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The ākhyānamanikoshatikā89 was written in Samvat 1190 ( A. D. 1134 ).
Siddhasūri of the Ukośagatchha was the author of the Brihatkshetrasamāsavritti in Samyat 1192 (A. D. 1135–6). He gives the following account of his spiritual descent:
(1) Kakkasūri
(2) Siddhasūri
(3) Devaguptasūri (4) Siddhasūri (Our author )
His guru's brother Yaśodeva helped him to select the subject.90
In A. D. 1135–6, the palm-leaf manuscript of the Pushpavatikathā was written by Chamuka in Khetaka ( Kaira ), when Gangila was a minister of Siddharāja.
Vijayasimhasūri, a pupil of Hemachandra Malladbāri, completed the Dharmopadešamālā in S. 1191 ( A. D. 1135 ). It contains 14471 verses.
Abhayakumāragani, a pupil of Hemachandra
89 Peterson, III, app. p. 81; IV, p. XXVIII. 90 Peterson, III, app. p. 193. 91 Peterson, V, p. 111. Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com