The Rashtrakutas and their Times c10.s1.47

c10.s1.47

Amoghavarsha thus not only listened to the precepts of religion, but also practised them. The concluding verse of Pras'nottaramālikā was first to inform us that its author, Amoghavarsha, had abdicated, convinced of the futility of life. This statement was not believed by all, for the authorship of this poem was ascribed in some quarters to Saṅkarāchārya and in others to Vimala. The Sanjan record affords conclusive evidence that Amoghavarsha had abdicated. v. 47 informs us that he had given up the kingdom more than once. It would seem that he was often putting his Yuvarāja or the ministry in charge of the administration, in order to pass some days in retirement and contemplation in the company of his Jain gurus. This again shows the pious monarch trying to put into practice the teachings both of Hinduism and Jainism, which require a pious person to retire from life at the advent of old age in order to realise the highest ideals of human life.