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BANERJEE CHRONOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT OF JAIN LITERATURE
Chronology by centuries
14th cent. A.D.
15th cent. A.D.
16th cent. A.D.
Historical
events
Akbar the great 1556-1605
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Authors
Dharmacakra (14th cent. A.D.)
Pingalācārya
Caritrasundara (1420 A.D.)
Jinamandana
Upadhyaya (1435/36 A.D.)
Simhasena (or Raidhu) (1439 A.D.)
Jinahamsa
(1440 or 1445 A.D.)
Somacandra (1448 A.D.)
Jñanasagara Sūri (mid or second half of the 15th cent. A.D.)
Sakalakirti
(died in 1464 A.D.)
Śrutasägara
(1495 A.D.)
Manikyasundara
Bhāvadeva Sūri
Jinakirti
(15th cent A.D.)
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Nemidatta (1530 A.D.) Subhacandra (1551 A.D.)
Padmasundara (1565 A.D.)
Udayadarma (1450 A.D.) Dharma-kalpa-druma
Subhasila gani (1452 A.D.)
Dharmasägara (1573 A.D.)
Devavijaya Ganin (1596 A.D.)
Works
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Malaya-sundari-katho
ddhāra
Prākṛtapingala.
Mahipalacaritra Kälakācāryakathanaka
Šiladūta
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Kumārapālacarita
Mehesara-cariu (Apa)
Rayana-sehara-naravai
kahā
Kathamahodadhi
Bharadadi-kathā
(1452 A.D.)
Pañca-sati-prabodhasambandha.
Ratnacūḍakathā
Pārsvanathacarita, Santinätha-carita, Harivamsa (in 39 sargas)
Jainendra-yajña-vidhi, Tattvärtha-dipikā,
Ṣat-prabhṛta
Mahābala-Malayasundari-katha
Kālakācārya-kathānaka
Campaka-sresthi-kathā naka, Pälagopalakathānaka. Dana-kalpa-druma Ambada-caritra
Aradhanakathākoša Pandava-purana (or Jaina Mahabharata written in 1551 A.D.)
Pārsvanätha-carita
Kupakṣa-kausikasahasra-kirana (Pkt.) written in 1573 A.D. Ramacaritra (completed in 1596 A.D.)
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