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Samantbhadra.
The crest of the hill of the excellent conduct, the lotus feet adorned with a garland of jewels and a face like the moon, the lamp of truth marked with the seal of respect. From Samantbhadra, by virtue, arose the lion of the debate, Samantbhadra. Inscription No. 40 (64). In this inscription, just as Chandragupta is indicated as the disciple of Bhadrabahu and Balakapichcha as the disciple of Umasvati, in the same way, it is not indicated who the disciples of Samantbhadra, or Kundakunda and Umasvati Acharyas were. The situation is almost the same with other inscriptions. And from this, it is known that either the writers did not know the names of the gurus of these Acharyas, or those gurus had become so obscure at that time in front of the fame of their disciples that the writers did not have the inclination to mention their names, or they did not consider it necessary. It is possible that due to their special indifferent culmination by those gurudev, the work of literary service was very less and this very thing became the reason for their obscurity after the passage of time. But whatever it may be, there is no doubt that in this inscription, and in other similar inscriptions as well, the way in which the name of Samantbhadra is given after some selected Acharyas, it is absolutely clear that Swami
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* See the book 'Inscriptions of Sravana Belgola' which was printed by Mr. B. Lewis Rice in 1889, or its revised edition printed in 1923. The new numbers of the inscriptions given in brackets etc. are the numbers of this revised edition.