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Panegyric (Praśasti) literature : 47 copper plate or is appended to a manuscript. The portion important from the historical point of view is genealogy and the heroic or pious deeds mentioned therein. In size, some are very short only of a few lines while others contain more than a hundred lines or verses. Some are written in prose, some in verse while others in a mixture of prose and verse. A brief description of Jaina panegyric (praśastis) is as follows: 1. The Abū Prasasti (AD 1231) of Someśvara, a contemporary and close friend of Vastupāla, who was the son of Kumar and Lakşmī, to commemorate the building of Neminātha Temple on Ābu, in 74 verses in different meters. After benediction to Sarasvati and chief deity that is Neminātha, it describes, in brief, Aņhilavāda. It contained genealogy of the builders and admiring references to their parents, brothers and sisters. After mentioning Arņorāja, his son Lavaņaprasad and grandson Viradhavala, it narrates the genealogy of the Paramāra kings, ruling there. The poet again praises Vastupāla and his family members- wife Līlāvati and son Jayantasimha, brother Tejapāla and his wife Anupamā. It narrated good deeds of Vastupāla and Ācāryas of Nāgendragaccha. It concludes with the benediction of Neminātha and Goddess Ambikā. 2. Prose portion in Giranar Inscriptions, six long Girnar Inscriptions of Vastupāla may be treated as independent praśastis. The prose portion in all these inscriptions occurred at the beginning and are almost identical hence presumably composition of information and important dates regarding the history of Vastu pal's family. 3. Sukrtakirtikallolini (AD 1221) a long panegyric, containing 179 Sanskrit verses by Udayaprabhasūri, composed on the occasion of journey of Jaina pilgrimages (sañghayātrā), is inscribed on a slab in the Indramaņdapa, built by Vastupāla on Satruñjaya. Its title suggests depicting the good deeds of Vastupāla but in fact major portion of it, about 100 verses, is devoted to the kings of Cāvadā
