A History of Indian Literature v2.c20.s3.10

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⁴ He belongs to the Draviḍa-Saṃgha, *i.e.*, the Jaina community of the South. He has also the epithets Vakragrīva, Elācārya, Gṛdhrapiccha, and his original name is said to have been Padmanandin. According to a Digambara-Paṭṭāvali, he is the fifth in the genealogical tree of teachers beginning with Bhadrabāhu. The school which he founded is first mentioned in an inscription of 797 A.D. *Cf.* A. *Guérinot*, Répertoire d'Épigraphie Jaina, Paris 1908, p. 42 ff. ; *Peterson*, Report II, 80 ff., 158 ff.; Report, IV, p. xix f. ; *Hiralal*, Catalogue, p. vi f. It is not so likely that he is also the author of the famous Tamil book of sayings Kurral, as is believed by *Chakravartinayanar* (SBJ, III, p. ix f.). He wrote three of his works for his royal pupil Śivakumāra Mahārāja. This prince is identified by *K. B. Pathak* (Ind. Ant. 14, 1885, p. 15) with the Kadamba king Śiva Mṛgeśa Mahārāja (5th century A.D.), by *Chakravartinayanar* (SBJ, III, p. xii ff.) with Śivaskandavarman of the Pallava dynasty.