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## Introduction
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According to the words of Yativrishabhacharya, if a person who is in the state of possessing the qualities of the six substances dies, then according to the rules, he becomes a god.
0 Yativrishabha has expressed this opinion in the Churni of Kasayapahuḍa in this way:
"If a person who has gone to the state of the six substances dies, he does not go to the state of the mountains, the state of the animals, the state of the mongoose, or the state of the human beings. He goes to the state of the gods." (Kasayapahuḍa, Chapter 14, Sutra 544) The meaning of this Sutra is clear. From these references, it is clearly proven that Yativrishabha existed before Pujyapada. Because Pujyapada's disciple Vajranandi established the Dravida Sangha in Vikrama Samvat 526, and Pujyapada has mentioned the opinion of Yativrishabha, therefore, it is certain that Yativrishabha existed before Vikrama Samvat 526. From this, it is clear that the time of Yativrishabha is the first part of the sixth century Vikrama.
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The Influence of Kasayapahuḍa on Other Authors
By examining the works written after the composition of Kasayapahuḍa, it is known that it is such a well-connected, profound, yet easy and unparalleled work on its subject that later authors have not even touched upon many of its topics. Yes, Bhutbali, who is indicated by the Gatha-Sutras, has discussed Bandha-Samkranma and Udaya-Udirana in his Mahabandha, Shivasharna has discussed it in his Karmapaydi, and Nemichandra has discussed Samyaktva, Deshasayam-Sayamlabdhi, and Kshapana in his Labdhisar-Kshapanasar respectively. But we have not seen any later author who has shed more light on the topics of Preyodvesha Vibhakti, Upayoga, Chatur-Sthana, and Vyajan. The reason for this seems to be that after Gunadharacharya, the knowledge of the above-mentioned topics related to Pejjado-Sapahuḍa became extinct in most people. Whatever little knowledge remained on this subject was incorporated by the later Acharyas in their own works by becoming commentators of Kasayapahuḍa. This is the reason why various Acharyas have written many commentaries and commentaries on this work, known as Churni, Uccaranavritti, Padhati, Chudamani, and Jayadhwala, which are approximately two lakh verses long.
The topics on which later authors have shed more light in their works, even in those, many verses of Kasayapahuḍa are found as they are or with minor variations in the text, the number of which is 17 in Karmapaydi and 15 in Labdhisar-Kshapanasar. The details of which are as follows: 13 verses from verse number 27 to 36 of Kasayapahuḍa and four verses 104, 107, 108, 106 are found in Karmapaydi from verse 112 to 124 and from 333 to 336 respectively. Similarly, 15 verses numbered 67, 68, 103, 108, 110, 138, 136, 143, 144, 146, 148, 152, 153, 154, and 156 of Kasayapahuḍa are found in Labdhisar-Kshapanasar at numbers 66, 101, 102, 106, 110, 435, 436, 450, 438, 451, 452, 368, 366, 400, and 401 respectively.
Nemichandra, in his Labdhisar-Kshapanasar, has not only adopted the above-mentioned verses of Kasayapahuḍa as they are, but has also composed many verses by taking the meaning of many verses.