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containing brief notes on the Kāvyālankāra of Rudrața. In A.D. 1073, the Dharmopadeśamālā-vivaraṇa was composed (by some author) in Prakrit. In the meantime, the illustrious Kāśmirī brahmin poet Bilhana sojourned for some time in Aṇahillapāṭaka, apparently with minister Santu. He composed a play, the Karnasundarī-nāțikā, some time around A.D. 1070 and the Parsvanāthāṣṭaka, an elegant and graphic hymn in Sanskrit. In the last quarter of the 11th century A.D., Devendra muni of Bṛhad-gaccha, afterwards elevated as Nemicandra sūri, composed the Uttaradhyayana-sūtra-vṛtti (c. A.D. 1073), as also two works of the narrative class in Prakrit, namely the Ratnacuḍā-kathā and the Akhyānakamaṇikoṣa, and the Mahāvīracaritra in Anahillapāṭaka, the last one in A.D. 1083 or 1085. Also, Gunacandra sūri wrote the Viracaritra (Prakrit; c. 1185) and Śālibhadra sūri composed a commentary on the Sangrahaṇī. Moreover, between A.D. 1061-1071, Abhayadeva sūri's disciple Candraprabha mahattara authored the Vijayacandracaritra in Prakrit. And Navangavṛttikāra Abhayadeva sūri's disciple Vardhamānācārya wrote the Manorama-kahā in A.D. 1084. (He was to continue his creative work in the next century also.) In A.D. 1090, Devacandra sūri of Pūrṇatallagaccha composed a commentary on his grand preceptor Pradyumna sūri's Mūlaśuddhi-prakaraṇa. In A.D. 1093, Candraprabha sūri of Bṛhad-gaccha founded the Purnima-gaccha. He had composed the Darśanaśuddhi and the Prameyaratnakosa. Also, a Digambara narrative work was composed in the seventies in Anahillapattana.
The Temples in Kumbhāriyā
In the last note on Karnadeva's age must be mentioned the name of Jinavallabha sūri (active c. A.D. 1060-1111), the disciple of Abhayadeva sūri, from whom the Kharatara-gaccha apparently had started. He was the most versatile and prolific writer who composed with equal mastery in Sanskrit and Prakrit. His literary activity is spread between Karnadeva's as well as his son and successor Siddharāja's first decade and a half. Also, his field of activity covered Rajasthan and the Malava country besides Gujarat. He strongly opposed the lax abbatial practices. He consecrated the Jaina temples named the 'vidhi-caityas' as against the abbeytemples, in Citrakūta (Cittaud, two temples), Nagapura (Nagaur: Nemi Jinālaya), Marupura, and Naravarapura. He was honoured at the court of the Paramāra king Naravarmā in Dhārā. He composed about a dozen dogmatic and doctrinal works like the Āgamika-vastu-vicarasāra, the Pindaviśuddhi-prakaraṇa, the Dharmasikṣā etcetera, and authored several soulful hymns addressed to the Jinas in Sanskrit as well as in Prakrit.
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