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## Harivamsha Purana
**Shanti**
His full name is known to be Shantishena. His use of figurative language, particularly his skillful use of *vakrokti* (figurative speech), has been praised. He is believed to have written a poetic work. Jinsen, while describing his guru lineage, mentions an Acharya named Shantishena who preceded Jayasena. It is highly likely that this Shanti is the same as Shantishena.
**Visheshvadi**
Jinsen refers to a work by him that is a mixture of prose and poetry, and whose sayings are highly distinctive. Vadiraj also mentions him in his *Parshvanathcharit*.
**Kumarasen Guru**
He was the guru of Prabhachandra, the author of the *Chandrodya* text. His pure fame traversed the ocean of knowledge. His time period is uncertain. He is also mentioned in verse 15 of the *Chamundaray Purana*. Dr. Upadhye, while introducing him in the *Jain Sandesh* research journal, volume 12, writes that he accepted self-sacrifice at a place called *Mulagunda*, became absorbed in meditation on the *Koppanadri* mountain, and died in a state of samadhi.
**Virasen Guru**
He was the Acharya of the *Malsangh Panchastupayanvaya*, which became known in the world as the *Sensangh*. He was the disciple of Chandrasena, the student of Aryananda, and the guru of Jinsen, the author of the *Mahapuraan* and other works. He passed away after writing the *Dhavla* commentary on the *Shatkhandagam*, which is 72,000 verses long, and the *Jayadhavla* commentary on *Kashayaprabhrut*, which is 20,000 verses long. Jinsen calls him the emperor of poets and a conqueror of the afterlife. His time period is the first half of the 9th century CE.
**Jinsen Swami**
He was the disciple of Virasen Guru. Jinsen, the author of the *Harivamsha Purana*, mentions his *Parshvabhyudaya* text. He is also the author of the remaining 40,000 verses of the commentary on the *Mahapuraan* and *Kashayaprabhrut*. This suggests that he wrote the *Parshvabhyudaya* during the time of the *Harivamsha Purana*. The *Jayadhavla* and *Mahapuraan* were written later, and the *Mahapuraan* can be considered his final work, which he was unable to complete. His capable disciple, Gunabhadra, completed it. His time period is the 9th century CE.
**Author of the *Vardhaman Purana***
Jinsen mentions the *Vardhaman Purana*, but does not name its author. It is likely that it was a very famous text during his time.
**Story of the *Harivamsha Purana***
The *Harivamsha Purana* primarily focuses on the life story of the 22nd Tirthankara, Shri Neminath Bhagwan. However, it also includes other narratives that arise naturally within the story. This is evident from the concluding phrase of each chapter of the *Harivamsha*, where Jinsen mentions "iti Arishta Nemipuraan Sangrah" (thus ends the collection of the Neminath Purana). The life of Bhagwan Neminath is an ideal of renunciation. He was the radiant sun in the sky of the *Harivamsha*. Along with Bhagwan Neminath, the captivating stories of Shri Krishna and Rama, who held the positions of Narayana and Balabhadra, are also included. The popular story of the Pandavas and Kauravas is beautifully depicted. The story of Shri Krishna's son, Pradyumna, also has its own separate place in the text.