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________________ ISIBHASIYAIM KA PRAKRIT-SANSKRIT SABDAKOSA* Isibhasiyaim (Sk. Rsibhasitani ) is a unique Jain canonical workunique because it contains the Sayings (bhasitani) of Sages (rsis), who did not, strictly speaking, belong to the Jain fold. This work attests to the catholicity and magnanimity of heart of the early Jain thinkers who collected the sayings of the Non-Jain rsis to form a canonical text. Incidentally, the text points to the existence of the common ethical thought in the various early religious sects. It is generally accepted that the forty-five texts which form the Jain Canon cannot have originated at one period of time. Scholars have distinguished between the earlier and later strata of the Jain Canon. Regarding the antiquity of Isibhasiyaim Dr. Walter Schubring observes : "That we have the old Isibhasiyaim before us cannot be doubted. Numerous indisputably genuine reminiscences in language and style link the work up with the Ayara, the Suyagada, the Uttarajjhaya and the Dasaveyaliya, the seniors of the canon". (Introduction to Isibhasiyaim, 1974 edn p. 2). The Jains use the word isi (rsi) in the sense of muni. In the present work, however, the word isi (muni) carries an additional or special meaning or idea of his being a pratyekabuddha (one who has attained or arrived at the highest knowledge by himself, understood the truth by his own efforts but does not preach it to others). The names of the Pratyekabuddhas include some names which figure in the Vedic and Buddhist literature. It is very desirable to conduct a linguistic study of the senior canonical works for discovering the archaic form of the Ardhamagadhi language. Dr. Chandra, an eminent scholar of Prakrit language and literature from Ahmedabad took upon himself this arduous task. He prepared the present exhaustive Prakrit-Sanskrit Word to Word Index of the Isibhasiyaim along with those of other senior texts of the Ardhamagadhi canon for the specific purpose of tracing the oldest Ardhamagadhi vocabulary and archaic morphological forms to serve as an aid to linguistically re-editing the oldest portion of the Jain * Prepared and Edited K. R. Chandra, published by Prakrit Text Society, Ahmedabad 380009. 1998, pp.140, Rs. 60.00 Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.org
| SR No. | 001868 |
| Book Title | Studies in Jain Literature |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | V M Kulkarni |
| Publisher | Shardaben Chimanbhai Educational Research Centre |
| Publication Year | 2001 |
| Total Pages | 114 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English, Literature, & Story |
| File Size | 14 MB |