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wrote a commentary on the Shasthisataka of Nemichandra Bhandari.133 Taporatna composed the Uttaradhyayana Laghuvritti.
In A. D. 1445-6, Parvata Srimali of Anahilavāda copied many books at the suggestion of Jaya. chandrasuri of Tapa-gatchha.134
In A. D. 1446-7, Somadharmagani, pupil of Chandraratnagani, composed the Upadesasaptatika, which gives us an account of many holy places and historical persons. A Gujarati translation of this work is published by the Atmananda Jain Sabha, Bhavnagar. 135
In A. D. 1447-8, Somadeva, pupil of Ratnasekharasūri of Tapagatchha, composed the Kathamahodadhi which contains 157 stories based Harishena's Karpuraprakara. His other known work is commentary on Jinaprabhasūri's Siddhantastava.. (A. D. 1457-8).136
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In A. D. 1447-8, Gunākarasūri of Chaitragatchha composed the Samyakatvakaumudikathā. His other known work;is the Vidyasagarakatha.13
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(133) Velankara, Nos. 1670-72.
(134) Desai, Jain Sahityano Itihāsa, p. 513. (135) Peterson, I, 77; Buhler, IV, No. 138. (136) Velankara, No. 405; Peterson, I, 328. (137) Peterson, I, No. 321.
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