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that in the beginning of the Christian cra thc Digambaras had to live in a new region and face the new pcoplc, so they had to impress the people there more by their puritan bchiviour than by organised inonastic lifc1
The crcation development and preservation of the sacred texts of the Jainas was a notable achievement of the new monastic lifc in Karnatak? Frec from thc worries of constant movements, the monks des eloped a sense of religious solidarity and devoted much time and energy to the study and exposition of the Jaina scriptures
The rise of Katya and Purānic literature and the des clop ment of regional languages may be attributed to the Jaina monks and preceptors who lived in the monasteries They mastered the various south Indian languages besides Sans krit and Apabhramsa for the propagation of the Jaina saith among the people and enriched the different branches of learning such as philosophy ethics grammar logic, mathematics etc
Pujyapada who was the preceptor of the Ganga hing Durvinita wrote several important Sanskrit works The Sabdavatāra on the sülras of Panını the Sartärthasıddh, and the Fainendra Vyakarana are all attributed to him Ravisena who composed the Jaina Ramayana known as the Padmapurana flourished during the 6th 7th centuries Besides the Jaina ācāryas such as Virasena Jinasena Gunabhadra and Soma deva cultivated Sanskrit with great vigour
Akala ha regarded as the founder of the medicval school of logic, was followed by Prabhācandra, Vidyanandi and Vädighangala Bhatta The last one was well-versed in the three schools of logic and in the Lokāyafa Sānhhva Vedānta and Bauddha systems of philosophy' The period that covered the 9th-10th centurics proved to be the most eventful in the growth of Kannada literature Pampa, Ponna and Ranna the three literary gems of our period made valuable contributions to Kannada literature The Jainas continued to
i SB Deo, op cit p 361 2 MAR 1921 pp 23-4
