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gatchha. King Siddharaja conferred on Anandasūri and Amarachandrasūri the 'biruds' of 'Vyagraśiśuka' and Simhagiśuka' respectively, because they won victories in debates at an early age.78
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Amarachandrasūri
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Siddhantarnava. Haribhadrasūri, a pupil of Anandasūri, won the biruda Kalikalagautama '.79 He is known as the author of the Tattvaprabodha.
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Haribhadra was a pupil of Jinadeva who was a pupil of Manadeva of the Brihatgatchha. He was a contemporary of Siddharaja and Kumārapala. From the frequent references to the ruling princes in his works, it seems that he had some influence at the Court. Most of his works were composed in Anahilavāda. He wrote the Bandhaswamitva and a tika' on the Agamikavastuvichārasara of Jinavallabha, while dwelling in the house of Asapura in Anahilavāda in V. Samvat 1172 (A. D. 1115-16). He also completed the Munipaticharitra consisting of 652 gāthās in Prakrit in the same year. He is also said to have written the Śreyānsanāthacharitra. The work contains 6584 'gathas' in Prakrit. It deals with the life of Sreyansanatha, the eleventh Tirtban
78 Arisimha, Sukritasankirtana, p. 30, v. 20. 79 Peterson, III, 18.
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