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CHAPTER 11
Haribhadrasūri's Vimsati-Vimsatikā
V. M. KULKARNI
Haribhadrasūri (700–770 AD) was a versatile and voluminous author, whom tradition credits with the authorship of 1,400 prakaraņas. Although this number is an exaggeration, the latest list and classification of his works, the total number of his available works is thirty-nine, with eight more mentioned as authored by him in other works; while the number of works attributed to him but are not definitely known to be his comes to twenty-six.
This list and classification show how Haribhadrasūri had explored various branches of literature. In the galaxy of writers especially Prakrit ones, he is a star of the first magnitude. An eminent logician and philosopher, a master satirist, a witty critic, a consummate artist, a profound “psychologist, a learned commentator, a resourceful story-teller, a gifted poet—these are the diverse facets of this versatile genius. He wielded a facile pen and displayed command of language, both Sanskrit and Prakrit. His fame as Yuga-pradhāna chiefly rests on his literary activity for the cause of the Jains and Jainism. .
The Title: With this introduction, we now turn to his brief but comprehensive work Vimsati-vimśatikā (WV). Its title may be rendered in English as Score of Twenties. This title is thus explained:
