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Swami Samantabhadra.
It requires the presence of abundant or desired resources, which are currently lacking, and therefore we could not make a proper decision in this matter. Efforts will be made separately for this when the opportunity arises.
Kunda-Kunda-Samaya. (d) In the above 'g' section, the verse quoted from 'Vidvjanbodhak' which indicates the time of Umāsvāti, also mentions Kunda-Kunda-Acharya as a scholar of the same time, and thus both are indicated as contemporary scholars. However, according to this verse, even if both are considered contemporary, there is no doubt that Kunda-Kunda-Acharya was older. The lineage of the Nandisaṅgha mentions that Umāsvāti was established in the position of Acharya only after Kunda-Kunda, and from that it seems as if Umāsvāti was a disciple of Kunda-Kunda. However, the inscription at Śravaṇa-Belagola, while mentioning Umāsvāti immediately after Kunda-Kunda, does not indicate him as a disciple of Kunda-Kunda, but rather indicates him as a 'descendant' of Kunda-Kunda through the words 'tad-anvaye' and 'tadiya-vaṁśe'. However, this descent does not seem to be very distant. It is possible
* In the inscriptions of Śravaṇa-Belagola - no. 40, 42, 43, 47 and 50, this verse is found with the word 'tad-anvaye'
Abhūdu-māsvāti-munīśvaro'sāvācārya-śabdo-ttara-gṛddha-picchaḥ.
Tad-anvaye tas-sadṛśo'sti nānya-tāt-kālika-śeṣa-padārtha-vedī || And the verse of the 108th inscription is as follows
Abhūdu-māsvāti-muniḥ pavitre vaṁśe tadiye sakala-ārtha-vedī. Sūtrī-kṛtaṁ yena jin-praṇītaṁ śāstra-ārtha-jātaṁ muni-puṁgave-na ||