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1. Story no. 1: (Vidyananda) Pātrakeśarin (ca. 8th century, author and opponent of the Vedantin Śamkarācārya).
2. Story no. 2: The Digambara Acarya and author Akalanka (second half of 8th century).2
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3. Story no. 4: The Digambara author Samantabhadra (ca. 2nd century CE).23 The story of Samantabhadra also includes the story of his student Śivakoti, whom the author considers identical to Śivarya (date unknown), the author of Bhagavatī Ārādhanā.24
First half of 12th century, Sarvarājamuni's commentary to Jinadattasūri's Gaṇadharardhaśataka, "Hundred and Fifty Heads of the Assembly," containing, among others, the biography of the Svetambara teacher and author Haribhadra suri (second half of the 9th century).2:
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• 1134 CE, Amradevasūri's Prakrit verse-commentary Akhyānakamaṇikośavṛtti,26 "Commentary on the JewelTreasury of Narratives," containing the life-story of the Śvetambara author Siddhasena Divakara (5th century CE),27
Mid-12th century, Bhadresvara's Kahāvalī,28 "The Line of Stories," containing several biographies, including that of Haribhadra.29
• 1160-1172 CE, Hemacandra's (1088/9-1172) Triṣastiśalākapuruşacaritra, "Lives of the Sixty-Three Torch-Bearers", which includes details of his own life in the tenth chapter of the text (WINTERNITZ. 1920:329), i.e., the Parisiṣṭaparvan or Sthavirāvalīcarita.
Late 12th century, Sumatisuri's Jinadattacarita, "The Deeds of Jinadatta," concerning the Śvetämbara Kharatara Gaccha30 monk Jinadattasūri.31
