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(iii) Similarly the authorship of the Tamil Kural is attributed to this great preceptor by some scholars. But, for this, no reliable evidence is produced. Vidc Jaina Literature in Tamil, Delhi 1974, p.30. Prof.S.Vaiyapuri Pillai holds that the Kural can be the work of some other Jain Scholar. He puts it in 600 A.D. Vide History of Tamil Language and Literature, Madras, 1956, pp.79-85. Pt.K.C.Jain has thoroughly discussed this problem giving the various former views of different scholars and comes to conclusion that the Parikamma was certainly a commentary on the Satkhandagama. He has cited 29 references to the Parikamma found in the Dhavala Commentary. Vide his Intro. to Kundakunda Prabhrita Sangraha, Sholapur, 1960. Ibid For details on these points vide Intro. to Satkhandāgama-I (Revised Edition, Sholapur 1973). Prof.D.L.Narasimhachar holds that the Kannada language inust have had its own script for literary expression during the 2nd and 3rd cenuries A.D. Kannada Granthasampādanc, Mysore, 1964, p.32. Influence of Middle Indo-Aryan Literature on Kannada Literature, Proceedings of thc Seminar in Prakrit Studies, Ahmedabad 1978. p.113. (i) Which surely have not come down to us. (ii) We should also keep in view the Halmidi inscription. Also called the Natakatraya. When darkness prevails, an honest and constructive conjecture like this to start with, I believe, would help us further. Jaina Literature in Kannada, Sri Puskara Muni Felicitation Volume, Udaipur, 1979. ibid.
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