Asaga
... that Asaga's Vardhaman Charitra (Life of Vardhaman), written in 853 CE, was the first Sanskrit language biography of Jain Tirthankara, Mahavir?
... that <b id="mwBM0"><a href="./Asaga" id="mwBM4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Asaga">Asaga</a></b><span about="#mwt22" class="nowrap" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"`","href":"./Template:`"},"params":{},"i":0}}]}' id="mwBM8" typeof="mw:Transclusion"><span typeof="mw:Entity">'</span></span>s <i id="mwBNA">Vardhaman Charitra</i> (Life of <a class="mw-redirect" href="./Vardhaman" id="mwBNE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Vardhaman">Vardhaman</a>), written in 853 CE, was the first <a class="mw-redirect" href="./Sanskrit_language" id="mwBNI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Sanskrit language">Sanskrit language</a> biography of <a class="mw-redirect" href="./Jain" id="mwBNM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Jain">Jain</a> <a href="./Tirthankara" id="mwBNQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Tirthankara">Tirthankara</a>, <a class="mw-redirect" href="./Mahavir" id="mwBNU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Mahavir">Mahavir</a>?