Study of Civakacintamani

SR No.: 001579
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Vijaylaxmi
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad
Publication Year: 1981
Total Pages: 248
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Philosophy, & Epistemology
File Size: 15 MB

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CHAPIER I
AN ATTEMPT TO TRACE THE SOURCE OF THE CĪVAKACINTAMANI
AND THE PERIOD IN WHICH IT HAS BEEN WRITTEN
The first step in evaluating the influence of Sanskrit on th: Civakacintamāņi (CC) involves tracing the source of the Cc. and the period in which it was written. Unfortunately there is no internal evidence in the Ce, which would help one in doing this. In this chapter we attempt to do this by (i) a comparative study of the books which deal with the Jiyaka story and (ii) an analysis of external evidence which contains references to the Cc. or to the author of the Cc., Tiruttakkatēvar (Tēvar).
The Jivaka story has been used as the main theme in many Sanskrit, Prakrit and Kappada works. These texts have been written in different periods and some of Prakrit and Kannada works belong to a much later period. Such works are not considered here. Thus the books we have taken for our study are, (i the story of Jivan. dhara narrated in the Uttatopurūna (Up.) of Guņabhadra (i) the story of Jivandhara narrated in the Mahapurāņa of Puspadanta, (iii) the Kșatraci danioni (Kc) and (iv) the Gadyacintāmaņi (Gc.) of Vadibhasimba, Erd (v) the Jivar dhara campu (Jc.) of Haricandra. We have also consulted the Jįvardhara story narrated in the Srisuranom which is written in Manipravāla style, a style in which Tamil and Sanskrit words are mixed. This is more or less like a translation of the Jivar dhara story in the Up. of Gupabhadra, except for the very few minor changes found in its Gnanamurthya thinks, this can be of a very late period, probably composed somewhere about the 16th century A.D.
Out of the five books mentioned above which ceal with be Jivaka story, the Up. of Guņabhadra is considered to be the tarliest The Up. fcing the later hall of a work called Mahapulāņa (Mp.). The first half of this text is called Adipurana (Ap.) and is written by Jinasena, the teacher of Gunabhadra. Gunab dra opleted the work which was started by his teacher and this work was conse rat d by Unabhadra's student, Lokapāla. The date of this work is known frm the pr śasti at th: end of this 1 Jivandhara-caritra of Suthacardia (Sanvar 13 (tali); check itc of Raichu
(Apabhramsa) (before A.D. 1439); Jivandhara-carite of Bhiska ( Cannada (..D. 1424), Jivandhara-Samgatya of Terakanāmbi Bommarasa (Kannada) e. 1135); Jiyanthar:-satpadi of Koțiśvara (Kannada) (about A.D. 1500); Jivandhara-caritre of Brahmavi (Kannada) The dates of these works are taken from the General Editorial written !o Jivandhara-camp! by A. N. Upadhye and H. L. Jain, edited by Pannalal Jain, Varanasi, July 1958, pp. 3-11.
. 2 T. E. Gnanamurthy, A Critical Stuly of Civakasintanai, Coimbatora, Noven': 1 , p. 33. SC-1