Studies in Jain Literature

SR No.: 001868
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

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236 STUDIES IN JAIN LITERATURE On a careful scrutiny it is found that there is not a single passage common between Alamkarasarvasva and Kavyanusasana. A few verses which are common to them are found in earlier works such as Sarasvatikanthabharana, Kavyaprakasa, Rucaka's Samketa, etc. Considering the fact that Hemacandra freely draws upon his predecessors amd the Samketa commentary of his contemporary Ruyyaka but shows no acquaintance with his contemporary's Alamkarasarvasva one is inclined to believe that probably Hemacandra wrote his Kavyanusasana before Ruyyaka had composed his Alamkarasarvasva or at least before that work had reached him. Somesvara, who uses freely Ruyyaka's Samketa and Alamkarasarvasva as well, and reveals many similarities with Hemacandra's Kavyanusasana, probably, therefore, knew Hemacandra's Kavyanusasana. Notes and References : 1. Rajasthana Puratana Granthamala, edited by Prof. R. C. Parikh. 2. Shri Mahavira Jaina Vidyalaya, Bombay, edited by Prof. R. C. Parikh. 3. For the view that Somesvara is possibly earlier than Hemacandra, vide, Prof. R.C. Parikh's Introduction to the edition of Kavyaprakasa with Samketa. Part II, pp. 14-19. 4. Kashi Sanskrit Series Edition (1936) -page 334. 5. Nirnayasagara edition, 1939, vide p. 105, II 13-18. 6. p. 110, 183, 204, 217, 337, etc. 7. It deserves notice that the passage which follows the sentence azi 14:' is taken over from the Vyaktiviveka (pp. 259-60) and incorporated as his own by Hemacandra (see pp. 217-18). This practice of taking over the words from the original work and incorporating them among one's remarks was followed by very reputed authors. (Cf. Kane : History of Sanskrit Poetics, p. 169). 8. -Edited by Shivaprasada Bhattacharya, Calcutta Oriental Journal, Vol, II. Nos. 6 and 12.