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Jain religion.) Their lives are a standing inspiration to the seekers of absolution, hence leads indirectly to final beatitude. The adjective परमार्थाभिधायिनी, therefore, is peculiarly appropriate with regard to
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सर्वभाषापरिणता is also an adjective of अर्धमागधी ( जैनीवाक् ). According to Hemchandra, er was the only language at the beginning of creation. In course of time, however, this Divine language transformed itself into various languages according as it was used by gods, men, barbarians and lower animals. In support of his statement, Hem. quotes the verse aar aat" etc. which means: the gods used this art, but then it was called the language of the gods and others.
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As the rain water falling from the clouds is of only one nature, but when it is mixed with the water of a river it is transformed into river-water and assumes a different characteristic, in the same manner, originally only one language, assumes different names when it is used by different persons or beings.
It will be seen that this statement of Hem. is philologically quite unsound. It merely speaks of the highest estimation in which the author held अर्धमागधी, which according to him has miraculous powers.
अनुयोग means division. प्रेक्षावत् learned man. Why should the readers feel any inclination to read this work? To this, the answer of our author is as follows:
Verse 2: We have fully explained the nature of correct speech in our work present work we are going
शब्दानुशासन ", now in the to treat the subject of
what is poetry or what is called poetic speech.
The work in which
treats of grammar is
named by him as f. Therein he has distinguished
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