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a work on grammar. Before he became a Jain monk in V. S. 1302, he was known as Viradbavala. His father's name was Jinachandra. He was a native of Ujjain.'
Prabodhachandragani, pupil of Jineśvarasūri, was the author of a commentary on the San dehadolāvali, which he completed in V. S. 1320 (or A. D. 1264 ). He was trained by Padmadevagani, Gunabhadra Vācbanācharya, Vijayadevasūri and Jinapala Upadhyāya.?
In V. S. 1322 (A. D. 1266 ), Dharmatilaka, pupil of Jineśvarasūri, composed the Ajitaśānti Jinastavatikā. In the same year, Munidevasūri, pupil of Madanachandrasūri of Vádi Devasūri gatchba, composed the Santināthacharita in Sanskrit. He also wrote a commentary on the Dharmopadešamālā of Jayasimbasūri.
In V. S. 1322 ( A. D. 1266 ), Simbatilakasūri, pupil of Vibudhachandrasūri, composed the Mantrarājarahasya and Lilāvati. His other works are the Vardhamānavidyākalpa, Ganitatilakavritti and the Bhuvanadipakavritti in V. S. 1326 (A. D. 1270).
In V. S. 1324 (A. D. 1268), Narachandra,
(1) Gurvavali, Verses 152-72. (2) Kantivijaya, Baroda, No. 260. (3) Weber, No. 1265. (4) Peterson, I, 4. Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com