Pravachansara

SR No.: 010843
Original Sutra Author: Kundkundacharya
Author: A N Upadhye
Publisher: Manilal Revashankar Zaveri Sheth
Publication Year: 1935
Total Pages: 595
Language: Hindi
Classification: Book_Devnagari
File Size: 48 MB

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in proportion to the length of the text the number is comparatively smaller in Samayasāra. He often draws the attention of readers to Prakrit peculiarities,? but no sūtras of any Prakrit grammar are quoted by him. The text preserved in his commentary is valuable in various ways; and his fidelity to the longer recension is really creditable, though the shorter recension of Amrtacandra was already before him. Excepting in the matter of text-preservation, influence of Amrtacandra's commentary is very great on hini. He knows fully well and remarks that Amrtacandra has not included certain gāthās. At times he quotes those very verses quoted by Amrtacandra, and even verses from Samayasāra-tākā are included by him in his commentary; and he follows Amặtacandra very closely. The scholarship of Amrtacandra is terrific, and it might even bewilder students; but Jayasena is easy and sympathetic, and
ith students who want to understand Kundakunda he will certainly be a favourite. He always follows the philosophical lead of Amrtacandra, but textual fidelity and explanation in simple terms are his special provinces.
QUOTATIONS IN HIS TĀTPARYAVRTTI.-In an appendix I have listed all the quotations from Jayasena's commentary on Pravacanasāra. So far as I have been able to trace their sources, the works from which Jayasena quotes : are these: Mülācāra, Siddhabhakti, Pañcāstilcāya, Bārasa-Anuvěkkhā, Tatt
vārtha-sūtra, Svayambhū-stotra, Dohāpāhuda, Gõmmatasāra and Ālāpa-paddhati, . Among the untraced quotations, the verse eko bhāvah etc. is important. A
verse somewhat similar to this is quoted in many S'vetāmbara commentaries like Syādvāda-manjarī, Sanmati-tikā, Manibhadra's yrtti on şad-dars'anasamuccaya. The form of this verse agrees, excepting for the word buddha in place of drsta, with the one found at the end of Nayacakra as noted by Pt. Sukhalālaji. It is also quoted in the 34th chapter of Jñānārnava of S'ubhacandra. The gāthā nolcamma etc., is quoted in Prameya-kamalamārtanda. The verse des'a-pratyakşa etc. is traced to Cãritrasāra of Cāmuụqarājao. s'uddhasphatika etc. and samasukha etc. are quoted by As'ādhara in his commentaries on Dharmāmrta? and Istopades'a.3
pāhuda (on pp. 212, 254). The only author mentioned by name is Pūjyapāda. In his commentary on Samayasära he mentions Samantabhadra (p. 459) and Yogindradeva (p. 424), and anonymously he quotes from works like Gommatasāra, Samādhis'atala, Paramātmaprahas'a. He mentions & work Siddhānta (pp. 250, 424, also in Pasicistalāya p.254 along with Präbhrta and Tattvārtha) by which perhaps he means the commentaries Dhavalā and Jayadhavala. I must say that this note of mine is not exhaustive.
See Pravacanastira p. 264; Samayasira pp. 11, 52, 178, 236, 243, 249 and 303. ? See Pravacanasāra p. 296; sometimes he mentions the name of Amrtacandra, sometimes
simply refers to his Tikā, sometimes calling it as Vārtikā-vyākhyāns, see Pancūstıkāya
pp. 9, 166; Pravacanasāra pp. 17, 163. 3 Compare Samayasāra pp. 204-5, 394, 545. 4 For references see Prof. Dhruva's notes on Syūdvādamasjari p. 14. 5. Sanmati-prakarana p. 63, foot-note 7; thanks to Pb. Jugalkıshore who drew my attention
to this reference and to the next of nolamma etc, 6 Cārtrasāra p. 22, Ed, MDJG vol. 9. 7 Page 638, Ed. MDJG vol. 14, 8 Page 51, Ed, MDJG vol, 13.