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Bhuvanasundarasūri, pupil of Somasundarasūri, composed the Mahavidya with commentary, the Laghumahavidya and the Vyakhyānadipikā.88
Devaratnasūri, pupil of Jayanandasuri, was a Porvad Bania of Anahilavada. Champasi Pethada was his great grand-father. Devaratnasuri's father's name was Karaniga and mother's name Kuligade. Before he became a Jain monk, he was known as Javada. With his parents, Javada entered the order of Jain monks in A. D. 1411, at an early age of five. The dignity of Acharya was conferred on him in A. D. 1441. His contribution to literature was indirect.89
Jinakirtisūri, pupil of Somasundarasūri, wrote 8 commentary on the Namaskarastava and composed the Uttamakumaracharita, Sripalagopalakatha, Champakasresthikatha, Panchajinastava, Dhanyakumāracharita, Dānakalpadruma, (A. D. 1440-41) and the Sraddha-Gunasangraha (A. D. 1441-2),90
88. Velankara, No. 1056; Desai, Loc. cit., pp. 465. 89. Jain Aitihāsik Gurjarakāvyasanchaya, pp. 160-9. 90. Buhler, II, No. 292 and VI, 730; Peterson, 1, No. 244; Velankara, No. 1761; Manuscripts in the Gulabkumar Library, Calcutta, Nos. 14-16; Buhler, VI, No. 675.
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