Jainism in Gujarat

Author(s): Chimanlal Bhailal Sheth
Publisher: Godiji Jain Temple Mumbai

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(Literary work ) in a day, that he was accepted as a brother by. Siddharaja and that he was called a king of poets. The poet had written prašastis for Rudramāla, Sabasralinga lake and the Vairochanaparājaya. Tvo verses of the lake praśasti are quoted in the Prabandhachsntamani A slab forming the part ct the Kirtistambha of the lake bearing on it a fragment of the praśasti, is discovered. Stray verses of Sripala hare been found. From such fragmentary poems, it is not possible to form an estimate of Sripala's poetic skill. We can, however, say from the available data that Srīpala's verses are marked by chaste and forceful diction.64
Sripala was Siddharaja's poet laureate. He was not on good terms with Devabodha, a favourite of Siddharāja. Unfortunately, he was blind.
Viragani, & pupil of Ishwaragani of Chaudragatcbha or Sarwālagatchba, wrote a commentary on the Pindanaryukt: The work contains 7961 Terses. It was composed in Dadhipadra or Dahod in V S 1169 or A D. 1112-13 Mahendrasūri, Pārsvadevagani and Devachandragani vere his colleagues Viragani's second name was Samudragoshasūri. Before he entered the order of
64 Ibid, I, PP. CCLVII-VII.