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INDEX OF AUTHORA.
Ratnaprabha sûri
Mentioned as pupil of Mânadeva and guru of Devaprablia in Samvat 1308. .3, App. p. 88. Was teaching in Cambay, Samvat 1295. 3, App. p. 124.
Ratnaprabha sûri
Author of a commentary on the Upadeśamâlâ of Dharmadâsagani, which he wrote in Samvat 1238. He gives his spiritual descent as follows. In the Bţibad gachchha there arose
(I) Manichandrasûri. (2) Devasûri. The victor over the Digambaras at the
court of king Jayasinha. (3) Bhadreśvarasûri.
(4) Our Author. He wrote the book to please Bhadreśvarasûri, and in payment of the debt he owed to Vijayasenaśri, the "brother" of Devasûri's sishya, i. e., Bhadreśvara. The book was written in Broach, in the Asvavabodhatîrtha. Compare Weber, II, p. 922, note 7. Weber takes vasulokärkavarsla to mean 1278.
Ratnayogindra
Author of the Nagakumâracharitra. 3, App. p. 125.
Ratnasekhara sûri
Author of a commentary on the Sraddha (or Srâvaka) pratikramaņasůtra, which he wrote in Samvat 1496. He gives his spiritual descent from Devasundara (No. 49 in the Tapâ gachchha with Klatt) as follows:
(1) Devasundara. (2) The five pupils of Devasundara, viz., Jnanasagara,
Kulamandana, Gunaratna, Somasundara, and Sâdhuratna. Of these it was Somasundara who
succeeded Devasundara. (3) The five pupils of Somasundara, viz., Manisundara
Jayachandra, Bhuvapasundara, Jinasundara, and Jinakirti.
