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is another work of Merutungasūri. Among other things, it deals with the Jain Tirtban karas Rishabhadeva, Sāntinātha, Neminātba, Pārsvanātha and Mabāviraswami.
Feru, son of Chandra Thakkura, a staunch Jain, composed the Vāstusāra35 in V. S. 1372 (A. D. 1315-16 ) In the same year, Kamalaprabba, pupil of Ratnaprabhasuri, completed the Pundarikacharita.
Somatilaka, pupil of Somaprabbasūri of Tapâgatchba, was the author of the Navyakshetrasamāsa, Vicharasutra and Saptatisatasthānaka.36 The last work was composed in V. S. 1387 ( A. D. 1330-31 ). The dignity of Sūri was oonferred on Somatilaka in the year V. S. 1373 ( A. D. 1316-17).
Sudbākalaša, pupil of Maladhāri Rajasekharasūri, composed the Sangitopnishad, a work on music, in A. D. 1323-4. The abridged edition of this work was completed in A. D. 1349-50.36 The Ekāksharanāmamālā is another work of Sudbākalasa 37
(35) Kantivijaya Bhandar, Baroda, No, 68
(36) Velankara, Catalogue of Manuscripts in the library of the B. B. R. Asiatic Society, No. 1683. .
(37) Weber, Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Berlin Library, No. 1702. Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
