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asked her to explain it to him, promising that on that verse being explained to her, he would be her disciple. She explained it to him and consequently he accepted her as his spiritual mother. He thereafter made himself thoroughly proficient in Jain literature. "Thus he had a complete advantage to discomfit the theologians of other creeds. He wrote both in Sanskrit and in Prakrit. After for the farme, He was the next great theologian who wrote independent reprors for the explanation of the Jain doctrines and gave impetus to Sanskrit as a language for Jain Theology. The Bauddhas also wrote their works on theology and logic in Sanskrit. Era brought the Jain doctrines in the foreground and established their truth against the doctrines of the other schools of philosophy. His literary activity was tremendous. Jinvijaya draws up a list of 23 of his works of which 20 are edited. (P. 22.) Kalyanavijaya make 88 entries (P. 13a-P. 19a) The tradition which dates as early as 1068 A. D. ascribes to him the composition of 1400 Horaş: 3THREE (1068. A. D.) writes at the end of Tan14-tail:-"THIET tai शिष्यहिता नाम्ना सितपटपटलप्रधानप्रावचनिकपुरुषप्रवरचतुर्दशशतसंख्याप्रकरणप्रबन्धप्रणायिसुगृहीतनामधेयश्रीहरिभद्रसूरिविरचितपञ्चाशका
