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added at the same time when they were written down by his disciple. However, since there is no conclusive factor from the known data to support this conjecture, it is impossible to speculate about it further closely. There. fore, if the lower limit of the hypothetical date of Dhyanastava cannot be fixed later than the early 12th century, we have to take this hypothetical date as it is. In any case, with all this information, it should not be too far from the fact to assume that Bhāskaranandi flourished in the beginning of the 12th century, e.g., 1,110's or 1,120's. Thus, somehow his biographical data is established that Bhaskaranandi was a Digambara pandit in Vakra gaccha, Deśí gana of Mula sangha, who probably flourished in the early 12th century as a disciple of Jinacandra, somewhere in the South, possibly around Sravanabelgola. His personal life is not totally traceable at present.
Several scholars have already tried to verify the date and lineage of Bhāskaranandi, which is to be introduced here in short. Pt. Säntiraja Šāstrī suggests the date of Bhaskaranandi in his introduction to Tattvärthavrtti (p. 47-8) as of the late 13th ( to the early 14th ) century, on the ground of the date of Māghanandi who is listed immediately before Jinacandra in the Sravanabelgola inscription no. 55 ( 69 ). He takes the date of Māghanandi as of 1,250 A. D. This pillar inscription was built in c. 1,100 A. D., hence it is difficult to accept his opinion. Nathûrâma Premi Ji in Jain sāhitya aur itihasa (p. 378-9 ) and jugalakiśor Mukhtār Ji in Jaina grantha prasasti sangraha ( v. 1, p. 35-6 ) suggest various possible
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