Operation In Search of Sanskrit Manuscripts in Mumbai Circle 4

SR No.: 007581
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: P Piterson
Publisher: Royal Asiatic Society
Publication Year: 1894
Total Pages: 416
Language: English
Classification: Book_English & Catalogue
File Size: 102 MB

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INDEX OF AUTHORS.
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Vajra
Mentioned among the yugapradhanas. 3, App. p. 307. Said to have been born in the Kotika gaña. 3, App. pp. 94, 158, 308. Described as in the line of Suhastin. 3, App. p. 303. An old Satrunjayakalpa attributed to him. 3, App. p. 206. Born five hundred years after Vîra. 3, App. p. 284. Account of him by Hemachandra in that writer's Parisishtaparvan. 3, App. p. 51.
This is the sage who is No. 16 of the Kharatara gachchha and No. 13 of the Tapâ gachchha with Klatt. “Vajra, of the Gautama gotra, son of Dhanagiri and Snnandâ, who dwelt at Tumbavanagrâma, born 496 V., lived 8 years in griha, 44 in vrata, 36 as sûri, died at the age of 88 in 584 V. After Sinhagiri had taught him the eleven angas, Vajra went from Daśapura to Bhadragupta at Avantî (Ujjayinî), to learn the 12th, viz., the Dșishţi vâda. He was the last who knew the complete ten pûrvas (vajrasvâmito daśamapûrvachaturthasanhananâdivyachchhedah), and he extended the Jain religion southward in the kingdom of the Bauddhas. From him arose the Vajraśâkhâ." Ind. Ant. XI, p. 247. Cf. ib. p. 252. See also Jacobi, preface to his edition of the Parisishtaparvan.
Vajrasena
Mentioned as the guru of Hematilaka, who was the guru of Ratnasekharasûri, author of a 'Sripâlacharita. 3, App. p. 204. Cf. Weber, II. p. 1023. Assisted Maheśvara with that writer's commentary on the Âvaśyakasaptati of Munichandrasûri. 3, App. p. 245. Vajrasena is one of the eminent teachers of the Nâgapuriya branch of the Tapà gachchha mentioned by Harshakirti. “Vajrasena, to whom, at the suggestion of Sihada, the emperor Allâvadi gave a valuable garment and Pharmâna (firman) in the town of Rûņâ." Bhandarkar, Report, 1882-3, p. 43. See also Weber, II. pp. 207, 859.
Vararuchi
The Śrutabodha ascribed to him. 3, App. p. 225.
Varahamihira
Author of the Brihajjataka (or Horâśâstra). 1, Apr. p. 87. Author of the Yogayâtrâ. 1, p. 100.