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4) Jinacandra is mentioned as Bhattāraka.
All Jinacandras listed above cannot satisfy the first necessary condition. Regarding the second, the first three Jinacandras alone can meet the condition, and the rest are eliminated from further consideration. Regarding the third provision, the second Jinacandra who belongs to Svetāmbara Kharatara gaccha fails to be qualified. Now, the first and the third Jinacandra are left out. Both of them are not designated as Bhattáraka. The first Jinacandra is a Karnataka poet, flourished in 950 A. D. Then, he is a contemporary of Somadeva. Should this Jinacandra be the teacher of our author, Bhaskaranandi must be a contemporary or even a senior contemporary of Nemicandra," Camungaraya, and Amitagati. This is improbable, hence, he is also dropped. Then, the third Jinacandra, referred in Sravanabelgola inscription no. 55 (69), alone remains as the possible teacher of our author..
Let us now investigate if this Jinacandra can be verified as the teacher of our Bhaskaranandi, who was called by the title of Bhatjāraka and whose teacher was known by name, Sarvasadhu. First of all, let us exanine how the third Jinacandra is described in Sravanabelgola inscription. On the pillar facing the south, it is read :
Should he be comparable to Pajyapāda in grammar,
Bhaçta Akalanka in all the doctrines and logic, and Bharavi in literature; he is a poet and convincing great disputant, full of eloquence.
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