Someshvara (IAST: Someśvara) was a 13th-century hereditary priest and Sanskrit poet in the Chaulukya and Vaghela courts of present-day Gujarat, India.
[3] King Mularaja, the founder of the Chaulukya dynasty, appointed his ancestor Sola-sharman as a priest (purohita).
He credits Kumara with several achievements, including healing the battle wounds of king Ajayapala by prayers to Shiva, convincing king Mularaja II to provide tax breaks during a famine, serving as a counselor to Pratapa-malla of Rashtrakuta clan, defeating the Paramara king Vindhya as a military commander, donating the wealth obtained from the Paramara kingdom at a shraddha ceremony at Gaya, and defeating a mlechchha (foreign) army near Rajni-sara (or Rani-sara).
[6] Muni-chandra-suri's Amama-charita (1199 CE) suggests that Kumara also held the post of chief accountant (Nrpa-ksapataladhyaksha) for some time.
[3] According to Someshvara's Kirti-kaumudi, he suggested the appointment of Vastupala and his brother Tejapala as ministers to the Vaghela rulers Lavana-prasada and Vira-dhavala.
[8] According to Someshvara's Surathotsava Mahakavya, once he highly entertained Bhima's court by composing a poem and a play within one and a half hour.
[9] According to a Puratana Prabandha Sangraha anecdote, after the death of Vastupala, Someshvara abandoned his priestly duties (Vyasa-vidya), and refused to recite the Puranas.
King Visala-deva failed to convince him to resume his duties, and appointed another man named Ganapati Vyasa in his place.