Ratnakarandaka Shravakachara

SR No.: 010669
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Jugalkishor Mukhtar
Publisher: Manikchand Digambar Jain Granthamala Samiti
Publication Year: 1982
Total Pages: 456
Language: Hindi, Sanskrit
Classification: Book_Devnagari
File Size: 7 MB

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स्वामी समन्तभद्र।
दूसरा कोई विद्वान् नहीं था' * । साथ ही, प्रकट करते हैं कि बौद्ध ग्रंथोंमें भी जैनसाधुओंको 'क्षपणक' नामसे नामांकित किया है, प्रमा- . णके लिये 'अवदानकल्पलता' के दो पद्य + भी उद्धृत किये हैं,
और इस तरह पर यह सूचित किया है कि उक्त 'क्षपणक' नामका विद्वान् बौद्ध भिक्षु नहीं था । इसमें संदेह नहीं कि 'क्षपणक' जैनसाधुको कहते हैं । यदि वास्तवमें सिद्धसेन विक्रमादित्यकी सभाके ये ही क्षपणक विद्वान् थे और इस लिये वराहमिहिरके समकालीन थे तो उनका समय ईसाकी प्रायः छठी शताब्दी जान पड़ता है। क्यों कि वराहमिहिरका अस्तित्व समय ई० सन् ५०५ से ५८७ तक पाया जाता है-उसने अपनी ज्योतिषगणनाके लिये शक सं० ४२७ ( ई० सन् ५०५ ) को अब्दपिण्डके तौरपर पसंद किया था x
* I am inclined to believe that Sidhasen was no other than Kshapnaka ( a jain sage ) who is traditionally known to the Hindus to have been one of the nine gems that adorned the court of Vikramaditya, (H. M. S. Indian Lojic p. 15.) + वे पद्य इस प्रकार हैं
भगवद्भाषितं तत्तु सुभद्रेण निवेदितम् । श्रुत्वा क्षपणकः क्षिप्रमभूद्वेषविषाकुलः ॥९॥ तस्य सर्वज्ञतां वेत्ति सुभद्रो यदि मदिरा। तदेष क्षपणश्रद्धां त्यक्ष्यति श्रमणादरात् ॥
-अ०, ज्योतिष्कावदान। ... देखो डा० सतीशचद्रकी न्यायावतारकी प्रस्तावना और 'हिस्टरी आफ इंडि. यन लाजिक, जिनमें आपने वराहमिहिरकी 'पंचसिद्धान्तिका' का यह पद्य भी उद्धृत किया है

Translation AI Generated

Swami Samantabhadra.
There was no other scholar*. He also states that Buddhist texts refer to Jain monks as 'Kshapanaka', and cites two verses from the 'Avadanakalpalata'+ for proof.
And in this way he has indicated that the scholar named 'Kshapanaka' was not a Buddhist monk. There is no doubt that 'Kshapanaka' refers to Jain monks. If these Kshapanaka scholars were indeed in the court of Siddhasena Vikramaditya and were therefore contemporaries of Varahamihira, then their time appears to be around the 6th century AD. Because Varahamihira's existence is found from 505 AD to 587 AD - he chose Shaka Samvat 427 (505 AD) as the Abda Pind for his astrological calculations x
* I am inclined to believe that Sidhasen was no other than Kshapnaka ( a jain sage ) who is traditionally known to the Hindus to have been one of the nine gems that adorned the court of Vikramaditya, (H. M. S. Indian Lojic p. 15.) + These verses are as follows
That which was spoken by the Lord was conveyed by Subhadra. Hearing it, Kshapanaka quickly became filled with hatred and poison. ||9|| If Subhadra knows his omniscience, then he will abandon his faith in Kshapana out of respect for the Shramanas. ||
-A., Jyotishkavadan. ... See the preface of Dr. Satishchandra's Nyayavatar and 'History of Indian Logic', in which you have also quoted this verse from Varahamihira's 'Panchasiddhantika'