Studies in Jainology Prakrit Literature and Languages

SR No.: 001597
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: B K Khadabadi
Publisher: Prakrit Bharti Academy
Publication Year: 1997
Total Pages: 460
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Literature, & Language
File Size: 22 MB

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Studies in Jainology, Prakrit
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(b) In the Vaddaradhane (pp.91-92), Rāmilla and other two teachers go to the country of Sindhu; but in the Punyāsrava-kathākośa (p.227), they stay at Pātasiputra only.
(c) In thc Vaddaradhane there is not found the incident or episode of Sthulacārya's being murdered by his followers, which one is given in the Punyāsrava- kathākośa (pp.228- 229).
(d) The Punyāsrava- kathākośa gives some additional information regarding the formation of the Śvetāmbara and the Yapanīya sects. (pp.222-230). Taking into consideration all these points, it can be said that for the story of Nandimitra also in the Punyasrava-kathakośa, the Vaddarādhane is not the source.
Now coming back to the story of Śrenika, Ramachandra Mumukṣu clearly states, as noted above, the Kannada Commentary on the Aradhanā of Bhrajisnu is the cource for it. And except the Vaddarādhane, which is a (partial) Aradhana Kathakosa or a (partial) Commentary on the Arādhanā, no other Commentary on the Aradhanā, or an Ārādhanā Kathākosa (partial or complete) is available so far. But the Vaddarādhane, the author of which is not yet known, does not contain the story of Śrenika. Therefore the conclusion is inevitable that there did exist some other Kannada Commentary on the Aradhanā composed by Bhrajișnu, which Ramacandra Mumuksu used for the story of Śreņika in his Punyāsrava-kathākosa. Unfortunately this Commentary is not known, even by reference, any where in the Kannada literary works or epigraphical records so far known to me. Nor is Bhrajisnu found referred to in any of such works or records within the purvicw of my knowledge. So it is very difficult to say, at this stagc, anything about the nature and date of Bhrajisnu's Kannada Commentary on the Aradhanā. It may be a much earlier work than the Vaddaradhane and it may be a thorough commentary on