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Swami Samantabhadra. (4) In the commentary on the 'Upejñāte' sutra of the Śākaṭāyana grammar, the commentator Śrī Abhayacandra Sūri writes:
"Tṛtīyāntād upejñāte prathamto jñāte yathāyogaṁ aṇādayo bhavanti || Arhatā prathamto jñātaṁ āhetam pravacanaṁ | Sāmantabhadraṁ mahābhāṣyamityādi ||"
1 This is the 182nd sutra of the first pada of the third chapter and its serial number is 746 in the printed 'Prakriyāsaṁgraha' of Abhayacandra Sūri. See, the edition of 1907 printed in the 'Jainendra Mudrṇālaya' of Kolhapur.
2 This Abhayacandra Sūri seems to be the same Abhayacandra Siddhāntacakravartī who was the guru of Keśavavarṇī and the author of the 'Mandaprabodhikā' commentary on the 'Gommatasāra';
and he also seems to be the commentator of the 'Laghīyastraya'. In the commentary on the 'Laghīyastraya', the commentator has revealed himself as the disciple of Muni Candra and has also saluted Muni Candra in the mangalācaraṇa; in the 'Mandaprabodhikā' commentary also, 'Muni' has been saluted and in this 'Prakriyāsaṁgraha' commentary on the Śākaṭāyana grammar, 'Munīndra' is also found to be saluted and that 'Munīndra' (=Muni Candra) could also be a variant reading. Along with this, the style of the mangalācaraṇas of these three commentaries is also found to be one - in each, besides their own guru, the original author and Jineśvara (Jinādhiśa) have also been saluted and the name of the commentary has also been given along with the promise to write the commentary. From this, these three commentators seem to be the same person and seem to be the disciples of Muni Candra. Keśavavarṇī completed the Kannada commentary on the 'Gommatasāra' in Śaka Saṁvat 1281 (Vi. Saṁvat 1416), and Muni Candra was a scholar of the 13th and 14th centuries of Vikrama. A mention of his existence is found in the Saundatti inscription in Śaka Saṁvat 1151 (Vi. Saṁvat 1286) and another in the 137 (347) number inscription of Śravaṇa Belgola in Śaka Saṁvat 1200 (Vi. Saṁvat 1335). Therefore, this Abhayacandra Sūri seems to be a scholar of the 14th century of Vikrama. It is very likely that this Abhayacandra is the same Abhayasūri Saiddhantic who was the guru of 'Śrutamuni'.