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www.kobatirth.org Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
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Pāņdyarāja. Cindrasekhara, the son of Viranarasimha, ruled at Bangavādi (1157 A.D.), He had a brother called Pāņdyarāja. Candrasekhara, the son of Vīranarasinha, came to the throne in A. D. 1208, and his younger brother Pandyappa, in A. D. 1224. Vitthalādevi, their sister, was appointed regent in A. D. 1239. Then her son, called Kämirāja, came to the throne in A. D. 12646.
Our author wrote his $C at the request of this King Kāmirāja (name is spelt as Kamarāyā, Kāmirāya and Kämīrāya in the MS). Vijayavarni must have, therefore, composed his ŚC in the last quarter of the thirteenth century (A. D).
A comparative study of the nearly coinmon or corresponding passages between SC and PratāpaTudrayaśobhūsaņa(PRY),and $C and Alamkārasamgraha, however, raises doubts regarding the date of composition of Vijayavarņi's work. Dr. Kane assigns PRY to the first quarter of the fourteenth century. Pandit Bal. krishnamurti assigns Amstānandayogin to the thirteenth
5. Vide infra, Sources of Śc. 6. Vide Prasasti-samgraha (pp. 76-78) edited by Pt.
K. Bhujbali Sastri, Arrah, 1942 and 3FERT gpurit qrografirat" by Dr. Nemicandra Sastri in JainaSiddhānta Bhāskara, Part XXIII, Kirana I, Dec. 1963.
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