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Mādhavacandra Traiyidyadeva composed his Vrtti122 on the Kslapoņāsāra of his guru Nemicandra in Śaka 1125, at a place called Cullakafura, during the reign of Bhoja, who has already been identified by us with Bboja II, the Silāhāra king of Kolhapur. The Sabidi ņavacancrikālas is the commentary by Somadeva on the Sabdārņara of Gunanandin, a work of Jainendra Vyakaraña. This commentary was composed, according to the testimony of Somadeva bimself, in Saka 1127, during the reign of this Bhoja II, who has been given all the imperial titles. The work was completed in the Tribhuvanatilaka Jain temple, which had been constructed by the mahāmandalesvara Gandarāditya at the mahāsthana of Ajurikā, situated in the famous Kollāpuradeśa. Ajurilã is modern Ajare, a well-known place of Kolhapur district. This Somadeva was a disciple of Pandita Visālo kirti, belonging to the Mülasangha.
Another work, written during the time of the silābāras of Kolhapur, is the Ni minātha Purāņa12, composed by Karpajärya in Kanarese. The reigning king was Vijaya. ditya (1138-1175), the son of Gandarāditya. The agramahishi Ponnāladevī, the chief queen of Vijay aditya, has also been mentioned by Karşapārya. It was written in the Tribhuvanatilaka Jinālaya, dedicated to Candraprabha at Herle, near Hațakanagale. Karna pārya's patron was Lakshma or Laksh midhara, the Karaņāgraņi (head of the Secretariat) of Vijayāditya. This official has been described in this work as devotee of Lord Neminātha.
A well-known work called, the Purānasärasangraha125, written by one Câmanandin describes, in 27 cantos, the lives of tbe six important Tirthankaras, namely Adinātha, Candraprabha, Santi, Nemi, Pārsva and Mabāvira. We are not sure about the actual date of this Dāmanandin. He has been generally placed between 1100 and 1300 A.D. He was, in all probability, a resident of Karnataka, It has further been surmised that his actual home was at Chik
