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diction, and, to some extent, even identical metres ( Vasantatilakā with concluding Sārdūlavikrīdita in the former, Mandākrāntā and Vasantatilakā with concluding Sārdūlavikrīdīta in the latter ). Not only thus much, but their twinship seems to have been intentionally accentuated by the author himself by the strikingly parallel construction of both the last stanzas, as well as by the still more striking identity of the wording of the last part of their first lines, which read as follows:
पुण्यामोघ सुघोष घोघनगरालङ्कारचूडामणे । in the Ghoghā-stotra, and
एवं श्रीभरुकच्छवर्यनगरालङ्कारचूडामणे । in the Bhrgupura-stotra.
Both the hymns also agree in abstaining from betraying the author's name directly or by Śleșa, and both use the word 'deva' repeatedly, allowing it to be referred to Jñānasāgara's erudite Guru Devasundara Sūri.
It can thus be assumed as fairly certain that our 'Munisuvrata-stavana' is indeed the lost creation of the great Jainācārya Jñānasāgara Sūri, and thus represents a find of no small importance.
If this assumption is correct, the above referred to idea that the Jami Mosque of Broach represents the remains of 'Sakunikāvihāra', must be abandoned. For, if not from V.S. 1115, it has definitely been in the hands of the Muslims from V.S. 1378. It may be one or another of the remaining Jina Temples which Vastupāla and Tejapāla are stated to have built in that city. 'Sakunikā-vihāra', in any case, must have been intact at the time when Jñānasāgara Sūri flourished, say at least till V.S. 1420. Being the Lord's 'Samavasaraņa place', it would probably have been situated farther outside the city, and that in the north-eastern direction, according to the abovequoted stanza of the Syādvāda-ratnākara. Perhaps, it was located somewhere near Suklā-tīrtha and that world-famous Banyan-tree known as the 'Kabira-vața' ( about 10 m. from the city ). Such a
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