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Appendix.
It was said that Indranandika in his 'Shrutavatar' stated that 'it is not right to mention the scholars after Samantabhadra's Tumbuluracharya'. This statement receives a lot of nourishment from this mention. And Indranandika's said mention (E. p. 190) becomes very doubtful. But if we accept Tumbuluracharya as a separate person from Shrivardhadeva, which doesn't seem to have any obstacle till now, then Indranandika's mention remains as a particular opinion; and therefore, there is a need to investigate whether Tumbuluracharya and Shrivardhadeva were actually one person or two different persons.
Vibudha Shridhar has mentioned the number of verses in Samantabhadra's Siddhanta-tika as 68,000, which is different from Indranandika's statement (48,000). This is absolutely clear from the above mention - 'Ashta-shashti-sahasra-pramita' word. There is no need to say anything about this.
(3) From Vibudha Shridhar's 'Shrutavatar', it is also known that Muni named Bhootbali was earlier a king named 'Narvahan' and Muni Pushpadanta was a Seth named 'Subuddhi' of his Vasundhara city. Seeing his friend become a Muni, Narvahan took the Jain initiation along with Seth Subuddhi. Both of them went to Dharasenacharya to listen to the explanation of the scriptures. After listening to it, they became famous by the names 'Bhootbali' and 'Pushpadanta'. Bhootbali composed 'Shatkhandagam' and Muni Pushpadanta became the author of 'Vimshati-prarupana'. As
1. There is no information available anywhere about the names of these two Acharyas at the time of their initiation before this fame.