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of Siddhasena Divākara in his Vis'eşāvasyaka Bhās'ya and re-establishes the original theory of the Jaina Agamas that Kevala Dars'ana and Krvala Jñāna take place simultaneously.10
Jinabhadra Gani is, thus, well-renowned as the preserver of the Jaina traditions.
That Jinabhadra Gani Ksumā S'ramana was an orator of established reputation is known from several sources. The commentator Hemcandrācärya Maladhāri refers to Jinabhadra Gani as “ Upa Jinabhadra Kşamā S'ramanāḥ Vyākhyātāraḥ”. Another commentator named Kotyācārya who has written a commentary on the Višeşāvas'yaka Bhāsya pays him a tribute to the same effect in the last verse of his commentary. He says 11
भाष्यं सामायिकस्य स्फुटविकटपदार्थोपगूढं वृहद्यछीमत्पूज्यैरकारि क्षतकलुषधियां भूरिसंस्कारधारि । तस्य व्याख्यानमात्रं किमपि विदधता यन्मया पुण्यमाप्त
प्रेत्याहं दाग लभेयं परमपरिमितां प्रीतिमत्रैव तेन । No more information is available about the life of this great Acārya. (b) Works.
Jinabhadra Gani Ksama S'ramana is said to have composed the following works :
(i) Vis'eşāvas'yaka Bhāsya : This welknown work has been ranked as one of the most important and highly esteemed works of Jainisan. The author himself wrote a commentary on this Bhāsya in Sanskrit. Jinabhadra Gani has earned
10. Vide -IUTTET3TTT ( HTCTTH) foci i
11. Vide “Short History of Jaina Literature" Ed. by M, D. Desai, p. 152, foot-uote.
