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illustrious disciple of Somosundarasuri (born V S. 1430 attained the int V.S. 1457). Somasundarasüri is one of the greatest lumiraries in Jainism of mediaeval Gujarat, who exercised a profound influence on the Jainas of this period." 3 "He had a wide circle of disciples, also very illustrious and profound in their scholarship, like Muni Sundarasuri, Bhuvanasundarasüri, Jinakirtisūri and Ratnasundarasuri."
"Jayasundarasüri was the second d'sciple of Somasundarasüri. His vast scholarship earned him the epithet Krenasarasvati'. He had not only as a teacher expounded great works on Kavyalamkāra like 'Kavyaprakasa' and Jaina philosophical treatises like "Sanmatitarka' to his pupils, but had also composed important religious tracts like Pratyuklyana', 'Sthåna Nirvana', 'Samyaktva Kaumudi', and 'Pratikrainaộavidhi' (V.S. 1506)."
Bven his smaller works like "Mahävirasthvana Phagubandlia, Pancakalyanaka Ekadasi (both in Sanskrit) and the present "Shri Nemijine. Svara Sarnstava' (which opens with Sanskrit verses while the rest are in different Prakrit languages) bear ample testimony to his profound scholarship, which rightly entitle him to the appellation ('biruda') 'Krşņasarasvati'.
Jinakirti's 'Sadbhāṣāmaya Pancajinastavana' is a collection of five hymns written to extol the great spiritual eminence of five leading T1 thankaras. The first three of them contain 7 verses as they include a verse in Culikāpaisāci) and the last two hymns, which do not have a verse in Caljkapaisaci, lave 6 verses cach.
Jinakirti's vast erudition and his mastery over the art of poetry is evident in his use of claborate metres-31239 as Puspadanta, the author of the sacred Brahmanic-I 'Siva Mahimna stotra' says, like Sardūlavikridita (19 varnas; caesura at 12 & 7 varnas; measures- REET ua and i.c. a long varga), and Sragdhara (21 varmas ale or caesura at 7.7.7: measure 1
ganas) with the greatest ease even in such archaic and obsolete dialects as an and grit
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q , 4), by Muni Darshanavijaya, 1933. 5. Vide : K. B. Vyas, op. cit., p. 120. 6, Ibid, pp. 119, 120.
