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THE DYNASTIES OF CENTRAL INDIA
war and peace).1 Aśādhara was on cordial terms with the poet and was once called Sarasvatiputra by him.*
Devapala (c. 1218-36 A.D.): Arjunavarman was succeeded some time before V.E. 1275 by Devapäla. The Jain scholar Aśädhara survived Arjunavarman and finished his Jinayajñakalpa during the reign of Devapåla. It was completed in V.E. 1285 (A.D. 1228). According to the same scholar he was also called Sahasamalla. Jayasimhasūri, the author of the Hummira-mada-mardana refers to an incident of Devapäla's reign. He tells us that in alliance with the Yadava king Simhana (Singhapa, A.D. 121047) he made a joint attack on Viradhavala, the Vaghela chief of Dholka, but due to the ability of the spies appointed by Vastupala, the minister of the Vaghela chief, dissensions arose in the camps of the allied monarchs and the calamity was averted."
It is not possible to identify this Devapāla from the Jain sources. But fortunately we have four inscriptions of his reign ranging from V.E. 1275 to 1289. The first Harsauda stone inscription is dated V.E. 1275 (A.D. 1218)." The second Mandhātā grant, dated V.E. 1282 (A.D. 1225), is, however, the most important. It throws light on the lineage of Devapäla and informs us that it was composed by Rajaguru Madana with the assent of the Mahāsāndhivigrahika Pandita Bilhana. The third and fourth inscriptions are from Udayapur, which merely record the years V.E. 1286 (c. 1229 A.D.) and 1289 (c. 1232 A.D.) in the victorious reign of Devapāla. The Mandhātā plates distinctly state that Devapāla was the son of Hariścandra. In
1 JAOS., VII, pp. 377-82, 32-34, respectively. Colophon of Anagdra-dharmamṛta, Vs. 6-7:
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आशाधर त्वं मयि विद्धि सिद्धं.... सरस्वतीपुत्रतया.... बिहृणेन कवी शिना ।
V. 20, in the colophon of the Jinayajakalpa: fremad adardagTqueràveतीतेषु आश्विनसितान्न्यदिवसे साहसमहापराख्यस्य श्री देवपालनृपतेः प्रमारकुलशेखरस्य सौराज्ये, नलकच्छपुरे सिद्धो ग्रन्थोऽयं नेमिनाथचैत्यग्रहे ।
4 GOS., Act I, p. 6 : ( 1 ) अस्मान्प्रतिप्रयाणकाय प्रगुणीबभूव मालवमहीन्दुरप्यकृतप्रयाणोपक्रमम् इत्यकस्माकमाकस्मिकः सर्वतोऽपि संकट संघटः । मत्प्रमोदनाटिका नटी विजयपरिभोगसम्मुखी यदि श्रीवस्तुपालस्यैव शेमुषी ।
(ii) Ibid., Act II, p. 18:
चलिओ मालवम्मि मेइणीना हो ।
सिरि देवपालो वि तस्स सम्मुहंज्जेव परावडिदो !
5 IA., XX, pp. 310-12. Ibid., IX, pp. 103-17. IA., XX, p. 83.
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