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(i) There could also be somc commcntaries on a few important works of Kundakundācārya viz., Pancāstikaya, Pavacanasāra, Samayasara, Niyamasāra, etc., and the Mulācāra of Vattakera.
a of Vattakera. (ii) With the addition of these, I believe, the mammoth attempt at the commentarial exposition in Kannada of the early stratum of the pro-canon of the Digambaras would have been completed. For all details and comparative study of this important Kannada Jaina Classic, vide “Vaddarādhane'; A study, by Dr.B.K.Knadabadi, Karnataka University, Dharwad 1979. History of Kannada Literature p.66. Edited by Pt.K.Bhujabali Shastri, Bharatiya Jñānapītha, Varanasi, 1948. Available in Kannada: Karnataka Kavicariteya Anukta Krtisuci; by S.Shivanna, Mysore University, 1967.
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