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the state to confiscate the property of those who died childless (mita-dhanāfaharana-nişedha. The Vasanta-vilāsa also refers to this edict.2
The Prabandha-cintamani records that the king assumed the title of 'Paramarhata' after listening to the teachings of Mahāvīra; that he requested Hemacandra to write some of the scholarly works for him; that he got erected 14,140 Jain temples and that he accepted the twelve vows of Jainism.3
Jayasimhasūri in the Kumarapala-carita describes the religious zeal of Kumārapāla in six cantos. He states that on the advice of Hemacandra he first gave up eating meat and drinking wines and at the instance of the monk he went to Somanāth accompanied by him (Hemacandra) and worshipped Siva ; Hemacandra then caused Siva to appear and praise the Jain religion. As a result of this Kumārapāla accepted the abhakşaniyama and fixed his mind on Jainism. It further records the religious discourses between the king and the sage and final acceptance of Sraddha-dharma from Hemacandra and prohibition of non-injury of beings in his kingdom. The same authority informs us that the order became effective in Surāşțra, Lāța, Mālava, Ābhīra, Medapāta, Meru and even in Sapādalakşadesa.? The decree was enforced with such regour that a merchant of Sapādalakṣa for killing a louse that was sucking his blood like a raksasa, was arrested like a thief and compelled to give up all his property for the foundation of a sanctuary for lice (Yükāvihāra).8 The slaughter of goats on Navarātras was restricted and the king even sent ministers to Kasi to suppress injury to animals. The king also went to various Jain sacred places on pilgrimage and established caityas and temples and offered various donations. In the tenth section of the above work we are told that he conferred upon his Guru the title of Kalikāla-sarvajña' and, after selecting Ajayapāla as his successor, died soon after Hemacandra's death. The above-described statements are amply corroborated by those of the other Prabandhas.
1 GOS., XIV, pp. 13-16. 2 Ibid., VII, Canto IV, V. 28: Affrar TITTEEtsig farsæti fyra TIHTEITI
यस्त्वन्तसप्तव्यसनोऽपि सप्तराज्यासाव्यसनी बभूव। 3 SJGM., I, p. 86: usaga) 79: Tarafta 5.... Jayag aft A a :1 · Cantos V, X. 5 KC., Canto V, V. 24 ff. * Ibid., VII, V. 577 ff. ? Ibid., VII, Vs. 581-82.
Ibid., VII, V. 588 ff. ; see also SJGM., I, p. 91. . Ibid., X, V. 106.
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