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them, and the stock of which they come gives promise of intellectual power. What took place in Hemachandra's case it is impos. sible to say ; bat there is, at all events, no inherent probability in the account given by all the authorities as to his transfer from his parents to Devachandra at a very early age. Rajasekhara tells us that Devachandra belonged to the Pûrnachandra gachchha and the line of Yaśobhadra, a Râna of Vatapadra, who had been converted by Dattasûri. Yaśobhadra was succeeded by Pradyumnasûri, the author of many books; and Pradyumnasûri's scholar Gunasena was the teacher of Devachandra. Rajasekhara adds that Devachandra was the author of a Commentary on the Sthânânga and a "life of Sântinâtha." This last, a Sântinathacharitra in Prakrit by Devachandra is referred to by the author of a later work in Sanskrit on the same theme, Devasûri (My First Report, p. 59; App. p. 4. See under Devasúri for correction). No. 50 of the Patan books is this Prakrit work of Devachandra. After due meed of respect to his teacher, whom he styles Guņasûri, Devachandra mentions honoris causa the following Jain sages. 1. Indrabhùti. This is the first disciple of Mahâvîra, otherwise called Gautama. 2. Bhadrabhu. Of this sage (No. 7 with Klatt) Devachandra asserts that he composed in a book of 100,000 slokas a Vasudevarajacharitra. 3. Haribhadra. His Samarâdityacharitra (in Prakrit) is referred to. The Samarádityacharitra hitherto known is a work in Sanskrit (No. 1361 of this Report's Collection. By Pradyumnasari). That Haribhadra wrote such a work of the name was known from the list given at Weber II. p. 987 from the Gañadharasârdbasataka. A copy of it is among the books we are considering. 4. Indrasûri. Author of a Kuvalayamála. 5. Siddhasûri. Author of the Upamitibhavaprapanchakathâ.
The granthågra of the book is given at 12,100. This copy was t be property of Sri Devaprabhasûri, the pupil of Srî Yaśobhadrasûri, who was the pupil of Sri Vijayachandrasûri. The scribe was a disciple of Sri Jinachandra. This is a complete copy of one of the old books quoted by
Jayasomasûri in his VichararatnasanVirachariya (Mahavira oharitra) by Gunachandra.
graha (Third grama
Report; p. 13). The
author's name is not Guruchandragaņi (as at p. 17 and in foregoing Index) but Gunachandragani. Our
