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(23) The erection of a Pțsthapațța of gold and precious stones below the image
of Adinātha. (24) The raising of a golden Toraņa.
In the vicinity of Pālitāņā :(25) The excavation of a large tank. (26) The erection of an Upāśraya. (27) The erection of a Prapā.
In the village of Ankevāliya:(28) The digging of a tank.
On Mt. Girnar:(29) The erection of temples of Stambhana Pārsvanātha and Adiśvara of Satruñjaya.
In Stambhana (Thāmna near Umreth ) :(30) The restoration of the temple of Pārsvanātha. (31) The erection of two Prapās near the temple of Pārsvanātha.
At Dabhoi :(32) The placing of golden capitals on the temple of Vaidyanatha, as the old
ones were carried off by the king of Māly, and also the erection of an image of the Sun-god, On Mount Abu:(33) The building of a niche of Mallideva (in Samyat 1278) for the religious
merits of the spirit of his elder brother Malladeva.
For fuller and more complete list of Vastupāla's temples and works of piety public utility, the reader is referred to Jinaharsha's Vastupālacharitra.
The date of the composition of the work - The Sukstasankirtana "was written before Samvat 1287, in which year the incriptions on Mt. Abu are dated., and after 1278 the date of building a niche of Mallinātha on Mt. Abu, mentioned in the present work.
Dr. Bühler contributed a very valuable and exhaustive paper, Das Sukritasamkirtana, in the Sitzungberichte of the Imperial Academy of Sciences of Vienna (Vol. CXIX, 1887) and an English traslation of the German paper was published in the Indian Antiquary Vol. XXXI (1902) pp. 477-495. For a complete and critical study of the career of this one of the greatest minister Gujarat has ever produced, one should read the introductions of the Naranārāyaṇānanda, Vasantavilāsa and Hammiramadamardana in the Gaekwad's Oriental Series. A photo of the statutes Vastupāla and his two wives will be found in the edition of the Naranārāyaṇānanda in the same series.
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