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places him between the 10th and 13th centuries.1 A.N. Upad. hye has placed him in the 12th century of Vikrama era.? Vasunandi in his Ācāravrtti of Mūlācāra has quoted verses from Amitagati. He must, therefore, follow Amitagati.8 Pandita Hirālāla places Vasunandi in the second half of the 19th century as Nayanandi who was the teacher of his teacher, wrote a work of Apabhraíía, Sudarśanacarita in Vikrama Samvat 1100.4 Besides Srāvakācāra and Pratisthāsāra Sangraha which, according to Pandita Hirālāla, should be ascribed to the same person, three conmentaries on Aptamīmāṁsā, Jinaśataka and Mülācāra are also ascribed to him. He has also shown that Vasunandi used Bhāvasaṁgraha of Devasena and was familiar with Śrāvakācāra of Amitagati.?
10. Amrtacandra
Amrtacandra is placed in about 900 A.D. by Winternitz.& Dr. Upadhye places him somewhere in the 10th century A.D.'
Besides writing commentaries on Kundakunda's work, he wrote the Puruşārthasiddhyupāya, which holds a unique position for stressing the cardinal virtue of non-violence. Besides Tattavārthasāra, a versified form of Tattavārthas ātra, is also ascribed to him. 11. Amitagati
Amitagati is placed at the end of 10th and the beginning of the 11th century by Winternitz.10 His Subhāṣitaratansandoha and commentaries on the Pañcasamgraha and Dharma
1. Winternitz, M., A History of Indian Literature, Vol. II, p. 577, foot
note 2. 2. "Jaina Jagat” Bombay, (ed. Darbarilāla Satyabhakta), year 8, Vol.
VII, (February, 1933), p. 20.
Mukhtara, Puratana Jaina-vākya-sūci, prastāvanā, p. 100. 4. Vasunandi śrāvakācāra, prastāvanā, p. 18. 5. Ibid., p. 18. 6. Ibid., p. 18. 7. Ibid., p. 41. 8. Winternitz, M., History of Indian Literature, Vol. II, p. 576 and
p. 584. 9. Pravacansära, Introduction, p. CI.
Winternitz, M., A History of Indian Literature, Vol. II, p. 481.
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