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## Introduction
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There are five main texts: 1. Brihatsvayambhustotra, 2. Yuktyanusasan, 3. Aptmimamsa, 4. Ratnakaranḍa Shravakachar, and 5. Stutividya. Harivamshapuranakar Jinsen has mentioned these two texts, Jivasiddhi and Yuktyanusasan. Their time is considered to be the 2nd-3rd century Vikram era. Siddhasen
There have been many scholars with this name, but this Siddhasen is known as the author of the Prakrit text called Sanmatiprakaran. He was a distinguished scholar of Nyaya Shastra. His time should be the 6th-7th century Vikram era. Some ancient Dvadashika authors were also Digambar Siddhasen. This Siddhasen is different from the Shvetambari scholar Siddhasen Divakar, the author of Nyayavtar. Devanandi
This is the second name of Pujyapada. According to the inscription number 40 (64) of Shravanabelagola, his three names are Devanandi, Jinendrabuddhi, and Pujyapada. This Acharya was a very learned scholar of his time. His brilliance was multifaceted. This mention in Darsansar suggests that in 526 Vikram Samvat, Pujyapada's disciple Vajranandi established the Dravid Sangha in Dakshin Mathura or Madurai. You are a scholar who predates 526 Vikram Samvat. Acharya Jinsen has remembered him as a grammarian. So far, five of his texts have been found: Jainendra Vyakaran, Sarvarth Siddhi, Samadhi Tantra, Ishtopadeś, and Dashabhakti. Vajrasuri
He seems to be the disciple of Devanandi or Pujyapada, the founder of the Dravid Sangha, Vajranandi. Jinsen has described his views as evidence like the speakers or Ganadhar Devas and has pointed to a text of his that discusses bondage and liberation and their causes. According to the mention in Darsansar, you are a scholar from the beginning of the 6th century. Mahasen
Jinsen has called him the author of Sulochana Katha. His specific identity is unknown. Ravishen
You are Ravishen, the author of Padma Purana. By creating the pleasant and heart-touching composition of Padma Purana, you have presented the Ramayana in your own way to the learned society. You were a scholar of the middle of the 8th century Vikram era. You completed the composition of Padma Purana in 733 Vikram Samvat. Jatasimhanandi
Jinsen has not mentioned his name but has mentioned his Varangacharit. He was a very great ascetic. He died in Samadhi in 'Koppan'. Near Koppan, on a mountain called 'Pallavaki Gundhu', his footprints are also inscribed, and below them is an inscription in old Kannada of two lines, which was prepared by a person named 'Chapayya'. His only work, 'Varangacharit', has been edited by Dr. A.N. Upadhye and published by Manikchand Granthamala, Bombay. King Varang was during the time of the 22nd Tirthankar, Neminath. Upadhyeji has fixed the time of Jatasimhanandi as the 7th century.
1. See, Anekanta: Year 6, Kiran 11-12, published by Pandit Jugalkishorji Mukhtar's article titled 'Sanmatisutra and Siddhasen'.