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ANCIENT. JAINA HYMNS 3. THE VARAKĀŅA PĀRÁVANĀTHA-STAVANA.
The author of this hymn is Acārya Hemavimala Sūri, a well-known ecclesiastic diginitary, for whose life the following sources are available :
(1) “Vira-vamsāvali' in Gujarati, a work which seems to be full of detailed information, but was accessible only in abstract;"
(2) "Laghu-Posālika-patļāvali”, likewise avail. able only in abstract;2
(3) "Hemavimala-phāga" by Muni Hamsadhira, pupil of.Dānavardhana, V. S. 1554, edited by Muni Jinavijaya;}
(4) “Hemavimalasûri-sajjhāya". anonymous, obviously composed during the Acārya's life-time;*
(5) "Hemavimalasūri-sajjhāi” by Sundarahamsa, which was not available to me;"
(6) "Gacchanāyaka-pattāvali-Sajjhāi', composed by Somavimala in V. S. 1602, which Muni Jinavijaya quotes;
(7) "Tapā-Gaccha-pattāvali-sútra”, composed by Upādhyāya Dharmasāgara in V. S. 1646 in Prakrit and Sanskrit;
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(1) J. G. K., II, p. 723, note; J. St. Sand., II, Introduction, p. 108, note.
(2) J. Ait. G. K. S., Appendix, p. 96 ff.; J. G. K., II, p. 743; J. St. Sand., II, Introduction, p. 109.
(3) J. Ait. G. K. S., p. 186-190; it is also mentioned by Muni Caturavijaya, J. St. Sand., II, Introduction, p. 115, where, however, the poet's Guru is quoted as "Dayåvardhana".
(4) J. Ait. G. K. S., p. 190-192. (5) J. G. K., III, p. 553. (6) J. G. K. I, p. 188; J. Ait. G. K. S., Ap. p. 96. (7) Paty. Sam. I, p. 68 ff.
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