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Gunabhadra
Gunabhadra was a Digambara Jain monk and author of the ninth century, a disciple of Jinasena, working in the Rashtrakuta empire. He completed his teacher's unfinished Adipurana and wrote the Uttarapurana, which together form the Mahapurana, the Sanskrit history of the 63 illustrious persons of Jain tradition. He also wrote the Atmanushasana, a work on spiritual discipline.
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