[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931) › v2.c31.410.2 # The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c31.410.2 The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c31.410.2 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c31.410.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v2.c31.410.2) Jayasiṁha devotes the next chapter to a religious discourse between the king and the sage, and then in the 7th \*sarga\* we are told that the king finally accepted \*Śrāddha-dharma\* from Hemacandra and prohibited the killing of animals in his kingdom.³ The author informs us that the order became effective in Surāṣṭra, Lāṭa, Mālava, Ābhīra, Medapāṭa, Maru, and even Sapādalakṣa-deśa.⁴ The decree was enforced with such rigour that a merchant of Sapādalakṣa, for killing a louse that was sucking his blood like a \*rākṣasa\*, was arrested like a thief and compelled to give up all his property for the foundation of a sanctuary for lice (\*Yūka-vihāra\*).¹ The slaughter of goats on \*Nava-rātras\* was abolished and the king even sent ministers to Kāśi to suppress injury to animals. The next two \*sargas\* are devoted to the description of Kumārapāla's pilgrimage to various Jain sacred places, and the establishment of \*caityas\* and temples and various donations. In the tenth section we are told that the king conferred upon his \*guru\* the title of \*Kalikāla-sarvajña\* ² and after selecting Ajayapāla as his successor died soon after Hemacandra's death. The \*Kumārapāla-pratibodha\* of Somaprabha ³ generally describes the Jain teachings given to the king by Hemacandra, and sets forth Kumārapāla's edict prohibiting slaughter of animals, meat-eating, gambling, and prostitution. - [Previous: v2.c31.410.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v2.c31.410.1) - [Next: v2.c31.410.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v2.c31.410.3) - [Up: v2.c31.410](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v2.c31.410) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v2.c31.410.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v2.c31.410.2) · Pramāṇa