Dhavala

Dhavala Commentary

Ācārya Vīrasena received the ancient Ṣaṭkhaṇḍāgama and Kasāyapāhuḍa texts through the lineage tradition. At Vatagram, he wrote a 72,000 śloka commentary on Ṣaṭkhaṇḍāgama (known as Dhavala and the last section called Mahadhavala) and 20,000 shloka commentary the Kashyaprabhrita (known as Jayadhavala). After his death, his disciple Jinasena completed the Jayadhavala commentary by adding another 20,000 shlokas. Both of the commentaries use both Sanskrit and Prakit. Jayadhavala was finished during the rule of the Rashtrakuta ruler Amoghavarsha in 838 AD (or Jagatunga according to some scholars).