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POLITICAL HISTORY OF N. INDIA FROM JAIN SOURCES
annalist Hemacandra has given a good description of Jayasinha's prosperous reign in his Dvyaśraya-kavya. The prabandha literature describes many more anecdotes about Jayasimha's relations with Hemacandra. Hemacandra appears to be a moral guide of Jayasimha.
Scholars: Besides Hemacandra there were other scholars in the court of Jayasimha. The poet laureate, Srīpāla, wrote the Vairocana-parājaya and several other praśastis. He called himself as Jayasimha's adopted brother (pratipanna-bandhu). According to Somaprabhācārya Siddharāja Jayasimha called Śrīpāla as Kavindra and brother. 2
The poet Vāgbhața, the author of the Vagbhatălankāra, Jayamangalācārya, the author of the Kavisiksa,Vardhamānasūri who wrote the Ganaratnamahodadhi, a work on grammar,5 were among the other scholars who flourished in his reign.
Great personalities : Among the great personalities and political figures of his reign, we can quote several names. The queen mother Mayanallā, the old minister Sāntū or Sampatkar, Muñjāla, Āśuka Dādaka, Mahādeva, and Udayana are well-known figures in Jain sources.
We have referred to Mayaņallā in the context of Karna. Mayanallā, after the death of Karņa, brought up the young king Jayasimha with the help of the minister Sāntū. She also devoted her life to religion and went often on pilgrimage to Somanāth. One of her religious deeds was the removal of pilgrim tax of Somanāth through her son. It is said the tax yielded seventy-two lakhs to the royal treasury. She was a great woman. Her influence was great in shaping the early life of Jayasimha. She lived a long life and saw her son fully prosperous and died at an advanced age, a little before the conquest of Mālava in 1135 A.D. A verse from the Prabandha-kośa shows as to how Jayasimha loved his mother: "No woman should bear a son like me whom fate brought the greatest of his cherished wishes, only when his mother was no more."
1 EI., I, p. 300: TERZETTE: stagi: 997y:
श्रीपालनामाकविचक्रवर्ती प्रशास्तिमेतामकरोत्प्रशस्ताम् ॥ 2 Kumārapāla-pratibodha Prasasti : tragaofa: Fatom sa zarafai 3 Kavyamālā, XLVIII. 4 Peterson report 1882-83, p. 80, Introduction, p. 31. 5 Jain Sahityano Itihās, p. 255. 1 SJGM., I, p. 57. 2 Ibid., VI, p. 115: F
r a Fria Tigaie THI बृहद्भाग्यफलं यस्य मृतमातुरनन्तरम् ।।
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