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famous Prabandhakośa®18 of Rājasekhara, written in Delhi in the Vikrama Samvat 1405, corresponding to 1347 A.D., during the reign of Sultan Muhammad Bin Tughluq (Sri Mahamada Sāhi). Rājasekhara, according to the Prasasti219 of this work, was the pupil of Śrītilaka of the Maladbāri. or Harshapuriya gaccha, belonging to the ancient Praśnavāhana kula and Koţika gaña. The hodse of Delhi, in which it was composed, belonged to Mahanasinha, son of Jagatsimha, originally hailing from the country of Sapädalaksha.
The Prabandhakośa begins its account from Bhadrabāhu ; but it incorrectly makes him a 20 a contemporary of Varāhamihira, and at the same time, confuses between the two Bhadrabāhus, one flourishing in the 4th century B.C., and the second, the author of the Niryukti texts. It wrongly makes Bhadrabāhu, the son of a Brahmin of Pratishthāna ; the much earlier work the Brhatkathākoša (931 A.D.), represents this Jain savant as the son of a Brahmin of Devakoțța in Bengal, as noticed by us, in the earlier volume of the present work 221. The stories of the Jain saints like Ärya Nandila, Jivadevasūri, Siddhasena, Haribhadra, Bappabhațți and finally Hemacandra are taken from works like the Prabhāvakacarita and the Prabandhacintāmaņi. There are some interesting accounts about the poets like Harihara, and Sriharsha. It also refers to the king Govindacandra of Kānyakubja222. The enmity 22 between Jayaccandra and Lakshmaṇasena has also been referred to. Kumāradeva has been mentioned as the minister of Lakshmanasena, who has been described as a powerful and just kinga 24 Some of the passages of this work remind us of both PC and PPS.
The Vividhatirthakalpa22 6, is another great Śvetāmbara work, written between V.S. 1364 and 1389. It was composed by Jinaprabha, of the Kharatara gaccha, at the town of Yoginipattana or Delhi, during the rule of Hammīra Mahammada or Muhammad Bin Tughluq (1325-1351 A.D.). This is the only systematic and scientific account of the Jain tirthas, written by any Jain writer. The author was not only a
