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Swami Samantabhadra.
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Are coming. The essence of what is known about this text from ancient Jain literature through the references found so far is as follows:
(1) A verse is found in the praise of the play 'Vikrant Kaurva' by the poet Hastimalla, as follows:
Tattvarthasutravyakhyanagandhahastipravartakah.
Swami Samantabhadro'bhudevaagama nideshakah. _ This same verse is also given in the praise of the text 'Jinendrakalyanabhyudaya', which was completed by Pandit Ayyapaarya in Saka Samvat 1241; and in some of its copies, the reading 'vidhayakah' is found in place of 'pravartakah' and 'kavishvarah' in place of 'nideshakah'; but there is no difference in meaning or, to put it another way, there is no difference in the subject matter of the verse. This verse states that "Swami Samantabhadra was the originator - or creator - of the commentary (bhashya) called 'Gandhasti' on the 'Tattvarthasutra' and was also the director - or poet laureate - of the 'Devagama'."
This reference makes it clear that Samantabhadra wrote a commentary or a great commentary called 'Gandhasti' on the 'Tattvarthasutra', but it is not clear whether the 'Devagama' (Aapta Mimamsa) is the mangalacharan of that commentary. If the 'Devagama' was just a part of that commentary in the form of a mangalacharan, there would have been no need to mention it separately here; the separate mention of its name in this verse clearly indicates
1 The poet Hastimalla lived in the 14th century of the Vikram era.
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