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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A.D.)'2. We have no solid cvidence to show that Śivarya belonged to Karnataka. But taking into consideration Acarya Jainasena's reference to him as 'Sivakotimunīsvara:13 the great tradition of Arādhanā literature in Kannada, in Karnataka, 4 the respectful mention of the Aradhanā (Mūlarādhanā) together with the Acara (Mūlacara) in the early works like the Vaddarādhanc's and Cāmundaraya Purana!. I feel that Śivārya had very close association with Karnatak.
Yativrsabha's Tiloyapannatti (C. 6th Cent. A.D.) is a great work on the Jaina Cosmography which appears to have been composed in Karnalak according to Dr. Upadhye.
At this context it is worth noting that the Prakrit (metrical) work Lokavibhāga of Sarvanandi (5th Cent. A.D.) which is referred to by Yativrsabha, but which is lost, also appears to have been composed in Karnatak.19
Then come the Prakrit portions of the great Satkhandagama. We should particularly note that the Dhavalā Commentary composed in 72,000 verses by Virasena (816 A.D.) containesd 75% of it in the JS. At this context we cannot ignore, the Prakrit portions, most likely to be in the Jaina Śaurasení, of the Cūdamani of Tumbaluracārya and the Paddhati of Syāmakundācārya which also were the Commentaries on the Sathandāgama, but which are irrevocably lost.20
Acārya Nemicandra (10th Cent. A.D.), widely known as the Siddhānta Cakravarti, trod the very path of Acarya Kundakunda in composing his works like Dravya Sangraha, Gommațasāra Labdhisāra, Tibhangi, Payadisumukkittana, Visaparūvanā etc.21
Māghanandi's (13th Cent. A.D.) Šāstrasāra-Samuccaya and Padārthasāra contain Prakrit portions which are in the JS.
Then scholars like Śrutamuni (15th Cent. A.D.)22 the author of the Bhāvatibhangi, and the Asavatibhangi, most likely to be the JS, appear to have flourished in Karnataka. Similar is the case of