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same place, we have a big manuscripto", containing several Agamas, which was copied during the time of Somasundara, in V.S. 1479. A manuscript of Candraprajñaptivstti65, from the same place, gives the date V.S. 1483 and also mentions Somasundara. The date, V.S. 1492, is supplied by a manuscript of the Avašyakalaghuvstti66, also discovered from Patan. It also eulogises 'guru Somasundara'. However, the earliest date for Somasundara, in a manuscript, is V.S. 1470, supplied by a manuscript of the Sabdanušāsana®?, now in the Government Museum, Berlin. The same date for Somasundara in given in a manuscriptos, of the Arishțanemicarita, written by Ratnaprabha,
Several Śvetāmbara manuscripts, of our period (13001600), mention the great Kharatara Acāryas like Jinacandra III, Jinakusala and Jinapadma. A manuscript of the Upadeśapada, written in V.S. 1354, was copied at Patan, during the time of Jinacandra III. In V.S. 1389 was copied a manuscript of the Kalpacūrņi?o, during the spiritual reign of Jinakusala. This was incidentally the last year of Jinakusala's life. An undated manuscript?1, assigned to the 14th century, mentions Jinapadma, the disciple of Jinakusala. He is also mentioneds, in a manuscript of the Bhagavatīsūtravstti, written in V.S. 1400 and also in a manuscript78, dated V.S. 1393.
Hundreds of other manuscripts were prepared, in the period under review, and they have been noticed in several Prašastisangrahas, of both the Śvetāmbaras and the Digambaras. Quite a few of such original works will be discussed in the chapters on Literature.
Several other Jain monks like Jinabhadra, Jinasāgara, J naharsha, Jinacandra IV of the Kbaratara gaccha, Jayacandra, Ratnasekhara and Løkshmisagara of the Tapā gaccha, Kakkasūri of the Upakeśa gaccha, Merutunga, Jayakirti and Jayakeśari of Añcala gaccha and monks of several other gacchas worked ceaselessly for the propagation of Jainism, particularly in Gujarat and Rajasthan.
