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66 Jaina Religion: Its Historical Journey of Evolution
AD although, even after this, there have been many interpolations. After the 6th century AD up to the middle of 10th and 11th century AD, was the period when interpretations and commentaries of Agamas in the form of Niryuktis, Bhāṣyas, Cūrṇis and Ṭīkās were written though some of the Niryuktis are rather ancient. In this period, some independent texts were also written, besides the Agamic commentary literature. Among the famous ācāryas of this period, some ācāryas such as Siddhasena, Jinabhadra Gaņi, Śivarya, Vaṭṭakera, Kundakunda, Akalanka, Samantabhadra, Vidyānandi, Jinasena, Svayambhū, Haribhadra, Siddharṣi, Śīlānka and Abhayadeva are the prominent ones. In the Digambara tradition various commentaries on Tattvärtha and the Purāṇas were written in this period.
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