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'pratikramana', a religious ceremony, with the Jain laymen.'
Devendrasuri, on the other hand, asked his pupils to observe the old strict rules of conduct. He was a great orator When he delivered sermons, hundreds of Jains attended them. Vastupala was one of the influential members of the Jain community who attended his sermons at Cambay. Devendragani was the author of five new Karmagranthas with commentaries, the Siddhapanchaska and the Devavandana, Guruvandana and Pratyakhan Bhasya. He was, moreover, the joint author of the Sudarsanacharita. The Sravaladınakritya and the Dharmaratnatika were his other works.2
In V. S 1302 (A. D. 1246), Sarvananda composed the Chandraprabhacharita. In V. S. 1304 (A. D. 1248), Paramanandasūri, pupil of Devabhadra, completed the Hitopadesamālāvrıttı. In V. S. 1305 (A. D. 1249), Yaśodeva wrote the Dharmopadesa prakarana in Prakrit. About this time, the Jains of Devapattana and Dholaka district decided to open a good Jain library. In V.S. 1307, Ajitaprabhasūri, pupil of Viraprabhasūri,
(1) Ibid, p. 401. (2) Ibid, 407.
