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posed jointly with Gugacandra, is a treatise on philosophy, in three chapters,
Another prominent pupil of Hemacandra was Devacandra, whose Candralekhāvijayaprakarana111, is a five-Act play. It is based on genuine history, as it gives the account of victory of Kumāra pāla over Arņorāja of Sākambhari, and Kumāra pāla's marriage with Arnorāja's sister. This play was enacted during the spring-festival, in the temple of Ajitanātha, at Patan, before Kumārapāla and his courtiers. 112. We have already mentioned Gunacandra, another pupil of Hemacandra, who wrote two critical works on drama and philosophy, jointly with Rāmacandra, which have already been mentioned. Another pupil of Hemacandra, namely Vardhamānagani, composed the Kumāravihārapraśasti118, in Sanskrit Slokas. It is an extremely clever composition, in which Kumārapåla, Hemacandra and the minister Vāgbhata have been praised. We have already mentioned Mahendrasuri, a disciple of Hemacandra, who wrote a commentary on his Guru's Anekārthasangraha114 in V.S. 1241, but which he attributed to his Guru. Bālacandra, another disciple of Hemacandra (who was Rāmacandra's rival), is well-known for his poem Snātasya116, in which Vardhamāna has been praised in a most poetic style.
Several other celebrated Jain works were also written in the 12th century. We should first mention the well-known play Maharāj aparājaya118, in five Acts, which is an allegorical drama like Křshqamisra's Prabodhacandrodaya. This play was written by Yaśaḥpāla, who describes himself as a mantrin and further describes himself as a bee to the lotus feet of Ajayapāla (1229-1232 V.S.), which proves that this play was written during the seventies of the 12th century. This play describes the conversion of Kumārapāla to Jainism, which took place, according to this play117, in V.S. 1216. All other characters exept Hemacandra, Kumāra pāla and Vidūshaka are allegorical characters, representing either dharma or adharma. It also gives an idea about the popu
