Universal Values of Prakrit Texts

SR No.: 006701
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Prem Suman Jain
Publisher: Bahubali Prakrit Vidyapeeth and Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan
Publication Year: 2011
Total Pages: 368
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 19 MB

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The role of Pk.lit in the development of Ka.lit. stupendous, both in quality and in quantity, ka, assimilated some of the best qualities of Pk. a process which started very early around 3rd c. and continued up to 14th c. Almost as a token of gratitude kta. also encouraged Pk. writers. Dhavaļā was safely preserved for posterity. Mahākavi Puşpadanta wrote his classics here. Virahāńka, Svayambu, Trivikrama, Nēmicandra and a host of others, in addition to the galaxy of great ācāryas like KKA. Vațakēra, Sivakõți, Vīrasēna, Jinasēna all lived and wrote in KTa.
Among other variants of Pk. it is apabhramśa that has infd Ka. more. Joindu's (a. 600) paramappayāsu, Kanakāmara's Karakandacriu, Siricandas kahakõsu, Hāla's gāhā-satta-saī, and some other Kāvyas such as SanatKumāra cariam, Bhavisatta- Kahā, all belong to apabhramśa group. There are apabhraṁsa gāhās quoted in Ka.va. and other works. Main works and kāvyas of Pk. written in KTa. also belong to apabhraṁsa; for ex. the works of Puşpadanta.
The inf. of Jaina sauraseni is also almost on par with apabhramśa. Pavayaņasāra, Paṁcattikāya, chappāhuda, Mūlācāra, Katigēyaņupēkkhā are some of the imp. works of jaina śaurasēni that has infd. Ka.lit. Next comes jaina māhārāstrī of which the main works to inf. Ka. are Paumacariya of Vimalasūri, uttarājjhayana of dēvendra's com. samarāicchakahā of Haribhadra (8c). The only work of paiśācī Pk. to inf. Ka. lit. is of course that great classic of universal importance GBK. Contribution of yapaniya writers is also worth pondering, though Digambar Jain lit. dominated in Kta. Entire BA and its com's are the effort and contribution of yapaniya branch.
What remains now, towards the end of this paper is to find out whether Ka. has also infd. Pk. It would be appropriate to consider this aspect of inf. as mutual between Pk. & Ka. There are some suggestions confirming the inf. of Ka. on Pk.
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