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There were no verses. If these verses were by Vishakhacharaya, then Churnikar would have definitely written a commentary on these verses and there would have been a hint of it in the Sanskrit commentary of the twentieth Uddeshak. Therefore, it seems clear that these verses were not written by Vishakhacharaya. If it is imagined that these verses were written by Vishakhacharaya, then the meaning of the word 'lihiyam' here is not composition but book writing. If it is assumed that Bhadrabahu composed Nishita and Vishakhacharaya wrote it down, it also does not seem possible. If Vishakhacharaya of the Digambara tradition had written down Nishita, then Nishita would have been accepted in the Digambara tradition, but the acceptance of Nishita in the Svetambara tradition is not in the Digambara tradition. Therefore, it seems that the scribe of Nishita, Vishakhacharaya, must have been an Acharya of the Svetambara tradition, not the Digambara tradition. It is investigable who they were? Where were they from? What were their lines of introduction?' Who created these three verses of the eulogy and who wrote them at the end of Nishita. There is no correct evidence. In such a situation, it is not appropriate to decide the act of Nishita on the basis of these verses. These verses are not created by Vishakhacharaya because of the inscription of Vishakhacharaya's qualities. Some disciple-disciple of Vishakhacharaya may have inscribed it at the end of the book.
We have been able to indicate in the previous lines that according to Panchakalapa Churni, the one who composed Nishita is Bhadrabahu Swami. This opinion has also been supported by Punyavijayaji, the influencer of Agam. It has become clear after this investigation that Acharachula Chaturdashapurvi was composed by Bhadrabahu. The style of composition of Acharachula is completely different from Acharang. It was composed after Acharang.
A question arose in the mind of a disciple that there is no Tirthankara Prabhu at present, nor is there a Shrutakevali, nor a Dashapurvi or a Navapurvi. In such a situation, if a fault is committed, how will it be purified? In the absence of a special knower, who will purify the practice by giving atonement. The Acharya saw the disciple's worried face. He listened to his words. The Acharya said in very sweet words - 'Vats! Your thinking is appropriate. Today Tirthankara and Chaturdashapurvi are not in front of us, but the Acharyas who are holding the study of Acharaprakalpa composed by Chaturdashapurvadhar are present. They can purify by giving atonement.'
Jindasagani Mahttar has given two meanings of the word 'Chaudaspuvvani-badho' - 'composed by Chaturdashapurvi or composed by Chaturdashapurva'. We have written in the previous lines that Nishita was composed by the ninth Purva. Therefore, no special meaning is revealed from Chaturdashapurvi's composition. Therefore, Jindasagani Mahttar has considered Chaturdashapurvi Bhadrabahu as the author of Nishita. This seems consistent.
Mahamahishi Pandit Dalsukh Bhai Malvaniya has thought about it from various perspectives in detail in his introduction. But he himself could not reach the conclusion of who the author of Nishita is. His opinion was definitely that Nishita should not be composed by Bhadrabahu or Vishakhacharaya. The composition of Nishita should be before the Svetambara and Digambara differences of opinion. After Bhadrabahu, there has been a difference in both the Svetambara and Digambara traditions. Nishita's
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