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IXDES OF AUTHORS.
(1) Bhadrabahu. (2) Guptigapta. (3) Maghanandin. He belonged to the Balatkâra gana,
which arose in the Nandi sangha, which was an
offshoot of the Múla sangha. “Pârvapadânsavedin." (4) Jinachandra. (5) Padmanandin. He had five auspicious names: Kun
dakunda, Vakragrîva, Elâcharya, Gșidhrapichchha,
and Padmanandin. His successor was(6) Umâsyâti. 2, pp. 80 and 163. He made a stone image
of Sarasvatî, and caused it to speak. 2, p. 166. No. 277 of my 1883-4 Collection is a MS. of Kundakundachârya's Shatpähuda with a commentary by Sri Srutasagara. The commentator gives the same fire names for his author, 2, p. 160. In the Sarasvatîgachchhapattavali (Indian Antiquary, XX. p. 351) Kundakunda is said to bave succeeded in Samvat 49, gribastha, 11 years : vrata, 33 years: sûripada, 51 years, 10 months, 10 days : viraha, 5 days: died having lived 95 years, 10 months and 15) days. The pattavali also gives his five names. No. 1441 of this Report's Collection is a copy of Kandakundacharya's Panchâstikaya, with a commentary in which it is stated that Kundakundacharya wrote the work for the edification of 'Sivakamâra Mahârâja. Compare the statements with regard to Kundakunda found in inscriptions, Rice's Inscriptions at Sravana Belgola (Index to Introduction, Padmanandin).
Kumara kavi
“ Nripakshapataládhyaksha." Corrected carefully for his friend Muniratnasûri that author's Amamasvâmicharita, a work written in Anahilapattana in Samvat 1252. 3, App. p. 99.
Kumudachandra
Another name for Siddhasenadivákara, author of the Kalyâņamandirastotra. See Durgaprasâda, Kâvyamâlâ, Part VII. p. 10. Compare Weber, II. p. 938, note. 3, App. p. 227. Referred to. 3, App. p. 39.
