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Jinacandras, including Jinacandra quoted by Pt. Santirāja Šāstrī, whose view is somehow supported by the latter. Pt. K. Bhujabali Sāstrī mentions in his Prašasti sangraha (p. 178) that Bhaskaranandi's name appears also in the vștti to Nyayakumudacandra as a disciple of Devanandi who is a student of Saukhyanandi in Nandi sangha. These predescessors' views have guided me in this small study, particularly that of Santirāja Šāstrī, for which I would like to express my humble appreciation.
POSTSCRIPT I had myself suspected that sarvasādhu could not be a proper name, and had indicated with sufficient justification that it might stand for Caturmukha alias Vrşabhanandi, which name is intelligently concealed by the author himself in one of his verse as shown by me (cf. Introduction, p. 32). And Jinacandra is a pupil of Vrşabhanandi (cf. the geneology of p. 3.), and our Bhāskaranandi is a pupil of Jinacandra who might have been called a Bhattāraka later on. Dr. Upadhye draws my attention to a note on Bhāskaranandi (in Mahāvīra
Jayanti Smärikā, Jayapur, 1972, pt. 2, pp. 21-22) by the late Pt. Milápacandraji Kaţāriýā. Pt. Kaţāriyā also agrees with me that sarvasādhu could not be a proper name. Referring to the final line of the verse 99 (cf. Text, p. 9), Pt. Kaţāriyā suggests to read 'subhayati' for 'Subhagati'. And identifying this subhayati as Subhacandra, he reads the poem as follows : Subhacảndra Muni
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