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Eleven Dramas of Jain Sanskrit Scholar Ramachandra Suri
Rama chandra soori was a disciple of the well known Jain scholar Hemachandra Soori. He composed the Dholka stone inscription in Northern Gujarat. The ‘prasasti’ is dated to 12th century CE. The inscription written in beautiful characters is found in a fragment only and contains verses from 71 to 103, the last one reading as
Prabandha sata nirmati pratita kiirtikaa myodayah
Prasasti mathulaami maamakrta raamachandro munih
The two stone slabs containing the first seventy verses have not yet been discovered. Out of the hundred prabandhas said to have been composed by him only 35 have been traced. Out of his other literary works at least eleven dramas namely,
Nala vilaasa
Yadu vilaasa
Sathya harischandra
Nirbhaya bheema vyaayoga
Mallikaa makaranda
Raagava abyudhaya
Rohinii mrkaanka
Vanamaalaa naatikaa
Kaumudee mithraananda
Yaadhava abhyudhaya
Raghu vilaasa have been found.
His work Kumaara vihaara sataka is also found. He is also the author of a collection of verses called Sudhaakalasa.
A treatise named Naatya darpana also composed by him in collaboration with Gunachandra soori and a work on Jain logic have been found.
The poet lived from 1110 to 1173 and was a court poet of the Gujarat Chalukya kings,
Siddharaaja Jayasimha and
Kumaarapaala.
For his high literary attainments, king Siddharaaja had honoured him with the title Kavikataaramalla.
According to Prabhaavaakaachaara, Devasuri was the court poet of Jayasimha and had defeated the Digambara scholar Kumudachandraachaarya in a dispute held in the presence of the king.
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