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________________ 520 STUDIES IN JAIN LITERATURE Notes and References : 1. Tava-niyama-nana-rukkham arudho kevali amiyanani | To muyai nana-vutthim bhaviya-jana-vibohanatthae || Tam buddhimaena padena ganahara ginhium niravasesam || Titthayara-bhasiyaim gamthamti tao pavayanattha 11 Atthai bhasai araha suttam gamthamti ganahara niunam | Sasanassa hiyatthae tao suttam pavattai || -Avasyaka-niryukti : 89-90, 192. 2. The Sthanakavasins, a recent sect of the Svetambaras accept 11 angas and 21 angabahya texts as authoritative. For details of these 21 texts vide Agama-yuga Ka Jain Darsana, (p.25) by Pt. Dalsukha Malvania. 3. In fact, Padmapurana is merely an enlarged recension of Paumacariya in Sanskrit, agreeing with it in all essential points. 4. Besides this work he wrote a complete Sanskrit and a Prakrit grammar, two Sanskrit Dictionaries (Abhidhana-cintamani and Anekarthakosa), a Dictionary of peculiar Prakrit words (Desinamamala), manuals of Poetics and Metrics (Kavyanusasana and Chando'nusasana), An Exposition of Ethics and of Yoga (Yogasastra). The counterpart of Ramayana and Mahabharata (Trisasti-salakapurusa-carita) and a number of minor treatises. In addition he composed detailed commentaries on most of these works and illustrated his theoretical rules in two poems, a Sanskrit and a Prakrit one, both called Dvyasrayakavya. Hemacandra's strength lies in encyclopaedical work. He has preserved enormous mass of varied information which he gathered from original sources, mostly lost to us. This circumstance makes his works highly valuable for philological and historical research. 5. In writing this Introduction I have made free use of the works of the authors mentioned herebelow and I gratefully acknowledge my deep indebtedness to them : (i) A History of Indian Literature by M. Winternitz. Vol. II, published by the University of Calcutta, 1933. (ii) Studies In Jainism by Dr. H. Jacobi, ed. by Jina Vijaya Muni, Gurjar Grantharatna Karyalaya, Gandhi Road, Ahmedabad, 1946 A. D. (iii) The Cultural Heritage of India, Vol. I. The Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Calcutta, 1958. (iv) Outlines of Jainism by J. Jaini, Cambridge, at the University Press, 1940. (v) H. Jacobi's article on Jainism in Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics, Vol. VIII. (vi) Brhat Kathakosa of Acarya Harisena ed. by Dr. A. N. Upadhye, Pub. by Bharatiya Vidya bhavan, Bombay, 1943. (vii) Kahanaya-Tigam (A Prakrit Reader), ed. by Dr. A. M. Ghatage, Pub. by Bharata Book Stall, Kolhapur, 1951. (viii) Jain Sahitya Ka Itihasa (Purva-Pithika) by Pt. Kailashchandra, Varanasi, 1963. ODO Jain Education International www.jainelibrary.org For Private & Personal Use Only
| 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 |