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DHANANJAYA wrote a poem RĀGHAVA PĀNDAVTYA' in which he described the story of Rāma and Pandavas simultaneously by taking recourse to pun. It is also famous by the name of Dvisandhāna Kávya. He lived in the 1st half of 10th century A.D. The poem is divided into 18 cantos.
Vägbhatta is the author of Nemi Nirvana Kávya? a poem in praise of Neminatha Tirthankara. The author flourished in about 1150 A.D. The poem is of very high standard.
Hemcandra is the author of several poems two of which deserve mention. One is TRIŞAŞTISALĀKĀ PURUŞ CARITA) and the other is Dvyasraya Kávya. The former is in ten parts and describes the 63 great personalities of the Jaina faith. The later gives a life of Kumārapäla, a poet's patron It is also known by the name of Kumārapāla Carita. The poem is divided into 28 cantos out of which first 20 are in Sanskrit and the rest in Prakrit.
Somadeva, a famous writer of Sanskrit, was the author of YASASTILAKA CAMPU, a Campu Kävya written in the praise of Yasodhara, a Jaina king. It is written in poems and prose and available in several Jaina Bhandārs specially in Jaipur, Āmer and NĀGAUR.
Arhatdāsa pupil of Pandit Āsādhar wrote Purudevas Campu in the 13th century. It describes the life of Ādinātha who is also called Purudeva. It is also in poems and prose.
Vikrama son of Sangam was the author of Nemidūta Kavya. This in an artificial poem in which the first three of every verse are composed by the author and fourth is supphed from Kalidas's Meghadoot. It describes the life of Neminātha. Guna Vijaya wrote the commentary on the poem.
Varanga .Carita' is the work of Jatacărya or Jatal Muni alias Simhanandı. It is divided into 31 cantos and describes the life of Jain King Varanga. Another
1. Bhaftärkıya sastra Bhandar, Nagaur 2. Ibid.
3. Brihad Gyan Bhandar, Jaisalmer. 4. Āmer Sastra Bhandar, Jaipur. 3. Bhatļārksya Sastra Bhandar, Nagaur. 6. Amer Šāstra Bhandar, Jaipur. 7. Ibid.
