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6. Mehta and Kāpadiyă 1968 : 170-71. On the theory that there were two principal
Haribhadras, in addition to later authors by the same name, see Williams 1965. (There are no two early Haribhadra-s as was envisaged by Williams. This point is now becoming increasingly clear. The problem is being discussed elsewhere -
Editors.) 7. In addition to the Tribhāsyas and the Karmagranthas discussed herein, Devendrasūri
was the author of a commentary on the Pratikramana Sūtras, the Vandāruvrtti; a manual of lay conduct, the Srāddhadinakrtya; as well as several books on various topics in Jain metaphysics, praxis, and mytho-history such as the Siddhapañcāśikā, Siddhadandikā, Dānādikulaka, Dharmaratnatikā, and Sudarsanācaritra (Mehtā and Käpadiyā 1968 : 129 and 185). A thorough study of this giant of medieval Svetāmbara intellectual history is needed. (He also had composed a few fine hymns in Sanskrit.) - Editors.
8. Some scholars are of the opinion that its author was Śivaśarmasūri; see Mehtā and
Kāpadiyā 1968: 128. The length of the text also varies; the edition in the bibliography has 91 verses, Mehtă and Kāpadiyā (112) say it has 75 verses, and von Glasenapp (1942 : xiii) mentions manuscripts containing 70, 75, 77, 89, and 93 verses. ("Śivaśarma' could be Vācaka Sivanandi (c. 5th cent. A. D.] who had commented
on the Jyotisakarandaka of Pādalipta sūri I of the mid Kusāna period.) — Editors 9. Mehta and Kāpadiyā (1968: 172-3) refer to a 273-verse version. 10. There has been extensive scholarly discussion of the date of the author and whether
the author was Svetāmbara or Digambara. See Dhaky 1995 and Johnson 1995 : 46-7, and the references therein. (In reality, Umāsvāti was never Svetāmbara or Digambara, nor Botika- Ksapanaka or Yapanīyā. He belonged to the main Northern Indian Nirgranth stream in which mendicants maintained nudity but kept minimum possession a piece of cloth in hand, a single bowl, and the broom. As such, he
recognized and respected the agamas, the doctrines, and the dogmas.)- Editors 11. See also Cort 1990.
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