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Swami Samantabhadra.
The verse named is given in its original form and numbered 144. But it is not a verse of the original text. ... Apart from the four commentaries of Aapta Mimamsa mentioned above, there seems to be a fifth commentary called 'Devagam-Padya Vartika Alankar', which is mentioned in the Yukt-Anusasan-Tika as follows:
'Iti Devagam Padya Vartika Alankare Niroopit Prayam'.
This suggests that this commentary is mostly in verse. It is not known who its author was. It is possible that like 'Tattvarth Shlok Chartika Alankar', the author of this 'Devagam Padya Vartika Alankar' is also Shri Vidyānanda Acharya, and in this way he wrote two commentaries on this text, one in prose (Ashta Sahasri) and the other in verse. But this cannot be said with certainty yet. However, among these commentaries, there is a commentary called 'Ashta Sahasri Visham Pad Tatparya Tika' on 'Ashta Sahasri' written by Laghu Samantabhadra Acharya, and another commentary written by the great Acharya and Nyaya scholar of the Shwetambar sect, Upadhyay Shri Yashovijayji. Each commentary is as large as Ashta Sahasri - that is, both are eight thousand verses long. But despite all this, even in the presence of such large and powerful commentaries, 'Devagam' remains obscure and difficult to understand for scholars.
1 See 'Yukt-Anusasan' published in Manikchand Granth Mala, page 94.| SR No. | 010669 |
| Book Title | Ratnakarandaka Shravakachara |
| 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 |