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Introduction
12th century writers such as Jayasena19 and Padmaprabha. 20 Jayase flourished in the beginning of the 12th century and commented up Pañcastikaya and Padmaprabha Maladhaiideva flourished in the midd of the 12th century A.D. and commented on Niyamasaia. Prabhācandra in his commentary on the Ratnakarandaka Śravakacāra quotes tv verses from Padmanandi's work He fluished chica end of the 12th beginning of the 13th century We also find verses quoted from Padm nandi's work in the Asadhata's Svopajñavrtti22 on Dharmaniṛta, wh lived in the 13th century AD. Again, Padmanandi seems to be influe ced by the writers such as Somdevasuri23 and Amitagati,24 who flourishe in the 10th and beginning of the 11th century, A.D. respectively. Padn anandı bodily lifted certain lines from the Somadeva's Yasastilaka. Sc it is certain that our Padmanandi, the writer of twentyfive small treat ses, must have flourished in the first and 2nd quarter of the 12th centur A.D. The Kannada commentary on Ekatvasaptati, cleary mentions that Padmanandi is a contemporary of Nimbadeva who flourished in 1136 A.D.25 The Kannada commentary on Ekatvasaptati mentions the wor 'labdhātmavṛtti' on the basis of which some scholars presume that, the author himself has written the Kannada commentary.26 But this possibi lity is ruled out because, the commentator Padmanandi is not a pupil of Viranandi, but disciple of Subhacandra -Räddhantadeva and his Vidyaguru is Kanakanandi Pandita.27 Though Padmanandi was a great scholar of Sanskrit, Prakrit and Kannada, still it is very difficult to specify the place of activity of our author. He might have lived in the Kannada speaking area.
This Atmahodha (or Alocana )-a hymn of 33 verses in fluent sanskrit composed in sardula metre is included along with other treatises of Padmanandi in a manuscript known as Padmanandi Pañcavimsati. This (19) Jayasena quotes 14th verse of Ekatvasaptatı Pancästikäya with Jayasena's commentary, gatha, 162.
(20) Padmaprabha and commentary on the Niyamasära A.N. Upadhye, pub : Journal of the University of Bombay X 11, 1942.
(21) Ratnakarandakasravakacara Introduction -pub Manıkacandra D.J. Granthamala, 24, Bombay, 1925.
(22) Jaina Sahitya aur Itihäsa N. premi, Bombay, 1956 p 342 F.
(23) Yasastilaka and Indian Culture
K K. Handiqui, Sholapur, 1949.
(24) Jaina Sahitya aur Itihasa, IInd ed: N. premi Bombay, 1956 p. 275, FF (25) Padmanandı pancavimšati - Introduction, p. 17.
(26) Padmanand pancavimsati - Introduction p - 17 - 18.
(27) Svasti Sri Subhacandraraddhantadevagrusisyena, Kanakanandi pandita Vāgraśmi
-vikasita hrtkumudananda-...-concluding portion of the Kannada commentary on Ekatvasaptati Introduction, p 17.
