________________ PANCASUTRA : A STUDY 145 पक्षपातो न मे वीरे न द्वेषः कपिलादिषु / युक्तिमद्वचनं यस्य तस्य कार्यः परिग्रहः // Acarya Haribhadra's meeting with the Jaina sadhvi mahattara Yakini marked the turning point in his life and led to his entering the ascetic order. Out of a sense of gratefulness he thenceforth called himself the spiritual son of the great nun Yakini. It may be noted that got another name for himself, "bhavaviraha", out of his zest for moksa. (ix) Acarya Haribhadra's Pancasutraka-Vyakhya There are various kinds of expositions in Sanskrit and Prakrit literatures. Vyakhya, Vrtti, Paddhati, Varttika, Vivarana, Bhasya, Panjika, Nijjutti (SK niryukti), Curni, Avacuri, Samiksa are well known types of exposition, each and every one of them having characteristic features of its own. In his Kavyamimamsa Rajasekhara defines some of these kinds of exposition. The term 'Vyakhya' is thus defined : "अर्थस्य अप्रतीयमानस्य पर्यायाभिधानेन विभज्य प्रतिपादनं व्याख्या, शब्दस्यापि व्युत्पादनं व्याख्या / एवमेते द्वे व्याख्ये (तयोरर्थपरिज्ञानमेकस्याः कार्यम्, शब्दपरिज्ञानमेकस्याः / )"27 The religio-philosophical nature and antiquity of this short but important Pancasutraka attracted a scholar of Acarya Haribhadra's eminence and inspired him to write a commentary on it. He has not only put his finger on the stiff points and pointed out their exact meaning "which the ancient unknown author "seems to have intended but at places he has beautifully preserved the traditional explanations which obtained at his time. The commentary is small in compass but rich in meaning, and its style is lucid and graceful. In support of his explanations he cites passages from earlier works of Jaina agama and postagama Jaina works and from poetic works as well. Thus we have citations from Dasavaikalikasutra, Brhatsamgrahani, Nisithabhasya, Avasyakaniryukti, Visesavasyakabhasya, Avasyakasutra, Sravakaprajnapti, Bhagavatisutra, Oghaniryukti, Tattvartha, Prasamarati, and Asvaghosa's Saundarananda and Buddhacarita and from his own other works like Lokatattvanirnaya, Yogadrstisamuccaya and Yogabindu, Pancasaka, and Lalitavistara. There are quite a few citations which remain to be traced to their sources. These numerous citations attest to Acarya Haribhadra's wide reading and ability to use them on appropriate occasions. Acarya Haribhadra's Vyakhya, though learned, is not more erudite and diffcult than the text, but explains the text clearly and unambiguously. Stud.-19 Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.org