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of Devardhigani. From 3rd century AD, composition of commentary literature was started. First of all, Niryuktis were written in Prakrit verses, which deal with the technical terms of the canon along with some information regarding the subject matter of that particular work. After Niryuktis, Bhāṣyas and Cūrṇis were written respectively. Niryuktis discuss the subject matter of canonical works in detail with certain concrete examples. Bhāṣyas were composed in Prakrit verses whereas the Cūrṇis were written in Prakrit prose mixed with Sanskrit. The Bhāṣyas and Cūrṇis, were written in 5th and 7th century AD respectively. After Cūrṇis Tīkās, Vṛttis and Vivaraṇas were written in Sanskrit language. These Sanskrit commentaries were written by the celebrated authors like Haribhadra (8th Century), Śīlānka (9th Century), Abhayadeva (11th Century), Malayagiri (12th Century), Säntisuri and some other Śvetämbara Acaryas. In Digambara tradition Vīrasena and Jinasena (9th and 10th Century) had written the commentaries on Kasayapāhuḍa and Satkhaṇḍāgama namely Dhavalā, Jayadhavala and Mahādhavalā.
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Among the Jaina philosophical works Tattvārtha-sūtra, written in Sanskrit by Umāsvāti (3rd 4th Century AD) with its autocommentary is one of the pioneer works. Various commentaries were written in both the sects by their acāryas. The prominent among those were Siddhasena Gani (7th Century) and Haribhadra (8th Century) from Śvetambara tradition and Pūjyapāda (6th Century), Akalanka (8th Century) and Vidyananda (9th Century) from Digambara tradition. After the Tattvärtha-sūtra, Siddhasena Divakara's Sanmatitarka and Nyāyāvatāra; Samantabhadra's Aptamimāṁsā, Mallavādī's Dvādaśāranayacakra; Haribhadra's Anekāntajaya-patāka, Şaḍdarśanasamuccaya and Śāstravārtāsamuccaya; Akalanka's Nyāyaviniścaya, Vidyananda's Aṣṭasahasrī; Prabhācandra's Prameyakamala-mārtaṇḍa; Vādidevasüri's Pramāṇanayatattväloka and Syādvādratnākara and Mallisena's Syādvādamañjarī are considered as important works on Jaina philosophy.
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