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ON SOME NONCANONICAL SUBHASITA
Dvà trimsatikā, the Pañ ca-s a mgr a h az, (written in A.D. 1017), the Sāmāyik a pāțh a3, the Upās a kā cāra (or Šrāva kācāra). Also the Para māt mas va rūpa and the Bhagava tyārādha nā are ascribed to Amitagati. However he is best known by his
Subhāṣita-ratna-samdoha:
12.1. The Subhāsit a-r at na-s a mdoh a of Amitagatis is a collection of didactic and polemic subhāṣita-s; didactic as far as they proclaim the ethics of the Digambara Jainas for laymen (śrāvaka, grahamedhin, gļhastha) and monks (muni, sādhu, yogin, tapodhana, yatı) and polemic as far as they contain criticisms of Brahmanical rules of conduct.
12.2. The subhāsita-ratna-samdoha- The Collection of Gems of Beautiful Sayings is a typical collection of didactic subhāṣita-s written by a single author--Amitagati, and assembled according to his plan, fitting well the Jaina doctrine. The SRS. is divided into 32 chapters (each 20 to 30 verses long“) dealing with:
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Ed. in Manik. Dig. Jaina Granthamālā, No. 13 Ed. in Manik. Dig. Jaina Granthamala No 25. Ed in Manik. Dig. Faina Granthamala No. 21. Ed. in Anantakirtz Granthamala No 2, Bombay 1922 Critically edited and translated into German by R. Schmidt (upto chapter 16 by R. Schmidt and J. Hertel) in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenlaendischer Gesellschaft (ZDMG) 59 and 61 and issued separately in Leipzig in 1908. Also published in KM. 82. Cf. J. HERTEL, Ueber das Amitagati Subhāşıtasamdoha in Wiener Zeitschrift fur die Kunde des Morgenlandes (WZKM) (1903) 17, 105-34, E LEUMANN, A List of the Strassburg Collection of Digambara Manuscripts in WZKM 11; p 311, E. LEUMANN, Zum siebzehnten Kapitel von Amitagati Subhasıta-samdoha in ZDMG 34 578-88. Cf. M A GUÉRINOT, in JA s. 10, t. 14. No. 285. With the exception of chapters 7 (52 verses), 9 (13 verses), 14 (32 verses), 31 (117 verses) and 32 (36 verses).
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