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THE DIGAMBARA LITERATURE
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century, was Vadlbhasimha, whose second rame was Odayadeva. We know of two works of this author, namely the Gadyacintamani, in Sanskrit prose, and the Kshatracūdamaņi in verse. Both these works deal with the life of Jivandhara, whose story is told, for the first time, in Guņabhadra's Uttarapurāna.? The Gadyacintāmaņi76 is a serious work like Subandhu's Vasayadatta or Bāna's Kādambari, and is meant for the consumption of highly educated readers. It also gives, like the Dašakumaracarita, a good idea about social and economic life of the medieval period. The work has altogethər eleven Books, and the author also has shown, like Bāna, his mastery over Sanskrit vocabulary. The Kshatracūļāmaņiis a kávya, and like the Gadyacintămaņl, has eleven Books or cantos. There are altogether 746 verses. It is also known as the Jivandharacarita. The poem is written in extemely simple, yet beautiful language and can be understood even by the young and unsophisticated persons.
The poet Haricandra was the author of the remarkable poem the Dharmasarmabhyudaya?", a mahakarya in 21 cantos. Unfortunately, the poet has not given the date of his work. He has also not mentioned any major Jain poet, who flourished before him. However he has represented himself as a scion of a remarkable Kayastha family. This poem tells the life-story of Dharmanātha, the 15th Tirthankara. The immediate source of the poet was the Uttar apuräna (61.1-87), in which the life of this Tirthankara has been told in less than one hundred Slokas. But our poet, in the 21 cantos, has succeeded beautifully in telling the life-story of a Tirthaikara, about whom, not much is known. This mahākavya has altogether 1765 verses and the poet has clearly demonstrated his complete mastery of the language, and some of his descriptions are quite attractive and moving. It has been conjectured that the poet was influenced"8, both by the Neminiryāņakāvya and the Candraprabhacarita, discussed above. He was an extremely well-read man, and
