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prabandha says that according to Suri's instructions, Jesaji built a temple to Santinatha and made pilgrimages to Satrunjaya and other holy places of the Jains.60
Mahendraprabhasûri or Mahendra of Auchalagatchha composed the Tirthamālāpraharana, He died in V. S. 1444 (A D. 1888). Some ascribe the Vicharasaptatilā to him,“
Jayanandasūri, pupil of Somstilakasūri of Tapagatchha, composed the Sthulıbhadracharıta The dignity of 'Acharya' was conferred on him in V. S. 1420 (A. D. 1863-4). He died in A. D. 1384-5.€2
Devasundarasūri of Tapagatchha was a wellknown Jain Doctor. With his "advice and assent, many palm-leaf manuscripts were copied on paper. In V. S. 1444 (A. D 1887-8) the Jyotshkarandavivritti, the Tirtha-lalpa, the Chastyavand. anachurni and other books were written on palmleaves. Gnanasagara, Kulamandana, Gunaratna, Sadhuratna and Somasundara were some of his learned pupils."
(60) Jain Sahityano Itihas, pp. 442-3
(61) Ibid, p. 443-1,
(62) Velankara, No. 1090; Peterson, V. 216 (63) Desai, Loc. Cit, p 443
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