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mbara sect and another of the Digambara sect. Obviously these sects. had congenial relations: and the members of the same family were free to follow one Sampradaya or the other. Both of them worship the same Tirthankaras and utter the same Namaskara mantra: the only difference was which contemporary Teacher they held in reverence.
Śricandar's monastic ancestors, as well as their contemporaries, can be worked out, with the help of both the Prasastis (that of Kk in Sanskrit, verses II f.) and that of Dkrk in Apabhramsa which are quite supplementary in their details. In the Kundakundanvaya and Deśigana, there was a great monk Srikirti who was an embodiment of religion itself. His successor was Śrutakirti, a famous supporter of the Samgha, who was honoured by (Śri-)Gangeya. After him came Sahasrakirti who was well-known for his merits, austerity and learning and who was honoured by various kings such as Gangeya (deva), Bhojadeva etc. He had five pupils: Devakirti, Vasavamuni, Viracandra, Udayakirti and Subhacandra. The first or the prominent pupil of this Vir(y)acandra is Śricandra, the author of Dkrk and Kk.
Gangeya and Bhojadeva are obviously the kings of those names from the Kalachuri dynasty of Dahala and the Paramāra dynasty of Malwa. According to the evidence available, they were not only contemporaries for some years but had also come into conflict with each other. Probable period, namely, c. 1019-1038 and c. 1000-1055 are assigned respectively to Gangeya and Bhoja; 9 so roughly speaking Sahasrakirti must have been alive between A. D. 1020-40. Our Śricandra is a grandpupil of Sahasrakırti. Sajjana was a contemporary of Mularaja of Anahillapura who is to be identified with Mularāja I (A, D. 942-994) of the Chaulukya dynasty of Gujarat. 10 Śricandra refers not only to Sajjana's son Kṛṣṇa but also to his grand sons and grand daughters who are sufficiently grown up it is at their request that he composed the Kk after grasping the work of a purvācārya, i. e., some earlier saint-author. Śricandra wrote his Dkrk in the town of Śrīmāla when king Karna was ruling, in the year 1123 of the Vikrama Samvat, i. e., A.D. 1066Śrīmāla is the same as Bhinnamala, mod. Bhinmal11 in Jodhpur. Two contempory rulers of the name Karna are known: i) One the son of Gangeyadeva Kalachuri12 who made alliance with Chaulukya Bhima I of Gujarat against Bhoja, the learned king of Malwa, about A.D. 1055. This Karna came to the throne some time between A. D. 1034 and 1042 and reigned upto 1078. ii) Bhima of the Chaulukya family of Gujarat annexed Bhinmal and threw its ruler, the Paramara Krishṇarāja into prison some time c. 1060 4.D. He handed the sovereignty to Karna in c. A.D. 1064, 13 Karna was succeeded by Jayasimha Siddharaja in c. A.D. 1094. Possibly Karna's rule extended over Bhinmal, annexed
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