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Holy Abu
Descendants of Nedha, the Chief Minister.
Nedha, the elder brother of Vimala, had two sonsDhavala and Lāliga. Both were valiant and became famous as the ministers of the Chalukyan ruler Karņa-rāja, son of King Bhīmadeva I. Of similar merits were Ananda, the son of Dhavala, and Mahjadu, the son of Lāliga. Both these became ministers of Siddharāja Jayasimha. Ānanda was a great man and his wife Padmāvati was a very virtuous lady, a pious Shrāvikā always eager in the practice of religious acts. They had an illustrious son Pșthvīpāla. Mahindu had two sons-Dasharatha and Hemaratha who repaired the cell No. 10 of the Vimala-Vasahi in the year 1201 V. S. (= 1144 A. D. ), installed therein a new idol of Neminātha, as its chief deity ( mūlanāyaka ). In this cell, they installed a plaque carved out of one long rectangular slab, containing representations of eight persons—Nīnā and his descendants upto Hemaratha and Dasharatha including both of them, with an inscribed label below each figure. In the same cell there is one more sculpture showing an elephant-rider and a horse-rider. It is not possible to identify these two as no labels are inscribed on the pedestal of the sculpture.
Pșthvipāla was a great personality, generous, and of great valour who added to the glories of the line of Ninā Sheța. He served both Siddharāja and Kumārapāla as their Minister to the satisfaction of both of them. Kind at heart and virtuous, he was always anxious to help his
1 For further information, see below the section on images etc., for cell 10.
It is just possible that the two donors had intended to represent here the figure of their great ancestor minister Vimala Saha, riding over an elephant. The horse rider may be Dasharatha.
