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installed in it in V. S. 1661 ( Vaishakh, black half, 7th day) at the hands of Vijaysensuri.
This Tejpal had carried out the repairs of the temple of Rishabhadev on Siddhachal at an expenditure of one lac of Lyaharis. This is proved by an inscription there.
Rishabhadas says about Tejpal as under :-(p. 166 )
આભૂગઢને સંધવી થાય, લહિણી કરતા જાય; આબુગઢ અચલેશ્વર આવે, પૂજે ઋષભના પાય હે, હી. ૧૦ સાતે બેત્રે જેણે ધન વાવ્યું, રૂપક ભાણે લહિણ હીરતણા શ્રાવક એ હોય, જાણે મુગટ પરિગહિણાં છે. હી. છે સોની શ્રી તેજપાલ બરાબરિ, નહિ કે પૌષધધારી,
વિગથા વાત ન અડકી થાંભ, હાથે પાથી સારી હો. હી. પર” This shows that he had taken out a Sangha for Abu.
35. These foot-steps exist even now. From an inscription on them it is known that Vijaysensuri had installed these footprints on Wednesday, the 5th day of the black half of Kartik, V. S. 1652. The inscription also recounts the main achievements of Suriji.
36. Chhari' means " six words ending in 'ri'." They are : (1) Ekahari ( taking food once a day ), (2) Bhumisanstari ( sleeping on the ground ), (3) Padachari (walking on foot), (4) Samyktvadhari (keeping full faith in Guru and Deva ), (5) Sachittaparihari (abandoning living things ), and (6) Brahmachari (observing celibacy ).
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