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image of the mason Samala with hands folded. The inscription purports to record that the pavilion was repaired in the presence of the members of his family by the sons of Prowād. Sā. Raymala, a resident of Usmanpurā near Ahmedabad. The inscription reads:
1, 118011 Samvat 1651 Varshe Vaisakha $142. ! di 13 dine- Patasahi-Sri-Akabbara pra3. Il datta-jagadguru-biruda-dharika parama-gil 4. Il rul-Tabagachchhadhiraja-Bhattaraka-Sri 6 Hi5. Il ravijayasurinam=upadesena Sri-Rand6. Il pura-nagare chatu[r]mukha-Sri-Dharanavihara-Sri7. it mad-Amha(hma)dabad-nagara-nikatavarti=Usama8. Il puravastavy'ı-Pragva(a)ta-jnatiya-Sa. Rarama9. 11 la-bharycı Varaju-bharya-Surupa-de talputra Sa'.] 10. | Kheta-Şa. Nayakabhyam Sa[.] Varadhadi Kutum11. 11 bavutabhyam purvadikpratolya Meghanadabhi12. 11 dho mandupa[h]Karitah SvaSreyo'rthe | Sutradha13. il ra-Samala-mandapa-priva (Megha)nada virachilash]
Figure 111 :-SAHADEVA, DHARMARAJA AND NAKULA. A plaster pannel in the temple of the Pancha-Pandavas. See account given under Fig. 109.
Plate 53 Figure 112:-DRAUPADI, BHIMA AND ACHARYA. Third part of the plaster images cast by masons in the Five-Pāņdava's temple on the Satrunjaya hill. The images in order are of a female seated figure (Draupadi), Bhima, wielding a club in the middle and the third seems to be of acharya Dharmaghosha-suri, half veiled.
Figure 113 :-SRI-SAHASRA PHANA-PARSVANATHA. This most elaborately carved sculpture is fixed in a wall in the circumambulatory passage of the Dharaņa-vihara at Rāņakapura. For its description see the Bharatiyavidya Vol. I. pt. 2. p. 193.
Plate 5.4 Figure 114-115 :-Inscriptions ou the right and left in the sabhamandapa of the main shrine at Ränakapura. The inscription in fig. 114 recordis in brief the history of the successors of Dharana Shāh Porwad who got built the main shrine at Ränakapura and of the Ranas of Mewäd. The inscription has been published in the 'Prachina-Lekhasangraha' Vol. 11. pp. 169-171, No. 307 and is dated 1. S. 1496.
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