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been quoted from Sārāvali Prakīrnaka. It is worthy of note that here, the Sārāvalī Prakirnaka has been mentioned as having been composed by a Púrvadhara monk and it gives us some basis to infer that this Prakīrnaka may be somewhat more ancient origin than we have surmised earlier.
Another important volume relating to the satruñjaya (Pundarīkagiri) is the "Satrunjaya Mahātmya' by Dhaneśvarasūri. Although the traditional viewpoint is that Dhaneśvarasuri had written this book during the rule of Śilāditya in the year 477 VE (Vikrama Era). However, this doesn't seem a sound and believable evidence because there is no historical proof of the existence of any Jaina Ācārya by the name of Dhanesvarasuri in the 5th century VE. In the later times, of course, there have been several masters by the name of Dhanesvarasūri, but the very first one among them was during the rule of Muñjarāja in the later half of the 10th century and the first half of the 11". The second Dhaneśvarasūri was the disciple of Siddhasenasūri and the grand disciple of śāntisūri of the Nānakīya gaccha. His period must be the 12" cencury VE. The period of the third Dhaneśvarasūri is the 14th century VE. According to Prof. M.A. Dhākī, it is this third Dhanesvarasūri who wrote the Satruñjaya Mahatmya in the year 1372 VE or 1315 AD.
Thus, we see that the Satruñjaya Kalpa by Dharmaghosa-suri of the Tapāgaccha (1340 VE approx.), Śatrunjaya Kalpa by Jinaprabhasūri of the Kharataragaccha (1385 VE) and satruñjaya Mahātmya by Dhaneśvarasūri (1372 VE) are the compositions of the same period and they have all been prompted by the Sārāvalī Prakirnaka.
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