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* pratikramana', a religious ceremony, with the Jain laymen.'
Devendrasūri, on the other hand, asked his pupils to observe the old strict rules of conduct. He was a great orator. When he delivered sermons, hundreds of Jains attended them. Vastupāla was one of the influential members of the Jain community who attended his sermons at Cambay. Devendragani was the autbor of five new Karmagranthas with commentaries, the Siddhapanchāsiku and the Devavandana, Guruvandana and Pratyakhan Bhasya. He was, moreover, the joint author of the Sudarsanacharita. The Sravakadinakritya and the Dharma. ratnatika were his other works.?
In V. S. 1302 (A. D. 1246), Sarvananda composed the Chandraprabhacharita. In V. S. 1304 (A. D. 1248 ), Paramanandasūri, pupil of Dovabhadra, completed the Hitopadesamālāvritti. In V.S. 1305 (A. D. 1249 ), Yaśodeva wrote the Dharmopadeśa prakarana in Prakrit. About this time, the Jains of Devapattana and Dholaka district decided to open a good Jain library. In V.S. 1307, Ajitaprabhasūri, pupil of Viraprabhasûri,
(1) Ibid, p. 401.
(2) Ibid, 407. Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
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