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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Nāgacandra or Abhinavapampa (C.1100 A.D.) . Rāmacandracaritapūrāna and Mallināthapurāna; Brahmasiva (C.1100 A.D.) - Samayaparīkse and Trailokyacūdamani Stotra; Nayasena (C.1112 A.D.) - Dharmamrta; Nemicandra (C.1170 A.D.) - Nemināthapurana known as Aristanemi and also a secular romance called Līlāvati; Aggala (C.1189 A.D.) - Candraprabhapurāna; Bandhuvarma (C.1200 A.D.) - Harivamsha Purana; Gunavarma II (C.1225 A.D.) - Puspadantapurana; Janna (C.1230 A.D.) - Yasodharacarita and Anantanāthapurāna. Andayya (C.1300 A.D.) - Kabbigara Kāva; an interesting secular work written in pure Kanndad without the mixture of Sanskrit words; Nagaraja (C.1331 A.D.) - Punyasrava; Madhura (C.1385 A.D.) - Dharmanathapurana; Bhāskara (C.1424 A.D.) - Sivandharacarito; Bommarasa (C.1485 A.D.) - Sanat kumaracarite; and Ratnākaravarni (C.1557 A.D.) - Bharatesa Vaibhava.
The Jainas, being the carliest cultivators of the Kannada language, have predominantly contributed to its grammer, lexicography, prosody and poetics : Nagavarma's (IT) Karnataka-Bhāsābhūsana (C.1145) in Sanskrit Sūtras, Kesiraja's Śabdamanidarpana (C.1260 A.D.) in Kannada and Bhattākalarika's Śabdanusasana (1604 A.D.) in Sanskrit with his own exhaustive commentary are well-known grammatical works among which that of Kesiraja is accepted as the most authoritative one. Rama's Rannakanda and Nagavarma's (II) Vastukosa are the carliest lixicons. Nāgavarma's (1) Chandombuchi (C.990 A.D.) is the earliest extinct work on Kannada prosody. Nrpatunga's Kavirajamārga (C.815 A.D.), Nagavarma's Kāvyāvalokana (C.1145 A.D.), and Salva's Rasaratnākara (C.1500 A.D.), are notable works on Kannada poctics.
Besides inscriptions and commentaries, poetry and prose (with biography, religion, philosophy, metaphysics, logic etc.) grammer and lexography, prosody and poetics, the Jaina scholars