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Gurakara was the author of a commentary on the Yogaratnamāla in V. S. 1296 (A.D. 1240).20
Devendrasūri, pupil of Chandrasūri of Chandragatchha wrote the Upamitibhavaprapanchakathāsāroddhāra in V. S. 1298 (A. D. 1242).
Abhayadevasūri,214 pupil of Padmendu, was the author of the Jayantavigayakāvya in V. S. 1278 ( A. D. 1222 ). The following is the acoount of his spiritual descent :
(1) Vardhamānasūri (2) Jipeśvara (3) Abhayadeva Navāngivrittikāra (4) Jinavallabha (5) Jinasekhara (6) Padmendu (7) Abhayadevasūri Il-our author.
Jagatchandrasūri performed austere penance in V. S. 1285 (A. D. 1229); so Jaitrasimha, king of Mewad, gave him the biruda “tapa”. He was the founder of the "Tapa" gatchba. Vastupala honoured Jagatchandra and his pupils. This is the reason why the monks of Tapa gatchha wield great influence in Gujarata even to-day.22
Vastupala died in V. S. 1296 (A. D. 1239-40) and Tejahpala in V. S. 1304 (A. D. 1247–8). They
(20) Peterson, III, app. p. 330 and IV, p. XXVI, (21A). (21) Desai, Loc. cit., p.p. 392–3, p. 397, (22) Ibid, p. 396. Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
