Prakritadhyaya

SR No.: 001368
Original Sutra Author: Kramdishwar
Author: Satyaranjan Banerjee, Dalsukh Malvania, H C Bhayani
Publisher: Prakrit Text Society Ahmedabad
Publication Year: 1980
Total Pages: 140
Language: Sanskrit, Prakrut, English
Classification: Book_Devnagari & Grammar
File Size: 6 MB

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INTRODUCTION
Kakatiyā queen Rudradevi, and is described to have been situated in the Radha division of Gauda, as also in Dakşina Radha of Gauda. So from this epigraphical evidence it is clear that Purvagrāma was a village in Dakşina Radha of the Gaudḍa country which can be taken as the present Burdwan division excluding north and west Birbhum, Purulia and Bankura. Kramadiśvara must, therefore, belong to that region, and in that Dakşina Radha of the Gauda (West Bengal) country where his grammar was once widely circulated and nicely taught.1
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(iv) His religion
$42. With regard to his religion some say that Kramadiśvara was a Saiva as he began his grammar with a salutation to this deity (i. e. Śiva). But it should be remembered that the science of grammar started with Siva and hence it is also expected that he should start his work with a salutation to Siva: but that does not necessarily mean that he was a Śivaite.
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(v), His work
(a) About the name of his grammar
43. The only work of Kramadiśvara that we know is his grammar which is known as "Samkṣiptasara" i. e., a short treatise
1) N. N. Dasgupta has aptly said, "The wide circulation of a certain work in a particular region may, therefore, it is important to note, sometimes constitute a ground to surmise, in the absence of first hand proof, that its author belonged to that region'. IO (V), p. 358. 2) शिवं प्रणम्य सर्वेषां सर्वभाषासु लक्षणम् । संक्षिप्तसारमाचष्टे पण्डितः क्रमदीश्वरः ।। 3) It should be noted that even the oldest commentator Goyicandra in the context of the mangalacarana verse explains the word "Siva" used by him at the beginning of his grammar as 'auspicious'. Thus he says "kalyānāśamsi sūtrakāraḥ kuśalapadasadṛśartham sivapadam ādāv upanyastavān". Some may surmise that since he hails from Purvagrāma, which was an abode of Śaivism at that time and to which Visvesvara Śaivācārya belonged, he may be an advocate of Saiva religion, but he has not mentioned Śiva at the beginning of his work because of that. It should be noted at the same time that whatever religion he may have professed-be he a follower of Saivism or some other faith-it is pretty certain that he was above the sectarian prejudices.