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is placed 1,000 years, after Nirvana. Kalki's successor was Ajitanjaya, who is said to have ruled with justice for two years. The work proceeds to give an account of only a few years after
Kalki. This fact, combined with the fact that the author's name is associated with " Jayadhavala tika", leads us to the conclusion that the work is ancient. We would not be far wrong in assigning it to the latter part of the 5th century A.D. In a work so ancient, the mention of any dates and kings cannot but be of some importance. Hence, I reproduce here portions which hear on them.
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वीरजिणं सिद्धिगदे चउसद इगिसहिवासपरिमाणो । कालंमि अदिक्कते उप्पण्णो एत्थसगराओ ॥ ८६ ॥ अहवावीरे सिद्धे सहस्सणवकमि सगसयभहिये । पणसीदिमियतीदे पणमासे सगणिओजादो ॥ ८७ ॥
(पाठान्तरं ) चोइस सहम्स सग सय तेणउदी वासकालविच्छेदे । बीरेसर सिद्धीदो उप्पण्णो सगणिओ अहवा ॥ ८८ ।।
(पाठान्तरं) णिव्वाणे वीरजिणे छन्वास सदेसु पंचवरिसेसु । पणमासेसु गदेसु संजादो सगणिओ अहवा ॥ ८९ ॥ णिवाणगदेवीरे चउसद इगिसट्टि वासविच्छेदे । जादो च सग गरिंदो रजं वस्सस्स दुसय वादाला ॥ ९३ ॥ दोण्णिसदा पणवण्णा गुत्ताणं चउमुहस्सवादालं । बस्सं होदिसहस्सं केईएवं परूवंति ॥ ९४ ॥ जंकाले वीरजिणो णिस्सेयस संपयं समावण्णो । तक्काले अभिसित्तो पालय णामो अवतिसुदा ॥९५ ॥ पालयरजसर्हि इगिसय पणवण्ण विजयवंसभवा । चालं मुरुदयवंसा तीसं वंसामु पुस्समित्तम्मि ॥ ९६ ॥ वमुमित्त अग्गिमित्ता सट्ठी गंधन्वया विसयमेक्कं । गर वाहणो यचालं तत्तो भच्छट्टणा जादा ॥ ९७ ॥ मच्छट्ठणाण कालो दोणि सयाई हवंति वादाला। ततो गुता ताणं रज्जे दोणिय सयामि इगितीसा ॥९८ ॥ ततो कक्की जादो इंदसुदो तस्स चउमुहो णामो। सचार वरिसा आऊ विगुणिय इगिवीस रजतो ॥ ९९ ॥
