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Jinaharsha, pupil of Jayachandrasüri, composed the Fastupalacharita, in A. D. 1440-1, the Ratnasekharakatha in Prakrit in Chitrakuta, the Vimsatisthanaka in Vicharamrita-Sangraha Sanskrit and Prakrit and the Pratikramanavidhi in A. D. 1468-9.x2
Kirtiraja Upadhyaya composed The Nemināthamahākāvya in A. D. 1438-9. It is a work in twelve cantos." 1C3
Dhirasundaragani, pupil of Amarasundara, composed the Avachurni on the Avasyakaniryuki; 14
Somasundarasuri composed the Avachuris on the Saptats and the Āturapratyākhyāna. Besides these avachuris, he also composed the Ashtādasastar, in A. D. 1440-41. He had many pupils.
Jinabhadrasüri of Kharatara-gatchha rendered "glorious and meritorious" services to Jinasasana by asking the Jains to build temples at Giranara, Chitrakuta, Mandaryapura and other places, and by opening libraries at Jesalmer, Jabalipura, Devagiri, Nagora, Mandavagadba, Karnavati and
102 Bhandarkar Institute, Poona, No. 171; Peterson, IV, 111, Pete.ron, I, 112, 103 The work is published in the Yazovijayajı Granthmāls, Bhavnagar, 104 Motitoli Ribandar, Mivīna 105 Weber, No 1862; Buhler, IV, No. 19%
