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happend to be contemporaries on occount ef the long life of Jinabhadra Gani.* This view is not sound, because Haribhadra Sùri did not, in fact, flourish in 530 V. S. or 550 V. S but he flourished between 757 and 875 V. S. as has been suggested. by Muni jinavijayaji Secondly, Sriman Haribhadra Sûri has frequrently quoted Jinabhadragani's sûtras in his Āvaśyaka vitti It is, therefore, clear that Jinabhadragani did not in any case flourish after Haribhadra Sûri.
According to other Pattāvalis, all of Jinabhadra Gani, Haribhadra Sûri, Dévarddhigaại Ksamāśramana, Śilānkācārya and Kālakā cārya, happened to be contemporaries. But the historp of the development of Jainism shows that this theory is wrongly based. The date of Śriman Haribhadra Siri hus been fixed as the latter half of the eighth and the first half of the 9th century V. S. Jinabhadra Gani has been placed in the lattr hali. of the 7thi and the first half of the 8th century V. S. Dévarddhigapi Kşamásramaņa und Kālak8cārya are said to have flourished in the beginning of the 6th century V. S.
Leaving others aside, let us consider if Jinabhadra Gani and Silankācārya happened to flourishi at the same time. The tradition says that Silaŋkācārya was the priest of Tanarāja, the king of Anahillapura Pāšana. If this is true, the date of Šilaikācārya falls somewhere near 800 V. S. This places Silānkācārya undoubtedly as the contemporary of Acārya Śree Haribhadra Sariji. Now some of the Pațțāvalis refer to silankācārya as the pupil of Jinabhadra Gani Ksamāśramana. If this Silankācārya is the same as the commentator Kotyācārya, several references about Jinabhadragani found in his commentary on the Višeşāvašyrka Bhāsya, do not in any way lead us to believe that Silaikācārya was the pupil of Jinabhadragani, Unfortunately, the last and last portions of this commentary are torn out, † but in course of
* Vide Āri Tapāgachcha Pattāvali, Vol I. page 98 † Vide Jitakalpa Sætra, Preface, pp. 14-15.
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