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not ill-placed. The contribution of these two brothers, who were valiant warriors and who possessed statesmanship of a very high order, to the expansion of the kingdom and power of Viradhavala was very great. It was a great fortune of the Vaghelas that they got two such able statesmen to lay the foundation of their kingdom which, however, came to a very early end, mainly on account of narrow-minded selfish ministers devoid of the love of the motherland.
The public works of the ministers. It has been said in the present work, Mt. Girnar and Abu prasastis and the Naranārāyanānanda that the number of public places—temples, rest-houses, wells, tanks etc. erected and sunk by the two ministers was innumerable. It is said in the Tirthakalpa that their public works extended to Sri Saila in the south, Prabhāsa in the west, Kedara in the north and Benares in the east. This does not seem to be untrue, when their enthusiasm and influence are considered. Mts. Satruñjaya, Girnar and Abu were, however, marked out by them for spending their immense wealth. Here they built magnificent temples vying with the Vimānas of gods. They spent eighteen crores and ninety lacs on Mt. Satruñjaya, twelve crores and eighty lacs on Mt. Girnar and twelve crores and fifty-three lacs on Mt. Ābu. It is said that they spent in all three hundred crores and fourteen lacs in public works. Some details of these works will be found in the Notes.
The Ms. Material—The present edition of the Vasantavillāsa is based on a single ms. of the work hitherto known to exist. The ms. is dated Samvat 14852 (1429 A.D.) It consists of 24 leaves with numerical signs on the left and letters on the right to show the pagination. It appears that it was copied from a palmleaf ms., like many other old mss. of the Vaļi Pārsvanātha's Bhandar at Pa--an. The leaves of the ms. were so brittle that it was difficult to handle them without pasting them with transparent paper and a part of the upper edges was so much १. यः स्वीयमातृपितृपुत्रकलत्रबन्धुपुण्यादिपुण्यजनये जनयाञ्चकार । सद्दर्शनव्रजविकाशकृते च धर्मस्थानावलीवलयिनीमवनीमशेषाम् ।।
[ARRAYIR Y SE 4166-36] तेन भ्रातृयुगेन या प्रतिपुरग्रामाध्वशैलस्थलं वापीकूपनिपानकाननसर:प्रासादसत्रादिकम् । धर्मस्थानपरम्परा नवतरा चक्रेऽथ जीर्णोद्धृता तत्सङ्ख्यापि न बुध्यते यदि परं तद्वेदिनी मेदिनी ॥
[37ecfifugifera P10-&&] २. ग्रंथाग्रं १५१६ । संवत् १४ आषाढादि ८५ वर्षे श्रावण वदि १३ अनंतर १४ सोम लिखितं ।
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