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INTRODUCTION
nāma-mālā of Dhanañjaya in Dhavala1. It is quite plain that Dhananjaya can be placed in 8th c. A.D.
Dhananjaya praises Akalanka in these words:"Pramāṇamakalankasya Pujyapādasya lakṣaṇam, Dhananjayakaveḥ kavyaṁ ratnatrayamapaścimani."
2. Vīrasena (748-823 A.D.2):
Virasena the famous commentator of Satkhandagama, refers to Akalanka as "Pujyapada Bhaṭṭāraka"s and quotes his Tattvärthavārtika naming it Tattvärtha Bhāṣya*.
He quotes SV also in Dhavala, Vargaṇā Khanda, vol. XIII, p. 356; "Siddhivini scaye uktam—“avadhivibhangayor-avadhidarśanameva". But we do not find it in the present SV.
3. Sripāla:
He was the disciple of Virasena and a colleague of Jinasena (763-843 A.D.) who respectfully refers to him as the "Sampalaka” or “Poṣaka” of Jayadhavala-tika; possibly, Śripāla belongs to the period of Jinasena. It seems, he could have seen Akalanka in his young age.
4. Jinasena (763-843)5:
Jinasena is the author of Jayadhavala and Mahapurāṇa. Akalanka is respectfully referred to in his works; further, it is a well-known fact that he corroborated with Virasena, his preceptor, in the commentaries on the canonical works.
5. Kumārasena:
He is referred to by Jainasena in Harivamsa Purāņa (Saka 705-783): "akāpāram yaso loke......guroh Kumārasenasya......" According to Devasena, Kumārasena established the Kāṣṭāsangha; he was the disciple of Vinayasena who himself was the pupil of Virasena. Jinasena had composed the poetical work Pārśvābhyudaya at the instance of Vinayasena. Acārya Vidyananda says the glory of his Astasahasri was due to Kumaraśena®.
1 Dhavală, vol. I, Intro. p. 27.
2 JSI, p. 140.
3 "Pujyapada-Bhattarakairapyabhani Sāmānyanayalakṣaṇamidameva tadyatha pramāṇaprakās itārtha-prarūpako nayaḥ”.
4 Ayam vakyanayaḥ Tattvärthabhāṣyagaṭaḥ' Jaya Dhavala, vol. I, p. 210, see, TV, for original p. 1.33.
5 See the footnote of p. 49 No. 3 and JSI, p. 129.
• Astasaharsi, p. 295; see also 1. 11. p. 38.
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