________________
· 174
JAINA BIBLIOGRAPHY
P. 180.
Kayadala chief supported all creeds including Jainism. P. 185. The Jain vow or Sallekhana was the orthodox mode of emancipation from the body when life could no longer be endured, and the instances of its performance are numerous, especially at Śravana-Belgola, from the earliest times.
P. 196 201. The Jains were the first cultivators of the Kannada language. Samantabhadra, author of Gandhahasti-mahābhāsya; Pujjyapada alias Devanandi, author of Jainendra (grammer), Sarvarthasiddhi, Samadhi-Sataka, Nyāyakumuda-chandrodaya, Sabdāvatāra. Ramasena, Meghachandra, Jinachandra, Śrutamuni, Vakragrīva, author of Navasabdavāchya; Vajranandi, author of Navastotra; Sumati of Sumatisatakam; Chintamani of the Chintamani; Sripäla, expounder of the Tattva; Bhaṭṭa-Akalanka's grammar, the Karṇāṭaka-Sabdānuśāsana; Śrīvarddhadeva also called Chudamani and Tumbaluracharya, author of Chudamani, a commentary on the Tattvārtha-mahā-sāstra; there is also one Jain work Chintamani the greatest epic poem in the Tamil language. Durvvinita, the Ganga King have had his preceptor Pujyapada and he is said to have walked according to the example of his Guru. Umāsvāti (Gridhrapinchhächārya) author of Tattvārtha; Gunanandi, a logician, grammarian and poet; Śrutakīrtti wrote Raghava-Pāṇḍavīya; Śrīpāla alias Vādibhasimha, the commentator; Anantaviryya and his Vritti to Akalankasūtras; Dayapāla, his Prakriyā to the Sabdānuśāsana; Lokācharya, a grammarian and astrologer; Sampūrṇachandra, an astronomer; Śrīdhara skilled in mantras and medicine; Indranandi, author of Pratiṣṭhā-Kalpa and Jvälini-Kalpa; Sivakotisūri illustrated the Tattvartha-sutra; Śrutamuni, a poet and grammarian; Vidyananda illustrated Aptamīmāṁsā and composed Slokavärttikālankära & Budhesabhavanavyākhyāna; Akalanka, his Bhāṣya to Devagama-stotra; Prabhachandra, wrote the Marttanda; Nemichandra, author of Trilokaśāra; and Devachandra author of Rājāvali-Kathe.
