred to in the Prasasti of the Jayadhavalā and in the colophons of the Pārsvābhyudaya, is not that king who was the son of king Govinda III alias Jagattunga. He was the predecessor of king Akālavarşa, the father of king Dhārāvarşa alias king Dhruvarāja who was the contemporary of king Indrāyudha, the descendent of the Ayudha dynasty of Kanauja and king Vatsaraja, the descendant of the Gurjara-Pratihara dynasty of Avanti, and who is referred to in the Praśasti of the Harivamśapurāņa, which was completed in the year 705 of the s. Saka era. In support of this view, I think it necessary to turn to the four copper-plate inscriptions from Sanjānā, Navasāri, Karhāda and Deoli. The Sanjānā copper-plates were inscribed in the year 793 of the śālivāhana Śaka era when king Amoghavarşa, the son of king Govinda III who was designated as king Prabhutavarşa and king Jagattunga also. The copper-plates from Navasari were inscribed in the year 826 of the śālivāhana
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