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them only twenty-two are available which deal with various topics. Siddhasena is regarded as a great logician in Jain tradition.
Samanta Bhadra was known as a stutikāra, i.e. the writer of prayers. Most of his works are in the form of devotional prayers. But, they are pithy with philosophical depth. His Devāgāma-stotra with its commentaries by Akalanka and Vidyānanda stands highest in the Jain literature on philosophy. He examines in it the criterion of a preceptor, with a reliable authority and scrutinizes all the systems one by one. His Yuktyanuśāsana and Svayambhu-stotra also are a valuable contribution. Ratnakarana Shravakchara a work on the ethics for a layman also is ascribed to him. But scholars have raised a doubt about his authorship.
5. We have already referred to the Višesāvašyaka Bhāsya by Jinabhadra. It is a monumental work of the Āgamic tradition. With it the Āgamic period closes and the period of logic begins.
6. Aklanka, Vidyānanda, Haribhadra, Māņikyanandin, Devasūri, Prabhācandra, Abhayadeva, Hemchandra, Mallisena and Yasovijaya are some of the names which stand high in this field. Haribhadra, Hemchandra and Yaśovijaya have contributed towards Yoga or the system of spiritual development also. Their works stand a good comparison with the Yoga systems of Patañjali and Buddhism. Samādhi Tantra by Pujyapāda, Dhyānaśataka by Jinabhadra and Jānārņava by Subhacandra also are valuable contribution to Yoga.
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