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works and his multifarious cultural activities, which impressed much his contemporaries and succeeding generations, thus immortalising his name in the annals of India.
Four great things : The Prabandha-cintamani quotes a verse which tells us that Jayasimha accomplished four great things which nobody could do. They were — the temple of Maha Rudrakala at Siddhapur, the great artificial lake (Sahasvalinga) at Patan; the great pilgrimage to Someśvara on foot (Mahayatra); great place (Mahāsthāna), most probably the Danaśālā built near the lake Sahasralinga -- a sort of free boarding and lodging place for students.
Mahayatra: The Duyaśraya-kävya, in its fifteenth canto, refers to all these things. It states that in Siddhapura on the banks of the river Sarasvatī he built Rudra Mahālaya. At the same place he also built a temple of the last Arhat, i.e., Mahāvīra, and properly honoured the Arhatsangha 3' After this he proceeded to his pilgrimage to Somanātha on foot. In Devapațțaņa he was received by Audumbari Ganda who was in charge of the city. The king worshipped Śiva and requested him a son. Upon this Sambhu told him touching his hairy head, 'your brother Tribhuvanapala's son Kumāra pala will be the king after you,' and disappeared.? From Somanātha Jayasimha went to Raivataka mountain and paid his reverence to Neminātha, the twenty-second Jain Tirthankara.8 After that he went to Satruñjaya and there he worshipped Nābheya, the first Tīrthankara. He founded a city, Simhapura (mod. Sihor), near Satruñjaya and granted it with other villages to Brāhmaṇas.10 Then he returned to his capital and performed sacrifices and removed the doubts which arose regarding certain rituals. 11 He also gave dakşiņās to Brāhmaṇas. After this for his Ista
i SjGM., I, p. 75. 2 DV., XV, V. 15. 3 Ibid., Vs. 16-17. 4 Ibid., V. 18. 5 Ibid., Vs. 37–38. & Ibid., V. 53. 7 Ibid., Vs. 54-56 : f
gry: CAT TYTETI त्वद्भात्रीयः त्रिभुवनपाल पुनोऽस्ति धूः क्षमः ॥ कुमारपाल सोऽश्वीयस्त्वदन्ते क्षमा धरिष्यति।
54tratarea ei....11 8 Ibid., Vs. 61-88.
Ibid., Vs. 89-95. 10 Ibid., Vs. 97-98. 11 Ibid., V. 108.
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