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right belief, Roknowledge, and Ro conduct, the three jewels leading to liberation.
6.6.5. Nēmicandra Siddhānta cakravartti was perhaps the earliest to read and prepare a useful digest of Dhavalā and Jayadhavalā commentaries. Dealing with the Jaina dogma on Jiva, soul (sentient), and karma, action (a form of matter), Gommațasāra has analysed methodically. The schematic way in which Nēmcandra has condensed the gamut ot Satkhandāgama reflects his ascendency in Jaina philosophy. During his times, and in the modern times, Gommațasāra has been considered as the most sacred of available digambara texts and as a popular version of the vast Jaina spiritual-lore. It has facilitated the novice being initiated into the Jaina monkhood and nunhood as a reliable source book.
6.6.5.1. Labdhisāra deals with Paścima-skandha, 15th chapter of Jayadhavalā-Tikā.
6.6.6. Nēmicandrācārya lived during the ulitmate years of the Rāștrakūtas and the beginning of the later Cālukyas. He witnessed the fall of a famous dynasty and the rise of yet another glorious empire. It is not certain whether Nēmicandra, chief of the Sravanabelagola diocese, was present at the time of Indra-IV taking the vow of sallekhanā.
6.6.7. Virasēna's originality and level of erudition are especially evident in Dhavalā gloss. His disciple Jinasēna has the distinction of being one of the few scholars to write a commentary on Kaşāyaprābhrta, thereby assuring an unbroken tradition of canonical scholarship. Gommațasāra by philosopher monk Nēmicandra exhibit the level of Jaina scholarship in effectively employing Prakrit language remained high.
6.6.8. Pūjyapāda Dëvanandi of late sixth cent. C. E., noteworthy grammarian, produced sarvārthasiddhi, an
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