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The work gives the life-story of Jagadu Shah with special reference to his pious and meritorious deeds.
Bhuvanatungasūri of Anchalagatchha wrote a commentary on the Rishimandala in V. S. 1380 (A. D. 1313-4 ). His other works are the commentaries on the Aturapratyakhyāna and the Chatuhsarana.41
After the Muslim conquest of Gujarata, Sanskrit and Prakrita were not patronized by the state; so many scholars wrote works in the language of the province. In V. S. 1358 (A. D. 1301-2) the Navakāravyākhyāna was composed in Gujarati. In V. S. 1369 (A. D. 1312-13), the Atichara was composed. Among the other Jain works in old Gujarati in the first half of the 14th century may be mentioned The Katchhulirāsa in V. S. 1303 (A. D. 1397 ), the ViharamanaTirankarastava (V. S. 1368-A. D. 1311-12 ), the Samarārāso ( About A. D. 1314-15), the Sthulibhadrafaga and the Charcharika.42
Rajasekhara composed the Chaturvimsatiprabandha or the Prabandhakosa in V. S. 1405
(41) Jesalmer Catalogue, introduction, No. 54; Desai, Jain Sahityano Itihasa, p. 434.
(42) Desai, Ibid, pp. 434-5
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