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of the author, king Amoghavarşa's name was not mentioned in it. It was inserted in it after the completion of the Jayadhavalā commentary was effected. I am unable to agree with this view. Had Ācārya Jinasena inserted king Amoghavarşa's name in the Pārśvābhyudaya after the completion of the Jayadhavala commentary, what might have prohibited him from adding the name of the same king to the colophons of the Adipurāņa ?
I, therefore, hold that the Pārśvābhyudaya is the last work of Ācārya Jinasena. The date to be assigned to Acārya Jinasena should, therefore, be pushed back to the period prior to that of Jinasena, the author of the Harivamśapurāņa i. e. prior to the year 700 of the śālivāhana saka era at least.
It is shown above that the work of the Adipurāna was undertaken by Acārya Jinasena after the completion of the Dhavalā was effected. The whole work of the Jayadhavalā had required a period of twenty-one years for its completion. One-third part of the work was written by Acārya Virasena. This portion might have required at least seven years approximately for its completion. This much period might have been required for writing 42 Parvans of the Mahāpurāņa. Taking this calculation into consideration, it can be inferred that the work of the Harivamśapurāņa, consisting in 66 cantos, might have required eleven years approximately for its completion. The work, therefoie, might have been begun in the year 694 of the śālivāhana saka era i. e. in 772 A. D. The stanza,
यामिताभ्युदये पार्श्वजिनेन्द्रगुणसंस्तुतिः ।
स्वामिनो जिनसेनस्य कीति सड़कीर्तयत्यसौ ॥, therefore, might have been written in the year 694 of the Sālivāhana saka era i. e. in 772 A. D. At the time when this stanza was written i. e., at the time when the work of the Harivamśapurāṇa was undertaken by the author, the fame of
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