Mysore and Coorg from the Inscriptions c13.11

c13.11

Additional information regarding Jaina authors is contained in the following inscriptions.—SB 40, 42, and 43 mention Umāsvāti, also known as Gridhrapinchhāchārya, who had no equal in his time in discerning the *padārtha* or categories in logic. They also state that Guṇanandi was skilled in logic and grammar, and lord of the learning of poetry. SB 40 says that Śrutakīrtti wrote with great skill the *Rāghava-Pāṇḍavīya*, reading forwards or backwards. Bl 17 informs us that Śrīpāla, with a second name Vādibhasimha, wrote commentaries without number in prose, verse, and precept. Ak 141 and Kd 69 likewise refer to him. Nr 35 says that Anantavīryya wrote a *Vṛtti* to the *Akalanka-sūtras*, and Dayāpāla a *Prakriya* to the *Śabdānuśāsana*. Of Lōkāchārya, Ak 55 says that in the science of language he was a Kaumāra incarnate, being conversant with the branches that follow (or are studied) after grammar; and that in astrology he was well versed in the *Śrīkaraṇa*, *Laghumānasa*, and *Karaṇaratna*. In SB 42 we are told of Sampūrnnachandra that he was proficient in solar and lunar astronomy, and of Śrīdhara that he was skilled in mantras and medicine. TN 105 says that Indranandi was the author of *Pratiṣṭhā-kalpa* and *Jvālinī-kalpa*.