________________ 544 STUDIES IN JAIN LITERATURE restless. He is anxious to get at the correct reading. It is too much to expect of the Editors to trace the sources of such gathas and restore the readings, especially when the anthologists have nowhere indicated their sources. As the Editors have pointed out about 100 verses are common to Gaharayanakosa and Vajjalagga. A comparison with Hala's Gathasaptasati would show that 55 gathas are common to Gaharayanakosa. This comparision would help us to restore some doubtful readings. For correcting the rest of the doubtful readings or filling in the gaps we will have to go to the very sources of these gathas of course, wherever possible. This kind of study would also reveal to us how far the anthologists themselves were well read and their power of selection and appreciation. It would also enable the readers to understand these gathas better with the help of commentaries on these sources or their translations in English or regional Indian languages. The scope of this review article does not permit a thorough or comprehensive or exhaustive study of this kind. What follows will indicate to the readers merely the direction in this regard. The following tables give verses that are common to Gaharayanakosa and Gathasaptasati, Vajjalagga (verses not included in the Table given in Appendix II). Gaudavaho, Lilavai and Kumarapalapratibodha : TABLE I Gaharayanakosa Gatha No. 14 135 266 293 303 332 334 Gathasaptasati Gatha No. I. 1 792 (Weber's edition) II. 73 954 (Weber's edition) III. 7 V. 21 I. 99 III. 100 IV. 6 IV. 24 I. 100 II. 99 I. 25 IV. 41 337 338 339 342 355 358 361 Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.org
