________________ 16 Introduction the Digambara disputant by name Kumudachandra in the royal council of Siddharaja Jayasinha of Gujarat in Samvat 1181. He was the pupil of Munichandra the 40eth Pattadhara of the Mula Tapagachchha. He was born in Samvat 1143, took Diksha in 1152, became Acharya in 1174 and died in 1226. He composed & book called Syadvadaratnakara which gave birth to agrafatestarrat * or LE1083 which got its name from the big number of 24 Acharyas that were instituted by Vadi Devasuri. He also converted 35000 families to Jainism and enlightened King Albadana of Nagpur. From all this, his great glory also, his aglalaecialet came to be known as Brhad Gachchha. Thus the author gives his Gachchha to be le 583 which later on came to be known as Nagapuriya or Nagori Tapa Gachchha. The connection between these two Gachchhas can be understood from the following version. + Cf. Prabha vakacharitra 21. 95. : "argielaist net gforarladt stigat aliquiori at aircufaefenti * For their names see Sjt. Mohanlal Dalichand Desai's Gujarati work " Jaina Gurjara Poets " Part II P. 757.
