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After serving Viraśāsana for several years, Somasundarasūri died in A. D. 1442–43.
In the Soma-Saubhagya Yuga, books written on palm-leaves were copied on paper. Tbis work was undertaken by Devasundara, Somasundara and Jinabhadrasūri of Tapagatchba. Among the prominent Jains who financed this work were Parvata of Cambay and Mandalika of Sanderă.83
We shall now consider the literary activities of the Jains in what is aptly called the Somasundarayuga.
Gunaratnagūri, a co-student of Somasundarasūri, composed the Kalpāntaravāchya in A. D. 1400-01 and wrote commentaries on the Saptatikā ( A. D. 1402–3), Devendrasûri's Karmagranthas, Aturpratyākhyāna; Chatuhsarana, Samstāraka, Bhaktaparignā, Somatilaka's Kshetrasamāsa and Navatattva. His two great works are the Kriyāratnasamutchaya and the Tarkarahasyadipika.84
Munisundarasūri, a pupil of Somasundarasūri, had a wonderful memory. At an early age of
( 83 ) Desai, Loc. cit., pp. 459–60.
( 84) Peterson, VI, 42; Velankara No 1622; Bubler, VIII, No. 394, Desai, Loc. cit., p.p. 462–3. Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
