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kalpadruma in S. 1186 (A. D. 1129-30).83 In the same year, Dhavala beard him expound
parigrahapramāna.' He was honoured by the King of Sãkapıbhari, a feudatory of Jayasimha.84 This Sākambhari King was Vigrabarāja Visaladeva III who conferred upon our author the title of Vadichudāmani. In S. 1181 (A. D. 1124-5), the Sūri performed the opening ceremony of a Jain temple in Falodhi.85 His pupil Yaśobhadrasūri wrote the Gadyagodāvari. 86
Mahendrasūri composed the Narmadasundarikathā in V. S. 1187 (A. D. 1130-31 ) at the request of his pupil. The work describes the mahatmya of Sila (conduct ).87
Amradevasūri, pupil of Jinachandrasūri of Brihadgatchba, wrote the Ākhyānamanikoshavritti in V. S. 1190 (A. D. 1133-4). The work is à commentary on the Ākhyānamanikosha of Nomichandra. It was commenced in Yasonāgasethavasati and completed in Dhavalakkapura (Dholakā). Nomichandra, Gunākara and Pārsva. devagani helped him in the work which was completed in about nine months.88
83 Peterson, V, 107. 84 Hiralal Hansraja, Jain History, p. 68. 85 Peterson, IV, 100. 86 Peterson, III, 262. 87 Jesalmere catalogue, 54, 88 Peterson, III, 78,
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