________________ 130 STUDIES IN JAIN LITERATURE on the side of brevity rendering the text of the gatha obscure. Of course it must be admitted that obscurity of sense is sometimes due to corrupt readings also. Long-felt need of a truly critical edition Unfortunately, there is no svopajna commentary on Vimsati-Vinsika, nor any commentary of a later commentator on it, with the only exception of Upadhyaya Yasovijayji's commentary on one of the twenty Vimsikas, namely Yoga-Vimsika. Prof. K. V. Abhyankar's edition is based on six different MSS, one printed edition of Yoga Vimsika and Pt. Sukhlalji's edition of Yoga-Vimsika with the commentary of Upadhyaya Yasovijayji on it. Prof. Abhyankar's edition contains Sanskrit-introduction, Sanskrit rendering of the gathas of the text, notes in English and an appendix. The editor observes at one place in the Sanskrit introduction that all the MSS bristle with many scribal errors and that he has not been able to explain the text at some places satisfactorily. The edition is good as far as it goes. But it is necessary to have another critical edition based on Prof. Abhyankar's edition and the corresponding relevant passages from the seminal works and other works of Haribhadrasuri himself, where parallel thoughts and themes are treated by him, and with fuller explanatory notes. Such as edition is, indeed, a desideratum. Notes and References : 1. Vimsati-Vimsika by Haribhadrasuri, ed. by K. V. Abhyankar, 981, Sadashiv Peth, Pune 2, 1932. 2. Samadarsi Acarya Haribhadra, by Pt. Sukhlalji Samghavi, Rajasthan Oriental Research Institute, Jodhpur, 1963. OD For Private & Personal Use Only Jain Education International www.jainelibrary.org
