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activities he found time to copy manuscripts himself (see the Ms. of Dharmabhyudaya Kavya dated 1290 Vikrama era in the handwriting of Vastupala preserved in Sri Santinatha Bhandara at Cambay). He was a great patron of literature and rewarded poets and men of letters so liberally that he earned the title of Laghu Bhoja or II Bhoja. For his scholarship he was compared to the famous Hemacandrācārya. His munificence was without distinction of caste and creed. He spent large sums in building Jain and Saiva temples and even mosques for Muhammedans and libraries, rest-houses, alm-houses, wells, step-wells, tanks, lakes etc. for the public.
He established three big libraries or Pustakabhandāras at the huge cost of Rs. 18 crores. It is however the Delwara temples, of which Lunigavasahi was built by Tejapala the brother of Vastupala at a cost of crores of rupees, which have earned for the brothers lasting fame. Vastupala was born of Asvaraja and Kumaradevi, the latter being the daughter of Dandapati Abhu. The exact date of his birth is not known but it must be circa 1230 as it is reported that he performed a pilgrimage to Satruñjaya with his father in 1249 Vikrama era. He had two wives Lalitadevi and Vejaladevi of whom the former being very clever was frequently consulted by Vastupala even on intricate state-problems. He had a son Jaitrasimha by Lalitadevi who was appointed the governor of Cambay in 1279 during the lifetime of Vastupala. He died on Magha Sud 5th 1296 Vikrama era. He had earned 24 titles such as Sarasvati-Kanṭhabharaṇa i.e. the neck-ornament of Sarasvati etc. His ideals may be summed up in a single verse of his own:
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"शास्त्राभ्यासो जिनपदनति: संगतिः सर्वदार्यैः सत्तानां गुणगणकथा दोषवादे च मौनम् । सर्वस्यापि प्रियहितवचो भावना चात्मतत्त्वे सम्पद्यन्तां मम भवभवे यावदाप्तोऽपवर्गः ॥
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This hymn is by Sri Jinesvarasūri. We think it must be by the 2nd Jinesvarasuri the pupil of Sri Jinapatisiri and not the famous
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