________________
192
with the life of Parmárbat Kumārapala, the Chaulukya king of Anabilavāda, who had embraced Jainism. The Nyāyatātparyadipikā is another work of Jayasimhasūri. It is a commentary on the Nyayasāra of Bhasarvagna. Our poet is said to have defeated Saranga pandit, the author of the Sarangadharapaddhati, in a debate. He has also completed a grammar.52
In V. S. 1426 ( A. D. 1369-70), Gunākara, pupil of Gunachandra of Rudrapalliyagatehha, wrote a commentary on the Bhaktámarastotra.55
In V. S. 1427 (A. D. 1370-1), Mahendraprabhasūri, pupil of Madanasūri, and the principal astrologer of Firoz Tugblak ( A. D. 1351 to A. D. 1388 ), wrote the yantrarāja, a work in five parts. His pupil Malayendusūri wrote a commentary on the work.54
Ratnasekharasūri, pupil of Hematilakasūri of Bribadgatcbha and Nagori Tapagatchba, composed the Sripālacharita, in Prakrit, in V. S. 1428 (A. D. 1371-72 ) and the Chhandakoša.55
(52) Nayachandra, Hammiramahakāvya, XIV,v. 23-4.
(53) Velankar, No. 1817; Peterson, V, 207; Bubler, II, No. 302.
(54) Velankara, No. 255-57; This Book is published. ( Benares, 1883 )
(55) Peterson, IV, 118; Peterson, III, 203 Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
