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Swami Samantabhadra.
(6) It would also be necessary to consider as false the time period given for Kundakunda in the verse that explains to the learned, which is supported by texts like 'Shrutavatar' etc. as mentioned above; because a difference of about 200 years is found between this time and that time.
(7) Besides this, it will also be necessary to clarify the position of the Jina Acharyas named 'Guptigupt' and 'Jinachandra' mentioned in the lineage before Kundakunda; because Shruta Sagar Suri, while explaining the meaning of 'Sisenaya Bhadrabahu' in the commentary of Bodhapahuḍ, has stated 'Guptigupt' as the alternative name of 'Vishakhacharaya', the tenth predecessor - "Bhadrabahushiṣyeṇa Arhadali-Guptiguptapranamadvayena Vishakhacharayanamna Dashapurvadharinam Ekadashaanamaacharyana Madhye Prathamena......" and Dr. Fleet has equated it with Chandragupta (Maurya) * . From both these mentions, 'Guptigupt' is established as the disciple of Bhadrabahu Shrutakevali, but in the lineage, he is shown as the disciple or successor of Bhadrabahu II. And no mention of the name 'Guptigupt' is found in the inscriptions. Similarly, the position of 'Jinachandra' is also doubtful. It is not proven by any strong evidence that Jinachandra was the Guru of Kundakunda; in the inscriptions, not only the name of Jinachandra as the Guru of Kundakunda, but also the name of any other Acharya is not found. Yes, it is definitely found in some inscriptions that Kundakunda was the
* See 'South Indian Jainism', p. 21.