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4.9.1. There were many other frias scholars who had made the Rāştrakūta eon an El Dorado, heaven on earth, for Jainism. Prabhācandra-I (C. 800 C. E.), pupil of Akalanka, Māņikyanandi and Padmanandi. He composed Candrõdaya-Mărtaņda, which is cited by Jinasena-II. Prabhācandra-II, a later author was contemporaneous of king Bhõja and Āvidhakarņa Padmanandi. 4. "Sõmadēva was a great Sanskrit writer. Besides his
famous Yaśastilaka champu, he wrote many other works including a tratise on rājaniti called the Nitivākyāmțitam. Sõmadēva cultivated a highly ornate style replete with Sabda and artha alankarāras. Sõmadēva’s Yaśastilaka is well stocked with interesting information on all possible subjects which makes it an in dispensable aid to the historian of mediaeval Inida" [Venkataramanayya, N: 1953 : 46).
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