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56. Vimaladása (15th century A.D.)
He was a Jaina laity. He lived at Tejanagara. His teacher was Anantadevasvāmi. He wrote the Saptabhangitarangini.
57. Yativrsabha (5th-6th century A.D.)
The Tiloyapannatti is his most important work. It is a Prakrit composition in eight thousand verses. According to a narrative found in the Kathakośa of Harisena, once Acārya Yativrsabha went to impart religious knowledge to king Jayasena of the city of Srávasti. There a detective sent by an enemy in the disguise of the disciple of Yativrsabha murdered the king at a lonely place. In order to shield the Jaina order from the guilt of the royal murder Yativrsabha sacrificed himself.*
*Viraśüsana ke Prabhavaka Acuryu, p. 38.
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