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On seeing some portion of the Adipurāṇa, written by Jinasena, Acārya Virasena, his preceptor, might have conferred upon him the title of Acarya. When Acarya Vinayasena, one of the desciples of Acārya Virasena, came to see Jinasena's Adipurāņa, a thought might have occured to his mind to inspire Acārya Jinasena to write Parśvābhyudaya and so he might have pressed Jinasena to write the said work. When the Pārśvābhyudaya was written, the sage who impelled him to write the work, might not have been alive, for Jinasena himself has said that Vinayasena was the desciple of Acārya Virasena. From this it can be inferred that the Parśvābhyudaya was written after the Adipurāṇa. The work of Adipurāṇa was undertaken by Acārya Jinasena when the Dhavala commentary was completed, for Jinasena is found to have made obeisance to the Dhavala and to his preceptor, the author of the Dhavala in the following words
fagraìqfaaqrai faungĦzyzìfazą | मन्मनः सरसि स्थेयान्मृदुपादकुशेशयम् ॥ ५७ ॥ qasi xıraï axa dîfa a fayfaṁmĘ I
धवलीकृतनिःशेषभुवनां नवमीम्यहम् ॥ ५८ ॥ [ आदि पर्व १ ]
Acarya Jinasena had to give up the work of writing the Adipurāṇa, for, being ordered by his old and infirm preceptor, who could not continue writing the Jayadhavala commentary, he had to undertake the work of completing the Jayadhavalā. Under these circumstances, it was not possible for him to undertake the work of writing the Parśvābhyudaya. Moreover, he is found to have mentioned the name of king Amoghavarsa in the Prasasti of the Jayadhavala commentary and at the end of his Pärśvābhyudaya. The said king's name is not found mentioned in any one of the colophons of the Adipurāṇa. I, therefore, have come to the conclusion that king Amoghavarṣa either had not approached Acarya Jinasena or he had been just enthroned.
It is said that, the Parśvābhyudaya being the first work
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