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 समंतभद्र।
ये ही सब उल्लेख हैं जो अभीतक इस ग्रंथके विषयमें हमें उपलब्ध हुए हैं । और प्रत्येक उल्लेख परसे जो बात जितने अंशोंमें पाई जाती है उसपर यथाशक्ति ऊपर विचार किया जा चुका है। हमारी रायमें, इन सब उल्लेखोंपरसे इतना जरूर मालूम होता है कि 'गंधहस्ति-महाभाष्य' नामका कोई ग्रंथ जरूर लिखा गया है, उसे 'सामन्तभद्र-महाभाष्य' भी कहते थे और खालिस गंधहस्ति' नामसे भी उसका उल्लेखित होना संभव है । परन्तु वह किस ग्रंथपर लिखा गया-कर्मप्राभतके भाष्यसे भिन्न है या अभिन्न—यह अभी सुनिश्चितरूपसे नहीं कहा जा सकता । हाँ, उमास्वातिके 'तत्त्वार्थसूत्र'पर उसके लिखे जानेकी अधिक संभावना जरूर है परन्तु ऐसी हालतमें, वह अष्टशती और राजवार्तिकके कर्ता अकलंकदेवसे पहले ही नष्ट हो गया जान पड़ता है । पिछले लेखकोंके ग्रंथोंमें महाभाष्यके जो कुछ स्पष्ट या अस्पष्ट
उल्लेख मिलते हैं वे स्वयं महाभाष्यको देखकर किये हुए उल्लेख मालूम नहीं होते-बल्कि परंपरा कथनोंके आधारपर या उन दूसरे प्राचीन ग्रंथोंके उल्लेखोंपरसे किये हुए जान पड़ते हैं जो अभी तक उपलब्ध नहीं हुए । उनमें एक भी ऐसा उल्लेख नहीं है जिसमें, 'देवागम' जैसे प्रसिद्ध ग्रन्थके पद्योंको छोड़कर, महाभाष्यके नामके साथ उसके किसी वाक्यको उद्धृत किया हो। इसके सिवाय, 'देवागम' उक्त महाभाष्यका आदिम मंगलाचरण है यह बात इन उल्लेखोंसे नहीं पाई जाती। हाँ, वह उसका एक प्रकरण जरूर हो सकता है; परन्तु उसकी रचना 'गंधहस्ति' की रचनाके अवसरपर हुई
१ समन्तभद्रका 'कर्मप्राभृत' सिद्धान्तपर लिखा हुआ भाष्य भी उपलब्ध नहीं है। यदि वह सामने होता तो गंधहस्ति महाभाष्यके विशेष निर्णयमें उससे बहुत कुछ सहायता मिल सकती थी।

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Swami Samantabhadra.
These are all the references that have been available to us so far regarding this text. And the point that is found in as many parts as possible from each reference has been considered above as far as possible. In our opinion, it is definitely known from all these references that a text called 'Gandhasti-Mahabhashya' was definitely written, it was also called 'Samantabhadra-Mahabhashya' and it is possible that it was also mentioned by the name 'pure Gandhasti'. But on which text it was written - is it different from or identical to the commentary of Karmapraabhat - cannot be said with certainty yet. Yes, there is definitely a greater possibility of it being written on Umaswati's 'Tattvarth Sutra' but in such a situation, it seems to have been destroyed before Akalankdev, the author of Ashtshati and Rajavartika. The references to the Mahabhashya that are found explicitly or implicitly in the texts of previous writers do not seem to be references made by seeing the Mahabhashya itself - but rather they seem to have been made on the basis of traditional statements or from references to other ancient texts that are not yet available. There is not a single such reference in which, apart from the verses of the famous text 'Devagam', any sentence of the Mahabhashya has been quoted along with its name. Apart from this, the fact that 'Devagam' is the original mangalacharan of the said Mahabhashya is not found from these references. Yes, it could definitely be a chapter of it; but its composition took place at the time of the composition of 'Gandhasti'.
1 Samantabhadra's commentary written on the principle of 'Karmapraabhrut' is also not available. If it were in front of us, it could have helped a lot in the special decision of Gandhasti Mahabhashya.