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a rival of Ramachandra. After Kumarapala's death, he took the side of Ajayapāla and caused the death of Ramachandra. He is said to be the author of the Snatasya, a poem very well-known to the Jains,80
Besides Hemasuri and his pupils, there were many persons who did render "glorious and meritorious" services to the devotees of Sarasvati. Jinabhadramunindra, pupil of Salibhadra, was the author of the Malapagaranakahā in Samvat 1204 (A. D. 114881
Jinasekharasuri was the pupil of Jinavallabha and guru of Padmachandrasūri. He belonged to the Kharataragatchha and founded the Rudrapaliya Kharatara sakha in V. Samvat 1204 (A. D. 1148). He was the author of the Samyaktvasaptatika, Silatarangini and the Prasnottaramālā
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Chandrasena, pupil of Pradyumna, was the author of the Utapadasiddhiprakarana in V.
80. Desai, Loc. cit, p. 324. 81. Peterson, IV, p. XXXIX; Hiralal Hansaraja, Jain Dharmano Prachina Itihasa, I, p, 37. 82. Ind. Ant, XI, p. 248; Hiralal Hansaraja, Loc. cit, I, p. 39; Peterson, IV, p. XLIII; Weber II, p. 1088.
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