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as the author of the Prithvichandracharitra which he wrote at the request of his pupil Munichandra in A. D. 1105. Bhandāra kar puts this work to the credit of Nemichandra but it is a mistake which is apparent from what is written at the end of the work.54
Jinavallabhasūri occupies an important place among the monks of the Kharataragatchha. He was a pupil of Abbayadevasūri, He had many followers in Chitod and Vāgad. King Naravarman of Dbārā honoured him. Jinavallabha became a sūri in 1110-11 A. D. and died after six months.55
He is said to have written the Sukshmārthasiddhāntavichārasāra, 56 Agamikavastuvichārasāra.s? Pindavisuddhiprakarana,59 Sanghapattaka, Dharmašiksha, Prasnottarasataka. Chitrakutiya-prasasti, Bhavanivaranastotra, Paushadhavidhiprakarana, Jinakalyānakastotra.59 and Pratikramanasāmāchāri. The Jain Granthāvali ascribes to him several more ; but we cannot positively say that they are his works,
54 Peterson, V, p. LXX; Bhandarkar, Second Report etc, p. 27; Dalal, Jesalmera Catalogue, introduction, p. 46. 55 Desai, loc. cit., pp. 230-31. 56 Peterson, I, 28. 57 Peterson I, 27. 58 Peterson I, 63. 59 Dalal, Jesalmora Catalogue, introd, pp. 40–41. Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com