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Jinabarsha, pupil of Jayachandrasūri, composed the Vastupālacharita, in A. D. 1440-1, the Ratnasekharakatha in Prakrit in Chitrakuta, the Vimsatisthānaka Vichārāmrita-Sangraha in Sanskrit and Prakrit and the Pratikramanavidhi in A. D. 1468–9.102
Kirtiraja Upadhyāya composed The Nemināthamahākāvya in A. D. 1438-9. It is a work in twelve cantos.163
Dhirasundaragani, pupil of Amarasundara, composed the Avachurni on the Avasyakaniryukt: 104
Somasundarasūri composed the Avachuris on the Saptati and the Aturapratyākhyāna. Besides these avachuris, he also composed the Ashtādasastav, in A. D. 1440-41. He had many pupils.105
Jinabhadrasūri of Kharatara-gatchba rendered “ glorious and meritorious " services to Jinasasana by asking the Jains to build temples at Giranāra, Chitrakuta, Manda vyapura and other places, and by opening libraries at Jesalmer, Jabalipura, Devagiri, Nagora, Mandavagadha, Karnavati and
102 Bhandarkar Institute, Poona, No. 171; Peterson, IV, 111; Peterson, I, 112, 103 The work is published in the Yasovijayaji Granthmāla, Bhävnagar. 104 Motitoli Bhandar, Pelitāna. 105 Weber, No. 1862; Buhler, IV, No. 124. Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
