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The Followers of the Ever Growing One
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This is worthy (of being offered) to Śri Paramaści Śri Mahattarā, disciple of Sāntivallari Gaņini.128
Moreover, in addition to these references, Muni Punyavijaya has assembled from the puşpikäs, postscripts of manuscripts, preserved in other jñāna-bhandāras, twenty-two further names of sādhvis, but up to date we have seen no details concerning these puşpikās, These names are: Gaņinis. Ajitasundari, Kirti þri, Jagasundari, Jinasundari,
Tilakaprabhā, Devasūri, Dharmalakṣmi, Nirmalamati, Bālamati, Marudevi, Mahimā, Vijaya Śri, Śrimati.
Mahattarās: Sumerusundari, Udaya Śri.
Sādhvis. Kevalaprabhā, Cäritralakṣmi, Nalinaprabhā, Padmalakṣmi,
Bhāvasundari, Bhuvanasundari, Mayaņāsundari.129
e) Some learned Sadhvis
Between the VIIIth and the XIVth centuries, according to the available documents, six sadhvis of Rājasthāna and Gujarāta were, in some cases, associated with the names of highly esteemed Sūris and with important literary works or, in the case of others, were themselves authors.
Yakini Mahattară
She lived in the VIIIth century and is known to have belonged to Rājasthāna. Haribhadra Sūri, that remarkable genius, was happy to call himself her "dharma-putra", spiritual son.130 According to
128 śri Santivallari gaṇini śişyaņi śriParamaśri srimahattară yogyam. Ibid., No 1018; p. 266.
129 Cf. Kāpadiyā, 1971, pp. 13-14.
130 At the end of a manuscript dated 1488 (1432) of the Daśavaikälika-sutratikå by Haribhadra there comes the expression: "mahattarāya Yäkinya dharmaputrena..." Jesalmer Coll. NC, No 88; p. 30. The Daśavaikälika-sútra belongs to the Mūla Agamas.
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