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the Prabhāvaka-carita he constructed a Jain temple in V.E. 1178.1 The religious activities of Udayana's son, Bāhada or Vāgbhața, are elaborately narrated in the Prabhāvaka-carita? as well as in the later Prabandhas.
Āimrabhața or Amhaďa was the other minister of Kumārapāla about whom we know from the Dvyaśraya-kavya and Kumarapala-pratibodha that he invaded Konkaņa and killed Mallikārjuna.3 He was most probably the son of Udayana and brother of Bāhada from his step-mother.
Udayana's third son was Canada who was also a minister of Kumārapāla. According to the Prabandha-cintamani he was in charge of the invasion over the Sapādalakṣa country. The Udayapur inscription of V.E. 1222 mentions one Cāhada who was in charge of the military in Mālava,5
Apart from these, some of the ministers are known from the Jain praśastis (colophons). A colophon of the Jain MS entitled Pūjavidhāna, informs that in V.E. 1208 one Mahādeva was the prime minister of Kumārapāla. The Kirādū stone pillar inscription of the date V.E. 1209 also refers to Mahādeva as in charge of the signet, the seal, etc.7 The Bali inscription dated 1216 V.E. also confirms the statement. According to the Ujjain fragmentary stone inscription of Jayasimha, dated 1195 V.E. (c. 1138 A.D.), Mālava was ruled at this time by Mahādeva, the son of Dāďaka of the Nägara race. His father, according to the same inscription, was also prime minister of Jayasimha, 'the keeper of the seal at Anahilapāțaka.'9 This shows that Mahadeva may have been the prime minister from the very beginning of Kumārapala's reign, to V.E. 1216. It also appears from the abovementioned Nadol copper plate that, from V.E. 1216 to V.E. 1218, Bāhada may have been functioning as the prime minister. From a colophon of the Kalpacūrņi dated V.E. 1218 (c. 1161 A.D.) we know that another prime minister, by name Yasodhavala, was in charge of the signet, the seal etc. 10 The Udayana stone inscription of the reign of Kumāra pāla dated V.E. 1220 (A.D. 1163) also refers to the Mahamatya Yasodhavala as managing the
i SGM., XUI, p. 173, Vs. 67-73 in the Vadidevasűri-caritam. 2 Ibid., Hemacandrasūri-caritam, pp, 199-211. 3 See supra p. 270.
4 SJGM., p. 94: 3787 ZFEHETET A91Ce fa 750lid o tar 172 PUTTGFAT TESTAT .... ERTAT167 farfastei
5 IA., XVIII, p. 344; HIG., Pt. II, No. 151. 6 SJGM., XVIII, p. 106. ? HIG, Pt. II, No. 148. 8 Ibid., III, No. 149 A. 9 Ibid., III, No. 144 A.; 1A., XLII, p. 258. 10 SJGM., XVIII, p. 109.
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