Anekantajay patakakhyam Prakaranam Part 2

SR No.: 008406
Original Sutra Author: Haribhadrasuri
Author: Munichandrasuri
Publisher: Oriental Research Institute Vadodra
Publication Year: 1947
Total Pages: 503
Language: Sanskrit, English
Classification: Book_Devnagari & Philosophy
File Size: 11 MB

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CVI
INTRODUCTION
those of Bhadrabāhusvāmin are the first; for, he has commented upon his own works Kappa eto.
As Maladhārin Hemacandra informs us, Jinabhadra Gaņi Kşamāśramaņa had composed a svopajña vrtti on his Visesão; but;. unfortunately this vrtti is most probably extinct now, in case the statement in the catalogue of Mss. at Jesalmere is unreliable,
Thus, at best, our author is the third to write a svopajña vrtti. This practice has been in vogue up till now; for, even some Jaina saints of to-day have commented upon their own works. As the Svetāmbara saint who flourished after Haribhadra and who wrote svopajña vrtti, may be pointed out Hemacandra, the polygrapher. As anterior to this polygrapher we may note the name of Pūjyapāda who wrote Jainendranyāsa ( lost) on his grammar and that of Śäkatāyana who wrote Amoghavrtti on his grammar. The names of Akalanka and Vidyānandin, the two well-known Digambara scholars may be also mentioned. The former has written a com. on his own com. Tattavārthasārtika', a com. on TS. and on his works Laghiyastraya*, Nyayan viniscaya and Siddhiviniscaya. The latter, too, has commented in prose upon his own versified work Slokavārtika written in Saṁskrta as an explanation to TS.
One of the reasons for writing a svopajña com. is to furnish the correct interpretation of one's own work. This is at least so in the case of Vişnugupta alias Cāņakya who is wellknown for his Arthasästra and its Bhäsya. This is what the following verse says:
"दृष्ट्वा विप्रतिपत्ति प्रायः सूत्रेषु भाष्यकाराणाम् ।
ख्यमेव विष्णुगुप्तश्चकार सूत्रं च भाष्यं च ॥"
This work which is thus named by the author and which is known as Tattvārthavārtikālankāra, Rajavārtika and Rajavartikālankāra, is written in prose as is the case with Uddyotakara's Nyāyavārtika.
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In ita y. 50 Mahavire is referred to as the originator of anekäntavāda. See p. CXI. This is quoted by Nathuramji Premi in his article (p. 133) "7* TATENII ET ASTRONTE FCq" published in "Bharatiya Vidya" (Vol. III, No. 1).