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nanda Mahākāvya of Vastupāla, Neminātha Mahākāvya of Kirtiratnasūri, Saptasandhāna Kāvya of Meghavijaya Upādhyāya, Dvisandhāna Mahākāvya of Dhanañjaya, Harivaṁşa Purāņa of Jinasena, Uttarapurāņa of Gunasena, Nemidūta of Vikrama Kavi, Trişastiśalākā Puruşacarita of Hemacandra, Pandavapurāņa of Vādicandra, Mahapurăņa of Mallisūri, Pandavacarita of Devaprabhasūri, Harivaṁsapurāņa of Sakalakirti, Pāndavapurāņa of Subhacandra and so on.
In Apabhraṁsa literature, some Kävyas may be mentioned as follows :--
Rathaņemicariu of Svayambhū, Mahāpurāņa of Pușpadanta, Ņemināhacariu of Haribhadra, Harivassapurāņa of Dhaval, Pajjummacariu of Sinha, Ņemināhacariu of Laksamanadeva, Ņeminahacariu of Raidhu, Pāndavapurāņa and Harivamsapurāņa of Yaśahkiriti, and so
on.
Likewise, so many other Jaina Kāvyas are also found in Hindi, Gujarāti, Marāthī, Kannada, and other Jaina literature.
The prominent Hindi Jaina literature on Mahābhārata may be mentioned as follows : Neminātharāsa of Sumatigaņi (1238 A.D.), Gajasukumalarāsa of Delhaņa (13th c. A.D.), Pradyumnacarita of Sandhāru (1354 A.D.), Nemiphāgu of Dhanadevagani, Jayaśekharasuri etc. Neminātharāsa of Punyaratana, Brahmarāyamalla, Kanakakirti, Keśarasāgara, Nemicandra, Ratanamuni, Vijayadevasūri etc., Harivamśapurāņa of Brahmajinadāsa, Sālivāhana, Khuśālacanda Kālā, Nemisvara Ki Veli of Thākura, Sāliga etc. Pāndava Purāņa of Bulākidasa, Nemināthacaritra of Jayamala (1757 A.D.). Pradyumnacarita of Munnalala (1844 A.D.) and so on. It may be mentioned here that Hindi Jaina Mahābhārata literature is mostly Prabandhātmaka Kāvya while non-Jaina literature is mostly Muktaka Kāvya.
Some Differences in Jaina Version
We shall point out here only a few main differences which are found in Jaina version of Mahābhārata. They may be enumerated as follows : -- 1. According to Jaina tradition, Lord Kșsṇa was the ninth Nārāyana
Vāsudeva, a brave and valiant king of Dvärikā and Southern
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