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Swami Samantabhadra.
-The introduction of Pujyapada is given by 'Yo Devanandiprathamabhidhanah' etc., and in the 108th inscription, the first verse introducing Pujyapada after Samantabhadra uses the word 'tatah', thus indicating that Pujyapada was a scholar after Samantabhadra. Besides this, Pujyapada himself mentions Samantabhadra in the following sutra of his "Jainendra" grammar: 'Chatushtyam Samantabhadrasya.' 5-4-140.
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From all these mentions, it becomes even clearer that Samantabhadra preceded Pujyapada. Pujyapada wrote a commentary called "Shabdavitar" on the "Paniniya" grammar and was the preceptor of Gangaraja "Durvi-ni"; this is found in the Hebbur copperplate inscription, some volumes of "Epigraphia Carnatica", "Karnatakakavicharite" and "History of Kannada Literature". It is also known that the reign of King "Durvinita" lasted from 482 to 522 AD. Therefore, Pujyapada was born in 482 AD.
1 The first verse of the introduction of Pujyapada is as follows:
Shri Pujyapadoddhritadharmarajyastato Suradhiswarapujyapadah. Yadiy-vaidushya gunanidaniam vadanti shastraniti taduddhritani.
2 The fact that Pujyapada wrote a commentary called "Shabdavatar" is also found in the following sentence of the 46th inscription (E.C. VIII) of the "Nagar" taluk:
Nyasam Jainendrasanjam sakalabudhanutam Paniniyasyabhuyo-nyasam Shabdavataram manujatatihitam vaidhyashastram cha kritva. Yastattvarthasyatikaam vyarachayadiha tam bhatyasau Pujyapadaswami bupalavandya svarahitavachah purnahridayabodhavrittah.
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