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The spiritual genealogy of Vadichandra as given in the colophon of Parśva-purana and other works is as follows:
Padmanandi
Devendrakfrtti
Vidyanandi
Mallibhashana
Lakshmichandra
Virachandra
Jhanabhushana
Prabhachandra
Vadichandra,
In the manuscript of Sulochana charita we are told that the author belonged to Humvada caste and to the village Rånara lying on the bank of the river Tapi. Separate mention is due to a series of Prakrit poets of the
oth and 11th centuries and after. The Apabhramsa works. Prakrit literature of the Jains is of special importance and interest, because therein alone is preserved the Prakrit language in all its varied forms through its long course of at least a thousand years till it emerges out in the form of modern vernaculars. The mediæval Prakrit which is the immediate mother of the Northern vernaculars has been called Apabbramsa. No literature of this language has so far been published, and it has rarely been studied. Dr. Hermann Jacobi of the University of Bonn has recently brought out a work of this language-Bhavishyadatta-charita of Dhanapāla, with a long introduction in German, in which he is said to have discussed the characteristics of the language, Except for this book, the works noticed below are altogether new finds. Their importance consists not so much in their subject matter as in the form of language which they exhibit. 'The characteristics of the latter as illustrated by the extı acts published herewith, are mainly the following: -
1.- Disappearance of many case and conjugational signs and terminations. The nominative and accusative are indicated by 3 or 1 and the genitive by or ETI
II.-Appearance of many local dialectal words which become current in modern vernaculars, but for which strictly speaking no Sanskrit equivalents exist.
