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to be a more popular, pseudonymous name as much as Caturmukha is, and Vţşabhanandi sounds more to be his official name. And it is probable that Vșşabhanandi was popularly called Caturmukha by laymen, and Sarvasadhu by ascetics In any case, he must have surely been a sarva-sadhu, the sage of all. Although the above two descriptions are quite convincing of the same ascetic, I am not confident enough it Vņşabhanandi alias Sarva. sadhu can be verified with this much of evidence.
Gopanandi was donated a village by the Hoysala King in 1,093 A. D. It is not known how old he was then, nor how long he survived thence. Doubtlessly, he flourished at that time. Prabhacandra who is listed in the Sravanabelgola inscription no. 55 ( 69 ) is supposed by Pt. Mahendra Kumar Shastri to be the author of Prameyakamalamarttanda, Tattvärthavrtti-padavivarana ( commentary of Sarvürthasiddhi ) and so on. On this basis, Pandit suggests his date as of 980-1065 A, D. If it could be so, Prabhácandra was at the age of 85 in 1065, which means that he was a great elder contemporary of Gopanandi who was still active in 1093 A. D. This pillar inscription is documented as of being built around 1,100 A. D., in which Jinacandra is honoured as the Munîndra and Panditadeva with high reputation in siddhanta, literature and speech. Several other ācāryas are therein also designated as Panditadevas. As he was called Panditadeva, he should have already accomplished some contribution to the society. It should mean that by 1,100 A. D., he had already produced active students who had established him as Panditadeva. He was a
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