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lives in order to compass the death of the king; but Karna's mother Udayamatī, hearing of these intentions, and not being able to witness their death, made vow to live or die with them. Karņa, on the other hand, forced by these circumstances, married Mayaņallā.”
The Duyāśraya-kāvya, however, does not record the story of the former birth. But it tells us that on looking at the portraits of each other both Mayaņallā and Karna became so much attracted that they determined to marry each other. The match was arranged and Mayaņallā came to Anahillapur to marry Karma with a big dowry of elephants etc., given by her father. She was secretly observed there by Karņa. Thereupon she determined to die if Karna did not marry her. Karna heard this news from the female friends of Mayaņallā and married her.1
From both the above statements it appears that due to certain reason she was determined to marry Karņa. It seems that she might have been ugly or otherwise undesirable. Karņa must have first refused to marry her but later on he consented under the threat of suicide.
The Prabandha-cintamani further states that Karna had great dislike fo Mayanallä. His minister Muñjāla, finding out from the chamberlain that the king was in love with a woman of low rank, dressed up Mayaņallādevī in her clothes and ornaments and sent her, after the usual monthly ablution, secretly to take the place of that woman. As the king supposed that she was that woman, he received her ardently and she became pregnant etc. The son born from Mayaņallā was named Jayasimha 2
From the Jain sources we also get information about his ministers. Dhavalaka, the son of Vimala's brother Mantri Nădha, known from a Prākrta work Malli-cariu (Canto 3) composed by Haribhadrasūri, was one of the ministers. From the Prabandha-cintāmayi 4 and from the colophon of the Yoga-drsti-samuccaya composed in the year V.E. 1146 (c. 1089 A.D.)5 we know that Muñjāla was also his minister who, by that time, as referred to in
1 DV., Canto IX, Vs. 89-172.
? SJGM., I, pp. 54-55 : 34CT FF75427TH THATÉ Z hrat e विज्ञाय तद्वेषधारिणीं मयणलदेवीमेव ऋतुस्नातां रहति प्राहिणोत्। तामेव स्त्रियं जानता नृपतिना सप्रेम भुज्यमानायास्तस्यां आधानं समजनि। तदा च तया संकेतज्ञापनाय नृपकरान्नामाङ्कितमङ्गलीयर्क निजाङ्गल्यां न्यधाथि सुलग्ने जातस्य तस्य सूनोर्नृपतिर्जयसिंह इति नाम निर्ममे।
3 JSI., p. 279. 4 SJGM., I, p. 54.
5 SJGM., XVIII, p. 99: FAILS TEÑÊHT: rcfplaar -- हरिभद्रस्य। सं० ११४६ कार्तिक सुदि कर्णदेवकल्याणविजयराज्ये-महामात्य मुंजालपट्टकावस्थिते....
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