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The praśasti of the work reads :ज्ञातः श्रीगुरु सोमसुन्दरगणी श्रीमत्तपागच्छप स्तत्पादाम्बुज षट्पदो विजयते श्री नंदरत्नो गणी । तच्छिष्योऽस्ति च रत्नमन्दिरगणी भेजे प्रबंधोभ्दुतस्तेनासौ मुनिभूमिभूतैशशिभृत् संवत्सरे निर्मितः ॥
Chandrakirtti wrote Sarasvata-dipika, a commentary on the work of Anubhūti-syarūpācharya, a Brahman author. The first manuscript of the work was made by the author's disciple Harshakirtti on Thursday, the 8th of Sravana Sukla Sainvat 1723.
The spiritual genealogy of Chandrakirtti is as follows:
Kottiga gana, Nagpuriya gachchha. Deva Sūri ( Samsat 1174) Padma prabha Súri Chandrapralıha Suri Gunasamudra (?) Jayasekhara Súri Vajrasena Sūri
Hematilaka Sūri
Ratnasekhara Sūri
Purnachandra Suri
Hemahansa Sūri
Ratnažāgara Sûri
Hemasamudra Sūri
Hemaratna Sari
Somaratna
Rajaratna (of Jesawāla family ) Chandrakirtti (the author ).
