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panegyric of twenty-four Tirthankaras (Svayambhū Stotra) with absolute devotion. When he came to the point of reciting obeisance to the eighth Tirthankara, Bhagavāna Candraprabha a miraculous thing happened. The Sivalinga split and an image of Bhagavāna Candraprabha appeared. Impressed by this miracle the king accepted Jain religion.
On getting cured Samantabhadra got initiated again. He visited educational centers like Pātalīputra, Mālavā, Sindhu country, Dhakka (Dhaka), Kañcī, Vidiśā, and Karahāțaka. There he defeated many scholars in religious debates and successfully worked for the spread of Jainism. Important among his famous works are - Devāgamastotra, Svayambhūstotra, Stuti Vidyā, Yuttayanuśāsana, and Ratnakaranda śrāvakācāra. Ācāryas of the later period have amply praised him and accepted him as the first Jain philosopher. He occupies a prominent place among Indian philosophers.
Ācārya Śivakoti - He was the king of Kāṁśī and a disciple of Ācārya Samantabhadra. It is believed that he was also called Sivārya. His known work is Sati Ārādhanā.
Ācārya Pūjyapāda - He is also known as Devanandi. After Samantabhadra he is one such scholar whose every word is considered authentic. He was an erudite scholar of ontology, medicine (Ayurveda), semantics (Laksaņaśāstra), grammer, and many other subjects. Even gods worshiped him. There are mentions that he also went to Videha area (a Jain conceptual realm). He lost his vision due to extreme austerities but regained it by chanting of śāntyaştaka. He had miraculous medicinal power. The wash of his feet turned iron into gold. His famous works are - Sarvārthasiddhi (a commentary on Tattvārtha Sūtra), Samādhitantra, Istopadeśa, Daśabhakti, Jainendra Vyākarana, and Vaidyakaśāstra. His period was 5th century AD He taught Durvinīta, the son of king Avinīta of the Ganga dynasty (538 V.).
Ācārya Yativșşabha - He was the disciple of Ārya Mañksu and lived with the group of Nāgahasti Kśamāśramaņa. He wrote a voluminous (equivalent to 60,000 couplets) commentary (Cūrņi) on Kaşāya Pāhuda of Ganadharācārya. Another of his valuable works is Tiloya Paņņati (equivalent to 8000 couplets), a work on cosmology (the detailed description of the three worlds) that also includes important
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