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4.7.3. Gaṇitasāra - samgraha establishes the existence of the Jaina School of Mathematics in South India. Prof. L. C. Jain and Padmavatamma substantiate it : "(Gaṇitasara-samgraha) was full book on practical mathematics. He (Mahāvīrācārya) was the first mathematician in the world to recognise the imaginary qualities. Most of his formulae may be seen in other forms in the Digambara Jaina texts on the karma theory. Formulae given in the commentary of the sūryprajñapti deserve special attention" [Jain Journal: 19-1, April 1999: pp. 22-23].
4.8. Indranandi (C. E. 930), an ascetic - scholar of greater eminence, has authored some works in Sanskrit. As a native of Manyakhēța, he studied and stayed at Malkhēḍ Jaina lamasery, which was truly a nursery of productive talents of the age of Raṣṭrakūtas.
4.8.1. Indranandi has authored the following works in Sanskrit Samayabhūṣaṇa, Śrutāvatāra, Nītisāra, Śrutapañcami, and Jvālāmālini-kalpa. Among these works Śrutavatāra is in wide circulation, because it has chronologically recorded an authentic list of the pontiffs of Jaina order. For a study of the details regarding Jaina monachism, Indranandi's work is a must. So, Śrutāvatāra has an important place of honor in the history of Jainism.
4.8.2. Indranandi was so felicitous in Jaina philosophy of non-absolutism that Nemicandra Siddanti, noble Pope of the Jaina Vatican Śravanabelagola, has referred to Indranandi with a distinct epithet of 'Śrutasāgara-pāragāmi”, proficient in Jaina scriptures.
4.8.2.1. Jvālāmālinī-kalpa his last work was completed at Manyakheța in saka 861 on the Akṣaya tṛtiya tithi corresponding to C. E. 939, when Kṛṣṇarāja-III was on his throne. Indranandi has made this point clear in the prasasti colophon :
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