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memorably worthy co-disciple of the second who was our author's grandpreceptor.
Jinabhadrasuri has been called "siddhanta-vārārnidhih" (a veritable ocean of the Jain lore), and he is credited to have inspired his followers, by means of his effective religious discources, to erect Jaina temples, which naturally served to commemorate bis fame.28
Devācārya alias Vādidevasūri, is recorded to have been born in the year V. Sam. 114329 and died in the year V. Sam. 1226.80 Since Jinacan. drasüri was his co-disciple, we might presume that he too must have lived most probably during the period between V. Sam. 1150 and V. Sam. 1225.
Shri M. D. Desai has noticed at least ten Jaina acāryas bearing the name Jinacandra and who flourished between the eleventh and the sixteenth centuries of the Vikrama Era. They are listed as follows :
(i) Jinacandra, the precepter of Amradeva and grand-preceptor of Municandrasūri;1
(ii) Jinacandrasuri, the preceptor of Vācanacārya Gunabhadrasuri;32
(iii) Jinacandra-gani, the disciple of Kakkasuri of Ukeśa-gaccha (V. Sam. 1073); 83
(iv) Jinacandrasuri, the preceptor of Āmradeva and grand-preceptor of Nemicandrasūri of Bịhad-gaccha; the latter is identical with the author of the AMK which he completed in the year V. Sam. 1129;84
(v) Jinacandrasuri, the preceptor of Amba(Āmra-)devasūri and Śricandrasūri;35
22. MRA, Intro. vs. 47 ab :
अन्यः श्रीजिनचन्द्रसूरिसुगुरुः सिद्धान्तवारांनिधिर्यव्याख्याप्रतिबुद्धभव्यनिवहैश्चैत्यालयाः
Affar: 11 29. PRC, p. 182. vs. 286 :
fara afara (9983) alen gaatat (9947), aqlani#* ad (1948)
सूरित्वमभवत् प्रभोः ॥ 30. Ibid., p. 181, vss. 284-285 :
रसयुग्मरवौ वर्षे (१२२६) श्रावणे मासि संगते । कृष्णपक्षस्य सप्तम्यामपराहे गुरोदिने ।
मर्त्यलोकस्थितं लोकं प्रतिबोध्य पुरन्दरम् । बोधका इव ते जग्मुर्दिवं श्रीदेवसरयः ।। 31. JSSI (D), p. 244. 32. Ibid., p. 411. 33. Ibid., p. 207. 34. Ibid., p. 252 ; also see supra ft. nt. 22. 35. Ibid., p. 278.
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