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Mallad bāri, helped Vijayasimhasūri in the composition of his work. 91
Chandrasūri was another well-known pupil of Hemachandrasūri Malladbāri. Before he entered the order of Jain monks, he was the governor of Lätao?. At the request of Dhavala, a Porwād Jain of Dbolaká, the sūri wrote the Munisuvra. tacharita in Āśāvallipuri ( Āsāwalā, near Ahmedabad ) in V. S. 1193 ( A. D. 1136 )93 It contains 10994 verses. The Sangrahaniratna in Prākrit is another work of Chandrasări. It is based on the Sangrahani of Jinabhadra. Deva. bhadrasūri, a pupil of Chandrasūri, wrote a commentary on the Sangrahaniratna%.
The third work of Chandrasūri Malladhāri is Kshetrasamāsa95.
Vardhamāpasūri, pupil of Govindasūri, wrote the Gunaratnamahodadhi, a work on grammar in V, S. 1197 (A. D. 1140-41 ) He was also the author of the Siddharājavarnana.
Kalikalasarvagna Hemasūri was the most learned man of this age and the brightest gem
92 Desai, Jain Sahityano Itihasa, 253. 93 Peterson, V. 18. (94) Peterson I, 75, Peterson, V. 15; Velankar, Nos, 1673, 1681, 1682.) 95 Peterson, III 20. 96 Desai,
loc. cit. 255. Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
