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Bhagwati Aradhana' was composed by Shivärya or Sivakoti in Prakrit. It deals with the kinds of worship and may be called as an assence of worship. The work contains 2170 Gāthās.
Acarya Samantbhadra wrote Ratnakaranḍa Sravakācār, in Samskrit. It is very famous and widely circulated book amongst the Jainas. Prabha Candra wrote Samskrit Commentary on it.
Devasena, who was born in 894 A.D. wrote a manual of the Jaina faith entitled Darśanasara, Ārādhanāsāra, Tattvasara and Sravakācāra. All these works written in Apabhiramsa are preserved in Amer Śästra Bhandar, Jaipur Srāvakācāra is in Doha metre. All these works are yery much popular and are read with great interest.
Amitigati a famos scholar and pupil of Madhava Sena wrote Upāsakadhayayan called Amitigat! Śravakäcara and Panca Sangrah 4
Acarya Nemicandra, a teacher of the Minister Camundaraya in south India composed Gommtasaras in Prakrit. It is in two parts. The first part is called Jiva Kända, the second one is Karma Kanda. They are considered as authentic works on Jaina religion. A big commentary in Hindi was made by Pandit Todarmal in the 18th century.
In the first half of the 13th century, Asadhar was a great versatile scholar. The main work of the poet is Dharmamrit," "Nector of religion" which is in two parts. Sāgāra and Angara-Dharmamrata describes the duties of the layman living in the house and of the homeless ascetic. He himself wrote a commentary on his work in the year 1243 A.D. In the year 1503, Bhattaraka Gyan Bhuşan wrote Tattva Gyana Tarangini in Samskrit. It is a good book which explains principles of Jain religion
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