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His pupil Dharmachandra wrote a commentary on Rajasekhara's Karapuramanjari.109
Besides the monks, some Jains also served literature. Of these, Mandanamantri is very wellknown. He was the son of Báhada. He was a very learned man and patronised learning and the learned. Ho composed the Sarasvatamandana the Kavyamandana, the Champumandana, the Kadambarimandana, the Chandravijaya, the Alankāramandana, the Sringāramandana, the Sangitamandana, the Upasargamandana and the Kavikalpadrumaskandha. He was very rich.110
The following contribution'll was made by the Jains to old Gujarati Literature, Prose and Poetry:
Prose Name of the Name of the Date and Author work
or place (1) Manikyasūri - Prithvichandra- A. D.
Chorita 1421-2
109 Velankar, Nos. 1798 and 1281, Bhandarakara, 3rd. report, No. 418-9; Kaira Sangha Bhandar manuscripts.
110 Jain Sahityano. Itihasa, P.p. 481-4. 111 Ibid, p.p. 486-7. Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
