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K.B. PATHAK-The date of Mahavira's Nirvana, as determined in Saka 1175 (Indian Antiquary, vol. XII, Pp. 21-22).-Bombay, 1883.
Study of a passage from the Śravakacars, equally called Maghanandiśvāvakācāra, because Maghanandin wrote its first chapter.
According to this passage, the Saka era commenced 605 years after the death of Mahavira. This had, then, taken place in 527 B.C. It is exactly the same date that the Svetämbaras of the north admit,
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Lewis RIC-Early Kannada Authors, (Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, New Series, vol. XV, Pp. 295-314). London, 1883.
The ancient Canara literature is of Jain origin. It counts a very great number of representatives, of which the following are important:
Samantabhadra 650 A.D. (?), to whom are attributed the Devagamastotra the Nyayaniscayavarttikalankara, the Uktyanušasana, the Bhaşamañjari, the Cintamanitippani and the Astasahasratippani, Kaviparimeşthin, 670 A.D. (?)
Pajyapada, towards 690 A.D. known as grammarian and author of the Jainendravyakaraṇa, of the Paninisabdavatara, of the Kärikävritti, of the Surasasangraha and of the Sarvarthosiddhi. Akalankacandra, native of Śravana-Belgola; in 788 A.D., in presence of Hemasitala, king of Kanci, he held up a controversy against the Buddhists and provoked their banishment. His works are the Devagamastotranyasa and the Pramanaratnapradipa.
Pampa or Hampa born in 902 A.D., of a brahmanical family converted to the Jainism. Author of the Adipurana and of the Pampa Bharata.
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Jinacandra. towards 950 A.D., author of the Pujyapadacarita.
Poona or Honna, towards 950 A.D. converted from the Brahmanism to the Jainism.
Ranna, author of the Ajitatirthakarapusäṇa, born in 949 A.D.
Nemichandra, towards 990 A.D., author of the Lilavati.
Gunabhadra, author of the Uttarapuraṇa.
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