Date of Kundakundacharya

Author(s): M A Dhaky
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30. It is a belief partly grown out of the profound reverence and a very false notion as regards the antiquity of Kundakundācārya.
31. During my discussions with Prof. A. K. Narain and subsequently with Dr. T. P. Verma, I was told that an year c. A.D. 105 for the beginning of the Kusāņa Era seems closer to the truth. Incidentally, Jayasenācārya mentions “Kumāranandi Siddhāntadeva" as the preceptor of Padmanandi-Kundakundācārya in his commentary on the Pañcāstikāya-sära.
32. Upadhye, "Intro.," p. 9. The date of Vidyānanda, suggested here follows the generally accepted date by the Jaina and non-Jaina writers. However, in my recent researches I found that he apparently belonged to the first half of the 10th century. My paper “The Date of Vidyānanda and Epigraphical Evidence” is currently in press.
33. For details, cf. here f.n.no. 20.
34. The two Rāstakūta inscriptions from Manne (for the sources of publication here cf. f.n. 18-19 ), lay bear the existence of a parallel branch of the pontiffs of the Kondakundānvaya, though the gaña is not mentioned :
Toranācārya of Salamali-grāma
Puspanandi
Prabhācandra (A.D. 797; A.D. 802)
35. For detailed discussion, see my paper “A Propos of Mahāvācaka Ārya Nandi Ksamāśramana", Sri Dinesacanrikā, Studies in Indology, Eds. B. N. Mukherjee & others, Delhi 1983.
36. JÁS, pt. 5. Māņikacandra Digambara Jaina Granthamālā No. 52, Ed. Vidyadhar Joharapurkar, Delhi 1971, pp. 18-22.
37. Upadhye "Intro. ” pp. 1-24 where he mentions the sources. (The two sources in question are of course late medieval.
. Cf. Upadhye, "Intro.," p. 12 and infra. The author seems to be Chakravartinayanar and it was his work which Upadhye may have in mind.
39. This is reported by Jayasenācārya in his commentary on the Pravacanasāra. For details, cf. Upadhye, "Intro.,” Pravacanasāra, pp. 18-19.
40. For details, cf. Upadhye, "Intro.," pp. 11-12.
41. Ibid., pp. 12-13 for Cakravartinayanar reference. For Mahalingam, cf. his Reading in South Indian History, Delhi 1977, p. 7.