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Swami Samantabhadra.
Maggappbhavanaham pavayana bhaktippachodideṇa maya
Bhaniyaṃ pavayanasāraṃ panchatthiyasanghaṃ suttam. || 173 ||
This clearly shows that Kundakunda did not write this text for any particular person or at their behest, but its specific purpose is 'margaprabhavna' and the cause is 'pravacanabhakti'. If Kundakunda had written this text for Shivakumar Maharaj or at his behest, he would have mentioned it in this verse or elsewhere, just as Yogindradev mentioned it in the 'Paramatmaprakash' written for Bhatta Prabhakar. But there is nothing like this in the original text, nor is it mentioned in the ancient commentary, nor is there any mention of Shivakumar in any other text of Kundakunda. Therefore, the mind is not ready to accept that this was written for Shivakumar Maharaj. It is possible that a scholar mentioned it based on some legend and then others copied it. Besides this, the way Jayasenacharya mentioned 'Shivakumar' in the commentary of 'Pravacanasara' in the first introductory sentence, makes the situation of Shivakumar Maharaj even more doubtful.
Artha kachidasanabhavyaḥ Shivakumaranama svasanvittisamutpannaparamanandaikalakshanamukhaamritavipiritachaturgatisamsaraduhkha bhayabhiita samutpannaparam abhedavijnanaprakashaatishaya samas tadurnayekantanirak
1 See, the 1969 CE edition of 'Pravacanasara' published in Rayachandra Jain Shastramala.