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________________ 400 STUDIES IN JAIN LITERATURE (1) Vrttis and ?ikas On Agama sutras (1) Dasvaikalikam (2) Avasyaka (3) Prajnapana (4) Anuyogadvara and (5) Nandi; on Agamabahyasutras-(6) Pancavastuprakaranatika (7) Pancasutta and (8) Caityavandana (II) Prakaranas :- (9) Ashtakam (10) Sodasakam (11) Vimsativimsika (12) Pancasaka (13) Sambodha (14) Dharmabindu (15) Dharmasamgrahani (16) Sravakajnapti (III) Darsanas :- (17) Anekantajayapataka (18) Lokatattvanirnaya (19) Saddarsanasamuccaya (20) Sastravartasamuccaya (IV) Yogasastra (21) Yogabindu, Yogadrstisamuccaya (V) Dharmakatha : (23) Samaraiccakaha (VI) (24) Dhurtakhyana-(A satire) and (25) his Vrtti on Nyayapravesa of Dinnaga. This classification of Haribhadra's important works at once shows how he has tried his hand at the various branches of literature. A study of these works reveals that they contain besides an exposition of the Jain tenets, information about and discussions or refutations of the doctrines of opponents' schools, Brahmanical and Buddhist. He wrote both in verse and prose, in Sanskrit and Prakrit. He was the pioneer in composing Sanskrit commentaries on Sutra texts. His fame as a Yuga-pradhana chiefly rests on his literary activity for the sake of Jainism It appears, says Prof. Abhyankar in his Introduction to Vimsativimsika, that tikas or commentaries were written first, next Dharmakatha (Romance, religious novel), then works like Anekantajayapataka, Lokatattvanirnaya which give an exposition of Jain tenets, and next philosophical works like Saddarsanasamuccaya and lastly Yogabindu, Yogadrstisamuccaya works on Yoga system of philosophy. A Brief Survey of Jain Narrative Literature Before proceeding to a critical study of the text, it may not be out of place, if we take here a cursory and passing survey of Jain narrative literature, which has seen the light of the day. It is indeed very vast in extent and varied in scope. It may conveniently be divided into six broad categories as follows : (i) Narrative elements in the Jain Canon : (ii) The stories contained in the niryuktis, curnis, bhasyas, tikas (iii) The Puranas and Mahapuranas (iv) The kathas, akhyanas, caritras; (v) The prabandhas and 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 |