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is another work of Merutungasūri. Among other things, it deals with the Jain Tirthankaras Rishabhadeva, Santinatha, Neminatha, Paréyanatha
and Mahaviraswami.
Feru, son of Chandra Thakkura, a staunch Jain, composed the Västusāra3 in V. S. 1372 (A. D. 1315–16 ) In the same year, Kamalaprabha, pupil of Ratnaprabhasuri, completed the
Pundarskacharita
Somatilaka, pupil of Somaprabhasūri Tapâgatchha, was the author of the Navyakshetra-samāsa, Vicharasutra and Saptatrsatasthānaha.36 The last work was composed in V. S. 1387 (A. D 1330-31) The dignity of Sūri was conferred on Somatilaka in the year V. S. 1373. (A. D. 1816-17 ).
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Sudhakalaša, pupil of Maladhari Rajasekharasūri, composed the Sangitopnishad, a work on music, in A. D. 1828-4 The abridged edition of this work was completed in A. D. 1849-50,36 The Ekahsharanāmamālā is another work of Sudbakalasa 37
(35) Kantivijaya Bhandar, Baroda, No, 68
(36) Velankara, Catalogue of Manuscripts in the library of the B B. R. Asiatic Society, No. 1688.
(37) Weber, Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Berlin Library, No. 1702.
