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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KRAMADISVARA
$ 52. But it should be borne in mind that the vrtti of Jumaranandi is not exegetical, it is merely illustrative. He only gives examples of each and every sutra, but does not explain them. In so doing, he sometimes quotes and criticises some irregular grammatical anomalies found in the writings of the famous poets of Sanskrit literature. The authors, cited from the Kavya literature, are Kalidasa, Bharavi, Magha, Dandi, Baṇa, Bhavabhuti and Murari. Some works, such as, Janakiharana, Bhaṭṭikavya, Sapta-kumarika, Pañcatantra have also been cited by him. Of the lexicographical works Amarakosa, Trikāṇḍa and Utpalamāla are mentioned. Grammarians like Jayaditya-Vamana, Raksita, Bhagavṛtti, Bhaṭṭavārtika have duly been mentioned by him in acknowledging their views in their respective places. It is curious to note again that he cites from one "Dhātu pārāyaṇa", a treatise on the classification and conjugation of Sanskrit roots. Rajendralal Mitra1 also notices one Dhatu pārāyaṇa attributed to Jumaranandi. H. P. Sārtri also mentions one Dhatumala by Jumaranandī in the beginning of which the name of the author occurs:
॥ ॐ नमः शिवाय ॥
धातौ शम्भु मुखोद्भ ते भ्रान्त-वैकल्यमागते । क्रियते तस्य शुद्धयर्थं यत्नो जुमरनन्दिना ॥
मादादौ जुहोत्यादी etc. etc....... This work, it is said, is intended to serve as an appendix to Kramadiśvara's grammar. Has he then cited from his own work? Besides this, we know nothing about Jumaranandi and his work.
§ 53. Next in the line comes Goyicandra who has written an elaborate commentary on all the chapters of Kramadiśvara's grammar as well as on Jumaranandi's vṛtti. The name of his commentary (ṭīkā) is called "Samkṣiptasāra-vivarana". From his commentary we come to know that he has written his commentary on the Prakrit portion also; but now it is not available. It is also added that for the proper comprehension of the aphorisms of Kramadisvara, he has listed 127
1) Notices of Skt. Mss. (IV), p. 212, No. 1640. The colophon is-"iti śrīmajjumaranandikṛtau dhātupārāyaṇaḥ samaptaḥ". 2) Notices of Skt. Mss. (second series), Vol-1, Calcutta, 1900, p. 198. No. 196.