Consider the following statements:

Mahaviracharita dealing with the life of Mahavira is written by Hemachandra.

Parisistaparvan is the biography of the earliest teachers of Jainism.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Question

Trisastisalaka Purushacharita (lives of 63 best men) of Hemachandra, ranks as a Mahakavya among the Jainas. The book is divided into ten parvas and the last parva, Mahaviracharita, dealing with the life of Mahavira
The appendix to this book, Parisistaparvan or Sthaviravalicharita is the biography of the earliest teachers of Jainism, whose names and order of succession may be regarded as historical.
Lists of Jaina teachers are also furnished in various Pattavalis and their history in the Gurvavalisutra of Dharmasagaragani and the Theravali of Merutunga.
The Prabhavakacharitra of Prabhachandra and Pradyumnasuri (1250 AD) gives the story of 22 Jaina teachers including Hemachandra himself.

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Both 1 & 2

Trisastisalaka Purushacharita (lives of 63 best men) of Hemachandra, ranks as a Mahakavya among the Jainas. The book is divided into ten parvas and the last parva, Mahaviracharita, dealing with the life of Mahavira
The appendix to this book, Parisistaparvan or Sthaviravalicharita is the biography of the earliest teachers of Jainism, whose names and order of succession may be regarded as historical.
Lists of Jaina teachers are also furnished in various Pattavalis and their history in the Gurvavalisutra of Dharmasagaragani and the Theravali of Merutunga.
The Prabhavakacharitra of Prabhachandra and Pradyumnasuri (1250 AD) gives the story of 22 Jaina teachers including Hemachandra himself.

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