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Jinadattasūri, a pupil of Jinavallabhasūri, con. verted many Rajputs. He is said to have written the Ganadharasārdhašataka, Sandehadolāvali, Ganadharasaptati, Sarvādhisthāyistotra, Sugurupāratantrya, Vighnavināšistotra, Avasthākulaka, Chaityavandanakulaka, Upadesarasāyana and Kālasvarupakulaka.60
Ramadevagani, another pupil of Jinavallabhasūri, is said to have written some commentaries. Jinabhadrasūri is said to have composed the Apavarganāmamala-Panchavargaparihāranāmamäla.6i
Dhanadeva, a Jain layman, is said to have built a Jain temple in Nāgor at the suggestion of Jinavallabhasūri. 62
Sripāla. From an inscription on an image in the temple of Vimala Shah on Mt. Ābu, we learn that the poet Sripāla belonged to the Prāgvāta race and that his father's name was Shri Lakshmana. We find confirmation of these facts in the Kumārapālapratibodha.63 From the Vadanagaraprasasti of Kumārapāla, we know that Sripala was famed for composing a great prabandba
60 Desai, Jain Sahityano Itihasa, p. 233. 61 Ibid, p. 233 : Jeealmera catalogue, 64. 62 Desai, loc. cit., p. 333.
63 Kavyanušāsana, II, pp. COLVI-VII. Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
