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INTRODUCTION 19. The pillar inscription of Mahānavami mandapa at Chandragiri
refers to Akalanka as mahāmati etc., it is dated Śaka 1085
(1163A.C.) 20. Akalarika's victory over Buddhists is referred to in a stone?
inscription of Basavanapur ; it belongs to Śaka 1105 (1183A.C.) Further it refers to his colleague Puspasena muni and after him Vimalacandra, Indranandi and Paravādimalla3 are also
referred to. 21. Akalanka is referred to as Samantādakalanka4 in a plillar ins
cription of Siddhara Basti ; it belongs to saka 1320 (1398A.C.). 22. He is also referred to as Șāstravidagresara and mithyāndha
kārabhedakas; further, it relates the fact that after Akalanka, the Samgha was divided into four branches, viz., Deva, Nandi, Simha and Sena ; it is dated Saka 1355 (1433A.C.).
It seems from this inscription that Devasamgha came into being with Akalarka Deva; naturally he must have
been the first Acārya. 23. The Humach inscription of about 1530A.C., refers to Aka
lanka as Mahardhika and Devāgamabhāşyakāra.
(6) Citations in various works :
Akalanka, the versatile writer, the graceful debator and an epochmaking figure, is eulogised not only in the epigraphs but in various works as well. Some of the citations are: Tarkbhūvallabha, Akalarkadhi, Bauddhabuddhivaidhavyadīksāguru, Mahardhika, Samastavādikarīndradarponmülaka, Syādvadake sara satāśatatīvramūrtipancānana, Aše şakutarkavibhramatamonirmūlonmülaka, Akalarkabhānu, Acintyamahimā Sāstā, bhūyobhedanayāvagāhagahanāvāngmaya, Sakalatārkikacakracüdamanimaricimecakitanakhakirana, Samantādakalarika, prakatitatīrthāntarīyakalanka, etc. Pușpadanta in his Mahāpurāna and Asaga in his Munisuvratakāvya have gratefully referred to Akalarka. Subhachandra is also full of reverence for Akalańka?.
1 ibid. No. 103; JSLS. vol. II, No. 274. 2 JSLS. vol. I, No. 40(64), p. 25; see also Hindi Intro. p. 9. 3 EC. vol. III, Tirumakuļlu, No. 105 JSLS. vol. III, No. 410, p. 205-6. * JSLS. vol. I, No. 105(254), p. 195. 5 ibid. No. 108 (258), p. 211. 6 EC. vol. VIII, Nagar No. 46; JSLS. vol. III, No. 667, p. 541. 7 Vide Hindi Introduction p. 10.
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