Madanrekha Akhyayika

SR No.: 002639
Original Sutra Author: Jinbhadrasuri
Author: Bechardas Doshi
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad
Publication Year: 1973
Total Pages: 304
Language: Sanskrit, Hindi
Classification: Book_Devnagari & Literature
File Size: 15 MB

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His other notable contemporaries were Dhanapala, Śripala and Jesala. Of the three, Dhanapāla referred to here seems to be indentical with one of the chief ministers of Gurjareśvara Kumārapala (1143-1173 A. D.). It was at the request of this Dhanapala that Kalikala-Gautama' Ācārya Haribhadrasuri of Nāgendra-gaccha composed his Candraprabhasuri-carita in the year V. Sam. 1250.116
Śripala was one of the leading scholars and poets in the court of Siddhara ja Jayasimha (1096-1143 A. D.)116 He was very close to this ruler who is said to have regarded him as his recognized brother (pratipannabandhu) and always addressed him as brother (bhrata), due to their friendship since early childhood. He is also said to have corrected the Nabheyanemicarita of Hemachandra.117 He is welknown as the author of the Anandapura-vapra-prasasti, i, e, the Vadnagara-prasasti dated the year 1208 of the Vikrama Era.118
As for Jesala, we have no reference to him in any of the so far published histories of Gujarat, histories of Jain literature, Jain Prabandhas, Pattāvalis, Prasastis or inscriptions. We have no means to identify our Jesala with any of the four Jesālas recorded in the JPPS.110 We can only surmise that Jinabhadrasuri seems to have studied one of the original scholarly or literary work composed by Jesala 190
III. The Text Critical :
herewith
is based on four manuscripts,
The text critical as printed viz.;
(0) Madanarekha-katha by Jinabhadrasūri, Jalna Granthavall, p. 256, Limdi Bhandar, Limdi, No. 1293 ; and
(li) Madanarekha-katha by Jlnabhadrasūri, pupil of Candraprabhasūri, Dela Bhandar, Ahmedabad, No. 31 (24).
These two mss. contain only the text, whlle the third one listed below contains, along with the Sanskrit text, the marginal notes in Sanskrit
115. JSSI (D), p. 322. 116. Op. cit., p. 235. 117. Ibid., 118, Ibid., 119.JPPS, pp. 15, 42, 66, 92. 120. MRA, Intro. vs. 23.