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Observations on 7th century - Jaina-Literature
* Due to containing the sacred words of Lord Mahāvīra, AMg. became sacred language for Jainas. So after the finalization of Amg. canonical literature, its usage was stopped and Śve. Jaina writers started writing in JM. which was of course influenced by Ardhamāgadhī.
* Among the JM. works, Cūrņis are important. Cūrņis are short explanatory notes in prose form written on AMg. canons, Niryuktis and Bhāșyas. The Cūrņis consist both Prakrit and Sanskrit. The famous Cūrņikāra Jinadāsagani selected the important canons containing monastic conduct and wrote Cūrņis. Agastyasimha's Cūrņi on Daśavaikālika is also found in this century.
* Anonymous JM. work Pañcasutta is important because Haribhadra (8th cen.A.D.)wrote comm. on this work. Due to this reason, the work is put in this century.
* In the 7th and 8th century, JŚ. works are not found. Digambara writers started writing Comentarial literature on JŚ. canons from the 9th century and onwards.
* Among the Skt. writers of this century, Samantabhadra is very prominent. His Nyāya works are honoured in the field of Indian logic. Nyāya works in the 6th century are written by Svetāmbara writers. In this century, Digambara logician Samantabhadra is very active. Through his works Āptamīmāṁsā and Yuktyanuśāsana, Samantabhadra prepared grounds for the writings of Akalanka and Haribhadra. A huge commentarial literature is produced on these two important works of Samantabhadra from 8th century A.D. up to 18th century A.D.
* Samantabhadra systematized the Srāvakācāra according to Digambara norms in Sanskrit. His Ratnakaranda-śrāvakācāra inspired many Digambara authors in writing Śrāvakācāras in Sanskrit.
* The eulogies of Samantabhadra are presented in Nyāya style and very rich in Poetic values. Vasunandi wrote an extensive comm. on Stutividyā.
* Kevalajñānapraśnacūdāmaņi, a work on Prognostics is written by Samantabhadra. According to some scholars there are two Samantabhadras. Logician Samantabhadra is different from the author of Kevalajñāna-praśna-cūdāmaņi.
* It is told that Samantabhadra has written Prākrta Vyakarana, but the work is extinct.
* The tradition of Kātantra Vyākaraņa started in the 3rd century A.D. and completed in the 7th century A.D. The authorship of this grammar is dubious. It is noted that this grammar is written by Sarvavarmāan or Kātyāyana or Andhrabhrtya Sātavāhana.
