Nyayavatara and Nayakarnika

SR No.: 003992
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Siddhasena Divakar, Vinayvijay, A N Upadhye
Publisher: Jain Sahitya Vikas Mandal
Publication Year: 1971
Total Pages: 376
Language: Sanskrit, Hindi
Classification: Book_Devnagari
File Size: 24 MB

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VARIOUS READINGS FOR THE DVĀTRIMSIKĀS
Shriman AMRITALALAJI DOSHI sent me a bunch of sheets containing Various Readings for the Dvatrimśikās received by him from Muni Shri JAMBUVIJAYAJI. On an enquiry all that Muniji could say was that these readings were taken down from a Ms. in the Bhandarkar O. R. Institute, Poona, obviously in comparison with the text of the Bhavanagar edition of the Dvātrimśikās. I studied these readings in comparison with our text already printed by that time; and those which were found apparently useful are selected and given below with minor corrections here and there.
It was felt necessary, however, to ascertain the Ms. from which these readings have been taken. According to the Jinaratnakośa (H. D. VELANKAR, Poona 1944), two Mss. are recorded: i) Büh. IV, No. 54 and ii) Kath. No. 1189. In this connection, the Curator, Mss. Library, Bhandarkar O.R.Institute, writes to me thus in reply to my query: "Büh. IV, No. 54 and Kath. 1189 refer to two Manuscripts of Siddhasena Divākara's Dvātrimśikā. We have in our collection a Ms. No. 1189 of 1891-95 which is entitled Dvātrimśikāvimsati by Siddhasena Divakara. The other Ms. of this work No. 54 of 1873-74 has been lost while in charge of the Government in 1912, that is, before the library was transferred to this Institute in 1917."
This indicated that the Institute, at present, has only one Ms., No. 1189 of 1891-95. I have checked the readings given below from this Ms. which may be described as below.
This is a paper Ms., measuring 12 and 1/2 by 5 and 3/4 inches. It contains 27 folios; each page has 11 lines; and each line has about 48 letters. On the first and last pages of the Ms., it is written in a hand (in Nagari), different from the one in the Ms.: बत्तीसबत्तीसी । कर्त्ता सिद्धसेनदिवाकर, in two lines. The hand-writing of the Ms. is neat and uniform. But it is obvious that the copyist was not able to read the adarśa correctly. The Ms. from which he copied must have been pretty old: the letters could not be easily read by him; and perhaps some letters were broken