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On Logic he has written a big volume named “ ĀptaMimārsā." Besides “ Uktya-nušāsana,” “.Svayambhū-Stotra," ** Jina-Stuti-şataka” etc. are also his works. He had composed “ Āpta-Mimāpsā” for his own student Vrddhadéya Sūri.
Just before his times, Jaina Dharma was divided into two parts-Svetāmbara sect and Digambara-Sect. He left no stone unturned to reunite them, but did not succeed. That is why, even Digambaras respect him.
The Digambaras maintain that he belonged to their own Āmnāya; but no authontative evidence is available about it. सचरस बुद्धदेवो १७ सूरीपज्जोयणो अढारसमो १८ । एगुणवीसइ इमो मुरो सिरिमाणदेवगुरू १९ ॥ ७॥
Sattarasa Vuddha-dévo 17, Sūrī Pajjoapo adhārasamo 18 Egunavisai imo sūri sirimāpadévagurū 19
तत्पढे श्रीददेवसरिः। तत्पड़े श्रीप्रथोतनसरिः।
तत्पवे श्रीमानदेवसूरिः। Tatpatté Śri Vriddhadéya Sūri Tatpatté Śrī Pradyotana Sūri
Tatpatté Śrī Mándéva Sūri Vriddha-déva Sūri was the seventeenth
Pattadhara; Pradyotana Sūri was the eighteenth and Srî Mānadeva Sūri was the nineteenth Pattadhara.
The meaning of the Vyåkhyā: - On the seat of Sāmanta Bhadra Süri, Viddhadeva Sūri became the 17th Pattadhara. His name was Déyasūri, but as he was old he was known by the name of Viddhadévasūri. He did the Pratişthā (the summoning of a divinity into a new image and the establishing of it) in the Jina-temple which was built by Náhada-Mantri in Korantaka after 515 years of Mahāvira-Nirvāṇa.
After 670 years of Mahāvira-Nirvāņa Śrī Jajjaga Sūri did the Pratisthā of the idol of Sri Mahāvīra Swāmi in the new temple built in Satyapura by Nāhada-Mantri,
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