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might have assumed the title' Jagattunga was the contemporary of Acarya Virasena.
ĀCĀRYA JINASENA'S WORKS
(i) Ādipurana - Adipurāna is a part of the Mahāpurāna. It consists of about 42 Parvans. The remaining portion of the Mahāpurāṇa is written by Acarya Gunabhadra, the desciple of Acārya Jinasena. Adipurāna is a store of apophthemns. It can be said that Adipurana is a Purana as well as a Mahākāvya, for almost all the characteristics of a Mahakavya are found in it. It is full of sentiments and figures of speech. The language and the ideas conveyed by the language of the Adipurāṇa are very pleasant. The flow of the language is very smooth like that of water having no hindrance. The wonderful imaginative capacity is inherent in the author of the work. The following stanzas are worthy of being quoted here.
यथा महार्घ्य रत्नानां प्रसूतिर्मकरालयात् । तथैव सूक्तरत्नानां प्रभवोऽस्मात्पुराणतः ॥ १६ ॥ सुदुर्लभं यदन्यत्र चिरादपि सुभाषितम् । सुलभं स्वैरसप्राह्यं तदिहास्ति पदे पदे ।। १७ ॥ धर्मोऽत्र मुक्तिपदमत्र कवित्वमत्र तीर्थे शिनां चरितमत्र महापुराणे । यद्वा कवीन्द्र जिनसेन मुखारविन्द निर्यद्वचांसि न मनांसि हरन्ति केषाम् ॥ ३८ ॥ यदि सकलकवीन्द्र प्रोक्तसूक्तप्रचारश्रवण सरस चेतास्तत्त्वमेवं सखे स्याः । कविबर जिनसेनाचार्य वक्त्रार विन्दप्रणिगदितपुराणाकर्णनाभ्यर्णकर्णः ।। ४१ ।। उत्तरपुराणप्रशस्तौ लोकसेनाः ।
The work of writing this Adipurāṇa was undertaken by Acarya Jinasena at the time when the Dhavala commentary was completed by Acārya Virasena, the preceptor of the author of the Parśvābhyudaya.
(ii) Jayadhavala-the Jayadhavalā is a commentary written on the Kasayapāhuda and the Cunnisutta. The commentary
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