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Introduction
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also became a great admirer and friend of Devasūri. Acting on Devasūri's advice, a rich man named Băhadax built a temple in honour of the last Tirthankara - Mahāvīra Vardhamāna.
In the year V. S. 1171-A. D. 1115 Devasūri's guru Munichandrasūri died, most prabably in Anabillapura. Devasūri became the head of his group and school.
When Devasūri went to Nāgapura - Nagor - Devabodha happened to be there. Devabodha greatly praised Devasūri * before the king Ahládana who consequently received him with great honour.
In the year V. S. 1181-A. D. 1125, the Kumudachandra debate took place. This formidable Digambara dialectician was, according to the Pra. Cha, a southerner and the guru of Jayakeşin - king of Karṇātaka and the maternal grand father of Jayasimha Siddharāja. He had defeated several dialecticians whose marionettes he used to tie to his left foot as so many tokens of dialectical conquests. He is represented to be the very incarnation of pride (p. 283. P. C.). In the M. K. C., Kumudachandra himself narrates his own exploits. His opponents included Buddhists, Bhātta Mīmāmsakas, followers of Sankara, and Kāpilas that is Sāmkhyas. How much historical truth there is in this narration we cannot say. We know, however, that these schools of philosophy flourished in the south and that Digambara
* This Bāhala was not the son of Udayana, nor the author of vägbhatälamkāra. This is some other person. Many Bābadas are known. * The praise of Devabodha is as follows:
यो वादिनो द्विजिह्वान् साटोप विषममानमुद्रितः। शमयति सदैवसूरिनरेन्द्रवन्धः कथं न स्यात् ॥
Pra. Cha. V. 76 p. 283 ).
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