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namely the sagāra has 9 chapters and the second has 8 chapters. The work deals with the different rules and duties of the Jain monks. That Āsādhara was not merely a dry scholar, is proved by the fact, that he wrote poems and Kavyas, and according to his own Prasasti, he was honoured as a great poet by his contemporaries and he got the title of Sarasvatiputra. Unfortunately, the poem Rajimaii-Vipralambha, mentioned as a Khandakavya in his Prašasti, is no longer available ; this was according to the Prasasti, a poem on Neminātha and Rājīmati. However his Sahasranāmast avana with the author's commentary is available.88 Ašādhara has also summarised the tremendous work on 03 great men, written by Jinasena I and Gunabhadra (Adipurāna and Uttarapurana) in his Trishashțismstiśāstra8+, written in V.S 1292. His commentary on the Aradhana is also known.88
A śādbara had a good number of admirers and pupils, Most of them are mentioned in the Prašasti of Asādhara himself. Madanakirti, mentioned by Aśādhara, is undoubtedly the author of the very useful poem Sasanacałustriṁsatikās, which throws light on a number of Digambara tirthas, which will be mentioned in our chapter on the Jain tirthas. This work also mentions the fact that the wellknown temple of Abhinandana, of Mangalapura, was destroyed by the Muslims (Verse 34). It also refers to the Pārsva temple of Dārā, and the verse on the Candraprabha also appears in an epigraph from Veraval. 87
Another great contemporary and admirer of Āsādhara was Arhaddāsa. He is not, however, mentioned in the celebrated Prasasti of Asādhāra, but in his works, he has remembered, with great deference, the poems (sūkti) of Aśādhara and also his Dharmamsta. The most well-known work of Arhaddāsa is Munisuvratacarita88, which was composed in the last quarter of the 13th century, probably after the last known date of Aśādhara, namely V.S. 1300. In this poem, Arhaddāsa has made a pointed reference to
