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(v) Candraprabhasűri of Candra-gaccha with his line of disciples running as Pradyumnasūri-Candraprabha-Dhaneśvara ;55
(vi) Candraprabhasūri of Rāja-gaccha with the line of his disciples running as Abhayadeva - Dhaneśvara-Ajitasimha - Vardhamana-DevacandraCandraprabha-Bhadreśvara-Ajitasimba-Devasūri ; 56
(vii) Candraprabhasūri of Paurņamika-gaccha with the line of his disciples running as Dharmaghosa-Candreśvara-Śivaprabha-Tilakācārya ;57
(viii) Candraprabhasüri of Raja-gaccha (V. Sam. 1334) with his line of disciples running as Dhaneśvara-Ajitasimha - Śalibhadra - SricandraJinesvara-Purnabhadra-Candraprabhasūri-Prabhācandrasüri, the author of the Prabhāvakacarita (V. Sam. 1334) ;58
(ix) Candraprabhasūri, initiated by Jinapatisūri in V. Sam. 1245, with his line of disciples running as Dharmadeva-Kulacandra-Sahadeva-Somaprabha-Sūraprabha-Kirtìcandra-Śriprabha-Siddhasena-Ramadeva :59
A casual look at the details in the above list reveals that the ācāryas listed as rūnning in the line of a particular Candraprabha were not solely confined to his line only, and one and the same ācārya came to be listed as a disciple of different ācāryas most probably with reference to his initiation, promotion, religious education, and final consecretion to "süri-hood'. This makes the problem of identification of our Candraprabhsūri quite knotty, especially when we donot find any chronological clue in the above data, as also any corroboration of the line given by our author.
Now, out of the nine Candraprabhasūris listed above, the ones listed at one, two, three, five, six, and eight are quite out of question as they donot belong to the Bșhad-gaccha. Of the remaining three, the one listed at number four belongs to the Vada-gaccba (i.e. the Bșhad-gaccha), but we donot find the name of Nemicandra in the line of his disciples. And our author has stated it in clear terms that Nemicandra was the successor of our Candraprabhācārya on his preceptorial throne.60 Hence we cannot possibly take them to have been identical, unless we interpret the compound 'patta-tilaka' to mean "the best of the disciples of the preceptorial throne'. But this would be farfetched.
55. Ibid. 251. 56. Ibid., p. 338. 57. Ibid., p. 383. ; JPI, Vol. II, p. 495, 51l; PS, p. 169. 58. JSSI (D), p. 415. 59. Kh. Gch. Br. Grvl. p. 44. 60. MRA, Intro, vs. 52d :
श्रीचन्द्रप्रभसरिपट्टतिलकः श्रीनेमिचन्द्रो गणी ॥
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