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title of Amoghavarsa's Kannada work, the Kavirāja Mārga (chapter 9.169-172). As well, this author uses the title, Atsayadhavala. Kumudendu by the ankākṣara (mathematical table) method claims that the Siribhūvalaya work can be read in 718 languages and it includes 363 philosophical systems, 64 kālāa, all arts and sciences. The Siribhūvalaya contains 600,000 verses according to the poet, and is nearly six times the size of the Mahābhārata. It is not merely a freak or curiosity like a cross-word puzzle, but a veritable compendium of Indian culture in general and of Jainism in particular.
Kumudendu mentions the Angas, Angabāhiras, the works of Kundakunda, Bhūtabali, Umāsvati, Samantabhadra, Pūjyapāda, Chūdāmani etc. Many of the works are not extant however, but are included in his work, the Siribhūvalaya. Similarly, he gives the real Rāmāyana of Vālmiki, the Jayākhyāna of Vyāsa (the nucleus of the present Mahaābhārata) and the Bhagavad Gītā in five different languages. For a critical study of the Mahaābhārata and the Bhagavad Gīta, therefore, the Siribhūvalaya seems to be indispensable.
Kumudendu and his Parampară
Kumudendu furnishes the list of preceptors of Senagana, Puspa gaccha down to Prabhāvasena, Dharasena and Bhūtabali in the following Sanskrit bandha.
Bhūtabali gurudhara Āryamindu, Nāgahasti, Yatirşabha, Vir Senambhu viracitam șri ştāra: sāvadhāntya șruravantu!
It is known in the Jayadhavalātika of Jinasena, for example, that Kumudendu was a disciple of Virasena. However, the author Kumudendu in the Siribhuvalaya notes how and when he set out to compose the work. For example, we have the following:
Odinalantar muhurtar siddhantādi antayava nelacitita sădipa rāja Amoghavarşna guru sādita şramasida kāvyava - 195
King Amoghavarşa - well read scholar and thinker of the siddhanta (I am his ) guru who with utmost care has composed this work.
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