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The Jaina Antiquary
(Vol XVI Virasona completed his Dhavala at Vatanagar in the Raptrakuţa territory in Vik. 838 (or A.D. 780). He started his work in about A.D. 750 and died in about A D. 790.11
(8) The Pajyapada mentioned by Ugradityacharya in his Kalyaņa-karaka, a famous work on medicine, writ:en in C. 800 A. D. at Ramagiri in the dominions of the Eastern Chalukya King Vigllu: raja Parmesvara, as one of the great Jaina masters of medicine of the past and who is said to be an authority particularly in the Salakya-Tantra.!!
(9) The Pajyapada whose Kalyanakäraka, Jagdall-Somnath a medical writer (C 1150 A. D.) claims to have rendered into Kannada's, the original being in Sanskrit. Vijayaņņa Upadhyâya the author of Sarasangraha or Vaidyasärasangraha also claims that his work is derived from the Kalyanakäraka of Pajyapada." And Paráva Pandit in hs Parsva Purana composed in 1222 A.D. ascribes the authorship of Kalyayakaraka to the Pajyapada who was also the author of Jainēndra and of the Tatwartha Vrtti. 15
(10) Pajyapada theśabdávatára-kara-- According to Vrttivilasa, a Kannad poet (C. 1160 A. D.). Pujyapada wrote the Sabdávatára Tika Påniņi.16 This fact is aleo corroborated by the Nagar ins. cription of A. D. 15301?, and also by Lewis Rice's interpretation of the Hiramatha copper grant assigned to A. D 700.26 (11) The Pajyapada of the Karnataka epigraphs
(a) An inscription of 1163 A. D. mentions that in the line of Bhadrabahu arose Kundkund also called Padmanandi. Then came Umásvámi Grdhapichha. His desciple was Balakapichha. In such a line of great Acharyas arose Samantabhadra.... ...alter whom came Pujyapada. The record also informs us that the original name of
Il For Virasena see Jaina Antiquary XIV 2. p. 46-57, & XII, 1, p. 1-6.; Aněkdött-$,88-82 p. 207 & 10, 1.5 p. 274.
12. Prasasti Sangraha p. 53 (pub. JSB-Arrah). 13. Kavicharite I p. 164-65, II p. 15-16. 14. Pr. Sang p 149, 15 Kavich. I p 325 (n. 1) 16 Karnataka Sabdanusasana-JG for 1923 p. 217-232. 17. E C VIII Nv. 46 p. 147.
My.& cg. p. 35. XII.
