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.. . (Holy Abx as an avatāra. In the courtyard of the Achaleshvara there is a big gateway (latet on a platform which is known as Ratnamāla.
On the outer face of the right wall of the shrine of Achaleshvara is a big inscription of Vastupāla-Tejapāla, dated in V. S. 1294. Being kept in the open, rain water and weather disturbances have led to the peeling off of the stone surface at various places. The portions still preserved refer to the lineage of the Paramāra rulers of Abu, the Solankī rulers of Gujarāt and the ancestors of Vastupāla and Tejapāla, but the remaining portions have peeled off. Since the inscription begins with an obeissance to Achaleshvara Mahādeva, it is certain that the inscription belongs to this shrine and refers to some repairs by Vastupāla and Tejapāla. Fortunately some information is available from the undermentioned literary sources :
(1) According to Vastupālacharitra' of Jinaharsha gaṇī, Vastupāla and Tejapāla of the line of Chandapa, erected the Sabhāmaņdapa of the shrine of Achaleshvara Mahadeva on Mt. Ābu.
(2) A Vastupāla-Tejapāla-prabandha says that the two virtuous ministers re-erected the Nālimandapa (Sabhāmandapa ) of the shrine of Achaleshvara, as it was formerly consumed by fire.
(3) A list of the pious acts of minister Vastupāla, says that the two ministers spent a lac of coins over the sbrine of Achaleshvara, for the spiritual benefit of their deceased ancestors.
It is thus certain that the inscription referred to the erection in V. $. 1290 (1234 A. D.) of the Sabhāmaņdapa 1 Vestupālacharitra, sarga 8, V. 17.
Purütanaprabhandha samgraba, (Singhi series ) P. 53. 8 Appennix ļ to the Prabandhakosha of Rājash(Ahara süri,
