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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Prakrit which, later, formed a substantial part of the Pro-canon of the Digambaras. His major works are : (1) Pañcastikāya, (2) Pravacanasāra and (3) Samayasāra. His other works are : Niyamasāra, the Prakrit Bhaktis, the eight Pāhudas, Bārasa Anuvekkhā cic. He is also said to have written a commentary, called Parikamma, on the basic sūtras of the Satkhandagama. It is worth noting that all the works of Kundakunda are in Prakrit. The Mularadhanā of Sivarya (C. 100 A.D.) and the Mülacara of Vattakera (C. 100-200 A.D.), respectfully and together mentioned in the Kannada Vaddarādhane and Cāvundarāyapurāna, appear to have been composed in Karnataka. Vattakera's name is associated with the modern Betgeri District Dharwad), while Śivārya might have been an outsider. Then the two works on Jaina cosmography, the Lokavibhāga of Sarvanandi (C.500 A.D.) and the Tiloyapannatti of Yativrsabha (C. 600 A.D.) were in all probability composed in Karnataka. Then come the Prakrit portions of the great Satkhandagama. We should particularly note that the Dhavala (816 A.D.) contains 75% of it in Prakrit. At this context we cannot assord to ignore the Prakrit portions of the Cudamni of Tumbalurācārya and the Paddhati of Syāmakundacārya, which also were commentaries on thc Śatkhandagama, but lost irrecoverably The study of the early Prakrit texts and commentaries like the Dhavalā ctc. by the Jaina monks and scholars in Karnataka appears to have been kept alive as late as 10th Century A.D., when Nemicandra, widely known as the Siddhānta Chakravarti, prepared a digest of the Dhavalā etc. in the Gommatesāra for his royal disciple Cāmundarāya, who got erected the world-famous monolithic stalute of Bahubali at Shravanabelgola. He also composed the Dravyasangraha, a manual of Jaina dogmatics. There are also found in the Moddabidri Manuscript Library, come Prakrit texts of his authorship and preserved in the Kannada script Tibhaingi, Payadisamukhittana, Vísaparūvanā etc. It is so very interesting to