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The [Tenth] Chapter is concluded, of Tattvärthavṛtti or Sukhabodha, a great commentary [ of Tattvarthasūtra ], written by Pandita Śrī Bhaskaranandi, disciple of Śrī Jinacandra Bhaṭṭāraka, Mahāsaiddhanta, the moon, the beam of jewels, attended by the stars, glittering and sparkling in the dome of the sky, the garland of pearls, and quivering planets; the spotless moon for the people, with the noblest body; upon having burnt up the bound fuel of destructive karmas amassed by the fire of pure dhyāna, radiant flame, he became an omniscient, perfectly pure; by him beheld was the innate nature of the
entire universe and non-universe; by him diffused was the doctrine of souls and non-souls, the philosophy of Parameśvara, the Lord of Jinas; he accomplished the state called the perfect,
the most honoured state of the self.
The lineage of Sarvasādhu-Jina candra-Bhaskaranandi has not yet been verified. Bhaskaranandi did not seem to be on the chair of Bhattaraka, and many scholars have already tried to identify which Jinacandra Bhaṭṭāraka was his teacher in the Jaina pattavali. There are many ācāryas known by name of Jinacandra :
1) Jinacandra, 950 A. D., disciple of Candinandi (or Candranandi), mentioned in his poem, Śantināthapurana.
2) Jinacandrasūri, disciple of Jineśvarasuri in Kharataragaccha and author of Samvegarangasala, composed in 1,067 A. D.
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