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## Dasharathguru
Jinsen
Virasen
Preface
Arya Chandrasen
Arya Aryanandi
Vinayasen
Kumarasen (Founder of the Wood Association)
Jayasen
Shripal
Padmasen
Devasen
Gunabhadra
Lokasen
Indranandi has written in his 'Shrutavatar' that after a long time, there was a learned scholar named Elacharya who resided in Chitrakootpur and was well-versed in the secrets of the Siddhanta texts. Shri Virasen Swami studied the entire Siddhanta under him and wrote eight chapters, including Uparitan and Nibandhan. Following his Guru Maharaj's wishes, Virasen Swami left Chitrakoot and came to Matgram. There, he sat in the Jin-Mandir built by Anantendra and, upon obtaining the 'Vyakhyaprajnapti', he summarized the sixth chapter, Satkarma, in the first six chapters of the eighteen chapters of Bandha, etc. He also composed a commentary called 'Dhavla' in a mixture of Sanskrit and Prakrit languages, comprising 72,000 verses. Later, he wrote a commentary called 'Jayadhavla' in 20,000 verses on the four divisions of the first Skandha of the second 'Kashaya Prabhrit'. After that, he passed away due to old age. After him, Shri Jayasen Guru completed the Jayadhavla commentary by adding 40,000 more verses. Thus, the Jayadhavla commentary was completed with 60,000 verses.
The same has been mentioned by Shri Dhar Vibudh in his prose 'Shrutavatar'. Therefore, based on these two 'Shrutavatars', it is proven that Virasenacharya's Guru was Elacharya. However, the identity of this Elacharya is unclear.
1. Belo Sloka 176-183.
2. In Sloka 182, "Yatas Tvatah Punastach Shivyo Jayasen Gurunama", Jinsen should be mentioned instead of Jayasen, as the text in Shri Dhar's 'Gadyashrutavatar' mentions Jinsen instead of Jayasen. For example: "... Virasen Muni will go to heaven. His disciple will be Jinsen. He will complete the 'Karma Prabhut' with forty thousand verses. In this way, the Jayadhavla commentary will be completed with sixty thousand verses."
Furthermore, Gunabhadracharya has also referred to Jinsen Swami as the commentator of the Siddhanta Shastra in the praise of the Uttarapurana.
Not only this, Jinsen Swami, in the 'Peethikabandh', has remembered his Guru Virasenacharya and called him the author of the commentaries on the Siddhanta texts, i.e., the 'Siddhantopanibandhanam'.