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P. 133. Mānatunga, author of Bhaktāmara in praise of Rşabha in Sanskrit and the Bhavahara in Prākrit. Jaina monastic records place him in the 3rd century A. D. and other Traditions bring him down between the 5th and the 9th century A. D.
P. 134. Siddhasena Divākara's Kalyānamandira Stotra Pārsvanātha. Both these early Jaina hymns become the starting point of a large number of Jaina stotras of later times.
P. 139. Nemi-bhaktāmara of Bhavaprabha Sūri alludes to the legend of Neminātha and Rājamati. There are several Aita-śānti-stava, both in Sanskrit and Prākrit e.g. by Nandisena (earlier than 9th century), Jinavallabha (12th century), Jayasekhara and Santicandra Gani (16th century), which celebrate Ajita and Santi Tirthankaras. Vidyanandin wrote the Palrakesari-stotra in praise of Mahāvira,
P. 140. Besides eulogies particular Jinas, there is quite a number of stotras, generally known as Caturvimšati or Chaturvimśikā, in which all the 24 Jinas are extolled. Such stotras are composed by teachers such as Samantabhadra (c.a, in first half of the 8th century), Bappabhatti (C. 743-838), Sobhana (second half of the 10th century), Jinaprabha Süri (beginning of the 14th century) and others. In his Siddhi priya-stotra, Devanandin, who is probably not identical with the old Pujyapada, employs Antya-ramaka in the same order of syllables over nearly half the foot in two consecutive Vasantatilakā feet of each stanza. Sometimes the poems are what is called Şadbhäşā-nirmita, each stanza being written in a different language, the six language being Sanskrit, Mahārāștri, Māgadhi, Sauraseni, Paisaci, and Apabhraíba. Such stotras are the Parśva-jina-stavana by Dharmavardhana and the Santinātha-stavana by Jinapadma (first half of the 14th century). Some of the stotras have a distinctly instructive or philosophical colouring, such as Ekibhava-stotra and the Jñana-locanastotra of Vădirāja (about 1025 A.D.). The Vitaraga-stotra of Hemacandra is a poem in praise of Mahāvira but it is also a poetical manual of Jain doctrine.
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A.N. UPADHYE-Sricandra and his Apabhramsa Kathakosa. (Bharata-Kaumudi, Part ii, Allahabad, 1947).
Pp. 1005-1016. Earlier acquaintance; the author, his genealogy and contemporaries, his date; the apabhramsa Kathakośa, its source and basis; comparison with Harisena's Kathākośa. Sricandra composed this work in the last quarter of the 11th century A.D.
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Umākānt Permanand SHAH-A Peep Into the Early History of Tantra In Jain Literature, (Bhāratakaumudi, Part II, Allahabad, 1947).
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