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Ethical Literature of the Jainas
mented upon by Vidyananda under the name of Aşṭasahasri. Prabhācandra wrote a commentary on Ratnakaraṇḍa-śrāvakācāra.
7. Pujyapāda
Pujyapada's another name is Devanandin. He wrote the most authoritative commentary on the Tattvarthasutra. This commentary is called the Sarvarthasiddhi. Bhandarkar places Pujyapada about 678 A.D.1 Winternitz places him between the 5th and 7th century. That he must follow Samantbhadra, we have already said. Besides Sarvarthasiddhi, Pujyapada wrote a small book Iştopadesa consisting of 51 verses.
8. Asadhara
Asadhara, who is the author of Anāgāra Dharmāmṛta and Sāgāra Dharmāmṛta lays down the duties of an ascetic and a lay adherent, respectively. He belongs to the first half of the 13th century A.D., as his Jinavijayakalpa and Sāgāradharmāmṛta are dated 1228 A.D. and 1239 A.D., respectively. He also wrote a commentary on Dharmamṛta in 1243 A.D. Premi has given a brief sketch of his life. He also gives a list of his nineteen books, many of which are lost. Mention of his commentaries on Sivärya's Aradhana and Iṣṭopadesa may be made. Asādhara cites Samantabhadra, Jinasena, Cāmuṇḍarāya, Somadeva, Amitagati, Amṛtacandra and Vasunandi.5
Asadhara is said to have been influenced by Svetāmbara tradition in many respects, specially by Upasakādhyayana, Nitivākāmṛta and Srāvakadharmaprjnapti.®
9. Vasunandi
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Pandita Asadhara in his commentary on Sāgāradharmāmrta of Vikrama Samvat 1296 has referred to Vasunandi." Vasunandi should, therefore, be placed before Asadhara.
Winternitz
I. Bhandarkar, R.G., Early History of Deccan, (Second edition), p. 59.
2. Winternitz, M., A History of Indian Literature, Vol. II, p. 478.
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Premi, Nathurama, Jaina sahitya aura itihāsa, p. 342-358.
4. Ibid., pp. 345-346.
5. Williams, R., Jaina Yoga, p. 27.
6. Vasunandiśravakācāra, prastāvanā, p. 54.
7. Aśädhara on Sāgāradharmāmrta, Bombay, Vik. Sam. 1972, 3.16.
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