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M. D): He was not only an bigbly learned thinker but was also a great saint, whose sacred feet, celestial beings worsbipped with great devotion 3 His Sarvariba Sidobi is an elaborate commentary on the Tatbvertba Sutra of Umaswami. His Upesakacara is an baod.book of etbics for the Jain laity."
AKALANKA is classed among the Nayyayikør or great logicians. He said to have challenged the Buddbists at the court of kings Hastimaila (Himasitala) of Kanchi, saying that the defeated party sbould be ground in oil mills 6 The Buddhists were driven to Ceylone owing to the victory of the Jain teacher? This victorious logic of Akalapka made his name prover. bial as a Bhttakalanka in logio. His most famous work is thu Tatvarthavartika Vyakhyalapkara.
JINASENA who by his propagating increased the power of the Jain sect, was a celebrated Jain author. He was the king of poets. He commenced Adipuran which according to Bhandarkar is an encyclopaedio work in which there are instances of all matters and figures.' He also wrote Mahapuran wbich is a very nice historical work. He has also written Parsvabhyudaya, which is one of the curiosities of Sanskrit literature. It is at once the product and mirror of the literary taste of the age. Universal judgement assigns the first place among Indian poets to KALIDASA,but Jinasena claims to be considered 1-3. C. 8. Mallinathan : Sarvartha Siddhi, Introd. P. IX. 4. Prof. Dr. Hira Lal, op. cit. P. XX. 6. Peterson, op. cit. P. 79 6-7. An inscription at Sravanbelgola also alludes to this victory, · which gained solid foot ng and patronage of Pallavas Kings.
-Prof. Moti Lal : Digamber Jain (Surat) Vol. IX P. 71. 8. Cf. Bhandarkar, The Bombay Gazetter I ii P. 406.407. 9. Bhandarkar, Report on San. M88. 1883-84, P. 120-121.
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