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Gnanasagarasūri, pupil of Devasundarasūri, referred to in the last para, composed the Avasyakachurni in A. D. 1383-84, the Uttaradhyayanasutrachurni in A. D. 1384-85, the Oghaniryuktichurni, the Munisuvratastava and the Pārsvanathastave.64
Kulanandana, another learned pupil of Devasundarasūri, composed the Vichārāmritasangraha in A. D. 1386-7, Siddhantālapkoddhāra, Pragnapanäsutrachurni, commentaries Pratikramanasutra, Kalpasutra and the Kavyasthitistotra, and several short poems singing the praises of God. 65
on the
Munisundara, pupil of Somasundarasūri, composed the Gaivedyagosthi in A D. 1398-9. Devananda or Devamurti was the author of the Kshetrasamāsa. His spiritual descent is as follows:
Chandraprabha--Dharmaghosha--Bhadresvara
Muniprabha-Sarvade va-Somaprabha-Ratnaprabha
Chandrasimha-Devasimha-Padmatilaka-ShritilakaDevachandra-Padmaprabhasûri-Devananda
Devamurti.66
or
Nayachandrasūri, pupil of Prasannachandra of
(64) Peterson, II, No. 284; Buhler, VII, 13. (65) Buhler, VII, 18; Velankara, No. 1802. (66) Desai, Loc. cit., p. 444.
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