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mentioned this Yaśahkirti and another Acārya Kamalakirti as his teachers. Yašahkirti is known to have written a copy of the Bhavishyadattapañcamikatha189, in the year V.S. 1486. This poet is mentioned in an inscribed image of Adinātha, found from Gopagiri140, dated V.S. 1497. The reigning king, at that time, was Düngarasimha. Most of his works were written in the temples of Neminatha and Vardhamāna, of this town. He was patronised both by this king and his son Kirtisimha. Some of bis other works are Sammaijiņacariyu, which was composed at the request of Khelbā Brahmacärin and Yaśaḥkirti, and Punņāsaya Kahakosa, The Śrāvakacarita was composed at the request of Sanghadhipa Kušarāja. 141
Next, we should refer to the works of Śrutasagara, who flourished between 1400 and 1540 A.D.149 In his works, he has bestowed on himself the following epithets - kalikalasarvajña, kalikālagautama, ubhayabhashakavicakravarti, vyāk araña-kamalamārtanda, tarkikaširomaņi, paramāgamapraviņa, nayanavatimahāmahāvādivijetă etc. These epithets at least prove that he was an extremely learned man and was a thorn in the flesh of his religious rivals, Brahma Nemidatta, the well-known author of the Neminātha Purana, Kathakosa and Sripalacarita, has paid tribute to this Srutasägara. His Tattvärthadīpikā 148 is a commentary on the Tattvärthasūtra. His commentaries on Jinasahasranama14. of Ašādbära and Jinasena are also available. He also wrote an excellent incomplete commentary on the Yaśastilaka. campū11b, a manuscript of which is dated in the Vikrama year 1602. He also composed a few Gujarati works, 146
Subhacandra was a remarkable Digambara poet of the 16th century. He is chiefly known for his excellent Sanskrit poem called the Pandavapurāṇa14, which is also called the Jaina Mahabharata. This work was completed, according to the testimony of the author himself, in V.S, 1608, at the town of Sri-Sākavāța (Sagwara). He was assisted, in the composition of his work, by bis disciple Ścipāla Varnin.
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