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and the eighteenth centuries of the Vikrama Era. The 'tripuți' Munis Darśanvijaya-Jñanavijaya-Nyāyavija ya have listed twelve of them in the following order24 ;
(i) Municandrasuri, the elder brother of Acārya Yaśodeva, and a disciple of Ācārya Udyotana, the founder of the Vada-gaccha. V. Sam. 1178 ;
(ii) Municandrasüri, the disciple of Suvihita Ācārya Amradeva, the appointed successor to the preceptorial throne of Acārya śānticandra of Śrta-bema-nikașa-pat;a ;
(iii) Municandrasüri, the fortieth Saiddhantika Ācārya of Vada-gaccha, who died in V. Sam. 1178 ;
(iv) Municandrasūri, the disciple of Ācārya Dhanesvarasūri of Vadagaccha ;
(v) Municandrasūri, the appointed successor to the preceptorial throne of Ācārya Candrasūri of Maladhāra-gaccha ;
(vi) Municandrasūri, the author of Nāgānanda-kavya and Naişadhiyakavya-ţikā-sara (V. Sam. 1318) ;
(vii) Municandrasūri, the appointed successor of Ācārya Caritracandra of Punamiyā-gaccha (V. Sam. 1578);
(viii) Municandrasuri, the author of a questionaire of fifteen verses beginning with Madrustri pariprcchati damudita" :
(ix) Municandrasuri, the disciple of Acārya Santibhadra of Pippalakagaccha (V. Sam. 1211);
(x) Municandrasūri, the appointed successor of Ācārya Siddhasena of Rāja-gaccha ;
(xl) Municandrasuri, the appointed successor of Ācārya Dharmaghoşa of Raja-gaccha ;
(xii) Municandrasūri, the Bhattāraka of Pāyacanda-gaccha, who died in V, Sam. 1750 ;
Over the above these twelve Municandrasuris, Shri M. D. Desai has noticed one more acarya bearing the same name, viz.,
(xiii) Municandrasūri, the disciple of Yaśobhadra, and grand-disciple of Sarvadevasūri 15
Two more acāryas of the name may be added to this list on the evidence of the Jaina-pustaka-prasasti-samgraha, viz.,
14, JPA, Vol. II, P, 426. 15. JSSI (D), p. 235.
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